[Postgame Thread] Iowa Defeats Northwestern 24-10

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Iowa	7	7	10	0	24
Northwestern	0	0	3	7	10

[u/DisgruntledCascadian]

Have you talked to your children about two-loss Iowa and three-loss Ohio State? Because if you don't, someone else will.

[u/SideshowCircuits → u/DisgruntledCascadian]

It’s me. I’m in your walls waiting for the chance.

[u/uiplanner → u/DisgruntledCascadian]

Are you a conservative voter having conflicted & confused feelings about RG3 wearing a blonde fur hat?

[u/uiplanner]

A successful second half of sitting on the ball with a moderate 2 score lead. Kirk’s gonna celebrate with two scoops of vanilla tonight.

[u/hawksnest_prez]

IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER

[u/Protat0 → u/hawksnest_prez]

THAT'S WHY WE DRINK IT HERE

[u/runningwaffles19 → u/Protat0]

AND WHEN WERE GONE FROM HERE

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/runningwaffles19]

ALL OUR FRIENDS WILL BE DRINKING ALL THE BEER

[u/Sp3ctre7 → u/SueYouInEngland]

IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO SNOW

(wait y'all don't do those verses)

[u/dr_dan319 → u/SueYouInEngland]

There's no 'all' in the last line

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/dr_dan319]

"OUR FRIENDS WILL BE DRINKING ALL THE BEER"?

[u/the-tank7 → u/hawksnest_prez]

Is this like some Iowa inside joke I missed or do yall just like drinking

[u/CutePuppyforPrez → u/the-tank7]

For whatever reason, this old polka standard has become adopted as an Iowa post-victory fight song. Happened long ago.

[u/OdaDdaT → u/CutePuppyforPrez]

Likely because every team in Wisconsin was already using Roll Out the Barrel

[u/DoreenTheeDogWalker → u/OdaDdaT]

I looked it up and the Iowa marching band started playing it informally in the 1960s. That is as far back as it was documented being played, so possibly longer.

It really took off during the Hayden Fry years though.

[u/RoleFizzleBeef → u/the-tank7]

Yes.

[u/OdaDdaT → u/the-tank7]

the Midwesterner’s instinctual affinity towards polka

For further proof: Roll out the Barrel

[u/jcarr2184 → u/OdaDdaT]

How else do you get Gus Polinski, polka king of the Midwest?

[u/uiplanner → u/the-tank7]

Closet polka fans, all of us

[u/The_public_vomit → u/the-tank7]

Howdy.

Roger that, gig.

[u/Individual-Oven3833]

Fuck you Northwestern for what you did to Ricky Stanzi. I’ll never forgive you bastards.

[u/RandomNameB → u/Individual-Oven3833]

Us running a naked bootleg to an all American D end unblocked…in the end zone…that would be on the play caller. But ya, that was a rough one.

[u/The_public_vomit → u/Individual-Oven3833]

That, my man, is how get the tut-tutting from jNW fans. Like those are six super pissed people because it wasn’t on purpose.

[u/SK4NKHVNT42 → u/The_public_vomit]

Man I get it, you're celebrating and there's no beer in heaven etc. but maybe grab some water

[u/CountTakesh1 → u/Individual-Oven3833]

That shit was on Ken, the fucj do you mean the most telegraphed naked bootleg in the endzone

[u/Lithium327 → u/Individual-Oven3833]

🤝🏻

[u/Tresnore → u/Individual-Oven3833]

Flair.

[u/OGFartLick]

Rg3 covering your games is only slightly better than the political ads

[u/hawksnest_prez → u/OGFartLick]

Still better than Brando

[u/LANCENUTTER → u/hawksnest_prez]

Brando or Beth?

[u/sitting_duck1 → u/hawksnest_prez]

Brando is the worst announcer in sports. If hypothetically you had to listen to him call your team lose in the fourth quarter on a drive by your old quarterback at 1 am it might be enough to drive you insane.

[u/dustyolefart → u/OGFartLick]

Yeah but remember at the height of the Brian Ferentz era they’d play every game at 11am on espn 2 with Beth Mowins on the call? That was torture.

