ISR: CyHawk 2021

[Cyforce]

This season is going to stress me to no end. Being favored in 11 games means the loses are heartbreaking while the wins are relief rather than joy.

 

[ForeverIowan]

Maybe I'm just not as deeply embedded as y'all, but I'd be willing to chalk up a lot of last week's performance to peeking ahead to tomorrow. The rest on UNI's massive chip on their shoulders and Kolar being out.

Just commented to a buddy the Clone offense looked like dog crap 1st game last year against Louisiana only to come alive week 2 at TCU a historically strong defense (37 points). I wouldn't put too much stock into the offensive performance last week.

 

[Gonzo]

There was a point in both 2017 and 19 when ISU had the chance to put the foot on the throat and they just flailed around in various ways to let it slip and Iowa took advantage.

Honestly I expect no different tomorrow just based on trends. You can't base anything off of week 1 (or any week in college football) BUT I was hoping we'd see a different version of September ISU football and it was way too similar.

I was sure we were going to lose both at those points. There's no way a cleanly fielded punt in 19 wouldn't have ended in a game winning FG IMO.

 

[cyfanatic13]

I was sure we were going to lose both at those points. There's no way a cleanly fielded punt in 19 wouldn't have ended in a game winning FG IMO.

game winning FG attempt*

 

[Legend Hawk]

Weren’t on Iowa’s level? You won by one point. You’re a special kind of re-rod this week.

Lol man, this is weak even for you. Are you saying one game = a season? Iowa not only beat ISU on the road, they won 10 games and finished #15 in the AP and ISU was unranked. Yeah, ISU wasn't on Iowa's level in 2019.

What you are saying is like pretending that just because Iowa beat OSU in 2017 that they were therefore on the same level as the #5 team in the country. Yeah, Iowa beat them, but OSU won 12 games and was clearly the much better team with the better season.

 

[7Got6]

Kept us in the game in 2019? Iowa was the one that needed things to happen to keep them in it. ISU looked like the dominate team, they had a 130 more yards of offense. Turnovers and mental mistake cost ISU. I also love how Iowa fans kind of insinuate that trying to hit from deep (hit on a big explosive play) is some how not winning the right way or cheating or that we need to gimmick to win. Iowa is hard to score on in the red zone, so it make sense to try and hit on some big ones. It's not luck, it is strategy.

And I love how Iowa State fans think that turnovers are a happy accident. Iowa is routinely on the positive side by a wide margin in turnovers by the end of the year. For as much grousing from Hawk fans about a boring offense there’s a reason for that. It’s frustrating at times but they also on occasion know when they need to open up the offense but not enough in my opinion.

 

[mill1634]

Someone wake me up when this is a rivalry again.

 

[qwerty]

Someone wake me up when this is a rivalry again.

For the Iowa bowl game that they will back out of and not play? Or for the loss to Northwestern?

 

[Thinker]

For the Iowa bowl game that they will back out of and not play? Or for the loss to Northwestern?

lol, stop being a weak link and accept ISU is what it is

 

[cooper6911]

It is fascinating to hear ISU fan’s revisionist history of the 2019 game. The refs cost us the game, and now ISU beat Iowa in every facet except score, LOL. First of all scores are the only thing that matter. Also Iowa completely and utterly destroyed ISU in the special teams phase of the game. Iowa also won the turnover battle. So Iowa beat ISU convincingly in the single biggest facet of the game (turnovers) and dominate them in another big phase of the game (special teams). Oh and by the way they scored more points. LOL at looking at just total yards and thinking that tells the story of the game.

What year is it ?

 

[Legend Hawk]

What year is it ?

Same song and dance every year for ISU. When ISU faces real defenses they can’t move the ball, they turn it over all the time, and their special teams ain’t so special.