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Topic: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week

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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2026, 11:21:56 AM »

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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2026, 11:58:50 AM »
well maybe 9 with a bowl win.  but a 5-0 start is definitely within reach.  Outside of Indiana and Ohio State, everyone else seems gettable
the 5-0 start needs to happen.  After that it gets rough.

Especially when I feel the weakness on the team is the undersized D-Line and the ability to stop bug ten teams from running the ball

oh, and if you keep prompting, I'm happy to add this discussion to an Iowa/Michigan thread :)
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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2026, 01:32:19 PM »
Some thoughts on Iowa's offense.

Iowa is still breaking in its new QB.  Looks like Hank Brown has won the job for now,  which is interesting because he was not the favorite coming into the fall camp. 

Hank Brown is considered the more safe choice  for QBwho makes less mistakes.  The other guy Hecklinski is considered more of a risk taker, aka a gunslinger.  In the actual games so far most agree Brown has looked better but it is not obvious yet he has the job locked up.

It looks like Iowa has its first legit really good WR this decade,Tony Diaz, a transfer from FCS.  So far against some bad defenses,  Diaz shows a consistent ability to get open.  But can he  get open against a defense like Michigan's?

As usual,  Iowa has a decent group of RB's, TE's and OL.  But they have been banged up and some of them sat out against UNI.  Iowa hopes the starting RB and starting TE get cleared to play against Mich.  If not,  iowa has some good backups too.
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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #17 on: September 21, 2026, 02:01:30 PM »
9-6, Iowa. Because that's what I want to see happen.

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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #18 on: September 21, 2026, 02:03:15 PM »
9-6, Iowa. Because that's what I want to see happen.
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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #19 on: September 21, 2026, 02:36:48 PM »
I'm rooting for Iowa because, Nebraska doesn't play Michigan this season

Well, there are a few other reasons
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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #20 on: September 21, 2026, 03:35:26 PM »
I'm rooting for Iowa because, Nebraska doesn't play Michigan this season

Well, there are a few other reasons
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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #21 on: September 21, 2026, 03:55:15 PM »
well, Yes

that one is further down the list - the list is not short
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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #22 on: September 21, 2026, 04:14:10 PM »
Some thoughts on Iowa's offense.

Iowa is still breaking in its new QB.  Looks like Hank Brown has won the job for now,  which is interesting because he was not the favorite coming into the fall camp. 

Hank Brown is considered the more safe choice  for QBwho makes less mistakes.  The other guy Hecklinski is considered more of a risk taker, aka a gunslinger.  In the actual games so far most agree Brown has looked better but it is not obvious yet he has the job locked up.


It looks like Iowa has its first legit really good WR this decade,Tony Diaz, a transfer from FCS.  So far against some bad defenses,  Diaz shows a consistent ability to get open.  But can he  get open against a defense like Michigan's?

As usual,  Iowa has a decent group of RB's, TE's and OL.  But they have been banged up and some of them sat out against UNI.  Iowa hopes the starting RB and starting TE get cleared to play against Mich.  If not,  iowa has some good backups too.
I'm not super impressed with Heck.  Both times he came in this year, the offense started sputtering.  He's not as accurate or as big as Brown, and he already has a turnover under his belt.  He's roughly as mobile as Gronny or CJ Beathard from like a decade ago, but he's about 2-3 inches shorter and 25-30 pounds lighter than either of them... don't think he's built to take many big hits.

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« Reply #23 on: September 21, 2026, 05:32:27 PM »
I'm not super impressed with Heck.  Both times he came in this year, the offense started sputtering.  He's not as accurate or as big as Brown, and he already has a turnover under his belt.  He's roughly as mobile as Gronny or CJ Beathard from like a decade ago, but he's about 2-3 inches shorter and 25-30 pounds lighter than either of them... don't think he's built to take many big hits.
Yeah I know some have compared Hank Brown to Nate Stanley.  But I see they have had Brown do a few designed runs which went for positive yards.  So Brown can run occasionally.  

But yeah, Iowa is missing the running ability that Mark Gronowski  provided at QB.  Growonski had 16 rushing TD's for Iowa last year.  I see Iowa tried the tush push a couple of times against Iowa St this year with Hank Brown and each one went nowhere.    
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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #24 on: September 21, 2026, 09:55:25 PM »
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« Reply #25 on: Today at 04:24:24 AM »

There was once a time when Kirk Ferentz still had a pretty decent record against Michigan but the last 10 years Iowa has looked pretty bad against Michigan.

I think the last time Iowa won was in 2016 when Iowa had CJ Beathatd at QB.  It was one of those odd games where Iowa won 14-13 on a last second FG.  Iowa got its 14 points from a safety, 2 FG's and 1 TD with a failed 2-pt conversion.
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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #26 on: Today at 08:49:24 AM »
hah, I was at the 85 game in Kinnick when Hayden Fry beat them w/o scoring a TD
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« Reply #27 on: Today at 09:16:09 AM »
hah, I was at the 85 game in Kinnick when Hayden Fry beat them w/o scoring a TD
I was there too.  I remember being extremely drunk (and happy)
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