E El Amin Fan Well-known member Joined Jul 23, 2012 Messages 3,076 Reaction score 1,189 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 689 Reaction score 1,419 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 1,374 Reaction score 1,230 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #3 Oops-a-daisy.
G Gophers1992 Well-known member Joined Oct 8, 2019 Messages 4,937 Reaction score 7,322 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #4 Better performance than the score indicates.
Ski-U-Ham Who hates Iowa? Joined Apr 23, 2019 Messages 3,313 Reaction score 4,441 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 6,614 Reaction score 4,245 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #6 Stayed the course
ergopher Well-known member Joined Jan 5, 2023 Messages 495 Reaction score 746 Points 93 Aug 28, 2025 #7 Game 2 objective: win in the redzone.
GophersInIowa Well-known member Joined Nov 21, 2008 Messages 46,691 Reaction score 31,084 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #8
B Breakin' The Plane Well-known member Joined Jan 15, 2010 Messages 12,297 Reaction score 5,494 Points 113 Aug 28, 2025 #9 Uneven, but solid.
T Tech Machine Well-known member Joined Oct 9, 2023 Messages 635 Reaction score 881 Points 93 Aug 28, 2025 #10 Potential is there, with growing pains.
2 #2Gopher Well-known member Joined May 18, 2010 Messages 9,875 Reaction score 3,719 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 5,861 Reaction score 4,674 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 432 Reaction score 561 Points 93 Aug 28, 2025 #13 Workmanlike
PMWinSTP Well-known member Joined Oct 11, 2015 Messages 17,689 Reaction score 7,158 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #14 Never felt like the game was in jeopardy
MNVCGUY Well-known member Joined Oct 8, 2011 Messages 23,641 Reaction score 28,778 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 898 Reaction score 1,387 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 694 Reaction score 735 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 421 Reaction score 312 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 7,414 Reaction score 9,551 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #20 The tape looked better than the scoreboard
WAGopher Well-known member Joined Nov 20, 2008 Messages 5,726 Reaction score 4,035 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 3,248 Reaction score 868 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 586 Reaction score 1,133 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 8,149 Reaction score 3,416 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #24 This team keeps making me adjust my expectations upward.
GophEnEspaña Well-known member Joined Nov 16, 2021 Messages 676 Reaction score 1,026 Points 93 Aug 29, 2025 #25 We don't look worse than expected
S Spaulding!No! Well-known member Joined Nov 22, 2019 Messages 14,520 Reaction score 9,120 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #26 Stadium sold out of peanuts by 3rd quarter.
F FinnGopher Well-known member Joined Mar 27, 2023 Messages 3,258 Reaction score 3,379 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 2,943 Reaction score 961 Points 113 Aug 29, 2025 #28 Just when you felt safe being an optimist, weird bad luck reared its ugly head.