Iowa State Preview: Trench Warfare

A field goal and three safeties for ISU, then?

On paper: 31-2
In real life: 20-8

Have you tried MEGAN FOX LESBIAN NUDES? It may not make sense for a weekly series, but it’s bound to bring the hits. We could definitely use more creepers ’round these parts.

Only difference I had is ISU scores a TD, losing 27-16… Will that TD be an Alexander Robinson rush, or a Rick-6? Tomorrow holds the cards.

I know for you guys, you want to see a blowout in order to enjoy the game… Most weeks will be like that I’m sure. When expectations are this high, there’s a lot more downside than upside.

I know for us Cyclone fans, I’m just hoping it’s a game, and ISU scores a TD…

If Arnaud can play the game of his life then ISU could pull within a TD or FG. Ultimately, I don’t think that ISU will be able to consistently stop the run, which we all know is a recipe for Stanzi PA pass to succeed.

and not an Iowa fan at all. He is convinced the Hawks will cover 13.5 easily. In fact, he’s pretty sure it will look similar to last year. Which gives me hope I won’t be fighting off a heart attack for 3 hours tomorrow. Which would be nice.

may not be much better than EIU’s D-line. So expect KOK to call plenty of running plays and do the old “win it in the fourth quarter” routine. However, I don’t think that means we won’t chuck that bitch deep a few times and run some deep crossing patterns. We might see shotgun too if there is any hint that pass protection is not up to the task and to get ready for Arizona…no reason to go into shotgun for the first time with a new center when the game is on the line. In short, we will open up but we will not forget our core identity. Ball control and time management will always be a staple of this coaching staff.

Bottom line, Austen Arnaud has to go out and win this game if ISU is going to win. And he has never done that to this point in his career. At home I could see it, on the road not so much. Evil ARob will not win this game alone either. Their defense will not win this game. And for fucks sake there is no way their special teams win this. Remember that ISU beat Nebraska, their signature win in the Rhoads era, with Arnaud on the sidelines with an injury.

So I am guessing….34 – 6. Maybe we give up a late meaningless TD and it is 34-13.

ISU’s Mahoney gets 1 FG, Iowa gets 2 FG’s, and three touchdowns to make it 27-3. Then Iowa gets another TD, and to try and equal last year’s score, Kirk goes for two. Unfortunately, Stanzi throws a “Rick-Two” to ISU’s identity thief, Sims.

AC is going to be hanging out around the Hawkeye goal line and will run onto the field and tackle anyone trying to run back a Rick-Six

about Stanzi, and Dolph says to on the radio, “what’s your shirt say, Stanzi is the Manzi”….hilarious.

Ends in a tie.

I want to see the O-line gel and to see the D-line shut down the run. As long as we’re able to do that, we’ll win, and it will give me confidence going forward. If we don’t control the trenches, it’s going to be a long day, maybe not a loss, but more stress than I’d like

(I put rivalry in quotes, because, after all, Iowa State is no Purdue). But anyway, my gut instinct as kickoff nears has been pretty reliable in this series, but this year it’s saying 47-6 Hawks. You have no idea how much that scares me.

Am I the only one that noticed that the pattern that McNutt ran against EIU (Ya the only pass that Stanzi really missed last week) was friggen beauteous in the extreme? Shit, I was thinkin’ that route would have even caused some severe jockstrap stretch from NFL cornerbacks trying to keep up.

I guess my point is, Iowa has really got some very talented wide receivers and perhaps they should not be afraid to use them. Yes, I know it’s a radical concept , maybe a knowledgeable source (unlike me) could talk to Ken O’Keefe about this. Perhaps some brave soul could kidnap the fucker and fill him up with quality hallucinogenics.

It is a plan, after all.

So can they start to prove it, please? Two (ambulatory), experienced backs, six-deep at WR, minimum 2 — maybe 3 with the freshman — TEs who can catch and block, a 230 lb QB whose arm is second-best on the team.

All ISU can do is attempt to smother the run and hope for some Stanzi-error-ball and a few fumbles. There’s no way that they can defend us balanced, or pass-first. They have to choose. ISU will be attempting to smother the run with a D-Line averaging 257 and three new linebackers, and giving the game to Stanzi to lose (or the AIRBHG to disrupt). And maybe they will — but if they do we should pass for 350.

I think ISU will play with a lot of confidence, and Rhoads will remind them that they went into Lincoln and beat the overdog. And Rhoads will have confidence: he undressed WVU in Morgantown in their best season ever, with the BCS title game waiting for them. Nebraska actually killed themselves with turnovers, but it happened. So ISU can remind themselves of that success, analogize, and hope for the best. Only turnovers or injuries can deliver to them this game. They could get this lucky, but I don’t see it.

I don’t think Iowa is going to let defenses pack it in this year. That was the lesson of the 4th and two, five-wide call that seems to have been Ferentz’ biggest frustration from EIU. (He remarked that it was a good play, should have worked, was one of the “lowlights” of that game.) If you think about it, that was an identical situation to the 4th down against MSU two years ago, the one we lost the game on when the fullback went the wrong way and the 11 MSU guys in the box crushed Greene. That play was a signal, I hope.

Ratfuck.

in that I can’t seem to see this game. I’m living in England, subscribe to ESPN America (as they call it here), subscribe to the Big Ten Ticket (which let’s people overseas see games on the Big Ten Network) and still can’t see this.

Any legitimate suggestions from anyone?