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The Power Four => Big Ten => Topic started by: Hawkinole on October 27, 2025, 12:09:12 AM
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What do the football gods think of this matchup? I imagined this with a little help from Microsoft Copilot:
[img width=332.969 height=500]https://i.imgur.com/b3vh5G5.jpeg[/img]
I am thinking some ducks could be intercepted and be brought back for a score. This is my attempt at humor for the night, but it is 13-days away, and I can't wait. I used to enjoy, Peking Duck in Des Moines, but it is not available at Chuong Garden, locally.
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Lol, are you copying Medina now and posting games 2 weeks early if both teams have an off week the week before?
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Early take Hawks flip the script at Home
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I tell you, If Iowa plays like it did against Minnesota, and Oregon plays like it did against Wisconsin, and since the game is in Iowa City, then Iowa has a good chance to win this game.
On the other hand, Oregon has shown they are not intimidated by road games to the Midwest, having blown out NW and Rut on the road, and pulling out a 2OT win at PSU. Plus the off week will give them plenty of rest, so I don't see any problems with road fatigue.
Should be a good game.
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Early take Hawks flip the script at Home
tell ya what if it's a night game in Kinnick, give me Iowa. they damn near knocked off Indiana- who is a great team in a noon game. that place is a house of hell for visiting top ranked teams, especially at night.
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Is Ferentz going to endure at Iowa like the Prison Guard & Mouse did in the movie "Green Mile"? That possess some form of immortality passed down from the big innocent guy executed
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Is Ferentz going to endure at Iowa like the Prison Guard & Mouse did in the movie "Green Mile"? That possess some form of immortality passed down from the big innocent guy executed
It is an interesting contrast to see Ferentz endure year after year while all the big name coaches keep getting fired.
Franklin was #2 in the country and 3 weeks later was fired. Mike Gundy coached OkSt for 2 decades. Gone! Brian Kelly was too good for Notre Dame and dumped them for LSU. Now he's gone. I could go on and on. Every hot shot coach in the country knows now they could be 3 weeks from the chopping block. Yet Ferentz just keeps chugging along.
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10 seasons ago or so, there was a lot of talk in the state about Kirk being fired.
Lucky for Kirk, he had a very large buyout clause in the contract that most felt allowed him to keep his job.
perhaps lucky for Hawkeye fans - Kirk now has more Big Ten victories than any other coach
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Ferentz is now 222-147 overall, which includes 210 wins at Iowa. That is an overall winning percentage of 60.1%, which qualifies him for the college football hall of fame elligibilty
That puts Ferentz only 187 wins behind Joe Paterno''s all time record of 409 wins. If Ferentz just coaches for another 23 years, until he is 93 years old, he could break Joe Paterno's record.
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Joe Pa had a steady diet of cupcakes as an Eastern independent.Cinci,Temple,Rutgers,maryland,BC - they were putrid back then.In 1990 They played USC,Texas,Alabama,Fla.St ND. But only FSU,ND,USC were ranked
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tell ya what if it's a night game in Kinnick, give me Iowa. they damn near knocked off Indiana- who is a great team in a noon game. that place is a house of hell for visiting top ranked teams, especially at night.
I was telling one of my administrative assistants today, who is a student at Iowa and ticketholder, that Iowa has its best chance if it is at 11:05 a.m. CT, or a night game. Something about crashing heads and bodies and playing football at 9:05 a.m. one's own time after a 2.5 hour flight is unappealing.
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Joe Pa had a steady diet of cupcakes as an Eastern independent.Cinci,Temple,Rutgers,maryland,BC - they were putrid back then.In 1990 They played USC,Texas,Alabama,Fla.St ND. But only FSU,ND,USC were ranked
Penn State was the beast of the East back then. They were generally the men among boys. Until they joined the Big Ten, I hadn't thought about what a recruiting advantage they had being in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, but I think about it over and over, now.
