E El Amin Fan Well-known member Joined Jul 23, 2012 Messages 3,104 Reaction score 1,243 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 713 Reaction score 1,489 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 1,415 Reaction score 1,268 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #3 Oops-a-daisy.
G Gophers1992 Well-known member Joined Oct 8, 2019 Messages 5,127 Reaction score 7,568 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #4 Better performance than the score indicates.
Ski-U-Ham Who hates Iowa? Joined Apr 23, 2019 Messages 3,799 Reaction score 5,248 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 7,017 Reaction score 4,717 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #6 Stayed the course
ergopher Well-known member Joined Jan 5, 2023 Messages 553 Reaction score 840 Points 93 Aug 28, 2025 #7 Game 2 objective: win in the redzone.
GophersInIowa Well-known member Joined Nov 21, 2008 Messages 47,691 Reaction score 32,805 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #8
B Breakin' The Plane Well-known member Joined Jan 15, 2010 Messages 12,494 Reaction score 5,763 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #9 Uneven, but solid.
T Tech Machine Well-known member Joined Oct 9, 2023 Messages 646 Reaction score 900 Points 93 Aug 28, 2025 #10 Potential is there, with growing pains.
2 #2Gopher Well-known member Joined May 18, 2010 Messages 9,976 Reaction score 3,818 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 5,919 Reaction score 4,798 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 595 Reaction score 740 Points 93 Aug 28, 2025 #13 Workmanlike
PMWinSTP Well-known member Joined Oct 11, 2015 Messages 17,867 Reaction score 7,399 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #14 Never felt like the game was in jeopardy
MNVCGUY Well-known member Joined Oct 8, 2011 Messages 24,216 Reaction score 30,058 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 907 Reaction score 1,404 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 376 Reaction score 291 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 801 Reaction score 927 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 434 Reaction score 322 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 7,468 Reaction score 9,656 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #20 The tape looked better than the scoreboard
WAGopher Well-known member Joined Nov 20, 2008 Messages 5,796 Reaction score 4,154 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 3,313 Reaction score 966 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 683 Reaction score 1,358 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 8,225 Reaction score 3,484 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #24 This team keeps making me adjust my expectations upward.
GophEnEspaña Well-known member Joined Nov 16, 2021 Messages 775 Reaction score 1,215 Points 93 Aug 29, 2025 #25 We don't look worse than expected
S Spaulding!No! Well-known member Joined Nov 22, 2019 Messages 15,241 Reaction score 9,540 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #26 Stadium sold out of peanuts by 3rd quarter.
F FinnGopher Well-known member Joined Mar 27, 2023 Messages 5,017 Reaction score 4,765 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 3,015 Reaction score 1,100 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #28 Just when you felt safe being an optimist, weird bad luck reared its ugly head.