Iowa's Season at a Glance
by Gamecock Man on Dec 10, 2008 11:31 PM EST
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PrintWeek One: Maine
The Hawkeyes win easily over an FCS cupcake.
Week Two: Florida International
Another easy win against the team best known for brawling with Miami.
Week Three: Iowa State
The Hawkeyes overcome two interceptions and a 5-14 performance by Ricky Stanzi to defeat their in-state rival 17-5 in what must have been a supremely ugly game. Incredibly, Iowa State gained 325 yards in this game but did not manage to score more than five points, perhaps lending credence to our Iowa friends' claims that you can move the ball against the Hawkeyes but will have trouble once you get into the red zone. The Cyclones spent plenty of time inside the 20 in this game but were unable to score a TD and missed three FGs.
Week Four: at Pitt
After receiving a pep talk from successful Panthers hoops coach Jamie Dixon, Wannie and his crew upend the Hawkeyes by a point. This time Iowa is the team that has red zone woes; the Hawkeyes out-gained Pitt by over a hundred yards but had to settle for a couple of FGs when a TD on one of those two drives would have won the game for them.
Week Five: Northwestern
Iowa loses another close game. Despite gaining over 400 yards, the Hawkeyes turned the ball over five times, four on lost fumbles. Iowa had a chance to win the game late, but after moving the ball to the NW eight yard line, Ricky Stanzi threw four straight incompletions to turn the ball over on downs.
This appears to be Iowa's version of our Vandy game.
Week Six: at Michigan State
Turnovers again kill the Hawkeyes chances as they fall to MSU 13-16. After winning their first three, the Hawkeyes are now 3-3.
Week Seven: at Indiana
Iowa pounds one of the Big 10's worst teams by a score of 45-9. Not only does Shonn Greene run for over 100, but the Hawkeyes' backup Jewel Hampton does as well. Indiana must have some kind of run defense.
Week Eight: Wisconsin
Despite giving up over 400 yards, Iowa again keeps their opponent from putting up too many points as they pound Wisconsin. The Hawkeyes' appear to have the epitome of a bend-don't-break defense.
Whatever happened to Wisconsin, by the way? The Badgers went from being a national title contender to going 7-5 and almost losing to Cal-Poly.
Week Ten: at Illinois
Juice Williams singlehandedly beats the Hawkeyes. Well, he appears to have gotten some help from his defense, but Williams accounted for the large majority of the Illini's offense. Iowa drops to 5-4.
Week Eleven: Penn State
The Hawkeyes take down the Big 10 champs at home. This was the biggest moment of Iowa's season and one of the most important games of the year, as the Iowa win kept Penn State out of the national title game. Florida and Oklahoma thank you, Hawkeyes. The Iowa defense was the story of the day. They held the Nittany Lions, possessors of one of the country's more prolific offenses, to less than 300 yards.
Week Twelve: Purdue
The Hawkeyes edge the Boilermakers on the legs of Shonn Greene, who rushed for over 200.
Week Thirteen: at Minnesota
Iowa pounds Bucky Beaver on his home turf. The Hawkeyes end the season on a high note with an 8-4 record.
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To answer your questions
1) Yes, the Iowa State game was ugly. Stab a spoon through your eye ugly.
2) Indiana has the same kind of run defense that grass has to a lawnmower.
3) Wisconsin can honestly be described as one of the, if not the, most disappointing team in the country. It’s not just the losses or the high expectations, it’s the fact that even their wins at the end of the year look bad. They are a team that, it appears, simply quit.
I don't think Beilema is the guy...
And, there are a couple other notable flops…take your pick. Auburn, Tennessee, South Florida.
"penis fish"…google that, and the candiru is the first thing that pops up
by Stuck in the Plains on Dec 11, 2008 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
Wisconsin is flop.
Auburn is epic flop.
by BradBanks4ever on Dec 11, 2008 11:17 PM EST up reply actions
Wisconsin...
Wisconsin didn’t do a good job in the face of an adverse schedule. They opened the Big Ten blowing a 19-0 lead to a bad Michigan team in a definite fluke loss. Then they had to play Ohio State, Penn State and Iowa in consecutive weeks. By the time that was over, they seemed pretty defeated – although Michigan State still needed a last second FG to beat ’em.
"Jack Trice Stadium - Easily one of the Top 10 Stadiums in Central Iowa"
by Not Marv Cook on Dec 11, 2008 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
Illinois
Juice Williams had nothing to do with that win. Iowa had two drives stall on the 2 and 9 yard line in the first half and settled for field goals. Then Stanzi decided to keep giving the ball to the Illini (one run back for a TD). Juice threw two INTs, too, but Stanzi’s struggles are what lost the game.