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Chance of rain in Iowa City on Saturday is 90%
It is going to be wet mess with a peak temp in the 40's
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football weather
and an advantage to the Hawks
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Iowa has to beat Oregon for the first time since 1949 - the two have only played three times, and not since 1994.
The Ducks have been good, and the only loss is to Indiana, but they’ve been a bit underwhelming. The CFP committee thought so, too, putting them at 9. They got through a horrible Wisconsin team in a rainstorm, were a bit inconsistent at times, and this is their chance to show that they really are the Big Ten’s No. 3 team.They should be a little grouchy after the committee's ranking,we'll find out if that spurs them on
Northwestern and Penn State had good days on the ground vs the Ducks, Iowa will start hammering that away.
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The Duckies are gonna find out what life is like in the Mordor.
fOregon.
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well, real ducks like rain, so................
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I really think the media has been sleeping on Iowa. Are they a national title contender? I don't think so. Are they a tough out for anyone, particularly at Kinnick? You betcha. Indiana has lit up every defense it has faced...except for Iowa.
Against the same teams:
Iowa shredded Wisconsin; Oregon competently and patiently ground out a win (in admittedly terrible weather).
Iowa lost to Indiana by 5, IU scoring the winning touchdown with under 2 minutes to play; Oregon lost to Indiana by 10 in a contested, but not down-to-the-wire game. Both played in their own houses.
Iowa beat PSU by 1; Oregon beat PSU in OT. Iowa got them at home, Oregon had to travel to the other side of the country.
Iowa pulled away from Rutgers in the 4th quarter; Oregon destroyed Rutgers from the jump. Both in New Jersey.
So their results are 1-1 facing the cellar teams, Oregon might get a slight nod in the PSU matchup, and Iowa gets the nod in the IU match up.
At Kinnick, I see Iowa teaching Oregon a lesson about Big Ten football--in Iowa City--in November, and grinding out another ugly, gritty W.
The good news is I'll be happy either way. :-)
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well, real ducks like rain, so................
They didn't name their mascot Puddles for nothing.
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The good news is I'll be happy either way. :-)
me too
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The good news is I'll be happy either way. :-)
I'm never happy with a fOregon win in anything.
At the same time, I'm never mad about a fOregon win in anything - unless it's against my school.
fOregon.
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So their results are 1-1 facing the cellar teams, Oregon might get a slight nod in the PSU matchup, and Iowa gets the nod in the IU match up.
At Kinnick, I see Iowa teaching Oregon a lesson about Big Ten football--in Iowa City--in November, and grinding out another ugly, gritty W.
The good news is I'll be happy either way. :-)
hope this is on network I have some Great Lakes Oktoberfests at attention in the fridge.Skies are turning gray, getting some wind and a little spritz here/there. It's November season,kick the feet up - priorities,fire place is coming along just fine - I love the North,many trees haven't dropped just yet.
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Iowa 24, Oregon 23
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hope this is on network I have some Great Lakes Oktoberfests at attention in the fridge.Skies are turning gray, getting some wind and a little spritz here/there. It's November season,kick the feet up - priorities,fire place is coming along just fine - I love the North,many trees haven't dropped just yet.
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I really think the media has been sleeping on Iowa. Are they a national title contender? I don't think so. Are they a tough out for anyone, particularly at Kinnick? You betcha. Indiana has lit up every defense it has faced...except for Iowa.
Against the same teams:
Iowa shredded Wisconsin; Oregon competently and patiently ground out a win (in admittedly terrible weather).
Iowa lost to Indiana by 5, IU scoring the winning touchdown with under 2 minutes to play; Oregon lost to Indiana by 10 in a contested, but not down-to-the-wire game. Both played in their own houses.
Iowa beat PSU by 1; Oregon beat PSU in OT. Iowa got them at home, Oregon had to travel to the other side of the country.
Iowa pulled away from Rutgers in the 4th quarter; Oregon destroyed Rutgers from the jump. Both in New Jersey.
So their results are 1-1 facing the cellar teams, Oregon might get a slight nod in the PSU matchup, and Iowa gets the nod in the IU match up.