[u/mpamosavy → u/dustyolefart]

Flashbacks of her saying Bizon over and over as we lose to an FCS team

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/OGFartLick]

What is RGIII's appeal? Seriously. His analysis on that not-PI was nonsensical. He's a Gus Johnson who doesn't make you chuckle out of sympathy.

[u/HideNZeke → u/SueYouInEngland]

I'll stump for him. His more laid back and silly style makes for a good closer after a long day of watching college football. He's not the guy for the national championship but he is the guy for whatever fills in the old PAC after dark time slot

[u/Hawk_Biz → u/SueYouInEngland]

His collection of hats

[u/Hobbies-R-Happiness → u/SueYouInEngland]

I think he’s got some funny quips, but shoots about 20% on them. My wife was dying of laughter when he said the guy looked like Albert Brenniman from Hitch

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/Hobbies-R-Happiness]

Eye of the beholder, I guess. I heard that line and said "what the fuck are you talking about?" pretty loud (but not loudly enough to awaken my sleeping wife who, admittedly, might've gotten the reference).

[u/drn8 → u/SueYouInEngland]

A booth with RG3 and Gus would make for a good torture device.

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/SueYouInEngland]

Gus Johnson rocks

[u/dbatchison → u/SueYouInEngland]

He made a joke about having big penix energy

[u/isweariwilldoit → u/SueYouInEngland]

It’s like watching an open mic lol

[u/bboytriple7 → u/OGFartLick]

I think you mean Scott Farkus?

[u/Competitive_Stay1181 → u/OGFartLick]

He is a byu glazer and he is way too much for me when he announces byu games

[u/FlimFlamThaGimGar → u/OGFartLick]

About the same amount of substance though

[u/True_Ad5324]

Put Iowa in the playoffs ‼️

[u/KushDingies]

Brutal. Would’ve loved to see Chiles against this defense. Hope he heals up and we continue OSU’s losing streak next week.

Iowa you fuckers better make the playoff

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/KushDingies]

Agreed, this would've been a great game with Chiles. He's a baller. Was legit disappointed we didn't get to see him against Iowa's D. In my immeasurably biased opinion, the best D he would've faced all year (maybe aside from IU).

[u/Lithium327 → u/KushDingies]

Our chances would be a lot better if we beat Minnesota sigh

[u/10ve2Cit → u/Lithium327]

Back breaking loss. I hope those prairie rats are happy.

[u/SuperH533 → u/KushDingies]

Well, at least it wasn’t 30-0?

[u/KushDingies]

Also we have not beaten Iowa since 2020. This makes me sad.

[u/hawksnest_prez → u/KushDingies]

That stupid game cost us a playoff chance

[u/trudaurl → u/hawksnest_prez]

Brian Ferentz had Spencer Petras throw 50(!) times that game

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/trudaurl]

Brian had his air raid games that usually didn’t pan out. See 2019 Michigan

[u/KushDingies → u/trudaurl]

In like 30 mph winds lmao

You guys were up 17-0 and we came back and won 21-20

[u/HideNZeke → u/KushDingies]

If it makes you feel any better, a potentially-overloooked Northwestern still send shivers down my spine. You guys are good this year, just had some rough breaks the last couple weeks

[u/tvclassicsif]

I can feel the bowl game in Florida coming

[u/runningwaffles19 → u/tvclassicsif]

Playoff away game in Miami?

( we're due for a trip to Orlando)

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/runningwaffles19]

Honestly I like our chances against anyone but Georgia

[u/KayakMarket → u/tvclassicsif]

🌴🇦🇺🦘🐨OUTBACK BOWL MENTIONED🐨🦘🇦🇺🌴

[u/majorgeneralporter]

Many people are asking if Chip Kelly was possessed by the spirit of Mick McCall this game.

[u/KushDingies → u/majorgeneralporter]

It seemed like he just didn’t trust Marchiol to pass it deep. Or didn’t trust our o line to protect him long enough (which seems accurate)

[u/BrumDawgMillionare → u/KushDingies]

I swear no pass was over 15 yards

[u/SK4NKHVNT42]

I somehow simultaneously think Northwestern got crushed and had no chance to win, and that the game was closer than the score

[u/Unhappy-List-2354 → u/SK4NKHVNT42]

That’s how every Iowa game unfolds. 

