ISR: CyHawk 2021
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I'd both teams play an average/'to-potential' game, I think ISU wins. Problem is ISU tends not to play to potential against Iowa recently.
I'd like to see us win but after last week who knows. I'm feeling Iowa wins on a game winning field goal
I didn't watch much of Iowa-Indiana, but outside of the big plays, Iowa didn't do much, right? Sure, maybe they didn't have to since it was over as soon as it started, but I just don't see us ISU making those big mistakes. And I just don't think they can run the ball on us, and Petras isn't good enough to shoulder the game. ISU 20-Iowa 10.
I think every Hawk fan on the planet understood what the game plan for the 2nd half was going to be. Get a couple first downs each possession by running outside zone and then punt. Don't turn it over, don't give Indiana a short field and just get out of there with a win. So yeah Iowa didn't do anything for a whole 1/2 basically and still blew them out 34-6.
. The surprising thing I got out of watching the first half was how bad the Indiana QB performed. I watched him last year before he got hurt and he was really good. It is obvious that how he goes is how Indiana goes. Iowa D is very good which is normal. Petrous looks average and that is maybe a compliment. I expect he will not have experienced a road game like what he will see on Saturday along with the pass rush/quality defense he will face. Lot’s of pressure on him. Turnovers will be a factor with two Top 10 defenses slugging it out. 17-10 Clones.
I don't think Gameday coming to Ames helps ISU's chances at all.... in fact it hurts them. Creates WAY too much hype and adrenaline.... and way too many distractions.
again, I didn't say the refs cost us the game. I said they can have an impact on a tight game and they fking absolutely did. How do you not see that? Calling a ghost hold that was NOT A HOLD AT ALL, and wiping out a first down in FG range impacted the outcome of the game. They didn't cost ISU the game, they were a contributing factor but no the only factor in a loss.
I believe the last time Iowa was in the top 10 when we played them was 2005. Let’s just repeat that 23-3 beat down.
How much do the players even notice? I guess I don’t know what they do before the game, but I’m assuming they don’t sit in the locker room watching college game day. They really don’t see college Gameday at all as it’s on the other side of the stadium. There’s hype and adrenaline in playing in the Big12 championship and NY6 bowl, and sure as hell would be if we made the playoffs. You think getting used to the big stage is a bad thing?
2010 iirc. Iowa played about as well as they could and ISU looked like they didn't want to be there.
That Iowa team went on to be just OK and that ISU team went on to not be that awful.
LOL, it was a hold, good call by the refs on that one.
2019 game, the hawkeye next to me started complaining about the home cooking our refs were giving us. I just reminded him that they were big 10 refs. He shut up after that.
something tells me it’s been a REALLY long couple years for you.