but I think your post was an EPIC FAIL… Did you try to post a word doc or something?

and I think you play too much NCAA 2009 on Xbox. For me, in the real world, I marvel at how well James Vandenberg was prepared and how well he played. And, I know that if you ask any coach in America would he rather take a freshmen QB in his first start ever at the college level, coming off two interception and a third interception that was inexplicably dropped (and then caught gy his own team) and run the two minute drill with one timeout and 50 or so minutes, into a dime defense that is liccking its chops at the notion of an interception for the win OR take it into overtime with down and distance more comfortable, and knowing you will face a base defense your you ng QB has just down well with (save the horrible throw that should have been intercepted.

I know what that coach will say. Now, go play the game on Xbox until you get the outcome that you like. In the real world, we’ll really measure risk and reward.

Sheesh…if this is what this team is going to hear all week after this performance…sad.

I gave props to the whole team (My hat is off to the whole team they played a hell of a game with so many freshmen playing and so many key players out, we as Hawkeye fans have a LOT to look forward to in the upcoming years!!!), I do not have or play any stupid fucking games like madden (FYI I am over 24), I did not damn the team for losing the game, I WAS as many others were, pissed about the time left in the game and sitting down doing nothing, apparently through your infinite wisdom as a collage coach you disagree, thought they did the right thing and pat the coaches on the ass and say “lets get them gophers”.Hindsight is 20/20 but doing nothing with close to a min left on the clock will never garnish respect from the stupid fucking BCS. Sorry if I pissed some of you off no one told me KOK had his kids sign up on BHGP but the play calling all year has been iffy at best.

or equal, we had our back to the wall going into this game, no one knew JV would play better then some (most) seniors, I respect everything that kid did yesterday and the rest of the team for that matter, the “talking heads” and many others are not just pissed because of the conservatism yesterday but in a whole, it has been going on all year, sit on the ball with 4 min left in regulation play hoping to get a first down so you can run the clock out wont work every time quite frankly I am very surprised it worked as much as it did this year. To be recognized as a elite team (IMHO) you have to try to win the game not sit down and hope it plays out the way you want it to. Iowa has a great team and has way more to be proud about then say USCum, Florida and on and on and on, Iowa takes what is know as the weaker of the talent (1-2 star athletes) and turns them into studs, the latter of the teams take the five stars four stars and people marvel at them like they just had a huge accomplishment by winning a NC but when a school like Iowa, NW, Ill, Minn can win 9-10 games and come close to or do beat said teams, that should be marveled at. Once again just my opinion I love my HAWKS!!!

HAD ALL THE MOMENTUM? That last possession made me feel good and it was just somewhat of a letdown to be conservative. Nobody was surprised at it, but maybe we could have surprised OSU by attacking? Idk, GREAT GAME PLAYED AND COACHED!

P.S. Sorry about post right above this, hit the enter key by accident.

I, like many other Iowa fans felt like I got kicked in the nuts when we decided to run out the clock in regulation. In theory and on paper I totally agree with the call, but we had the momentum at that point in the game and momentum in sports can be very powerful. With that said I respect KF and KOK for their play calling, they did a masterful job all game. They got the players motivated and got the very best out of them and that was awesome! We have no reason to hang our heads. I am looking foward to seeing us pound the living shit out of the Gophers next week! JV should have a field day picking apart their secondary! GO HAWKS!!!

That is a very stupid post, RBH. Iowa is playing some of the most interesting, bravest, vertical football I’ve seen from Iowa, and it obviously shook up OSU. We lost not because of the scheme, but because of 5 drops, one 15 yard defensive penalty, one shanked FG, two INTs. One receiver had a career-bad game; our QB has never had to throw over MLBs who run 4.5s; our kicker is a … he’s a kicker, who knows; they caught a break on the penalty on their first drive. But their defense had it’s hands full and KOK prepared and scripted that. That’s why, as JV noted, they completely changed their defensive schemes from the beginning to the end of the game. We’re out there with a couple of 12 year-olds from Iowa as our offensive backfield, and the best defense in the Big Ten — and perhaps, with Alabama, one of the best two in the country — threw out their defensive game plan. And I will add, just as someone who attended the game, I have never (college or pro) been in a facility as intimidating or impressive as their stadium.