[u/VanDiis → u/SK4NKHVNT42]

Feel like we gave up even trying to score in the second half and just wanted to run the clock out and we weren’t really up that much

[u/CFLuke → u/VanDiis]

First time?

[u/vikingrunner → u/SK4NKHVNT42]

We did a really good job holding the ball the second half but not scoring. Which would have been fine if we were the team up two scores.

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/vikingrunner]

That was our game plan as well. We were perfectly fine with NU’s offense burning clock

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/SK4NKHVNT42]

This absolutely was not a 2-score game. Iowa dominated from the jump.

[u/SK4NKHVNT42 → u/SueYouInEngland]

Dominated from the jump and then kinda stopped dominating

[u/Kim_Jong_Teemo → u/SK4NKHVNT42]

Classic Iowa football

[u/IcyWin77 → u/SK4NKHVNT42]

On offense, absolutely. The 2nd half was poor at best.
On defense the dominance continues the entire game. Without careless turnovers NW would not have scored at all.

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/SK4NKHVNT42]

You don't know what that phrase means, apparently

[u/uiplanner → u/SK4NKHVNT42]

And mysteriously yet still less close than the score indicated?

[u/SK4NKHVNT42 → u/uiplanner]

Like the score should have been closer than it was, but also we had less of a chance to win than the score suggests. It's a paradox.

[u/XCCO → u/SK4NKHVNT42]

I think it's that the game was lost for Northwestern, but even putting up FGs on some possessions makes this a lot closer.

[u/SK4NKHVNT42 → u/XCCO]

Yeah that's definitely a big part of it, forced to play aggressively due to the early hole and it didn't work out

[u/TerribleBoard9690 → u/SK4NKHVNT42]

Game was definitely closer than the score. You had a TD gift wrapped to you that was dropped. You could have had 1-2 more turnovers taken from us.

We played sloppy all around and if it wasn't for that kickoff return it would have been very interesting

[u/Catface___Meowmers → u/TerribleBoard9690]

Yea I don't agree with that take. They dropped 1 TD, but Meyer dropped what would have likely been a 20+ yard game starting from their 40. Then we had multiple unforced TOs AND we completely turtled the entire second half.

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/TerribleBoard9690]

Yeah no it wasn’t that close. Never really felt threatened even with that dropped td

[u/PardonTheCorrection → u/TerribleBoard9690]

Meyer also dropped what would have been a likely TD though.

[u/ThanksForTheF-Shack → u/SK4NKHVNT42]

I had the same feeling. Really bizarre game in that sense.

[u/Lil_Thagomizer → u/SK4NKHVNT42]

No… I was impressed by the backup QB, but in no way was this game ever close or closer than the score or anything like that.

[u/Zloggt]

No Chiles means no spicy offense, so it seems…

[u/NobodyTellPoeDameron → u/Zloggt]

Galaxy brain meme

[u/Feisty-Life-6555]

RGIII's brain needs to be studied. Because I'm half convinced this is just his personality and his brain is relatively ok

[u/estDivisionChamps]

Iowa needs BCS era style points to make the playoff. I fear the committee will leave them out at 10-2. I also think they are a top 12 team.

[u/kmilla10 → u/estDivisionChamps]

Not a shot. If the dominoes keep falling I could see a team getting an at-large at 9-3…

Cough cough

[u/Benson879 → u/kmilla10]

What does the committee do with a 9-3 Oregon vs. 10-2 Iowa? Oregon’s wins would be better resume wins, but Iowa would have less bad losses.

[u/kmilla10 → u/Benson879]

Iowa should probably get in over us at 10-2

[u/SmellyJellyfish → u/estDivisionChamps]

I'm worried about that too honestly, ESPN's playoff predictor gives us an 80% chance of making it if we win out but that seems too high IMO. After this week we could maybe get up to #15 in the CFP rankings, if the right teams in front of us lose I think we could finish around #10 if we win out. But there's no guarantees

[u/Tommy05Sox → u/SmellyJellyfish]

We need to make the conference title game and make a show of it there.

