What will it take?

[9YRPLAN]

Re: What will it take?

iowa has been overrated a couple of recent years, but there are still only 5 teams that have been to a new years day bowl 5 of the past 7 years.

[UNIpanther99]

Re: What will it take?

iowa has been overrated a couple of recent years, but there are still only 5 teams that have been to a new years day bowl 5 of the past 7 years.

I don't think anyone here will debate Iowa's ability to send fans south in droves over the holidays or the fact that they have been a consistant middle tier big ten team.

Unfortunately, neither of those statistics help them win this game in my opinion.

[Mudrafan]

Re: What will it take?

what panther99 said.

[9YRPLAN]

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im just saying, while every fanbase overrates their own program, it is not like iowa is without a decent resume.

sticking to the point of the thread, i am not sure what it would take for UNI to pull out a win. iowa will need to turn the ball over early and UNI will need to capitalize. i use the WMU loss as a comparison. iowa was running the ball well as the game went on, but they got behind, panicked and starting throwing, and we know what happens when JC is your QB and you try to move the ball through the air.

[Silent Earl]

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It seems like just a few years ago when JC was the savior of hawkeye football and everybody wanted whoever was starting benched if favor of JC.

[9YRPLAN]

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he was, based on his pedigree and hype. he was the #2 ranked dual threat QB according to rivals. it turns out the hype was perpetuated by his dad and jon miller, and that became painfully obvious as soon as he had to make a big play on the field.

[panthertrack]

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It seems like just a few years ago when JC was the savior of hawkeye football and everybody wanted whoever was starting benched if favor of JC.

The difference here is JC never proved to be even serviceable at QB. Stanzi has performed at least above-average in some big games.

[06panther10]

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iowa has been overrated a couple of recent years, but there are still only 5 teams that have been to a new years day bowl 5 of the past 7 years.

"new years day bowl" is one of the most overrated things in all of college football. Those bowl games can move to any date that they want. "new years day" doesn't hold the prestige that it used to unless it is a BCS bowl.

[9YRPLAN]

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i dont think "new years day" is meant to be taken literally.

[Mudrafan]

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outside of Penn State, what "big game" has Stanzi won? He has not won any games of any significance on the road either. The Michigan State game was not a "big game" although he managed to fumble that one away last year.

[realcat]

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But the point is the 05 team got hot and played like they were supposed to... Best and most talented team ever, Only team to get to the National Championship end of argument.... Back to what it takes to beat Iowa... Defense has to stop the run and get turnovers and pray the offense can do something, our depth can't compete, Law is too slow so Anderson needs to play and Pat needs to minimize mistakes

[01PantherFan]

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iowa has been overrated a couple of recent years, but there are still only 5 teams that have been to a new years day bowl 5 of the past 7 years.

True but it sure doesnt take allot to make it to a bowl game in BCS !!

[9YRPLAN]

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fine. they finished in the top 10 for 3 straight years.

[panthertrack]

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outside of Penn State, what "big game" has Stanzi won? He has not won any games of any significance on the road either. The Michigan State game was not a "big game" although he managed to fumble that one away last year.

"Outside of beating the #2 team in the nation.."

I'd argue that winning the Outback Bowl qualifies as a "big game."

[realcat]

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Oh come on upsets happen all the time and Stanzi was not the reason they won that game against Penn State