Streak still alive?
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Doesn't really make sense to bring this up right now with the Sims incident being the most recent. The streak was stupid, we lost a game during this streak, it's just for db fans to rub it in to other fans.
No, Parker was injured in the first quarter against Army.
***Beat you by a minute, cycloneG. (;0)
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His injury happened in the first quarter against Army. It'd be nice if we had a game where mop up time started in the first quarter.
Why is this thread still going? All the Cyclone fans and most of the Hawkeye fans have all agreed that the streak is not only over, but means absolutely nothing in the long run.
BGHP brought up a good point about the TD streak being somewhat analogous to the 33 consecutive quarters Iowa had gone last season (and the season before) without giving up any rushing TDs. It was brought up right before the Michigan game. And guess what? We gave up, I think, 2 or 3 in that game alone. After that, you could almost argue that most teams scored TDs against on the ground. That streak (along with this one) were a conglomeration of good defense, opponent ineptness (no offense Cyclones) and sheer dumb luck.
And you don't care we lost a game during the streak? Really? For me that's probably the one reason I DON'T go around telling people about the streak. I mean, you wouldn't have cared if we had lost 3-2 last weekend? What, would you yelling "You may have beaten us, but you still haven't scored a TD!!!" from the rooftops?
Yes, we kept ISU out of the endzone for a long time. Yes, it sucks they scored on us so late in the game. But seriously. The streak is over. Move on to things that ACTUALLY matter. Like our 3 game win streak against ISU. Or our two straight games scoring 35 points against the Cyclones. Something. Anything. Just drop the entire streak thing.
BGHP brought up a good point about the TD streak being somewhat analogous to the 33 consecutive quarters Iowa had gone last season (and the season before) without giving up any rushing TDs. It was brought up right before the Michigan game. And guess what? We gave up, I think, 2 or 3 in that game alone. After that, you could almost argue that most teams scored TDs against on the ground. That streak (along with this one) were a conglomeration of good defense, opponent ineptness (no offense Cyclones) and sheer dumb luck.
And you don't care we lost a game during the streak? Really? For me that's probably the one reason I DON'T go around telling people about the streak. I mean, you wouldn't have cared if we had lost 3-2 last weekend? What, would you yelling "You may have beaten us, but you still haven't scored a TD!!!" from the rooftops?
Yes, we kept ISU out of the endzone for a long time. Yes, it sucks they scored on us so late in the game. But seriously. The streak is over. Move on to things that ACTUALLY matter. Like our 3 game win streak against ISU. Or our two straight games scoring 35 points against the Cyclones. Something. Anything. Just drop the entire streak thing.
On the other hand, it's pretty amazing how quickly it shuts Hawk fans up when you fire back, "Oh yeah? And how many games did you LOSE during that no-TD streak?"
The streak alreay had an * on it. Most fans would not brag about a streak like that unless they won all the games. Bottom line is you don't always have to score a TD to beat the Hawks.
2-1 ain't bad though. Like I said, allowing no TD's gives you a VERY good chance to win. We weren't good enough to follow through on those odds in 2007. But still, you have to like your chances when you're only giving up FG's.
Why are you complaining about a rout? I guess ISU should just settle for field goals right??
Under most circumstances, you're right - 2 out of 3 ain't bad. But if someone has decided to go into d-bag mode about a TD-scoreless streak and the team is only 2-1 during that time span, it just earns the d-bag a warm glass of shut the hell up.
Yea...It was cheep..whatever cheep is....
I was watching the CPR show last night...I saw numerous Iowa defensive starters in late in the 4th quarter...I guess that was cheap too...
THIS.....
Ol' kirkie the scum heard a lot about his record against Iowa State a couple of years ago. He prepares very hard in the off season for this game. He had his starters on both sides of the ball in there well into the fourth quarter.
This is just typical hawk that embarrasses you when you have to explain their lack of branches on their family trees to people when the wonder what is wrong with Iowans. You have to remember they are very insecure as a group. That, and the majority of the gene pool is from the kid on the porch playing the banjo in Deliverance, and you see why they just can't help themselves. Everyday is a county fair in their lives.
You have to explain that there is a reason that NOONE outside of the state watches them play. Hell look at the TV ratings of their last two bowl games, and the hundreds of millions of people that found something else to do beside watch the hawks. The best was the Orange Bowl, when it was the ONLY game on TV, and nobody watched it anyway.
Like I said, you've got to like your odds. And it's still something that the defense could be proud of. The offense was held to almost nothing in that game. But it's not that often that you lose when you only allow 15 points.