Game was too big for a young team

[DuddyB]

Right from the jump, we screwed the pooch.

Two very costly legal procedure penalties which were highly preventable ultimately cost Iowa 14 points at critical moments.

First one to start the game, which put them in a passing situation that didn’t need to be and then another one before the half which, of course, we never saw the replay, killed the drive that gave OSU the ball back to get a touchdown. Those are the details that you can’t screw up in that type of game.

 

[arrrrrghhhh!]

Game was too big for an old coach.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Right from the jump, we screwed the pooch.

Two very costly legal procedure penalties which were highly preventable ultimately cost Iowa 14 points at critical moments.

First one to start the game, which put them in a passing situation that didn’t need to be and then another one before the half which, of course, we never saw the replay, killed the drive that gave OSU the ball back to get a touchdown. Those are the details that you can’t screw up in that type of game.

Of course it was. Why shouldn't it be..........

 

[Hawkangler]

Two turnovers

35 yards rushing

13 minutes less possession.

Not good

 

[trfhawk]

Right from the jump, we screwed the pooch.

Two very costly legal procedure penalties which were highly preventable ultimately cost Iowa 14 points at critical moments.

First one to start the game, which put them in a passing situation that didn’t need to be and then another one before the half which, of course, we never saw the replay, killed the drive that gave OSU the ball back to get a touchdown. Those are the details that you can’t screw up in that type of game.

Hard to compete with a professional football team. Teams with the big payroll are dominating.

 

[Demger]

31-14......... that's about what an extra $20,000,000 can do for you.

 

[Kceasthawk@77]

Hard to compete with a professional football team. Teams with the big payroll are dominating.

Some people just fail to acknowledge that. They had a ton of draft pick last year and just reloaded. I still think the coaching comparisons are silly. How many games should Day win with that roster.......

 

[r_desihawk]

31-14 loss to osu early in the season with a team that has fewest fewest starts isn’t end of the world if we keep improving week to week going forward. i was ready to take a 2 td loss sight unseen before the game. if play osu again though i would expect better.

 

[arrrrrghhhh!]

Dont overthink this. Coach kicked off with 930 left down 17 then used no timeouts as the opp ran out the entire clock. Gutless and pathetic and the reason this guy should never be mentioned for the hall of fame despite his wins total. What a joke.

 

[WeBeHerkin]

lol. Ohio State has the new Megatron and we wonder how we lost.

 

[Hawkfan_08*]

lol. Ohio State has the new Megatron and we wonder how we lost.

The catch he had over Wallace was insane. We were playing with tons of backups the whole second half.

 

[Nvhwk]

The usual dependable dbs haven’t been this year

 

[QChawks]

Iowa is about 40th

Ohio state is 11th youngest

 

[Lionhawk85]

Just dont have the usual playmakers on defense this year. Combined with a mediocre (at best) DL that doesn’t generate pressure or tipped passes or stuff the run, and there was never any way our D was going to hold up over the long haul this game. They NEEDED the offense to make some big plays to get momentum early as the O did the exact opposite of that. They’ve yet to generate even a mediocre rushing game against a defense with pulse and that’s an issue.

 

[hawkandroll]

Is this actually considered a young team?

 

[NoPuntsNoPeace]

That was a destruction

 

[uihawk82]

Right from the jump, we screwed the pooch.

Two very costly legal procedure penalties which were highly preventable ultimately cost Iowa 14 points at critical moments.

First one to start the game, which put them in a passing situation that didn’t need to be and then another one before the half which, of course, we never saw the replay, killed the drive that gave OSU the ball back to get a touchdown. Those are the details that you can’t screw up in that type of game.

We all highly knew that the hawks would have to play a very clean game penalty wise, turnover wise, tackling wise, blocking wise but it wasnt very clean. You cant give away a fumble on the 2nd or 3rd play and the ball at your own 16 yard line against a very powerful team.

But as you said, the series of events that led to OSU getting the ball back before the half and then like it was most of the day OSU was able to slice and dice the hawks with the passing game to move like 90 yards and get that score.

I mean the halftime score might have been 6-6. We had some blitzes that worked but I dont think we used enough of them coming from different angles, etc. When you come out for the 2nd half down 17-6, you have to take some chances to cause a turnover and a quick change in field position. Too bad

but now beat the huskies

 

[Hawkfan_08*]

Iowa is about 40th

Ohio state is 11th youngest

I think he was meaning inexperienced.

 

[uihawk82]

Two turnovers

35 yards rushing

13 minutes less possession.

Not good

some dropped passes, too much pressure on Brown at times leading to errant throws, and not the ordinary Iowa as far as penalties to go along with what you said. The hawks need to clean things up and run the ball better

 

[Hawkfan_08*]

That was a destruction

It was bad... but not as bad as I thought it might be

 

[rchawk]

Is this actually considered a young team?

Doesn't Iowa return the fewest players who started a 2025 game in the Big Ten? Nine new starters on defense? A new kicker, punter and long snapper? And yet, somehow, they lost to Ohio State in the fifth game.

 

[DuddyB]

Hard to compete with a professional football team. Teams with the big payroll are dominating.

I didn’t expect them to win, but they did a lot of things that were self-inflicted. Jeremiah Smith was likely always going to be the difference, but we just didn’t play well and that doesn’t sit well with me.

 

[DuddyB]

lol. Ohio State has the new Megatron and we wonder how we lost.

Did Megatron cause us to have two illegal procedures?

 

[Fight4Iowa]

$54M vs. $17M. Shut up. On to Washington.

 

[2D]

One thing I've noticed from Iowa compared to other teams, we lack fire. We go out and play so lax with little energy, but teams with a real competitive edge have this fire and passion that can be seen. Saw it with Northwestern, Nebraska, and Minnesota. Hawks desperately need that fire, and they do not have it right now. The only player I can think of that can change that is Hecklinski.