What does "Shock" feel like...I think I'm in it.

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WinOneThisCentury

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I've really never seen anything like that before. When our coaches go through that tape...they are going to see guys wide open and our QB can't even get close to them...or he throws to the wrong guy. On the first interception...he throws to the boundary, when Fant is coming across the field with no one around him...his all-American tight end is wide open.

He couldn't throw a 7 yard pass between two linebackers without skipping it. I could throw that pass with two broken fingers...I swear I could. There were so many guys open and he was nowhere near close.

I know guys have bad days...but he's been struggling with accuracy all year and bonehead plays. I feel for him...that was embarrassing. I'm not sure what you do if you are Brian Ferentz. I think you have to bench him. Or start him against Purdue, and if he does this routine...he's on the pine in the second quarter.

I know another poster said this too...but when he threw that "grounding" ball to start the game...I said to myself...oh no...we have bad Stanley today. That however, was taking it to a whole new level.
 
Stanley was overwhelmed. He had happy feet often and his accuracy, even on short throws wasn't anywhere close.
He's had games like this before, BUT - this was by far his worst game as a Hawkeye. He's never been this scatter-brained and panicked before today.
With his experience as a two-year starter, he HAS GOT TO KNOW that when he's off his game - you DO NOT AUDIBLE TO A SHORT PASS WHEN YOU'RE ON THE 3-YD LINE, 1ST AND GOAL AND SCORING A TD WINS THE FREAKING GAME FOR YOU!!!!
 
Mrke1 said:
Shock was last years PSU game ironically. Today was just a sense of endless dread.
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I had that feeling after the two safeties where with a little luck we recover both for TDs, but no we got 4 points and on one we didnt follow up with a drive for a score.

With the weather and being tied at halftime due to another weird thing we all know I felt the dread for the 2nd half
 
pythagoras said:
Yeah I'm dumb. Mansell fucked that play up at the end of the 2nd and gave PSU good field position. So dumb.
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It was one play. Did you see Stanley F up play after play after play? He did not belong on the field. The coaches are to blame as well. 10th ranked rushing defense and we throw 49 times with a terrible qb and no receivers. Brian Ferentz is a complete idiot.
 
Caddy said:
It was one play. Did you see Stanley F up play after play after play? He did not belong on the field. The coaches are to blame as well. 10th ranked rushing defense and we throw 49 times with a terrible qb and no receivers. Brian Ferentz is a complete idiot.
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Yeah the field conditions and weather had nothing to do with a majority of the TO's today either. It was a gross game. Iowa blew it....the end.
 
1977Hawkeye said:
I've seen this type of performance in big games too many times to call it "shock".

Now that I'm not pissed off anymore (goes away faster and faster these days) it's just a sense of resignation that this is just who we are.

Iowa doesn't win the big games.
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Yep. This doesn't shock me at all. I'm not even mad about it. There's always next year.
 
Good ol' 8-4 Iowa. Get those Fosters Farms Bowl tickets now, along with the $2k travel package, rubes!
 
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