That team is too dysfunctional. I thought the defense could bail them out, but they played poorly.

Dreaming is okay but yes, it is unlikely that we make it unscathed through conference play.

and has a favorable schedule after our game

At this point, I think its safest to say that ultimately, WE control the destiny of everyone else in the conference. Until we lose, they can’t do a damn thing.

The destiny we don’t control, however, is the national championship. I don’t harbor any craziness that we should/will get that far, but if we DO go 12-0 and either Texas or the SEC champion has 1 loss, we damn well better. What surprises me is that no one in the mainstream media has caught on yet that we’re down to a single ranked team left on the schedule, and 3 of the 5 left are at home, and the computers have us anywhere between 1 and 5 from what I’ve read, yet nobody even mentions us. I like it that way, because we seem to play better when we have the ‘nobody believed in us’ card, but at some point some outrage about teams that have lost being rated above us needs to start happening.

No we don’t get stylish wins. But wins are wins.

I just hope the team stays focused and is able to get past next week with a W.

is that every game will be a struggle (struggle bus? to steal a PSU meme). We can’t afford to look ahead against anyone, and a resurgent MSU scares me, A LOT. The only solace I can take is that this team seems to be well aware of its limitations, and doesn’t have the attitude of being world-beaters with a sense of entitlement. I hope it lasts.

Actually, I don’t like Iowa’s odds this year. I mentioned to a friend of mine, after the Arizona game, that we just didn’t have the pieces in place this season to win it all (Big XI title, let alone national), but that if every underclassman (Bulaga, Spievey) came back next year, with the return of our injured players (Hampton, Bernstine), we were dark-horse national title contenders. I remain convinced of this.

“fuck u guys, i’m goin home”

and by home i mean “It’s the little old lady from Pasadena / has a pretty little flowerbed of white gardenias.”

because i’m slightly/very intoxicated; i see this team running the table. we’ve cleared our two toughest tests to date and besides ISU and Zona, they were our two most dominate wins. This team has what it takes. I’m not betting on it by any means but I love this team more than myself and have the faith that they can do it. GO HAWKS.

there is no way the BS and college football world is going to not get their beloved cheatfest gaturds in the final game. they will have a SUC conf team in there. after watching the ref aided cheatfest that helped florida no doubt in my mind they will have help so we can endure 5 to 10 more weeks of the teblowhard fest too. but….

nothing is going to stop me from celebrating this season so far and YES looking ahead to what if this team does in fact win them all

god the media would be besides themselves if the GASP…the iowa hawkeye are in the picture and what the hell do we do now with this team. I think its funny to envision them freaking out that GASP..a big ten team NOT named ohio state and what if ….

a team who actually beats the sec in bowl games.

dont burst our bubble yet. we are going to enjoy this week. the BS system trying to explain florida no.1 while playing overrated patsies week after week and then explain how iowa winning on the road in tough environments is not that big of a deal and the very thing that iowa is doing, winning close games but florida gets a pass is happening. yeah let the BS squirm. oh yes they still have their pacifier, alabama, in case the cheating gaturds lose but I love that teams that arent supposed to ruin their little bowl championship series that includes such teams as boise state, cincinnati, TCU and IOWA! bahahaha ha

we will enjoy this if not for just one more week but…I think this team is just a little more special than even others think. keep dissing the hawks media and they just might be forced to ruin the all week, all season tebowfest with an iowa hawkeye article of love…OMG if that were to happen. the hawkeyes BUMP the god that is tebow!

every game right now seems like a trap. This is a team that is getting stronger, as usual, but we can’t afford any slip-ups. MSU always plays us tough at home, jNW has our number, Indiana is not the patsy we all knew, aOSU is there and likely pissed. And MN may want a bit of revenge.
I hope the guys are enjoying it, and I hope they realize that winning out, or even just losing 1 game, is not a given.

Last year Penn State came into Iowa City and thought, “well, if we just take care of business here….”

Of course, if we run the table we get all the rewards in the world. There is no scenario I see where we go undefeated and we are bumped by a one loss team for the NC game. The computers and the pollsters will not leave an undefeated Iowa team behind a one loss USC, Alabama or Florida or an undefeated Boise State or TCU. I DO see us not playing if Texas and Alabama or Florida both go undefeated though. That’s just how this stupid system works.

But, I’m not even worried in the slightest about all that. To many variables at this point. I want the Big Ten and so my best friend is Penn State. The Paternos play Michigan State and Ohio State, who both are sitting there with one loss. Poor Penn State is, in reality, 2 games behind us due to head to head. Everyone else has two losses.

Bottom line, this Michigan State game is huge because Ohio State is on the horizon. Such is the world of college football. Late season losses when you are playing well can kill you.

There are many scenarios where a two loss team wins the Big team though. (Imagine if PSU loses to Michigan this week…that really opens up the who league for wacky things).

This is fun.

After my earlier post, I almost swallowed my tongue listening to Lou Holtz of all people mention us in the same breath as Texas, Alabama, and Florida when he said ‘No onw deserves to be number 1. All four of them deserve to be number 4.’ A shockingly insightful statement.

Upon further thought, I realized that we do have an ‘ace in the hole’ an that we destroyed an SEC team in a bowl game last year. Given that, I agree there’s no way we go undefeated and don’t jump any/all 1 loss teams. Maybe we can just run the table, crush USC or Oregon in the Rose Bowl, and cause the sham that is the BCS to tilt and get a playoff system. You think the talking heads would stand for what happened to Auburn a few years ago happening again?

Iowa #7