E El Amin Fan Well-known member Joined Jul 23, 2012 Messages 3,056 Reaction score 1,114 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 529 Reaction score 1,035 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 1,233 Reaction score 1,103 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #3 Oops-a-daisy.
G Gophers1992 Well-known member Joined Oct 8, 2019 Messages 4,816 Reaction score 7,031 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #4 Better performance than the score indicates.
Ski-U-Ham Who hates Iowa? Joined Apr 23, 2019 Messages 2,895 Reaction score 3,746 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 5,952 Reaction score 3,328 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #6 Stayed the course
ergopher Well-known member Joined Jan 5, 2023 Messages 386 Reaction score 483 Points 63 Aug 28, 2025 #7 Game 2 objective: win in the redzone.
GophersInIowa Well-known member Joined Nov 21, 2008 Messages 45,679 Reaction score 29,074 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #8
B Breakin' The Plane Well-known member Joined Jan 15, 2010 Messages 12,107 Reaction score 5,127 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #9 Uneven, but solid.
T Tech Machine Well-known member Joined Oct 9, 2023 Messages 441 Reaction score 542 Points 93 Aug 28, 2025 #10 Potential is there, with growing pains.
2 #2Gopher Well-known member Joined May 18, 2010 Messages 9,739 Reaction score 3,535 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 5,622 Reaction score 4,186 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 326 Reaction score 441 Points 63 Aug 28, 2025 #13 Workmanlike
PMWinSTP Well-known member Joined Oct 11, 2015 Messages 17,271 Reaction score 6,686 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #14 Never felt like the game was in jeopardy
MNVCGUY Well-known member Joined Oct 8, 2011 Messages 22,627 Reaction score 26,699 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 278 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 583 Reaction score 569 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 395 Reaction score 279 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 7,277 Reaction score 9,306 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #20 The tape looked better than the scoreboard
WAGopher Well-known member Joined Nov 20, 2008 Messages 5,548 Reaction score 3,802 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 3,076 Reaction score 634 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 474 Reaction score 884 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 7,925 Reaction score 3,159 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #24 This team keeps making me adjust my expectations upward.
GophEnEspaña Well-known member Joined Nov 16, 2021 Messages 559 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 13,789 Reaction score 8,632 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #26 Stadium sold out of peanuts by 3rd quarter.
F FinnGopher Well-known member Joined Mar 27, 2023 Messages 2,561 Reaction score 2,776 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 2,857 Reaction score 789 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #28 Just when you felt safe being an optimist, weird bad luck reared its ugly head.