"We're not the prettiest team right now"
by Adam Jacobi on Oct 13, 2007 3:10 PM CDT
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Print"We're not the prettiest team right now, but our guys have a lot of heart, they're working extremely hard. It's been a tough couple of weeks past behind us, but the attitude's been great."
So said a watery-eyed Kirk Ferentz after Iowa completed an improbable 10-6 upset of then-#18 Illinois, who will quite certainly drop from the polls this week. The Hawkeyes won on the strength of the defense, holding the vaunted Illinois offense to 287 yards. Also key was the arm of improperly-maligned Jake Christensen, who threw for 182 yards on 17-25 passing, including a clinching 20-yard TD on a sweet post to Brandon Myers.
To the Illinois fans, I hesitate to brag. You guys almost won. But there must be some cosmic sense to it all; Illinois fans make Ohio State fans look positively docile and witty by comparison. Seriously, guys. Get a fucking sense of humor and shut the fuck up. You're Illinois. For a state school that sends its rejects here (and thank you for the pretty ladies), you guys act like goddamn retards compared to us. Show some fucking class for once.
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Yes, be classy us!
you guys act like goddamn retards compared to us. Show some fucking class for once.
Nothing says classy like calling someone a retard.
Well played, OPS.
Although, I like assplug, retard is more retro.
that was insanely close
but I'm glad we pulled it off, whoo let's build on the 1 game conference win streak!
Dear Ron Zook
You're allowed to decline penalties. You knew this, right? But thanks for the win.
Sincerely,
DBurba
Zooker
I'm still not sure how I'm going to feel when he inevitably gets fired. On one hand, he is a truly awful coach and it's nice to play against him on a yearly (or almost yearly) basis. Plus, he provides this site with its best running joke. On the other, he uses dark recruiting magic and it'd be nice if we could recruit the state of Illinois again. Between him and Weis, we're starting to get shut out of there.
by Adam @ Black Heart Gold Pants on Oct 14, 2007 12:02 AM CDT reply actions
too cool for school
For better or worse, and it may be for worse, the Iowa staff hasn't shown an ability to "coach up" and integrate the big-shot, multi-star athletes that Zook and Weis prefer. That was the only real message in Tate's over-discussed interview with the Register: the vaunted 2005 class thought it was too cool for school, and team unity fractured.
From this point of view, if guys want to play for Zook and Weis and get thrown publicly under the bus when things don't go well by angry, self-centered coaches, I guess they should. It's not like we have done anything with the all-star high school kids, and it's not like guys are going to go apeshit imagining themselves playing in our schemes.
It's clear we're just going to play Baltimore Ravens offense and Richie Pettibone/1980's Redskins defense, so long as Ferentz is around. We need guys who are turned on by that. I don't see the Juice Williams and Jimmy Clausens of this world being relevant to that vision.
well, well, well
Didn't expect you'd be back, Anonymous.
For the first time all week, I agree with everything you just said.
To your credit, you're the first school to talk smack before a game all year. Everyone else tries to come in after a win and talk shit.
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