My bad. Thanks. Fixed it.
I don’t understand why we tolerate it. You can throw a game away on foolish penalties. A string of them is the only reason I’ll walk out. Just can’t bear to watch foolishness. And spitting on someone? Classless. Let your playing speak for itself. Are our guys that insecure?
Great downfield blocking in the run game from Hollins as well.
Taz seemed to be more of a liability than a help on the field Saturday.
we were certainly no worse with him being out the second half
Spoon jawed at everyone BECAUSE he was elite. It seems some of the other guys have the causation backwards...
Fans have never been accused of being rational.
Obviously taking care of the ball is priority #1. The key player, IMO, will be Robertson. I have a feeling that field position will be the key to the game, especially if neither offense can get any traction.
I have been critical of Lunney Jr, no doubt. Lunney Jr has the offense moving the chains but scoring points consistently has been a problem. I have never called for him to be fired but they need to score more points on a consistent basis. I have been quite impressed in the last month of how things have turned around. Even certain things that don't work at least Lunney Jr has tinkered with certain formations and throwing a few curveballs instead of the old vanilla offense.
I absolutely still do!
Yeah, agreed. I get frustrated with some of the calls too. But I'm much more concerned with defense and penalties.
This is a touch exaggerated, and by no means is Saturday a must win game for the season or program. I sure don't think we should be "praying" to beat Northwestern. It will be a tough game for sure against Northwestern, but one where Illini should be favored to win. Obviously a win on Saturday clinches a bowl berth, but the win over IU on Saturday was the key game to win to open up two chances at clinching a bowl berth.
Agree. Penalties are huge on both sides
That's fair, but as far as program perception goes (for recruiting), beating Iowa two years in a row would mean a lot
The insecurity comes from the problem that we have no leadership in the secondary with Syd gone and Bailey out for the year
I think perception is indeed what is one the line here. Already since Bret has been here, I think we have graduated out of our classic "2-4 win type program" status, and rival fans know Illinois is going to take down someone they shouldn't in a given year. With that said, I think the prevailing perception is that we are currently a "4-6 win type program," with many casual college football fans chalking up last year to Chase Brown and a defense stocked with NFL talent. Losing to Iowa and beating Northwestern (or even losing to Northwestern) keeps us right in that aggressively average part of the curve.
I didn't even include this component in my post about how this game is really important as far as program perception goes, but what an accomplishment and step forward this would be! What is really sad is that I was actually at the last game we won at Kinnick. I was 8 years old, and we had just moved to Iowa City from Peoria. My dad had me decked out in orange and blue, and it was a fun day.
They were 0-8 in the BT and 1-10 overall in his first season. Hayden had stayed too long and the cupboard was bare. They were awful that season.I didn't even include this component in my post about how this game is really important as far as program perception goes, but what an accomplishment and step forward this would be! What is really sad is that I was actually at the last game we won at Kinnick. I was 8 years old, and we had just moved to Iowa City from Peoria. My dad had me decked out in orange and blue, and it was a fun day.
That was 1999 and literally Ferentz's first season there as head coach.
