E El Amin Fan Well-known member Joined Jul 23, 2012 Messages 3,060 Reaction score 1,143 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #1 The Drake looks the part, but next game more TDs and less FGs.
Texan Gopher Well-known member Joined Sep 18, 2022 Messages 538 Reaction score 1,089 Points 93 Aug 28, 2025 #2 We played well and should have won by 20 or more but we didn't do to some missed catches and unlucky plays
We played well and should have won by 20 or more but we didn't do to some missed catches and unlucky plays
S swede2 Well-known member Joined Dec 16, 2022 Messages 1,238 Reaction score 1,106 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #3 Oops-a-daisy.
G Gophers1992 Well-known member Joined Oct 8, 2019 Messages 4,820 Reaction score 7,042 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #4 Better performance than the score indicates.
Ski-U-Ham Who hates Iowa? Joined Apr 23, 2019 Messages 2,924 Reaction score 3,774 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #5 Much like the Mayo Bowl, the better team flexed when it had to and won with little doubt
gopherbadgerman Well-known member Joined Jan 3, 2009 Messages 6,043 Reaction score 3,458 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #6 Stayed the course
ergopher Well-known member Joined Jan 5, 2023 Messages 393 Reaction score 507 Points 93 Aug 28, 2025 #7 Game 2 objective: win in the redzone.
GophersInIowa Well-known member Joined Nov 21, 2008 Messages 45,726 Reaction score 29,162 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #8
B Breakin' The Plane Well-known member Joined Jan 15, 2010 Messages 12,139 Reaction score 5,192 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #9 Uneven, but solid.
T Tech Machine Well-known member Joined Oct 9, 2023 Messages 464 Reaction score 575 Points 93 Aug 28, 2025 #10 Potential is there, with growing pains.
2 #2Gopher Well-known member Joined May 18, 2010 Messages 9,746 Reaction score 3,542 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #11 I'm nervous about the drops, after all the practices, we still dropped the easy ones.
BilldGopher Section 211 Joined Nov 12, 2008 Messages 5,646 Reaction score 4,253 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #12 Lots of trips to the "Not Case IH Anymore Red Zone" that did not bear full bananas to match the Gold Out or uniforms.
Lots of trips to the "Not Case IH Anymore Red Zone" that did not bear full bananas to match the Gold Out or uniforms.
E Eastside Forever Well-known member Joined Dec 15, 2024 Messages 335 Reaction score 454 Points 63 Aug 28, 2025 #13 Workmanlike
PMWinSTP Well-known member Joined Oct 11, 2015 Messages 17,287 Reaction score 6,706 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #14 Never felt like the game was in jeopardy
MNVCGUY Well-known member Joined Oct 8, 2011 Messages 22,660 Reaction score 26,774 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #15 First games are always weird, but there was more good than bad and Drake has a chance to be special.
gophernut1 Well-known member Joined Nov 28, 2019 Messages 890 Reaction score 1,370 Points 93 Aug 29, 2025 #16 A lot to get excited about with a good dash of reasons for caution.
mcrow47 Well-known member Joined Dec 5, 2024 Messages 358 Reaction score 280 Points 63 Aug 29, 2025 #17 Defense played well, offense suffered with the dropsies but young QB looked solid.
Whytetale Well-known member Joined Jan 29, 2017 Messages 585 Reaction score 572 Points 93 Aug 29, 2025 #18 Nice day for a FB victory, but a sad day for advertising in the red zone.
S Swaggerson Bank Sect 112 Barn Sect 102 Joined Jan 5, 2009 Messages 398 Reaction score 282 Points 63 Aug 29, 2025 #19 Whytetale said: Nice day for a FB victory, but a sad day for advertising in the red zone. Click to expand... lol
Whytetale said: Nice day for a FB victory, but a sad day for advertising in the red zone. Click to expand... lol
fmlizard Well-known member Joined Jan 19, 2012 Messages 7,299 Reaction score 9,338 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #20 The tape looked better than the scoreboard
WAGopher Well-known member Joined Nov 20, 2008 Messages 5,565 Reaction score 3,825 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #21 Defense and special teams were solid, but the offense wasn’t.
C caliGopher Well-known member Joined Nov 22, 2008 Messages 3,089 Reaction score 650 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #22 Notched the win, a lot of work to do.
M Married@SiebertField Well-known member Joined Mar 12, 2021 Messages 478 Reaction score 890 Points 93 Aug 29, 2025 #23 Key to winning football, stop the run: good start to the season from this perspective.
Ewert86PC Metrodome Era Survivor Joined Sep 11, 2010 Messages 7,951 Reaction score 3,191 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #24 This team keeps making me adjust my expectations upward.
GophEnEspaña Well-known member Joined Nov 16, 2021 Messages 560 Reaction score 855 Points 93 Aug 29, 2025 #25 We don't look worse than expected
S Spaulding!No! Well-known member Joined Nov 22, 2019 Messages 13,813 Reaction score 8,660 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #26 Stadium sold out of peanuts by 3rd quarter.
F FinnGopher Well-known member Joined Mar 27, 2023 Messages 2,575 Reaction score 2,785 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #27 Good game for the young guys to learn from.
everybody knows my name Freakishly Hyperintelligent Joined Jan 18, 2010 Messages 2,864 Reaction score 809 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #28 Just when you felt safe being an optimist, weird bad luck reared its ugly head.