Can we beat Iowa?

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can we beat iowa? If not we'll be 0-9 in trophy games under brew.
 


if you are a player then i understand not being able to look ahead. but the rest of us on here are fans and we dont impact the game, so i am curious if people think we can knock off iowa or if we'll go 0-9 in trophy games.
 




Gopherprof said:
Oh no!! Not the trophy games!! They count for so much more!!
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Yes. They do.

Also, I don't consider the "Governor's Victory Bell" as a historic/legitimate trophy.

But Paul Bunyan's Axe, Floyd of Rosedale and The Little Brown Jug transcend the ordinary game and those games do mean more. MUCH more.
 

Maybe, if they look past us to a big bowl game. Purdue proved again today that there are on gimees in the Big Ten. After last week's game I thought Boilermakers had one chance to win a Big Ten game, against Indiana. They caught the Buckeyes napping today.
 

Trophy cases collect less dust inside when we never open the doors to them.

Ok, ok... no, we will not beat Iowa. Are you serious?? Hate to say it but.... Mason had 2 trophy wins by the end of his 3rd season. But... we are getting better, no doubt.
 

magpie said:
Trophy cases collect less dust inside when we never open the doors to them.

Ok, ok... no, we will not beat Iowa. Are you serious?? Hate to say it but.... Mason had 2 trophy wins by the end of his 3rd season. But... we are getting better, no doubt.
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Agree we will not beat Iowa but are we really getting better????
 



Nope. Anything can happen any week in college football, we all know that. But they beat us 55-0 last year at home. They look much better than last year, we look worse, and we have to go down there, I am not hopeful, but again you never know. They may be playing for an undefeated season at that point, maybe we could ruin that for them and provide some consolation to the season. Maybe that's our big win this year!?
 

Iowa is hit or miss enough that anyone CAN beat them, but I wouldn't count on it. Weber against this secondary could be pretty scary, especially since I think Spievey is good enough to keep Decker from going crazy. It won't be 55-0 again, but this isn't really one of the games I'm worried about right now.
 

Sure they can beat Iowa. Will they? That's the question. There are very few guaranteed wins or losses in the Big Ten. It's also not out of the question that Minnesota loses at home to Michigan State or Illinois.
 

EG#9 said:
Sure they can beat Iowa. Will they? That's the question. There are very few guaranteed wins or losses in the Big Ten. It's also not out of the question that Minnesota loses at home to Michigan State or Illinois.
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i cant see us losing to either msu or illinois. brew will have the boys ready. if we win those we'll be 4-4 in bt and that is improvement
 



Sounds like we should just cancel the game.

Seriously, though. What kind of question is that? You know what you think and want to hear. Do you expect good conversations to stem from that?
 

Nothing would be sweeter than going to Iowa when they are 11-0 and erasing their National Championship dreams but I dont think that will happen, especially after the egg we layed today.
 

Go4 said:
i cant see us losing to either msu or illinois. brew will have the boys ready. if we win those we'll be 4-4 in bt and that is improvement
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If you are confident that the Gophers will win those games, then you should see at least a reasonable chance that the Gophers beat Iowa.
 

The Answer is No

The answer is real simple......NO....But hey you do play South Dakota later this year and you do have a chance of winning that game tho..

Thanks for the laugh Can we beat Iowa ? :)
 

Old Gopher said:
"Can we beat Iowa" is a very stupid question ask when we were just demolished by a team they demolished.
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Using that logic, we should crush tOSU next week then, huh? You know, since we whipped Purdue last week and they whipped tOSU today.

I feel a lot better about next week's game now!
 

Old Gopher said:
Hit or miss, huh? Is that why they are 7-0?
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They are winning which is awesome, but it hasn't been pretty most of the time. There have been plenty of teams who have had a great shot at knocking them off (including UNI and Arkansas State), so it seems pretty unrealistic to act like they're unbeatable or something. They're a good team, with a great defense, but there's been some luck involved, and still haven't put together a truly complete game yet. Even today, which was one of the better performances of the the year, they looked incredibly shakey in the first half before going out and dominating the second.
 

I think the only way the Gophers have a shot against Iowa is if Stanzi melts down. He's petty flawed though so it's not out of the realm of possibility.
 

OK we could...but how likely is it. the chances are terribly slim ...but Purdue has again proved today upsets can always happen.
 

bojihawkeye said:
The answer is real simple......NO....But hey you do play South Dakota later this year and you do have a chance of winning that game tho..

Thanks for the laugh Can we beat Iowa ? :)
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Keep up the laughing and you might end up with another scare like those games against UNI and Arkansas State, except your luck might run out.
 

As long as Iowa comes up with big plays on D and game changing turnovers, who will beat them?
 

Probably not if the Hawks play at least an average "C" game...

...the GGs would need an "A++" game IMHO for a W. At this point of the season, now knowing what the Gs have talent-wise relative to the biggies, I would be satisfied to see some material progress relative to the 55-0 beatdown last year.
 

There are some teams they are not going to beat this year. Ohio State and Iowa are the two remaining on the schedule that they are just not going to beat. Both have defenses that are equal or better than Penn States. 123 yards on offense might look good against these teams. This is just the way it is. There is not much you can do about it.

Michigan State game is the big game. I hope they play well in that game and have a chance.
 

Dust Collecting in those trophey case

Maybe time to look for a new coach
 

blarneys said:
Maybe time to look for a new coach
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Well, at least you've moved on from trying to get sued by Whaley.



I couldn't disagree more about looking for a new coach. But I want the Gophers to do well, so you and I probably have different goals.
 

Ever since Kirk Ferentz took over the Iowa program, the Hawkeyes have always given this rivalry their full attention. They've come to play in each and every matchup. I can't remember if it was the same way when Hayden Fry was the coach, but that really doesn't matter now. While the Gophers have some victories during Ferentz's regime, it really was only when the Gophers had a better overall team. Even in defeat though, Iowa didn't go down without a fight. I hate the Hawkeyes, but I've always admired how they get up to play us. They don't take the day off when Minnesota is on their schedule.

Because the Hawkeyes are a better overall football team than the Gophers this year, and because the game is in Iowa City, I really believe these factors should prevent anyone from reasonably thinking the Gophers will pull this one out. However, that's why they play the games. Maybe Iowa lays an egg for the first time against us with Ferentz at the helm. Maybe that is combined with the Gophers' best effort of the season. If that happens, there is a chance; however, I just think it's unreasonable to expect all of those events falling into place for Minnesota. I hope I'm wrong.
 

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