!*****Official Do Or Die IA vs IL Game Thread*****!

Iowa makes some adjustments at half. Comes out, stops Illinois. But this bleh game is going to leave a bad smell about this team. Iowa should be better than this.
 
That was a great finish to the half, this team is getting things rolling. Iowa has the lead now. They will continue the success to the second half.
 
Hugs
I watch every year, every game.
I believe you. They have changed their thoughts on trying to score at the end of the half tho. He has also improved from God awful horrendous to slightly below average on 2 minute drills. I'm big time impressed with the immediate timeout on that one play. They didn't let 1 second bleed off the clock with indecisiveness.

He did have a couple chances to bleed some more time off the clock against Penn State once the clock became less of a factor, but still hurried too much. Those slight screw ups kill you when they score with 4 seconds left.
 
What do they do next year when AW is gone?

I think we have a freshmen running back that looks very quick and allusive. Can’t remember his name but it’s been a while since I have seen a back that quick at Iowa. Looking forward to seeing him play more.

Now where we will be feeling the pain is in our linebacker position loss. There have been several plays where our opponents would have had HUGE plays if not for spectacular defense by our linebackers.
 
Michigan
2008, 5-7
2009, 3-9
2014, 5-7

Michigan State
2000, 5-6
2002, 4-8
2004, 5-7
2005, 5-6
2006, 4-8
2009, 6-7
2012, 7-6
2016, 3-9

Penn State
2000, 5-7
2001, 5-7
2003, 3-9
2004, 4-7
2010, 7-6
2013, 7-5
2014, 7-6
2015, 7-6

Nebraska
2002, 7-7
2004, 5-6
2007, 5-7
2015, 6-7

Texas
2010, 5-7
2014, 6-7
2015, 5-7
2016, 5-7

Notre Dame
2001, 5-7
2003, 5-7
2004, 6-6
2007, 3-9
2008, 7-6
2009, 6-6
2016, 4-8

Iowa
2001, 7-6
2005, 7-5
2006, 6-7
2007, 6-6
2011, 7-6
2012, 4-8
2014, 7-6

Yea, we should NEVER expect 5-7. With the exception of Nebraska, all of these programs had worse back to back seasons than Iowa has had since 2001.
 
HN can go to hell with these fucking ads. Makes it nearly impossible to use on a phone. Random ads at the top, bottom and in the middle of the god damn threads. Accidentally click one bc of a slow load and you can't hit back out of it. Shit is so annoying....
I blame both Ferentz's and a fan base that accepts mediocre results when it comes to message board ads. Lol
 

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