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Topic: 2025 Iowa Season Thread

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ManHawk

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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #42 on: September 02, 2025, 11:10:12 AM »
The funny part is I got the EA college football game on my kids PS5.  I play online exactly like Iowa plays and the other online players just hate it. 

I run for 2 plays straight, run the play clock down to 5 seconds each time.  Then on 3rd down I try to complete a pass to the TE Ostrenga,  which somethings works for a first down.  Sometimes I manage to keep the ball for an entire half on just one drive.  When on defense I never blitz and make the other team take short passes and march down the field on long, long drives themselves.

Sometimes the other player just gets frustated and concedes the game out of boredom.
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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #43 on: September 02, 2025, 11:30:02 AM »
I assume your punting game is awesome!
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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #44 on: September 02, 2025, 12:12:42 PM »
Quote from: ManHawk on September 02, 2025, 11:10:12 AM
The funny part is I got the EA college football game on my kids PS5.  I play online exactly like Iowa plays and the other online players just hate it. 

I run for 2 plays straight, run the play clock down to 5 seconds each time.  Then on 3rd down I try to complete a pass to the TE Ostrenga,  which somethings works for a first down.  Sometimes I manage to keep the ball for an entire half on just one drive.  When on defense I never blitz and make the other team take short passes and march down the field on long, long drives themselves.

Sometimes the other player just gets frustated and concedes the game out of boredom.
That's nothing to be proud of, Rusty. 
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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #45 on: September 02, 2025, 01:32:06 PM »
Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on September 02, 2025, 12:12:42 PM
That's nothing to be proud of, Rusty.
Oh,  I agree.  It's painful for me too,  but maybe a little funny at the same time.   I just feel like I have a duty if I am going to play as Iowa,  I need to play like Iowa.
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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #46 on: September 03, 2025, 10:03:36 AM »
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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #47 on: September 05, 2025, 01:48:00 PM »
Am I the only Iowa fan who was not aware that the annual Cy-Hawk game is commonly called "El Assico" by football fans inside the state of Iowa.

Origin of the Name 


  • El Clásico:
    The term "El Assico" is a play on the name "El Clásico," which refers to the iconic rivalry between two Spanish football clubs, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.
  • "Assy" Quality:
    The "Ass" part of "El Assico" is a humorous and slightly derogatory term that players and fans sometimes use to describe the quality of play in the game, suggesting it's not always a skillful, high-level exhibition but rather a scrappy, intense affair.

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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #48 on: September 05, 2025, 02:03:10 PM »
That's kind of great.
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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #49 on: September 05, 2025, 09:38:35 PM »
inside the state??

I haven't heard this or didn't remember it
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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #50 on: Today at 09:30:15 AM »
I heard someone suggest that the CyHawk dynamic has flipped. 

Under the old format Iowa was oft in the mix for Big Ten titles, while ISU had no chance. So their season lived and died with the CyHawk game. 

Under the current format, ISU is in the mix for Big 12 titles every year, while Iowa isn't really competing for Big Ten titles anymore, with the dissolution of the B1G West, and the additions of Oregon/USC. 

Any merit to this? 
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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #51 on: Today at 09:41:32 AM »
Merit?

Everyone knows that only 5-6 schools will ever have a chance to win the conference anymore.

Yay!
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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #52 on: Today at 09:49:26 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on Today at 09:41:32 AM
Merit?

Everyone knows that only 5-6 schools will ever have a chance to win the conference anymore.

Yay!
Not sure it's even 5-6.  

Right now I'd be surprised if anyone other than Ohio State or Oregon wins it.  And Michigan if they hire better a better coach.

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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #53 on: Today at 09:53:22 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on Today at 09:49:26 AM
Not sure it's even 5-6. 

Right now I'd be surprised if anyone other than Ohio State or Oregon wins it.  And Michigan if they hire better a better coach.


USC, PSU and UNL have the money for it. But their coaches are not good.
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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #54 on: Today at 09:56:48 AM »
Penn State played for it last year, Indiana came close. 

UDub and M recently played for a NC, so a Big Ten title is hardly far fetched. 

USC and Nebraska could get back in the mix. Okay, maybe not Nebraska. 

But yeah, the ship may have already sailed for a lot of the traditional B1G West teams. 
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Re: 2025 Iowa Season Thread
« Reply #55 on: Today at 09:59:48 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on Today at 09:53:22 AM
USC, PSU and UNL have the money for it. But their coaches are not good.
Nebraska's not really in the same league.

PSU is just fool's gold every year.  I'll believe they can do it in the new landscape, only when they've actually done it.

And USC is just up against too many challenges.  The travel is going to wear them out and diminish their chances every single year.  Also, although they have substantial NIL money, they're really disorganized and scattered about how they disperse it.  Honestly I don't see USC ever challenging for the B1G.

Would love to be wrong about that though, I'm one of those people who thinks college football is more fun when USC is winning.

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