briankaldenberg
Well-Known Member
We lost a close, hard fought game yesterday. We made too many mistakes. We beat Wisconsin 7 of 10 times in my opinion. We beat Wisconsin @ Kinnick a higher percentage of time than we beat Michigan in Ann Arbor in my opinion. Tolzein played flawless outside of his INT. He doesnt' do that normally. He isn't as good of a quarterback as he looked yesterday.
We are good enough to win out. Our offense impressed me more yesterday than they have in a long, long time. We won't face a better offensive line and rushing attack again this year. And I don't think we'll face another quarterback that will play as well as Tolzein played yesterday.
I think Wisconsin has another loss in them. They still have to visit Michigan. They still have to play NW which is a team they've struggled with (we have too), and they still have to visit Purdue and Indiana. I don't think they're good enough to run the table.
Ferentz is too good of coach for us to do no worse than 3-2 the rest of the way, and this team has too much talent.
Yes we made some mistakes yesterday, yes the T.O. instead of spiking the ball was utter stupidity, yes it bugs me that Ferentz didn't own up to it... but guess what folks he doesn't owe you anything. He's done more for this program in the last decade, and he can do as he pleases. He's earned it. Everyone makes mistakes. It was a big mistake, but there were plenty of mistakes made yesterday, and the T.O. mishap was just one of many.
We're becoming dangerously close to "spoiled rotten" status. A program like Iowa could EASILY slip into a situation where 8-4 seasons are the best thing that happens in a given decade. This program could EASILY go for an entire decade without sniffing a Big 10 title. We have the smallest population in the Big 10 and probably the slowest population in the Big 10 too. Meaning, we don't produce "speed" in Iowa and we have to go elsewhere to get it. Especially at cornerback and WR and (often times) RB and often times DE.
If we go 8-4 this year it is going to be a disapointment. Even if we go 7-5.... think how many teams in the nation would absolutely love to call 7-5 or 8-4 a disapointing season. Half of the BCS... many teams with much better access to "speed" that is home grown right in there own states would love to call 8-4 a disapointing season.
Bottom line is we have a very good chance of knocking off a top 6 team next week. This team is more than capable of winning out.
We are good enough to win out. Our offense impressed me more yesterday than they have in a long, long time. We won't face a better offensive line and rushing attack again this year. And I don't think we'll face another quarterback that will play as well as Tolzein played yesterday.
I think Wisconsin has another loss in them. They still have to visit Michigan. They still have to play NW which is a team they've struggled with (we have too), and they still have to visit Purdue and Indiana. I don't think they're good enough to run the table.
Ferentz is too good of coach for us to do no worse than 3-2 the rest of the way, and this team has too much talent.
Yes we made some mistakes yesterday, yes the T.O. instead of spiking the ball was utter stupidity, yes it bugs me that Ferentz didn't own up to it... but guess what folks he doesn't owe you anything. He's done more for this program in the last decade, and he can do as he pleases. He's earned it. Everyone makes mistakes. It was a big mistake, but there were plenty of mistakes made yesterday, and the T.O. mishap was just one of many.
We're becoming dangerously close to "spoiled rotten" status. A program like Iowa could EASILY slip into a situation where 8-4 seasons are the best thing that happens in a given decade. This program could EASILY go for an entire decade without sniffing a Big 10 title. We have the smallest population in the Big 10 and probably the slowest population in the Big 10 too. Meaning, we don't produce "speed" in Iowa and we have to go elsewhere to get it. Especially at cornerback and WR and (often times) RB and often times DE.
If we go 8-4 this year it is going to be a disapointment. Even if we go 7-5.... think how many teams in the nation would absolutely love to call 7-5 or 8-4 a disapointing season. Half of the BCS... many teams with much better access to "speed" that is home grown right in there own states would love to call 8-4 a disapointing season.
Bottom line is we have a very good chance of knocking off a top 6 team next week. This team is more than capable of winning out.