At Kinnick, I see Iowa teaching Oregon a lesson about Big Ten football--in Iowa City--in November, and grinding out another ugly, gritty W.
The good news is I'll be happy either way. :-)
This is more-or-less exactly how I see it. Iowa is running under the radar but they've been pretty solid and Kinnick is Kinnick.
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IOWA HAS BEATEN 7 AP TOP 10 OPPONENTS SINCE 2000
How many have they lost to? 😜 but I'd like to see a W this saturday
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I really think the media has been sleeping on Iowa. Are they a national title contender? I don't think so. Are they a tough out for anyone, particularly at Kinnick? You betcha. Indiana has lit up every defense it has faced...except for Iowa.
Against the same teams:
Iowa shredded Wisconsin; Oregon competently and patiently ground out a win (in admittedly terrible weather).
Iowa lost to Indiana by 5, IU scoring the winning touchdown with under 2 minutes to play; Oregon lost to Indiana by 10 in a contested, but not down-to-the-wire game. Both played in their own houses.
Iowa beat PSU by 1; Oregon beat PSU in OT. Iowa got them at home, Oregon had to travel to the other side of the country.
Iowa pulled away from Rutgers in the 4th quarter; Oregon destroyed Rutgers from the jump. Both in New Jersey.
So their results are 1-1 facing the cellar teams, Oregon might get a slight nod in the PSU matchup, and Iowa gets the nod in the IU match up.
At Kinnick, I see Iowa teaching Oregon a lesson about Big Ten football--in Iowa City--in November, and grinding out another ugly, gritty W.
The good news is I'll be happy either way. :-)
This is me, too. My little girl (30-year old daughter) is trying to entice me to go with her, but I have a potentially big PI case coming in I have to work on, and the ticket prices, and weather, are looking adverse. Youtube.tv has CBS, so my family room should be nearly as good as a $200 seat in Iowa City in a rain storm. I think the rain will be an impediment to the Duck passing game, and could neutralize one Duck advantage.
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Rain still predicted in Iowa City starting around 4pm CST, with even a small chance of it turning to snow later. Could be a soggy 2nd half today.
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The worst part for Iowa is playing in the cold soaking rain all game long can take a toll and now the players need to turn right around and prepare for a road game @USC. I am sure Iowa will get no sympathy any other Big Ten team, who all probably have their own travel horror stories.
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won't get any sympathy from the Trojans
shouldn't have allowed the Trojans any travel partners
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It may be a stretch to say that the long snapper has cost Iowa 2 wins this year, but long snapper mistakes certainly didn't help in 2 losses this year.
Iowa fans are starting to compare this 2025 season to its 2018 season, when Iowa finished 9-4. That year it seemed like most of the Iowa wins were blowouts and all the losses were in close winnable games where it was mistakes by Iowa that made the difference.
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won't get any sympathy from the Trojans
I see that Oregon has to do a quick turn around too, hosting Minn on Friday night. That has potential trap game written all over it for Oregon. Oregon still has to play USC and Wash to finish the season.
I think Iowa and Oregon both could have benefited from playing the Iowa-Ore game 1 week earlier and then take the off week one week later. Oh well, everybody has to play the schedule they are given.
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yup, Friday night is a quick turnaround - tough on the Gophers - Ducks sleep in their own beds
Iowa saturday to saturday isn't the issue, it's the travel
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I couldn't believe how well Oregon plays Iowa style football. I actually expected them to play at a frenetic pace.
If Iowa hadn't given up two points on a long snapper's rocket shot over the punter's head into the end zone, and/or if Iowa had gotten the two point conversion which was caught with the heel in-bounds but thereafter the toe coming down out of bounds, the result would have been different. Iowa would be in the cat bird's seat.
Iowa is the team that makes few mistakes, but it made a few against Oregon, and yes, ManHawk described it correctly that this was not the first time the long snapper contributed to an Iowa loss this year.