SeaBee_Gopher
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I must say, I'm glad I went and worked in my yard after we fell behind 31-0 or I'd probably be just as worked up as the rest of you. I feel better today because I was actually productive yesterday and have some perspective. Let me point out a few things after going back and watching the rest of the game:
1) QB is the most important position in football and Iowa has a very good one, maybe a GREAT one. Why shouldn't he be after SIX years as a college starter! Max Brosmer will be a better pro than Mark Gronowski, but Mark is a better college QB. He doesn't look flashy, but he is very seasoned and smart and it showed. His legs really help him especially in the college game and so does his savvy. He's very similar to Diego Pavia for Vanderbilt. Drake Lindsey needs to get in a little better shape to improve his mobility. He'll never be Mark, but he can have better mobility than he does now.
2) The Nebraska outcome tricked a lot of us, including me, into thinking we had a good chance against Iowa. We did not. We've struggled against bad P4/G5 schools this year. The Nebraska game was a 10% probability outcome in our favor and things evened out one week later against Iowa. I think we win 5 out of 10 games against Nebraska. The teams are equal. They aren't that good either.
3) This is a really good Iowa team. They hung with Indiana and many think would have beaten Indiana if Mark hadn't gotten hurt during the game. No one would be surprised if we played Indiana this year and they hung 50 on us. This just stings worse because it's IOWA! Ugh!!!
4) We were outclassed, but also unlucky and undisciplined:
a) I wondered why Wetjen scored so easy on that punt return and we looked so slow. Both our two gunners on the outside ran past the play and our guy on the left allowed himself to get pushed all the way over to the right. Terrible discipline.
b) Our end lost contain on that first Mark Gronowski touchdown. Seriously, he's known for his legs and you lose contain? That happened multiple times.
c) Three interceptions by our freshman QB! Ouch.
d) Iowa got first downs by inches a couple times early on 3rd and 4th downs that could have ended drives and helped us keep things closer.
e) John Nestor left Iowa because he was struggling to get on the field and became our starting corner. That's a sign they are a lot more talented than us. I will continue to beat the drum that he should be a safety, not a corner. We are just very weak at corner this year so he's plugging the hole in the dike.
4) This was a 10% outcome for us vs. Iowa on the downside. OK, actually a 20% outcome, they are just a lot better than us this year. Their coaches are better too. When will Kirk Ferentz & Phil Parker finally retire? We at Minnesota and Wisconsin are tired of them beating up on us!!! They are two of the best coaches ever in the college game. We're very unlucky they have been at Iowa all this time. They've made Iowa as good as they could possibly be.
5) As I've said before, but was tricked into forgetting when we beat down Nebraska, we were better last year and will be better next year. This year we're not that good.
Thoughts? And no, I haven't read any of the other message strings yet because I figured they would be extremely depressing. If you already said something intelligent there, I missed it.
1) QB is the most important position in football and Iowa has a very good one, maybe a GREAT one. Why shouldn't he be after SIX years as a college starter! Max Brosmer will be a better pro than Mark Gronowski, but Mark is a better college QB. He doesn't look flashy, but he is very seasoned and smart and it showed. His legs really help him especially in the college game and so does his savvy. He's very similar to Diego Pavia for Vanderbilt. Drake Lindsey needs to get in a little better shape to improve his mobility. He'll never be Mark, but he can have better mobility than he does now.
2) The Nebraska outcome tricked a lot of us, including me, into thinking we had a good chance against Iowa. We did not. We've struggled against bad P4/G5 schools this year. The Nebraska game was a 10% probability outcome in our favor and things evened out one week later against Iowa. I think we win 5 out of 10 games against Nebraska. The teams are equal. They aren't that good either.
3) This is a really good Iowa team. They hung with Indiana and many think would have beaten Indiana if Mark hadn't gotten hurt during the game. No one would be surprised if we played Indiana this year and they hung 50 on us. This just stings worse because it's IOWA! Ugh!!!
4) We were outclassed, but also unlucky and undisciplined:
a) I wondered why Wetjen scored so easy on that punt return and we looked so slow. Both our two gunners on the outside ran past the play and our guy on the left allowed himself to get pushed all the way over to the right. Terrible discipline.
b) Our end lost contain on that first Mark Gronowski touchdown. Seriously, he's known for his legs and you lose contain? That happened multiple times.
c) Three interceptions by our freshman QB! Ouch.
d) Iowa got first downs by inches a couple times early on 3rd and 4th downs that could have ended drives and helped us keep things closer.
e) John Nestor left Iowa because he was struggling to get on the field and became our starting corner. That's a sign they are a lot more talented than us. I will continue to beat the drum that he should be a safety, not a corner. We are just very weak at corner this year so he's plugging the hole in the dike.
4) This was a 10% outcome for us vs. Iowa on the downside. OK, actually a 20% outcome, they are just a lot better than us this year. Their coaches are better too. When will Kirk Ferentz & Phil Parker finally retire? We at Minnesota and Wisconsin are tired of them beating up on us!!! They are two of the best coaches ever in the college game. We're very unlucky they have been at Iowa all this time. They've made Iowa as good as they could possibly be.
5) As I've said before, but was tricked into forgetting when we beat down Nebraska, we were better last year and will be better next year. This year we're not that good.
Thoughts? And no, I haven't read any of the other message strings yet because I figured they would be extremely depressing. If you already said something intelligent there, I missed it.
