Absolutely agree with that. Play or you don't get the benefits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
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Absolutely agree with that. Play or you don't get the benefits.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
So you are the Ole Miss of Iowa then. Speaks well for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by IOA
He's a **** whose gonna sit back and watch his teammates get destroyed. 17 him and hail state. Simmons sweat and a few others on our team have loyalty and balls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Political Hack
Sitting in the sun might be a blessing in January, even in Orlando.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
By "gray uniforms", do you mean the ones we wore in the Egg Bowl? Didn't we also wear those in the loss to Kentucky? But I agree, they look sharp. Almost as good as maroon/gray.
If Simmons changed his mind tonight he wouldn't be any less loyal or have any less balls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bully13
They're really good, but a definite cholesterol and fat bomb - almost an instant heart attack. But they taste so good you'll eat the whole thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
The "other TE" is a 1st Team All-Big Ten player and just won the Ozzie Newsome Award and is also a finalist for the Mackey Award. He's a 6-5 255lb sophomore. Actually, both TE's were 1st team All Big 10 but Hockensen got the majority of the snaps this year. He's a better blocker and pretty dangerous downfield. Fant is a freakish athlete who will test well at the combine. 41" vertical leap type of guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Really Clark?
Why is that? They don't exactly have a stellar bowl record. After having looked it up, they had a recent Rose Bowl but lost it in style to Stanford, and it looks like they've lost most of their other bowl games in the 21st Century. Maybe I don't keep up with them much, but I never really think of them in the same breath as Ohio State, Michigan, and Michigan State.Quote:
Originally Posted by starkvegasdawg
One of the guys I play golf with is originally from Iowa. We'll have to get a little bet going on the game. And one of my roommates at MSU back in the dark ages was from Iowa, but he went into the Air Force so we've totally lost touch.
God, I hate us facing good TEs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Recreationalgynecologist
Iowa State (ISU) is the land grant school in Iowa with the agronomy, vet med, dairy, beef, swine, ag biz admin etc. programs. Iowa has the medical school, law school and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pit Bull
Purdue, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Illinois, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers and Maryland are the land grant Big10 schools, much like Miss State.
Iowa hasn't lost to Michigan much lately. Pretty even with MSU but we've laid some eggs in recent bowl games. Early in Kirk's tenure Iowa beat Florida, LSU, South Carolina and should have beaten Florida a 2nd time. Iowa's been up and down as of the last few years but always seems to put a fair number of guys in the NFL. Consistent QB play and being one dimensional on offense have been Iowa's weakness over the last few years. They just haven't put it all together, but when they do, they're tough to beat. This year's team lacks senior leadership (young team) and that has hurt them in close games. The defense is pretty good, especially in the secondary and DL. We have 3 DE's that will make an NFL roster in the future and our LBs are young, we lost two from the '17 team that are on NFL rosters but they're mobile and will hit. The secondary is pretty deep and disciplined but had a couple bad outings, including the Purdue game in with a true FR corner got torched for a couple long TDs.
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We saw how great those Big 10 defenses were when Michigan got demolished. The style of football up there gets steam rolled by our style. We out physical people and our offense last 4 games is 4-5 times better than the first 8 games.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
We're better than Michigan on defense, especially on the edges. Michigan got demolished by an OSU team that's probably the fastest in the country. They're just a schizo team and don't always show up but when they're on, they are tough to stop. OSU reminds me of Oklahoma with a better (but undisciplined) defense.
I heard Fant is being held out because of a discount on tires.Quote:
Originally Posted by Recreationalgynecologist
This. We are better on both los and our defensive speed will be tough on the ol Hawkeyes.Quote:
Originally Posted by RougeDawg
Why? This ain't the 2014 D. And that happened only because we were down 2 safeties.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Don't remember a TE wearing us out this year. If our D ain't lollygaggin and enjoying the beach & the girls, we'll be ok.
Correct different dc different defense. No te or wrs have done anything of note against our secondary.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawgday166
I'm still a little concerned with our offense and also hope the D don't take them lightly. Don't want a quick TD or 2 before Shoop settles them down.Quote:
Originally Posted by RougeDawg
We've only faced 2 good TEs this season. Sternberger, we held down quite nicely... 2 catches 13 yards. Irv smith got us pretty good... 5 catches 70 yards.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawgday166
I didn't remember Smith getting us that good but ... we were kinda focusing on three 5* WRs too at the time. I like our D against anyone if they come focused and ready to play. Anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
ETA: Saban wishes he had our D. If so Ga only scores 14 max and we don't have to tackle them by their facemask to get them down either.
True, but if you have a several million dollar future in the NFL, a little bowl swag may not mean a lot, financially. I'd rather see them play, but I can understand if they choose not to play. I've seen some that back off their entire senior year. And remember Colt McCoy's father basically pulling him out of the national championship game with Alabama a few years ago?Quote:
Originally Posted by Political Hack
I'm worried/ surprised we are only 4 point favorites
It's OK. We all know who we're playing. It's sort of an inside joke I suppose, because ESPN especially, and many other media members, seem to get us confused with the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), so we tend to just pass the confusion around a bit. This afternoon at the women's basketball game with Texas, one of the announcers even referred to us as Southern Miss.Quote:
Originally Posted by IOA
Which is the primary engineering school?Quote:
Originally Posted by Recreationalgynecologist
Iowa State. Iowa has engineering but ISU is where the primary civil, mechanical, chemical engineering programs are. Iowa is where the law, medicine, actuarial sciences, astronomy, business/finance/mba, speech pathology, audiology, nursing and dental schools are located. The Writer's Workshop is one of the best in the country.
That is a horrible idea. The reason these guys are not playing is because they are good enough to be NFL stars. Those are not the type of people that you want to alienate right before they become millionaires. They can do a lot for your program going forward. Treat them right. Do not cut off your nose to spite your face.Quote:
Originally Posted by Political Hack
Thanks. MSU is the primary engineering school in Mississippi, but Ole Miss has a small (?) one. We have a pretty big business/finance college unless I'm mistaken, as well as education and nursing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Recreationalgynecologist
Iowa City is also the headquarters for the ACT college entrance testing if I'm not mistaken. Many years ago, I remember taking a yearly standardized test in high school called the ITED ... Iowa Test of Educational Development. I'm not sure if it still exists or not.
Yea, there's a school of education at each of the three state universities and several of the private schools as well. Iowa likely has the more well-established graduate programs in education and administration.Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
The ITED is still around as well as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. (or Iowa Assessments) The ACT is a pretty decent sized employer in Iowa City, so they seem to be doing well. Iowa and ISU are fairly different culturally, which is a given with fundamental differences in program emphasis, which is reflected in the student body. ISU has a slightly larger undergraduate enrollment with a higher percentage of in-state students. ISU likely has the stronger Greek system as well, which isn't surprising. The land grant schools in the Big 10 and midwest tend to be more Greek oriented while the others aren't so much. ISU is in a more rural setting, so that Greeks tend to fill the social void there. Iowa typically draws from a larger pool nationwide (and Chicago) and has a higher graduate enrollment. The University Hospitals & Clinics seem to contain a big chunk of that number.