I was at the Fiesta Bowl. I have seldom been so disappointed and on the other hand happy to go to a game. Absolutely awful performance by both teams. VA Tech will bring the heat and I wouldn’t put it past Beamer to pull a few tricks of his own. Better yet, IF I’m right and VA Tech is superior, I think they might grind it in a bit to prove a point.

If you look at Va Tech they will have a few games against someone they are suppose to beat (see anyone but top three from ACC), one good game as underdogs (Miami), and two games where they should be competitive but completely fall apart and loose (UNC and GT this year, ECU last).

As a person who lives in VA and gets Tech forced down their throat 11.5 months a year they have multiple personality disorder as a team. If they bring their A game they can beat almost anyone but no one knows when the A game is going to show up.

I think the O-line going up against a D-line that is arguably the best in the nation day in and day out will help them out tremendously. I am not overly concerned with the line seeing that this is Ferentz bread and butter. What I am concerned about is the preseason hype, it just seems to me that we play the underdog role with no RESPECT to perfection. But once we get a lil’ preseason publicity we seem to fall flat on our face, a la 2005. Though “it would sure be pretty cool” is so true, that might be a slight understatement!!!

as is the case with most QBs really. A great QB can mask many offensive flaws and a flawed QB can render moot a skilled offense.

yes, unquestionably. DC couldn’t beat Iowa. Would you please list the Top 10 teams Clarke defeated? He is was a heck of a ball player but against top 10 teams he doesn’t stand up.

If I need a QB to knock off a top 10 team or have a clutch fourth-quarter drive, I’m calling up the Ameristanzi.

That sounds a bit to much like a bitter PSU fan

it may even have been on this site. When it comes to weather conditions, don’t they affect both teams? If I recall, there was some SEC team (LSU?) bitching about losing to a Big XI (PSU?) team because of the weather conditons and the conditions on the field and someone pointed out that a fast player in perfect conditons would still be faster than a slow player when conditions are less than perfect.

We really can’t have it both ways, either weather makes a difference or it doesn’t for both teams, no matter what their play style is.

Also, ultimately doesn’t that come down to coaching as well? If a coach knows that their team is a passing team or a running team, and if the conditions are not conducive to the teams strength, then the coach needs to make some game time adjustments so that their players can succeed.

The BCS computers we’re loving us due to SOS and if the human voters had us #3, we probably would have bumped Texas in the MNC game.

That seems pretty damn questionable. Between the unimpressive way we won many games and the BXI’s pre-bowl game reputation, I just don’t see the pollsters giving Iowa much love — especially over Texas. And polls still count for 2/3 of the BCS ranking.

This upcoming season, Rhoads will still be the beneficiary of Jhizik’s 1 year recruting stint. They will still be an epic pile of FAIL next year.

And that’s not even to mention what Clayborn and company did to Matt Scott last year.

Yeah, they bitchmade him so bad he lost the starting job — to the guy who probably should have had the job all along. And who will pose a stiffer threat to Iowa next year.

but you do make a good point.

I would never tell anybody to google for the ASU cheerleader who went into porn. While wearing her ASU cheerleader outfit. At least not while they are at work.

or are those top two flashing the shocker?

Although the ASU campus, IMHO, is a pit. It looks like its falling apart. And I sure didn’t see any hot girls walking around when I was touring the campus by car last year. But, compared to the 80s, when I was in college, the average co-ed like the average American isn’t in as good of shape or as thin today. Its a shame, there are a lot of pretty girls carrying around 20-30 extra they don’t need.

I blame fructose. And MTV. Just because.

“SHOCKING… THAT’S SHOCKING.”

that Iowa City in the 90’s was chock full of hotties. I’ve been in 5 countries and 26 states and I would place IC in the top 5. That includes Las Vegas and L’Viv Ukraine. I have never met anybody who actually spent time there that didn’t agree. Haven’t been back much lately, but how much could it have possibly changed.

…and not because of the rigors of education. More heat means less clothes, bikini weather year round, and bikini shape year round. Living in Tempe, I used to hit Mill Avenue every Friday night with a buddy of mine after golfing at 5 on Friday. We had a curb seat at Fat Tuesday more times than I can count. My Sweet Lord. As an ‘84 grad, the best thing you’d see in Iowa City was typically a tight sweater. Now look agin, above.

My buddy came from a family of seven boys. Five went to midwestern schools and graduated. Two went to ASU and didn’t make it past sophomore year. Waaaay too much fun. Sure its hot—-that’s what the pool is for.

Fans down here tend to be a little bitter. ASU has the Sparty complex. They do something really good, get respect, and then soil themselves immediately. Uof A people often consider themselves God’s Gift, but they aren’t really ready for the big time in football. Exhibit 1 is the fans lining the field before Oregon tied them last year and beat them in overtime.

I was at the last game Iowa played in Tempe. The ASU fans were pissed because we essentially skunked them and beat them up the year before. I remember Dirk Koetter calling a long pass with seven minutes left, up38-0 or 38-7. As for Dirk, karma, baby. That same day, a heavily favored Wisco team escaped Tucson 9-7.

The game scares me to death. However, we should win. ISU scares me to death, now that Rhoads is there. Still, we should win.

Kelly is going to get a vote of confidence for awhile… maybe even longer than Weis. He’s the exact kind of guy that program wants. They’ll let him slide for quite awhile even if mediocrity is his ceiling.

They will give him time to bring in his recruits in sees what he does with them. I could be wrong but I think they only have one scholarship QB right now and Montana’s kid enrolled this semester.

That is awesome.

The formula for success at Notre Dame is: (A) Win just enough games with the last coach’s recruits to excite the idiotic fanbase, (B) sign huge contract extension, © suck after signing said extension and (D) get fired and collect monumental buyout.

If I could buy stock in Kelly’s buyout, I’d empty out my 401(k).

…Open Date is a mid-level D-II school.

Though I wonder if there wasn’t all the “controversy” about who would get selected, and all the lobbying from ESPN and the rest of the media, how things would have turned out. I’ve said it before, I am glad with the way things worked out, and thought Iowa should have gotten the bid, but I also wouldn’t have been shocked in the least had PSU received it. There have been many instances where a “lesser” team has gotten a bowl bid over a more deserving team (better record AND head to head win) based on fan base and ratings.

except for the fact that we’re always running them.

/OBNUG’d