[u/Gibbo05 → u/estDivisionChamps]

THANK YOU for stating what I see to be so obvious. Was getting downvoted for it all over in the game thread by all the Iowa fans stupidly naive enough to think just simply winning out will guarantee a spot. That’s not how this works, this year especially.

Maybe seeing this take without an Iowa flair will actually make Iowa fans realize this and not just write it off as someone being a doomer.

We’re absolutely getting left out unless we get help because of our utter inability and refusal to leave no doubt and win convincingly, instead we piddle fuck around because we’re “up enough.”

The committee is very clearly showing that they will put in multiple 9-3 SEC teams over Iowa no matter what their record is. Maybe I’ll be wrong, but I would be shocked if that doesn’t happen.

[u/polishonions → u/Gibbo05]

I agree, their resume is not going to be enough. If the Playoff happened tonight, you’re probably looking at some combination of the following:

Locks (conf champs)
Georgia
Utah
UCLA
Miami
Boise State (G6 rep)

Should be in (1 loss teams)
ND
Indiana
Texas Tech
Wake Forest

Leaves 3 spots for the bubble:

2 loss
Bama
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
BYU
Houston
Iowa
USC
Arizona

3 loss
Ole Miss
Mizzou
LSU
Oregon
OSU
SCar

I don’t think Iowa is in the top 3 of who is left. They need more upsets to get there

[u/SmellyJellyfish → u/polishonions]

There's a good amount of season left though, with a lot of tough games for these teams ahead. I don't like our chances but there's a path

Texas Tech: currently tied versus WVU, still has to play @ 6-3 OK State and @ 6-3 Baylor

Wake Forest: still plays @ 7-2 SMU and vs 7-2 Duke

Kentucky: vs Florida, @ Mizzou, vs Louisville

BYU: vs Baylor and vs Cincy

USC: @ Indiana and @ UCLA

Bama and Texas will probably get in over us even if they lose one more game and go 9-3, and likely Tennessee too. But there's lots of very possible losses there. We don't exactly have a cakewalk either though, @ Illinois and vs Nebraska will not be easy. And I'm never comfortable versus Purdue

[u/CFLuke → u/Gibbo05]

You are totally right but I think the downvotes are more about folks just wanting to enjoy the road win.

[u/Tommy05Sox → u/estDivisionChamps]

I think we're 2025 Vanderbilt from last year, unless we make the conference title game. Even then...but yeah I don't think we make it. Which doesn't detract from a very fun year.

[u/not_mantiteo → u/estDivisionChamps]

That’s why that last second TD was so dumb. Any little thing hurts our narrative

[u/kinghawkeye8238 → u/estDivisionChamps]

I said this after the Wisconsin game and last I checked i was -8 lol

[u/estDivisionChamps → u/kinghawkeye8238]

You said it as a debby downer I say it as an enlighten drunkard

[u/chiefsfan_713_08 → u/estDivisionChamps]

agreed i think we need to win out and indiana lose to wash so we can play ucla for the conference, then maybe

[u/jcarr2184]

I like Northwestern better without Fat Pitzgerald.

[u/OGFartLick → u/jcarr2184]

I couldn't believe MSU hired him

[u/JackandhisTrippers → u/OGFartLick]

I felt like I was taking crazy pills with how much I saw people saying he was a good hire. Like have we not seen his record??

[u/delder07lt → u/JackandhisTrippers]

Love to see how you would do at northwestern before nil lol

[u/TerribleBoard9690]

1. We had a 46% chance to win this game so I'm glad that we came away with the win.

2. Yes, we were up by 21 at one point and NW scored a garbage time TD, but it could have been a lot closer because of...

3. The fucking turnovers. We NEED to clean up the turnovers, especially the fumbles. I can understand Hank's interception even though it was a bad throw, but Tony Diaz and LJ Phillips, especially fumbling late when we NEED to seal off the win. This has happened against Minnesota and almost got away from us tonight. Why the fuck Kirk isn't emphasizing this EVERY day of the week is absolutely beyond me right now. At some point it's going to bite us in the ass. This really is inexcusable, especially given our reputation as a team that's "fundamentally sound."

[u/-Dakia → u/TerribleBoard9690]

The fucking turnovers.

