What expectations are fair for 2017 ???

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  • 2 wins are fair

    Votes: 2 3.2%

  • 3

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 4

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • 5

    Votes: 3 4.8%

  • 6

    Votes: 8 12.7%

  • 7

    Votes: 19 30.2%

  • 8

    Votes: 22 34.9%

  • 9

    Votes: 7 11.1%

  • 10

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • 11

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    63
  • Poll closed .
Joshbrown said:
The majority picked 8 wins. Which is what GD averaged.
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That 12 win season tho...GD owes CJ for that...

9 win minimum seems high...no? If we get avg/above avg QB play and even avg/slightly below average WR play, and average offensive playcalling/scheme...i believe 9 is very doable...
 
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HawkeyeWalker said:
That 12 win season tho...GD owes CJ for that...

9 win minimum seems high...no? If we get avg/above avg QB play and even avg/slightly below average WR play, and average offensive playcalling/scheme...i believe 9 is very doable...
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Quarrels and JB will help.

A little of the unexpected on offense and 9 wins seems likely. 3 in the non-con. 5 in conference. And a bowl win.
 
Xerxes said:
Tough call here. The have 5 conference home games but 2 of those are against teams they will be overmatched against. the 4 on the road are all going to be tough games. With the soft non conference slate, I'll go with 7
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I assume you are very happy right now
 
trj said:
You pretty much nailed this in a previous thread. Iowa will go as far as the defense and special teams carry them. 16 of the 19 years that has been the case. This year won't be any different.
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You were correct. Offense tends to be a hindrance, by design.
 
eledmonster said:
I've been thinking 7 or 8 wins since the last offseason. We will lose to somebody that we shouldn't lose to and beat somebody that we shouldn't beat. A bowl game win would be nice. This is a very transitional year. So very good strengths and a lot of questions. Starting to look like lots of Tight Ends, one WR sets? Hopefully one of the freshmen will step up at WR.
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How in the heck could you have known that???????
 
westender said:
Will be able to tell a lot more after those 2 first games. We win those 2 then expectations should be 8 or more, as long as the game at Ames is not a field goal fest win. I would not discount that game. ISU will have an offense that can move this time around with a crowd behind them. How well will Iowa move the ball and score. Wadley/T. Young maybe 50 touches in that one?
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We won the first two games. 8 total. Expectations met.
 
WinOneThisCentury said:
I would argue, there should not be any games where we are not going to hold our own in the trenches. Sure, you could point to DT as a weakness and you would have an argument. However, you have Bazata who is a proven player who can take up offensive linemen with the best of them...and you have some guys who have been in the program for awhile...which typically bodes well. I still think Matt Nelson move there too. DE is going to be a major, major strength...and it's your pass rush that sets the tone for how good your defense is...in most cases. That aspect of our defense could be really special.

To me, if the offensive line improves in pass protection and can give the QB time to throw the ball in face of the inevitable blitzes we will see...then we could really surprise some people. That's the key to the whole season IMO. Last year teams absolutely teed off on us in 2nd and long and 3rd and long...and we gave CJ no time. Teams have that tape. It's the formula until you can show you can make them pay for that strategy.
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Our strategy didn't change, but we did pull off some surprises.
 
1977Hawkeye said:
I'm typically an 8-4 type of guy when it comes to minimum expectations. Of course, that doesn't really exist in a vacuum. Last year, 8-4 was kind of a disappointment. In 2013, it was considered by most to be a nice bounce back year. So it just kinda depends.

With a new QB this year, and what looks like a tougher schedule, I think 8-4 would be a good season.

Only time I've ever felt good about going 7-5 was probably in 2001, after having a few really rough years.
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8-5. You can chalk up as a good season in your own ledger. 2013 was only a success if 2012 was identified as the new normal--->IMO
 
DBAHawkFan said:
In 2015, I really thought after reading, hearing, and seeing the Spring/Fall practices where CJ couldn't even get passes off that we were heading for a 5/6 win season. And we won 12

We knew CJ had skills. We don't know that about our QB's currently on the roster. Stanley looked good for the 3 passes he threw, but who really knows.

It'll come down to QB and WR, if they are average to above average, we'll get our 7-9 wins. If they are horrible, we'll be lucky to get 6
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Stanley delivered . . . Wadley delivered . . . TEs delivered . . . WRs didn't, but they weren't awful. In fact I wonder why some of them didn't get more playing time. Maybe give Josh Jackson a few touches on offense?
 
No way to predict KF. Next years schedule might be surprisingly difficult with a number of away games against teams trying to prove something. The schedule may be sort of like Kryptonite to a coach who doesn't believe in emotional ebb and flow of sports.

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HawkGold said:
No way to predict KF. Next years schedule might be surprisingly difficult with a number of away games against teams trying to prove something. The schedule may be sort of like Kryptonite to a coach who doesn't believe in emotional ebb and flow of sports.

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Generally agree. "Consistently inconsistent" or, "Whatever your expectations, he'll usually do the opposite."
I think back to the Ohio State game. IIRC that game was a unique combination of breaking tendencies and execution. When Iowa maximizes both of those they are good enough to beat Alabama. The trick is to maximize both. Of course you can't execute at perfection level 100% of the time, and that is why many fans wonder why we don't break tendencies more often?
 
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