“Have the computers seen us play?”
Kirk Ferentz, reacting to Iowa’s No. 1 aggregate computer ranking
In a hopelessly odd game, the Hawkeyes came away with another improbable victory. Yes, we Hawkeye fans agree, this is getting ridiculous. As we’ve said, though, a win is a win.
And no Iowa fan thinks we’re the best in the country…just that any 9-0 Big Ten team (yes, including Iowa) deserves to be part of the discussion. Sorry to ruin your half-wit knee-jerk blogging.
In a sleepwalking effort against the Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa overcame horrific decisions by Ricky Stanzi and two bad special-teams plays to earn their ninth win of the season.
In other news, you can’t flip the switch every single time and assume the lights will be on. Iowa’s bootleg fake to Wegher and option pass would have worked every single time … but only after the Hawkeyes stopped sending a man deep for Stanzi to launch it up for grabs. You shouldn’t win making the type of mistakes Ricky Stanzi did today, nor the type of mistakes Iowa made everywhere today … but they did. (By the way, in the SEC, that’s resilience. In the Big Ten, it’s ineptitude. Just so we’re clear.)
Weirdly, even though Indiana had the chance to go up 28-7, the game never felt out of reach. (Though, full disclosure, we reached for Rolaids several times.)
Regardless, Iowa is 9-0. Everyone should be happy; Hawkeye fans get the improbable win, national haters get the chance to add fuel to their fire. Get ready for more “Iowa can’t beat USC on a neutral field” nonsense this week from Colin Cowherd, Around the Horn, Gregg Doyel, and all their friends.
(Incidentally, why no assuming USC is a fraud? They barely beat Ohio State, who lost to Purdue, who got smoked by Wisconsin, who Iowa easily defeated. Are we playing that pointless game?)
On Iowa. Go Hawkeyes. I think we’re actually at the point where the national hatred becomes amusing, right? (cracks beer.)