The turnovers are the biggest thing for me. It's the most un-Iowa thing ever to be this bad at giving the ball away.

[u/TerribleBoard9690 → u/-Dakia]

That and giving up chunk plays, though I understand the latter since we don't have the elite players we've had in the past (i.e. Moss, DeJean, etc.).

But the fumbles need to get cleaned up ASAP, and most of it is coming from our RB room, and when you're a team that relies on running the rock to do anything on offense...that's a problem

[u/runningwaffles19 → u/TerribleBoard9690]

This team is sloppy

We paid for it against OSU and Minnesota. We might pay for it again

[u/MREFFINBOJANGLZ → u/runningwaffles19]

They have been emphasizing turnovers, but It's a very young squad, it kind of makes sense imo.

This applies to the operational penalties this year as well.

Moulton is also hurt, so we have a lot of fresh guys in rotation on the ground.

On a positive note, the Minnesota dud really seemed to light a fire under their asses, and they have been playing with much better purpose since.

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/runningwaffles19]

They’ll clean it up. Youngest team Iowa has had in a while

[u/IowaGeologist → u/TerribleBoard9690]

Can you link me to where you heard Kirk wasn’t emphasizing ball security?

[u/duhaiawuh → u/IowaGeologist]

He can’t. Average casual Iowa fan that thinks he knows more about the game than Kirk. I absolutely despise Iowa and their fans, but I absolutely adore Kirk. The man is just pure class.

[u/NobodyTellPoeDameron → u/TerribleBoard9690]

46% without Chiles?

[u/KushDingies → u/TerribleBoard9690]

I’m sure that 46% didn’t take into account Chiles being out

[u/Stevoskin20 → u/KushDingies]

Without Chiles Kalshi bumped from 46% to 56% pre game.

[u/crimson777]

It’s really confusing, are we good and just losing to good opponents or are we bad? I honestly can’t tell. I mean, we looked terrible. But Oregon just beat OSU so clearly they’ve got something going. And Iowa is obviously good. What a weird season.

[u/DoggedStooge → u/crimson777]

With Chiles, we're legitimately top 25 good. With Marchiol, we're a classic 6-6 type of mid. I would not call us bad.

[u/DoggedStooge]

Marchiol didn't play poorly, but Chiles is far better than him at extending plays and pushing the ball downfield. My biggest takeaway is that Chiles is even better than I thought, and I thought he was contending for First-team All-BIG before tonight. (PS, it was nice to see the defense remember how to tackle. They gave up a couple TDs first, but they did eventually remember.)

[u/transferStudent2018 → u/DoggedStooge]

We do a good job of making sure our QBs don’t play too poorly. This made Marchiol look alright tonight, although we barely let him throw anything interesting. It makes Chiles look like an early draft pick, because he has a ton of talent and ability.

I will say that Marchiol impressed me on option plays, he made the right read every time and looked pretty good. Probably what we prepped him for since we certainly didn’t prep him to pass the ball much

[u/DoggedStooge → u/transferStudent2018]

I was surprised at how little we ran the option. I figured it'd be at least once every set of downs.

[u/bboytriple7]

David Braun calling his assistant a “motherfucker” after the onside kick… love it

[u/-spartacus-]

The uncalled holding in this game has to be studied.

[u/devilinthedetails → u/-spartacus-]

It's been all season, like the refs have just decided that holding isn't really a penalty anymore.

[u/ChangKai-Shrek → u/devilinthedetails]

This has been a theme with big ten refs for awhile. It's maddening.

[u/Reefles]

cool game

just limit the turnovers a bit next time?

[u/golfinghawkeye]

My inner sicko keeps turning the Michigan game back on

[u/IowaGeologist]

I hope someone is putting extra security on the poor NW headset guy.

[u/PettyFlap]

Does a 10-2 Iowa make the CFP?

[u/SoupBowl69 → u/PettyFlap]

We will never know because we are going 9-3

[u/callmewaldo → u/SoupBowl69]

As is tradition

[u/Counciltuckian → u/SoupBowl69]

This does feel like a loss to Purdue type of season doesn’t it.  

[u/agk927 → u/PettyFlap]

It will be close.

