USC Loss

[HuckFinn]

Peiper, Stephens, Dunker. All out during second half with injuries, Just read this. Confirmed. No details available.

 

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

Yeah heard Kirk talk about this in his post game. Unsure of how badly they are injured but cross fingers they will be back by the weekend

 

[Hawkfnntn]

Wouldn't have known about any of that watching the broadcast on tv those guys only cared about the couple of USC guys that went out. If the players weren't on the field laying down holding up the game the broadcasters weren't paying attention to who was in/out on the line.

At one point I noticed that 71 was in at RT for Dunker in the 2nd half and I was like damn WTF. But it made all the sense in the world that Iowa wasn't able to run the ball on them in the 2nd half like we did the 1st. Sucks to get shut out in the 2nd half like that as easily as we moved the ball in the 1st. We rely heavily on our Oline. I think how this game went typifies that.

 

[guffus]

Over the years I have been impressed with BTN football broadcasts given its 3rd tier status.

But that Iowa-USC broadcast has to be the lowest quality of broadcast I have ever seen by the BTN. Especially disappointing if you consider that was probably BTN's biggest game of the year.

 

[HuckFinn]

Wouldn't have known about any of that watching the broadcast on tv those guys only cared about the couple of USC guys that went out. If the players weren't on the field laying down holding up the game the broadcasters weren't paying attention to who was in/out on the line.

At one point I noticed that 71 was in at RT for Dunker in the 2nd half and I was like damn WTF. But it made all the sense in the world that Iowa wasn't able to run the ball on them in the 2nd half like we did the 1st. Sucks to get shut out in the 2nd half like that as easily as we moved the ball in the 1st. We rely heavily on our Oline. I think how this game went typifies that.

Those announcers should be fired. They are an embarrassment,

 

[HawkPowerlifter]

Those announcers should be fired. They are an embarrassment,

Agreed. They were glazing USC all game long. Horrible.

 

[NorthKCHawk]

KF's clock management at the end of both halves was borderline criminal.....

 

[Fryowa]

KF's clock management at the end of both halves was borderline criminal.....

I still think that 3rd and 7 run was dumb. I know they were trying to set up a shorter 4th down...I get it. But that still wasn't the right call there. The way that game was going it was pretty much 4th

 

[hawkdrummer1]

I still think that 3rd and 7 run was dumb. I know they were trying to set up a shorter 4th down...I get it. But that still wasn't the right call there. The way that game was going it was pretty much 4th

In days gone by, we would have play-action waggle to the tight end. Worked nearly every time.

 

[HawkeyeTech]

I still think that 3rd and 7 run was dumb. I know they were trying to set up a shorter 4th down...I get it. But that still wasn't the right call there. The way that game was going it was pretty much 4th

I thought it was a bad call at the time, also. Had I known that three starting O linemen were out I would have thrown something at the TV.

 

[Fryowa]

In days gone by, we would have play-action waggle to the tight end. Worked nearly every time.

You just throw it. If it doesn't work you throw it again and live with it. You take a 30% play twice in a row over a 5% play once because A) the odds are mathematically better anyway, and B) after your 5% play doesn't work now the defense knows for sure what's coming. Mind-blowing to me.

Say they get 5 yards and now it's 4th and 2. Do any of us think that's a better situation to be in?