It was the right call on the replay. But the field refs messed it up by blowing it dead. Just like the Jaylin Noel "out of bounds" call, they should have let the play play out, then review.
I have zero sympathy for the Hawkeyes though.
F*CK IOWA
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I have zero sympathy for the Hawkeyes though.
So your contention is ISU waiting for Iowa win B10 title before they themselves become top 25 worthy? Not sure I follow your rationale
In their system a 40 yard punt is a true disaster of a play and they had a few of those when they had all the room to try to pin them deeper. He did get a few crazy long punts too though.
The point is you have no reason to complain about ISU not being ranked when you have no real shot of accomplishing anything anyways.
Iowa first needs to play a conference schedule that doesn’t have 8 cupcakes before they are worthy of a top 25 ranking
Was hoping for a weather delay last night. We all know how those favor Iowa and change the momentum.
I have never heard a hogeye say, "we got beat." Never.
It is always, "we got beat, but....." Always. Their ability to create a diversion in their brain for rationalization and excuses is remarkable.
Haven’t heard any of the Iowa fans here say “we made too many mistakes. Can’t give up a huge punt return, didn’t force any turnovers, and we turned it over 3 times. Kudos to Michigan for out playing Iowa at their own game”
Instead, the narrative is “refs were against Iowa” and “defense played well enough to win”. It’s ok Iowa fans to admit your team made crucial mistakes at crucial points in the game that directly led a Michigan scoring most of their points. And even if those mistakes didn’t occur, Michigan’s first drive would had sealed the game anyway as Iowa couldn’t move the ball at all on offense
I've said all week that Michigan was the worse matchup for Iowa because, yes, they play a similar style as Iowa only 1,000 times better than Iowa. I do think our D played really well, but Michigan is just on another level and when you're playing a team like that with one arm tied behind your back because you have zero hope of doing anything on offense, there's no avoiding it getting ugly.
You’re changing the subject, poster said Iowa outscored by ranked opponents 60-0 this year (actually it 57-0 but within the acceptable margin of error). I’m saying that Iowa would have more favorable record in that regard if ISU ever finished in the top 25.
Your aunt would be your uncle if she had a schlong too
You need to realize there’s whole different world out there outside of Twitter/X. Most Iowa fans realized the game was over after the long punt return and the fumble from Jaz sunk the rest of the fans.
Right, Iowa can’t control their schedule outside the non-con. So it would helpful if ISU ever finished in the top 25 in improving that metric.
One arm tied behind your back???? Why even say that? It would be like an Iowa State fan saying we wouldn't have lost a game Brock's junior year if we didn't have a ****** offense line. All excuses and what ifs. You, and we, are what we are. Can you type "we got beat by a better team."
Yes, but I haven’t seen any Iowa fans here say Iowa made too many mistakes. Instead, Iowa fans here have just been trying to make a positive spin on the outcome. It’s ok to say your team made mistakes.
Duh, figured by saying Michigan played a similar style of football 1,000 times better than we do kind of implied that it's obvious they're a better team, but here you go champ... we got beat by a better team.
And the one arm tied behind our back thing isn't an excuse, it's just the truth, KF is content fielding the worst offense in college football and beating crappy teams with D and ST. Our offense can't do anything vs. good teams, and vs. most bad teams.
I think most would agree Iowa's offense is a special kind of weakness. And yes, that's nobody's fault but Iowa and KF.
You can go back to ISU's 5 year win streak and find Iowa fans saying the exact same thing. "Ferentz teams always get better throughout the year."
I get your point.
Some teams are one or two players -- or one or two plays a game -- away from being the same caliber as a Washington, Texas (this year) or Alabama.
Iowa was a whole half of a team from being the same caliber.
But some Iowa fans truly believe that when you utter names like Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma that the hawks should be named in the same breath as those teams -- that they are an elite program. "IF only we had a good offense...."
And that's the delusional aspect of some Iowa fans