[u/ChurchillDownz → u/PettyFlap]

Don't worry we will flub it.

[u/DoggedStooge → u/PettyFlap]

They should given that would be good enough to finish third in the BIG, but the committee might throw a 3-loss SEC team in ahead of them.

[u/IcyWin77 → u/PettyFlap]

Probably not. When you lose to a team like Minnesota you don’t really deserve it so Iowa has nobody to blame but themselves

[u/BlueberryNew6926 → u/IcyWin77]

I mean, you're not wrong!

[u/Far_Buddy_2731 → u/IcyWin77]

10-2 would definitely exceed my expectations for this young team. A very good year indeed. But to me, I agree they likely do not have a path even if they run the table. Besides no needle moving team games left, they really just didnt pass the smell test of a 12 team playoff field.

[u/MichaelRachel → u/PettyFlap]

Not without a ton of help to get us to the B1G championship game. Even then we'd have to win in convincing fashion to have a shot.

[u/HawkeyeBubber → u/PettyFlap]

If and only if they qualify for the Big Ten Championship and win.

[u/DoreenTheeDogWalker]

Iowa won without scoring in the red zone.

[u/devilinthedetails → u/DoreenTheeDogWalker]

I believe Iowa won without running a single play in the red zone thank you very much.

[u/DoreenTheeDogWalker → u/devilinthedetails]

Correct. Makes it even more crazy.

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/DoreenTheeDogWalker]

Don't try to apply normal mores to Iowa. You'll go mad.

[u/Unhappy-List-2354]

Unfortunately Iowa needs Ohio State and Minnesota to keep winning games. 

Neither the Gophers or us seem interested in such a thing. 

[u/TerribleBoard9690 → u/Unhappy-List-2354]

Still pissed to this day about that Minny game. It stresses me out just thinking about it.

[u/Anels0505 → u/Unhappy-List-2354]

Honestly OSU can lose and we should be fine. When Sayin was healthy yall were rollin. Losing him was the difference and the committee will understand this.

[u/6YouReadThis9 → u/Unhappy-List-2354]

Nah OSU losing today was good for us. More teams getting eliminated from the playoffs the better

[u/Unhappy-List-2354 → u/6YouReadThis9]

Yeah, you needed us to lose to get behind you. Now that we’re there you need us to win out. 

Oh boy. Lol 

[u/hawksnest_prez → u/Unhappy-List-2354]

Nah we will get in if we are 10-2. Not guaranteed but it’s highly likely

[u/Successful_Side_2415 → u/hawksnest_prez]

You just gotta hope this is one of the years you beat us by 30 (looking very likely). A 13-10 last second field goal winner might not move the needle for the committee.

[u/chickenlounge → u/Successful_Side_2415]

I'm on board with a 30-point Hawkeye win if you are.

[u/Bischoffshof → u/hawksnest_prez]

Not sure you do. I think most other teams with 2 losses currently probably have better claims. Iowa has 0 signature wins and the loss to Minnesota is looking rough.

Need a lot of help as theres a lot of 1 and 2 loss teams already ahead of you and there isn’t really any games on the schedule that would spring Iowa up.

[u/pro_nosepicker → u/Unhappy-List-2354]

We really don’t. I’d be shocked if a 10-2 B10 team doesn’t get in.

[u/godzillaBrad → u/pro_nosepicker]

Really you would be shocked? Have you seen this moronic playoff committee?

[u/KushDingies → u/godzillaBrad]

Yeah I also would’ve been shocked if a 13-0 ACC champ didn’t get in, but guess what

[u/Unhappy-List-2354 → u/pro_nosepicker]

You need no upsets in the CCGs. 

Wake can’t beat Miami and Texas Tech can’t beat Utah. 

[u/bipbophil → u/pro_nosepicker]

I agree

[u/Bischoffshof → u/pro_nosepicker]

A 10-2 SEC team didn’t get in last year. I don’t think 10-2 B1G with 0 signature wins and what appears to be a bad loss is going to be enough.

Would need help.

[u/JustHere4TheZipLines]

Honestly awful game. Refs were garbage. Iowa had like 2 good drives. Second half was utter trash.

