guffus
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This would be better if they show the score as 0-0
This would be better if they show the score as 0-0
Please no! In that case, prediction changed. Ia 5-Mn 0. ( i am keeping the safety on the scoreboard!)If this happens I’m making you president of HN. And not just honorary president.
This isn’t aimed at you at all, but the turnover battle thing always bugs me. It’s like saying if we score more points we’re going to win. Turnovers are tied to an almost infinite number of different situations by offense, defense and special teams that you can’t really tie it to any phase of the game. Turnovers lead to points in an equal myriad of ways which usually means winning.If the o line shows up and we win the turn over battle we win if not we lose.
Complimentary Football?This isn’t aimed at you at all, but the turnover battle thing always bugs me. It’s like saying if we score more points we’re going to win. Turnovers are tied to an almost infinite number of different situations by offense, defense and special teams that you can’t really tie it to any phase of the game. Turnovers lead to points in an equal myriad of ways which usually means winning.
Side note to go along with it—since 2017 Iowa football is number 2 in the nation in turnover margin. This team is FAR from the #2 team in college football since then. Which means Iowa is likely the one of, if not the worst team in college football in converting the TO margin into victories. I’d say this is head-scratching, but…you know, offense…
This isn’t aimed at you at all, but the turnover battle thing always bugs me. It’s like saying if we score more points we’re going to win. Turnovers are tied to an almost infinite number of different situations by offense, defense and special teams that you can’t really tie it to any phase of the game. Turnovers lead to points in an equal myriad of ways which usually means winning.
Side note to go along with it—since 2017 Iowa football is number 2 in the nation in turnover margin. This team is FAR from the #2 team in college football since then. Which means Iowa is likely the one of, if not the worst team in college football in converting the TO margin into victories. I’d say this is head-scratching, but…you know, offense…
I agree that turnovers don't mean everything, but its damn important.This isn’t aimed at you at all, but the turnover battle thing always bugs me. It’s like saying if we score more points we’re going to win. Turnovers are tied to an almost infinite number of different situations by offense, defense and special teams that you can’t really tie it to any phase of the game. Turnovers lead to points in an equal myriad of ways which usually means winning.
Side note to go along with it—since 2017 Iowa football is number 2 in the nation in turnover margin. This team is FAR from the #2 team in college football since then. Which means Iowa is likely the one of, if not the worst team in college football in converting the TO margin into victories. I’d say this is head-scratching, but…you know, offense…
The stadium is tiny and 20% of the fans will be Hawk fans. 35,000 Natty Light soaked Goofers can't be that loud. We have a veteran team. Their high school stadium doesn't scare me.Minny is still a run-first team, and they've got a good RB...again. Look for them to chew up the clock, and have a number of long drives vs Iowa's renewed 'bend but don't break' defense. MN's defense will slow down Iowa's run game, but Lester will keep probing until he finds something that works -- if McNamara is on his game.
One can hope that Iowa has been holding back some key parts of its offensive scheme, i.e. QB drop-backs and then passing to RBs out in the flat -- which we heard about all spring and summer but haven't seen yet this fall.
Iowa as a 2.5 pt fave surprises me -- usually home field is worth 3 pts, so that means the odds-makers (or bettors) believe the Hawks are 5-6 pt faves, which I'm not buying.
If this game was a morning or afternoon game, I'd go with the Hawks, because I think they have more talent. But this being a night game, the crowd will be insane, both teams highly motivated...in the end, the atmosphere makes the difference:
Gophers: 19
Hawks: 13