Sure doesn't seem like a FB Hawkeye Eve night...

ColoradoHAWKEYE

ColoradoHAWKEYE

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boards are shallow, fellow Hawkfan friends are quiet...To me the time of game (late, late) and the day of week (weak) coupled with the season slide and post season off field fare have punched their tickets; but, come on... this is a Hawkeye football game!!! What gives?
 




There just doesn't seem like much more to talk about. The lines have been drawn and fans have picked their sides -- those that expect MO to roll, those that are hopeful but realistically expect Iowa to lose, those that always think Iowa will win.

I've been in the middle camp since the match up was announced because it was immediately apparent there is nothing favoring Iowa in this game. (No offense, Spud but the matchup breakdown is one of your more homeresque offerings.) Stout defense (even stronger in the red zone), strong, accurate QB who can easily tuck and run (something MO began to emphasize over their last 5 games) -- MO's strengths expose every weakness Iowa has struggled with over the last half of the season.

Then, losing the most productive players (DJK & A-Rob) plus the only realistic (nothing personal, Paki) depth option at RB (Rogers) from a predictable, stale offense that was already sputtering didn't improve the odds of winning.

Finally, do you think the leadership that was lacking all season will magically materialize over the last month when your top candidates to carry the torch (A-Rob, McNutt, Sash, Prater) either aren't playing or are dealing with their own personal distractions (toying with the NFL).

You (well, I) will know how this game will play out in the first 2 series of each half. If Hawks get nothing and MO scores, forget it. Gabbert can control the tempo, let alone protect a lead, with his legs just like Persa, Pryor and Weber did to Iowa.

Go Hawks!
 


I expect Missouri to roll. They won't beat us by a lot but they will win IMO. I will watch as I always do but I have very low expectations for what this team can do in this game. Don't get it twisted though...I hope they prove me wrong and I will gladly be wrong if it means they win but this is definitley the most apathetic I have ever been going into an Iowa bowl game. The good news is that our recruiting class is still looking good for this season. I thought for sure that we would have more issues with decommitments by now. So at least we have that going for us.
 


I think the timing of this game has something to do with it...right after the holidays, so the build up is less as people spent more time with family..the last ten days of December are typically the slowest message board days of the year.

That, and a little apathy still there.
 


A little apathy?

I can't remember the last time I was this disinterested in watching an Iowa game. My interest in it is more in seeing how Coker does for next year than in the outcome of this game.

When I think back to this season, the best way to describe it to me is still Cousin Eddie proclaiming "******** full"
 


Maybe KOK will get bold this evening and use 11 plays tonight out of his playbook and maybe the defensive coaches will only give the opposition 5 yard cushions instead of 7? That might be the largest change we can hope for...
 


Well, 9 hours till gametime. If this were an IC primetime 7:00 start, the time would be 10 AM. Up and about, preparing for 3 hour road trip or in the car already. Nothing else on mind but social and football. If this were an earlier start game we'd be already tailgating in some capacity, but here I sit trying to deal with real life issues. I think it is just the start time that throws me the most. Of course, the boards will light up again with more dirt coming forward now on AROB. too bad. Go hawks!!
 


ColoradoHAWKEYE said:
Well, 9 hours till gametime. If this were an IC primetime 7:00 start, the time would be 10 AM. Up and about, preparing for 3 hour road trip or in the car already. Nothing else on mind but social and football. If this were an earlier start game we'd be already tailgating in some capacity, but here I sit trying to deal with real life issues. I think it is just the start time that throws me the most. Of course, the boards will light up again with more dirt coming forward now on AROB. too bad. Go hawks!!
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Well, I can't say--even at 4:44pm Eastern Time here in Florida--that I am very excited about this game. The last two times I felt like this were the 1993 and 2006 Alamo Bowl appearances. And I think tonight's result will be somewhere in between those two games, i.e., not as "bad" as 1993, but not as "close" as 2006.

This whole season has just spiralled quicker down the drain with each passing day. If McNutt, Sash or Prater opt for the NFL, it's just the bitter chocolate icing on an already-flavorless cake...
 


hawkeyebob62 said:
Well, I can't say--even at 4:44pm Eastern Time here in Florida--that I am very excited about this game. The last two times I felt like this were the 1993 and 2006 Alamo Bowl appearances. And I think tonight's result will be somewhere in between those two games, i.e., not as "bad" as 1993, but not as "close" as 2006.

This whole season has just spiralled quicker down the drain with each passing day. If McNutt, Sash or Prater opt for the NFL, it's just the bitter chocolate icing on an already-flavorless cake...
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I know you will make it, but how many people in East Time Zone that is not a zealot, will make it to 1:30-2:00 AM? cheers and a high five to the SE btw. ttalk to ya later on.
 


I am excited about this game! I am old enough to remember the Holiday Bowls in the late 80's early 90's and how excited everybody was about those games. These boards seem so filled by young people that seem to think that if "it didn't happen in my life time" it doesn't matter. This is a great game against a top 20 team. All true Hawks will appreciate the importance of this game.
 


I'm getting more excited by the minute. Things certainly may not have gone our way this year, but it's still Iowa football.

We have some nice recruits who will be rooting us on tonight and who will help bring us back. I'm really most excited about the future of our offensive line.
 






JonDMiller said:
That, and a little apathy still there.
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This morning I seriously considered not even wathching this game, I cannot ever recall an Iowa bowl game that I felt more apathetic about than this one.

*Edit* Hyde just scored on the pick six, five minutes to go and up by four points, does that mean we get to lose by three in the last four minutes again? :)
 
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