On the positive side, Iowa has won 2 of its last 3 at the Cat Box.
And in the one loss in 2005, the Hawks blew a 13 point lead with 3 minutes to go, which included NU recovering an onside kick, and benefiting from some really bad, stupid, needless penalties. The Cats were who we thought they were, and we let them off the hook.
In all of Iowa's losses to N'western since 1995, I think only the 1995 and 1996 versions of the Wildcats were a better team than Iowa. Those Wildcats were a legitmate Big Ten team, with a power running game and a great defense. Now they just win with smoke & mirrors and gimicks. They still haven't won a bowl game since 1948, losing 7 in a row since the rebirth of their program.
When Iowa loses to NU, its because the Hawks give away the game. In the last two games we had a ton of turnovers, lost our starting running back(s) and quarterback to injuries, and still should have won.
Eventually, Iowa's run of bad luck against Northwestern has to end. Sooner or later, the better team is going to play like the better team and win easily.
Yeah, Fitgerald hates Iowa and he gets his team really fired-up for the Hawk game. Well, Iowa should be pretty fired up too, after what Northwestern did to them last year, ruining what was to that point a pretty magical season.
Iowa starts a new era of dominance over the Cats on Saturday. Iowa 34 Northwestern 6.
