**Official Minnesota vs. Iowa Football Thread - 2:30pm - CBS**

[Nobody]

There was a long line of players and coaches who went over to greet him after the game. Lots of hugs and genuine goodwill, then he limped off the field and I hadn't realized he'd gotten hurt at some point.

 

[Hawkeye_Pierce]

This morning, around the time IU kicked off, my sister called to tell me our dad had died. He was 87. Not sick, just old. She found him in his apartment and says he looked peaceful, like he’d just nodded off in his chair. My dad went to IU and had been enjoying the hell out of this season. His second favorite team was Iowa because he knew how much I love the Hawkeyes and probably because he paid a fair amount of money to send me there. I was not in a good place today. I was alone because my family, what remains of it, live in Indiana. So I watched the IU game and then the Iowa game and could only think about how much I would have liked to talk to my dad about both games.

In spite of intense sadness, I enjoyed the hell out of that win.

 

[Talkin' Goat]

This morning, around the time IU kicked off, my sister called to tell me our dad had died. He was 87. Not sick, just old. She found him in his apartment and says he looked peaceful, like he’d just nodded off in his chair. My dad went to IU and had been enjoying the hell out of this season. His second favorite team was Iowa because he knew how much I love the Hawkeyes and probably because he paid a fair amount of money to send me there. I was not in a good place today. I was alone because my family, what remains of it, live in Indiana. So I watched the IU game and then the Iowa game and couldn’t only think about how much I would have liked to talk to my dad about both games.

In spite of intense sadness, I enjoyed the hell out of that win.

Sorry for your loss, Pierce.

 

[douglasbader]

This morning, around the time IU kicked off, my sister called to tell me our dad had died. He was 87. Not sick, just old. She found him in his apartment and says he looked peaceful, like he’d just nodded off in his chair. My dad went to IU and had been enjoying the hell out of this season. His second favorite team was Iowa because he knew how much I love the Hawkeyes and probably because he paid a fair amount of money to send me there. I was not in a good place today. I was alone because my family, what remains of it, live in Indiana. So I watched the IU game and then the Iowa game and couldn’t only think about how much I would have liked to talk to my dad about both games.

In spite of intense sadness, I enjoyed the hell out of that win.

Sorry to hear this Pierce, hang in there.

 

[Fletch]

Sorry for your loss, Pierce.

 

[Herky823]

This morning, around the time IU kicked off, my sister called to tell me our dad had died. He was 87. Not sick, just old. She found him in his apartment and says he looked peaceful, like he’d just nodded off in his chair. My dad went to IU and had been enjoying the hell out of this season. His second favorite team was Iowa because he knew how much I love the Hawkeyes and probably because he paid a fair amount of money to send me there. I was not in a good place today. I was alone because my family, what remains of it, live in Indiana. So I watched the IU game and then the Iowa game and could only think about how much I would have liked to talk to my dad about both games.

In spite of intense sadness, I enjoyed the hell out of that win.

Sorry pierce

 

[ChipHilton]

This morning, around the time IU kicked off, my sister called to tell me our dad had died. He was 87. Not sick, just old. She found him in his apartment and says he looked peaceful, like he’d just nodded off in his chair. My dad went to IU and had been enjoying the hell out of this season. His second favorite team was Iowa because he knew how much I love the Hawkeyes and probably because he paid a fair amount of money to send me there. I was not in a good place today. I was alone because my family, what remains of it, live in Indiana. So I watched the IU game and then the Iowa game and could only think about how much I would have liked to talk to my dad about both games.

In spite of intense sadness, I enjoyed the hell out of that win.

Tough day, Hawk. It sounds like he went in just about the best way possible, so I hope that helps. Lost my Dad March 7, 1992. Still miss him, of course, and I wish he could have seen the grandkids grow up, etc., but he was 85 and probably had few complaints. My memories are still clear, and I can still hear his voice 33 years later and still can imagine how he would have reacted to this or that. So he's gone, but not.

I hope, and imagine, that your Pops will still be very much with you in your private world from now on. You certainly won't forget him and all of the good stuff, and I guess that's what it's really all about. So even though it may sound a little weird amidst the sadness, congrats on having a great Dad.

 

[gable_guy]

Speaking of which, when did visiting teams start using the plaza to unload buses?

 

[CamelTones]

Who was it that was saying we hadn't kicked the shit out of Minnesota in Iowa City in years?

