Podolak just said it best on the radio

[Joshbrown]

I love Ed, but he should really expect to see what is happening right now. Iowa's offense has been very poor for the better part of the last 18 years.

Well when you walk into a Rolls-Royce dealership and plunk down a chest of Gold for a Phantom . . . and then the salesman rolls up to the curb with a Yugo and says: "Trust me, this is what you bought."

You tend to have unsatisfied expectations.

 

[Dadman]

Any 14 point road Big 10 win where they hold the opponents to 7 points is not an embarrassment. I may be an old fashion guy, but I love slobber knockers like these where they punch the opponent in the mouth!

 

[Dadman]

14 pt win? c

 

[83Hawk]

Any 14 point road Big 10 win where they hold the opponents to 7 points is not an embarrassment. I may be an old fashion guy, but I love slobber knockers like these where they punch the opponent in the mouth!

Iowa won by 14 points? What game were you watching?

 

[ClintonIAfan]

I am counting the Daniels touchdown since the chop block call was completely bogus. So this should count as a 21-7 win.

 

[Dadman]

Then Iowa won last week!

 

[Dadman]

I only listened on the radio since I gave up on satellite TV, but want a TD called back last week over a penalty, or am I wrong?

 

[ClintonIAfan]

Yes, I agree with that too. Neither call should have been made, this one was even a worse call.

 

[ClintonIAfan]

Yes last week it was a bogus holding call. It would have put the ball on the 3 yard line.

 

[Joshbrown]

Uh, I've been watching football for a long time. I've never seen a perfectly called game. If the only way Iowa wins from here on out is with perfect refs . . . well get ready for a column full of "L"s

 

[Dadman]

Ok then. Regardless, this team needs to light a fire, cause the talent should be there, maybe not to compete on a National stage, but better than what has been demonstrated the last two weeks. In your face football is great w/Wisconsin, but Rutgers and N Dakota??

 

[mrolympia]

WRs could not get separation.

for the better part of 18 years

 

[PCHawk]

Uh, I've been watching football for a long time. I've never seen a perfectly called game. If the only way Iowa wins from here on out is with perfect refs . . . well get ready for a column full of "L"s

They did win...without perfect refs.

 

[blubberhawk]

Uh, I've been watching football for a long time. I've never seen a perfectly called game. If the only way Iowa wins from here on out is with perfect refs . . . well get ready for a column full of "L"s

Here's a scoop for you. Every game left will be close. Iowa can win every game, They can lose every game. This is Iowa football and it's going to make me die young.

 

[Joshbrown]

They did win...without perfect refs.

Xactly
The wins and losses r on the coaches, some want to attribute poor performances to the refs
Silliness

 

[SCHawkeye2]

Perhaps... but we have more offensive linemen drafted in the NFL then any other college football team the last decade or something like that.

Then we need to get some of them back from the past.
Because I don't see any future NFL lineman out there on this team.

 

[tanaros]

I'm having a hard time pinpointing how I feel about this team. People want to blame Kirk or Greg Davis, and I don't know that I buy that. We have a lot of the same pieces back from last year. We SHOULD be better than we look so far.

I don't know how to say it other than, they just don't seem to have the same edge, the attitude they played with last year. It has shown up in pieces the last 2 weeks (2nd quarter against NDSU, 2nd quarter again today and part of the 3rd). It seems odd somehow that in back-to-back weeks we've had long runs/touchdowns called back on iffy penalties and then they looked flat afterwards.

They need a spark, and I'm not sure what's missing.

 

[Joshbrown]

If this team doesn't have a spark, I know what the problem is. And it ain't long runs negated.

 

[Hawkers86]

If this team doesn't have a spark, I know what the problem is. And it ain't long runs negated.

Does the problem rhyme with parents?

 

[Sooby]

CJ Vandenberg needs to get his s#!t together. He looks timid out there.

His full name, according to Ferentz is "CJ NJake Beathard."