Talented players or good coaching?!!!

[rjbaustian]

Clearly this season has to be luck. Ive read it here so many times, that we have little to no talent, and our coaches suck, so theres that...

 

[HawksMN]

It was never a toss up during the game, cause we pounded them. They were undefeated, we were not. Minnesota was giving 2.5 pts. They won @jNW, Nebraska, @Indiana and Penn St. after losing to us. Like it or not, they will end up being 8-4 and a decent team. We went into Minny and won 23-7 rolled up 464 yds of O, and held them to 165. Wisconsin beat Minny 20-7, had 324 yds O, and held Minny to 185 yds of offense.

Minnesota is a decent team, just because you or I didn't expect them to be any good, doesn't mean they haven't had a pretty good year.

MN is decent, but top of the bottom half of the Conf decent. Might be their ceiling. Gotta keep in mind did not play the Conf schedule iowa did. Skipped OSU, and will get beat at MSU.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Not to take anything away from the efforts and results of this team because they have done a good job in getting things turned around this year. Also keep in mind, however, that we have been living on razor's edge with late game fumbles that rolled in our favor with NW and MI. Without those turnovers we could be singing a little bit different song. I understand that good defenses can cause fumbles but you still need some luck to have the ball bounce your way.

The Hawks have had a good year considering where they have been as of late. Let's hope they can put an explanation point on it next Friday and keep the momentum going.

Yeah. An "explanation point" is what this team needs to shut up the naysayers.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Iowa even if they win on Friday will have beaten 0 quality teams. The success this year is due to a ridiculously easy schedule due to a terrible Big 10. That being said, I hope they continue to take advantage of it.

This is, without doubt, the dumbest post I have ever read on this board. I seriously doubt you are a Hawkeye fan. Only a Clown would say we have beaten "0" quality teams. Well, a Clown and Lou Holtzschschsch.

 

[doclee]

Go look at the record of teams Iowa has beaten. They haven't beaten 1 good team all year. They lost to NIU, OSU, and Wiscy which are the only good teams on the schedule. Its not that difficult for most people to figure out. Fortunately I've seen a few of your posts so I understand why it is difficult for you to fathom. Math is hard.

No, math is not hard. I can predict your response to anything positive about Iowa football with 99.99% accuracy. Maybe you should try a Walt Whitman, who wrote, "Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large; I contain multitudes!"

 

[Joshbrown]

Coming off the 4-8, playing a very tough schedule, beating the teams they should beat, the development of the defense into a very serious squad, and some significant improvement in the offense without the luxury of some great skill players, all adds up to a pretty exciting year. It would be hard to argue that the players and coaches did not do a very fine job in 2013.

Lowering the bar
in a successful attempt to lower the standards
Expect a phone call from GB soon with a job offer

 

[ssckelley]

Lowering the bar
in a successful attempt to lower the standards
Expect a phone call from GB soon with a job offer

Damn, you've been holding on to this one for FOUR years.

Let it all out, tell us how you really feel about this thread.