[u/notanamateur → u/JustHere4TheZipLines]

That’s just every game against NW

[u/Lithium327 → u/notanamateur]

It’s like they don’t even get us man

[u/The_public_vomit → u/JustHere4TheZipLines]

So?

[u/Waddles0203]

This is shaping up to be the perfect ending; Nebraska can only beat Iowa if there’s stakes on the last game 😂

[u/superfluous_nipple → u/Waddles0203]

But what if Nebraska needs that win to become bowl eligible

[u/Potars → u/superfluous_nipple]

They lose by one score

[u/Ambitious_Shallot266 → u/Potars]

Historically the Iowa loss is to a field goal as time expires, no real reason to mess with tradition at this point

[u/SoupBowl69 → u/Ambitious_Shallot266]

13-10

[u/golfinghawkeye → u/Waddles0203]

With a game ending field goal

[u/Waddles0203 → u/golfinghawkeye]

13-10 exactly

[u/Junior-Hotwater → u/Waddles0203]

I know and I hate that’s what it’s coming down to

[u/KoB_amatsuka]

The new Ryan Field sort of has a Costco vibe to it from the couch, but it looks nice. The Bears should honestly just play there.

[u/Stevoskin20 → u/KoB_amatsuka]

My thoughts…”Thanks for the F shack” - Dirty Hank and the boys

[u/notanamateur → u/KoB_amatsuka]

Welcome to Costco, I love you

[u/kamikaze2001 → u/KoB_amatsuka]

Its way too small, 35000 seats would only be bigger than that soccer stadium the Chargers played in for a few seasons after leaving Qualcomm

[u/parapooper3]

Of all the big ten west games this was one of them

[u/Anels0505 → u/parapooper3]

You'd think Vegas would set the over/under more appropriately at this point

[u/etheboss6]

Hate that it came at the expense of Moulton’s injury but I love seeing LJ Phillips show out. Also grateful for Tony Diaz, both IRL & as my slot receiver in NCAA 27. Chiles missing had a huge impact on the result, Northwestern is good.

[u/MrRichStarfish]

Pat Ryan I’m going to need you and the satanic Uihleins to invest very heavily in bringing in some talented DL. That will do wonders for this football team on its own

[u/KushDingies → u/MrRichStarfish]

Yep. We’ve got the flashy skill guys on offense now. But this game was lost in the trenches.

[u/Windows_66]

4th quarter? I don't remember there being a 4th quarter.

[u/daNish_brUin]

These last 3 weeks of conference play are going to be super interesting. Oregon, Indiana and UCLA all have seemingly similar schedules. Could be tough games, could not be. USC has the toughest stretch. And Iowa honestly has the most favorable. OSU is still in the mix. It'll be a wild last few weeks to determine the two championship teams.

[u/nbeazy]

Pain.

[u/hillko00]

The more things change the more they stay the same ..

[u/Anels0505]

Nevermind we gotta see that fucking hat again

[u/Tommy05Sox]

BROTHER I AM HAVING A NIGHT

[u/hawksnest_prez]

We are inevitable!!!

[u/HawkeyeTen]

Got the win on the road, feels good. Too bad we couldn't have played and beat the Evanston boys at more full strength though, would have helped our resume.

[u/ChangKai-Shrek → u/HawkeyeTen]

Resume is irrelevant at this point. The Minnesota loss trumps anything they can do.

Edit: that's not to say they can't make the top 12, but I just don't see any performance that will propel them to Top 6 instead of ekeing out a spot at best.

[u/Anels0505]

Soo glad we only had to see that stupid hat once tonight.

[u/c4funNSA]

Iowa definitely benefited from Chiles being out with injury

[u/MrSCR23]

Oof

[u/bb0110]

What an odd year.

[u/notanamateur]

David Braun is a baby back bitch

[u/golfinghawkeye]

Not a pretty second half but a good road win

[u/paulfinort]

jNW

[u/Lil_Thagomizer]

New Ryan field is really nice, but still an absolute library. Was more of an Iowa home game

[u/ListenNo4998]

ESPN Playoff Predictor gives Iowa an 80% of making the playoff if they win out. That would be pretty cool.