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HawkeyeWalker
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Just win.
A breakthrough on offense would be nice on top of a win. To be clear...a "breakthrough" means 27+ points IMO (sad...but true)....baby steps.
A breakthrough on offense would be nice on top of a win. To be clear...a "breakthrough" means 27+ points IMO (sad...but true)....baby steps.
Purdue has some bad stats. Way bad.
However somehow Iowa will make them look like heroes.
It is a must win, really. Would a loss create enough havoc to get KF gone?
Lets not forget, Iowa lost to pathetic MN teams up in TCF 2010 and 2011. Purdue bad.
And KF got to keep his job.
Those two losses, to me, are the worst in his tenure.
However somehow Iowa will make them look like heroes.
It is a must win, really. Would a loss create enough havoc to get KF gone?
Lets not forget, Iowa lost to pathetic MN teams up in TCF 2010 and 2011. Purdue bad.
And KF got to keep his job.
Those two losses, to me, are the worst in his tenure.
HawkeyeMcNutt
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Ladies and Gents, it's Purdont. Just freaking win.
WayzataHawkeye
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I am very excited that I will be making my first trip to West Lafayette
M1911A1Hawkeye
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Go Hawks. Beat Purdue.
NEIChawk
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That despised rival who's name we should not ever mention aloud.
Wow, I have the same program....God it was cold that day...
Hawkfromnorwalk
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I can't believe we opened in Vegas as a 14 1/2 point favorite and the line is moving towards Iowa even more. Up to 15 1/2 now. Apparently Purdue is that turrible.
they are averaging less than 5 points per game in the Big 10. They are that bad. This would be the worst loss of the Ferentz era, but Iowa isn't losing this game.
Hawknick
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That despised rival who's name we should not ever mention aloud.
This team is much better than the 31 team. They are playing well on the road. If they bring the same intensity as they did against the goofers they win handily.
On the other hand the 31 team was at a low point. This was following the probation. Even the task of scheduling games was hard. The year prior the only Western conference game Iowa played was against Purdue. So recruiting and keeping players was nearly impossible. With the exception of the powerful Oliver Sansen most of Iowa's line up was makeshift. Sansen was the best fullback in the conference, but without guys like Willy Glassgow to block for, as he did on that good 1929 team, the offense was not very productive.
Coach Ingwarsen resigned after that season as a coaching career that started with promise ended not so great, all though he can't be blamed for what happened with the slush funds. Sansen would go on ti have a successful career in professional football. Go hawks, fight on!
LG210
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You're correct that a win wouldn't really prove much as to the quality of the team, but it would make us bowl eligible, which is huge when you are trying to turn a program around. (I wish the program didn't have to be turned around at this point, but that is a subject for another thread.)
Could happen. Although the potential "I Told Ya So" thread number might decrease when Idle scores a TD on us after fake punt.
