*****Northwestern vs Iowa Game Thread*****

AFM22

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I think Beth is smarter and she also knows when to STFU. Also the voice of an angel.

I will say about RG3 is his goofy demeanor makes late night games a little more fun and laid back, especially in a blowout.
 
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Hawksfor3

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Of course.
OK. Here goes.

 
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Kceasthawk@77

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Yaaaaaa you could tell Kirk just wanted to run the clock and go home. If Diaz doesn’t fumble then we don’t have to dink around with a targeting, or a TD, or an onside/review. At worst we punt it.

His turtling can be effective to close out a game but definitely doesn’t make for a fun time.
Yaaaaaa you could tell Kirk just wanted to run the clock and go home. If Diaz doesn’t fumble then we don’t have to dink around with a targeting, or a TD, or an onside/review. At worst we punt it.

His turtling can be effective to close out a game but definitely doesn’t make for a fun time.
Not sure it was as much turtling as NW made adjustments and the execution went south. Besides the penalties and a couple of fumbles. Meyer drops a ball right in his hands and he's got clear sailing down the sideline. Players have to make plays.
 
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MAKhawks

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Ya and that was pretty much it. Everything else called on Iowa was legit.

Campbell was blocked/shoved into the QB by NW#69. NW#69 literally shoves Campbell in the back and left side directly into their QB. Feel free to go back and look at it, 4Q 2:27.

It was a terrible roughing the passer call and an even more horrible targeting call. Iowa will (or should) appeal the targeting call and it should be overturned, not that does anything for tonight’s game.
 

AFM22

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Campbell was blocked/shoved into the QB by NW#69. NW#69 literally shoves Campbell in the back and left side directly into their QB. Feel free to go back and look at it, 4Q 2:27.

It was a terrible roughing the passer call and an even more horrible targeting call. Iowa will (or should) appeal the targeting call and it should be overturned, not that does anything for tonight’s game.
Looked textbook to me. Maybe a bit unfortunate but it checked all the boxes for targeting and roughing the passer.
 
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Kceasthawk@77

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Campbell was blocked/shoved into the QB by NW#69. NW#69 literally shoves Campbell in the back and left side directly into their QB. Feel free to go back and look at it, 4Q 2:27.

It was a terrible roughing the passer call and an even more horrible targeting call. Iowa will (or should) appeal the targeting call and it should be overturned, not that does anything for tonight’s game.
??? Why would Iowa go to all that trouble? Its meaningless at this point. The rule that you have to miss the 1st half in the next game was changed a year or so ago. Campbell can play next week like it never happened if its first targeting of the season. The next game rule only applies if its his 2nd or more targeting of the season, and then the team can appeal and have both targeting calls reviewed,
 

AndreTheHawk

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I hate that young Campbell goes out (of this game) with that kind of taste in his mouth, especially after what happened to Jack last week. Well, all the best to him and his brother.
Meh. Drew knew he didn't do anything malicious, he'll be fine. Poor call to boot IMO, engaged with a blocker HAS to count for something, but nope.

D-Line has been stout as hell lately, really coming on it appears.
 
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HawksRule25

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You described 3 plays in 3 quarters. Well done fellas. Im not knocking what Iowa did, they were comfortable the D would hold and they did. If you really think Iowa was aggressive like they were in the first Q, then I dont know what to tell ya.

I would say you are playing the results. Iowa tried some aggressive stuff and it didn't work. Those 3 plays would have led to more points if they were executed. That along with a couple of penalties at the wrong time combined to make it appear as Iowa wasn't making progress as they were early.

For a Kirk F coached team, progress. Now, let's call those plays and execute going forward. :)
 

MAKhawks

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??? Why would Iowa go to all that trouble? It’s meaningless at this point. The rule that you have to miss the 1st half in the next game was changed a year or so ago. Campbell can play next week like it never happened if its first targeting of the season. The next game rule only applies if its his 2nd or more targeting of the season, and then the team can appeal and have both targeting calls reviewed,

I’d argue with the word “meaningless” because now Campbell has a first offense on his record.

Does it change anything from last night? No
Is it probable that Campbell picks up another targeting? Not really it’s fairly small.

Could it come into play for an important game on Iowa’s schedule? Absolutely now.
 

Rambler Hawk

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??? What does that even mean? "Not worthy of a playoff spots"? We won the game by 14 and controlled the game from the jump on the road. FPI had NW with a 55% chance of winning, and Iowa a -3.
Relax....to eat at the Big Boy table a program like Iowa absolutely can't commit 2 personal fouls, fumble (almost twice), and then almost botch an onside recovery all in a span of a few minutes. Maybe 'not worthy' was a bad choice of words....but that type of play won't be as forgiving when playing in the CFP. 😎
 
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