Show yourself, go the sculpture park with lube, and do the same defeatist bullshit in two weeks just to be sure.

That was I. Wasn’t a prediction, just thinking about prior games, Iowa seemed to kick the shit out of them up there while struggling at home.

For the record, Oregon has always played well at Kinnick (once).

 

[Truant]

This morning, around the time IU kicked off, my sister called to tell me our dad had died. He was 87. Not sick, just old. She found him in his apartment and says he looked peaceful, like he’d just nodded off in his chair. My dad went to IU and had been enjoying the hell out of this season. His second favorite team was Iowa because he knew how much I love the Hawkeyes and probably because he paid a fair amount of money to send me there. I was not in a good place today. I was alone because my family, what remains of it, live in Indiana. So I watched the IU game and then the Iowa game and could only think about how much I would have liked to talk to my dad about both games.

In spite of intense sadness, I enjoyed the hell out of that win.

Sorry for your loss. You have had way more than your fair share of this grief. I hope you are getting all of the support you need.

 

[BBK]

This morning, around the time IU kicked off, my sister called to tell me our dad had died. He was 87. Not sick, just old. She found him in his apartment and says he looked peaceful, like he’d just nodded off in his chair. My dad went to IU and had been enjoying the hell out of this season. His second favorite team was Iowa because he knew how much I love the Hawkeyes and probably because he paid a fair amount of money to send me there. I was not in a good place today. I was alone because my family, what remains of it, live in Indiana. So I watched the IU game and then the Iowa game and could only think about how much I would have liked to talk to my dad about both games.

In spite of intense sadness, I enjoyed the hell out of that win.

You've endured so much recently. I hope you know it's ok to talk to someone or reach out to a friend you depend upon for guidance.

Please don't just swallow this alone. False Midwestern tough guy attitude is overrated.

I'm here always. Many of us are. Sometimes it's easier to talk to people outside of the circle

 

[MikeyJoe]

This morning, around the time IU kicked off, my sister called to tell me our dad had died. He was 87. Not sick, just old. She found him in his apartment and says he looked peaceful, like he’d just nodded off in his chair. My dad went to IU and had been enjoying the hell out of this season. His second favorite team was Iowa because he knew how much I love the Hawkeyes and probably because he paid a fair amount of money to send me there. I was not in a good place today. I was alone because my family, what remains of it, live in Indiana. So I watched the IU game and then the Iowa game and could only think about how much I would have liked to talk to my dad about both games.

In spite of intense sadness, I enjoyed the hell out of that win.

Really sorry to hear this Pierce.

 

[RazHawk]

Not that Brian set a high bar, but Lester is such a massive improvement it's almost unreal Kirk let BF skullfuck his team's ceilings for years.

The way Lester schemed this play up was like watching art - Gronowski could have handed that to Patterson, thrown it to Wetjen, or taken it himself. Also reinforces how fucking dumb Iowa has been sticking to statue pocket passers for the past two decades. If you can't pass it anyway, at least make the defense account for the QB on the ground.

 

[douglasbader]

I loved the anecdote that Gary Danielson shared near the end of the game where he was talking to Lester about the backup QB and he said something like "Hank Brown is still your #2 QB, right?" and you could tell from the flat out "No" that Lester said and how he said it when Danielson was recounting the story said everything.

Brian and Kirk would have made Hank Brown the #2 QB and no matter how he looked in that Indiana game, they would have rolled with him for the rest of time including the next 2 seasons as the starter.

Lester got one look at him in live action and appears to have gone "Fuck this guy, we can't win with another pants shitting statue at QB" and immediately moved to the more mobile dual-threat.

I hope at the end of his long career, Kirk Ferentz and Iowa have finally learned that the way forward to a higher level of success is to have a mobile QB. I don't know how they didn't learn that lesson after Brad Banks nearly won the Heisman in 2002, the success of Drew Tate and the undefeated 2015 season with Beathard. Having a statue has worked on some level with McCann, Chandler and Fat Nate (Stanzi was just mobile enough I won't list him here), but ultimately Iowa has to have a mobile dual-threat QB.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

Not that Brian set a high bar, but Lester is such a massive improvement it's almost unreal Kirk let BF skullfuck his team's ceilings for years.