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Dec 11, 2008 2:29 AM EST reply actions
By that logic...
Georgia and LSU had nothing to do with our losses to them. It was all our fault for turning the ball over at the wrong time.
Garnet and Black Attack: A Blog by and for Gamecocks Fans. http://www.garnetandblackattack.com
by Gamecock Man on Dec 11, 2008 8:11 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed about Williams
No way did Williams win that game. One Illinois TD came on the only blown defense the team had all year. Another was on a terrible Stanzi pick. I’ll give him credit for the drive for the game winning FG, but he was typical Juice until that point.
"Jack Trice Stadium - Easily one of the Top 10 Stadiums in Central Iowa"
by Not Marv Cook on Dec 11, 2008 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
Illinois beat Iowa
Juice “The Announcers Insist I’m a Good QB so that must make it true” Williams
Shonn Greene for Heisman
Big Ten's leading Rusher
144 yards per game
6.2 yards per carry
08 TDs per game > 06 GPA
by shake n bake on Dec 11, 2008 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
did not
Shonn Greene for Heisman
Big Ten's leading Rusher
144 yards per game
6.2 yards per carry
08 TDs per game > 06 GPA
by shake n bake on Dec 11, 2008 7:29 PM EST up reply actions
You gotta admit
Juice throws a great ball to receivers who don’t have a defender within 15 yards of them.
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
BTW
Bucky is a Badger. And he’s Wisconsin’s mascot – not Minnesota’s. That would be Goldy Gopher.
"Jack Trice Stadium - Easily one of the Top 10 Stadiums in Central Iowa"
Eh
They’re all rodents. Close enough.
by chitownhawkeye on Dec 11, 2008 7:18 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks.
Garnet and Black Attack: A Blog by and for Gamecocks Fans. http://www.garnetandblackattack.com
by Gamecock Man on Dec 11, 2008 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
My favorite Big Ten Mascot...
…is Wolvie the Wolverine.
by BradBanks4ever on Dec 11, 2008 11:19 PM EST up reply actions
Go home
This is the SEC, baby.
by My Rusty Hoe: Diehard SEC Fan on Dec 11, 2008 9:22 PM EST reply actions
Well, that's very clever.
“Go home.”
The Fighting Chickens beat a I-AA Wing-Bone team by all of 10 — and we are supposed to genuflect. I think we’ll just have to post that somewhere in the Iowa locker room (the non-pink one).
Just think: at your current rate of progress, you’ll equal our 2008 total in rush touchdowns in … 2012. (If you’re allowed to accumulate them.) Of course, by then, we’ll have 125, by the same measure, and you’ll still be throwing three picks for every one of ours.
Either you have a better D-line than Penn State, or we are a gonna wax your little speedy chicken legs. I’m going to watch the Clemson game now and see if that is possible. I don’t think it is.
You do realize: SC has the worst statistical profile of any New Year’s bowl team EVER. And your coach hates his own players? What the heck is that?
Mr. Boh Knows ...
Last night I watched that Wing-Bone team against you and I have one word:
Cutbacks. That Wofford QB who must run a 5.2 or so? He was running wild against the grain. This woo-woo-woo S-E-C athleticism trope is pretty funny once you remember — it’s a game in which 11 people have to do the right thing at the right time.
Our guards run 5.2s. Our left tackle (All Big Ten) offers the sympathy of a hungover prison guard. He’s 19, appears to be 30, weighs 310, and the seniors are afraid of him. Our left guard (All Big Ten) is already married and born again, so you know he has some major shit to sublimate. Our center (All Big Ten) is a walk-on and the nastiest of the bunch. Our 240 lb human at weakside linebacker, who appears to be 12 years old? He runs a 4.6. It just goes on and on. We have the youngest team in the Big Ten and 10 guys on the honor and awards roll.
You got three weeks in which to learn to play team defense. Your offense is already buried, unless the crafty and clinically depressed OBC creates more gimmicks per possession than God could invent. Granted, there are better poured concrete time-share condos on hurricane-threatened beaches in South Carolina. There may be better tans on the girls, who do indeed have the option of smaller bikinis. These things are important. And Charleston is a place I enjoy very much. But … I’d be studying up on what happens when you over-pursue against a zone blocking team, when its RB is the best in the country, and the QB is cut loose.
I really don’t think this game should be played. What’s going to happen if Garcia and Smelley AND Beecher don’t want to play any more? That could happen sometime in the third quarter.
Mr. Boh Knows ...
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