The way Lester schemed this play up was like watching art - Gronowski could have handed that to Patterson, thrown it to Wetjen, or taken it himself. Also reinforces how fucking dumb Iowa has been sticking to statue pocket passers for the past two decades. If you can't pass it anyway, at least make the defense account for the QB on the ground.

Wetjen’s improvement is unlocking a lot. He’s been productive but Lester’s movement of him is also responsible for a lot of missed run fits.

Watch 17 on this. Wetjen motions and he follows because they’re man. But then when he return motions, he’s so worried about hauling ass to get back outside that he doesn’t see him abort it and keeps flying to the other side which is also where we were blocking for the Jaz handoff. He could have flipped it out there for a Wetjen walk-in also.

 

[gohawkeyes811]

Wetjen’s improvement is unlocking a lot. He’s been productive but Lester’s movement of him is also responsible for a lot of missed run fits.

Watch 17 on this. Wetjen motions and he follows because they’re man. But then when he return motions, he’s so worried about hauling ass to get back outside that he doesn’t see him abort it and keeps flying to the other side which is also where we were blocking for the Jaz handoff. He could have flipped it out there for a Wetjen walk-in also.

There was zero doubt the game was over at this point. That was a clinic.

 

[CamelTones]

#19 was in hell on that play. Wanted to commit to Wetjen, then Gronowski before pausing for a second as he was worried about a pitch then lunging at Gronowski. As Hiawatha pointed out. #17 had no idea what was going on. Just ran himself straight to the Gopher sideline while the play was going the other way.

 

[jandj]

Wetjen’s improvement is unlocking a lot. He’s been productive but Lester’s movement of him is also responsible for a lot of missed run fits.

Watch 17 on this. Wetjen motions and he follows because they’re man. But then when he return motions, he’s so worried about hauling ass to get back outside that he doesn’t see him abort it and keeps flying to the other side which is also where we were blocking for the Jaz handoff. He could have flipped it out there for a Wetjen walk-in also.

That is pretty funny and observant. I was too busy furiously masturbating watching the play design that I didn’t even watch the defense.

 

[Iowatheltics]

This morning, around the time IU kicked off, my sister called to tell me our dad had died. He was 87. Not sick, just old. She found him in his apartment and says he looked peaceful, like he’d just nodded off in his chair. My dad went to IU and had been enjoying the hell out of this season. His second favorite team was Iowa because he knew how much I love the Hawkeyes and probably because he paid a fair amount of money to send me there. I was not in a good place today. I was alone because my family, what remains of it, live in Indiana. So I watched the IU game and then the Iowa game and could only think about how much I would have liked to talk to my dad about both games.

In spite of intense sadness, I enjoyed the hell out of that win.

My condolences

 

[brantshawks]

Long good life right there. Sorry to hear, Pierce.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

This morning, around the time IU kicked off, my sister called to tell me our dad had died. He was 87. Not sick, just old. She found him in his apartment and says he looked peaceful, like he’d just nodded off in his chair. My dad went to IU and had been enjoying the hell out of this season. His second favorite team was Iowa because he knew how much I love the Hawkeyes and probably because he paid a fair amount of money to send me there. I was not in a good place today. I was alone because my family, what remains of it, live in Indiana. So I watched the IU game and then the Iowa game and could only think about how much I would have liked to talk to my dad about both games.

In spite of intense sadness, I enjoyed the hell out of that win.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

(Sorry, pierce, that sucks)

 

[chafedHawk]

Sorry to hear, Pierce.

 

[Gushawk]

Just a great day, and a nice part of that is the future looking bright.

We’ve got the right guy at backup QB now, and he looked good. Wish he’d been there for Indiana.

Buffington and Iose look like swinging dick studs. They could (and especially in Buffington’s case) perhaps should play meaningful snaps now.

McNeil is likely the workhorse RB of the future, and RVZ and Parker have good potential and lots of eligibility to burn.

And there are a good number of younger guys we’ve already seen quite a bit of (on the OL, DL and in the secondary) who look solid or better.

No KF fall off or force out in sight. He’ll be leaving on his terms, when Mary tells him it’s time.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Just a great day, and a nice part of that is the future looking bright.

We’ve got the right guy at backup QB now, and he looked good. Wish he’d been there for Indiana.

Buffington and Iose look like swinging dick studs. They could (and especially in Buffington’s case) perhaps should play meaningful snaps now.

McNeil is likely the workhorse RB of the future, and RVZ and Parker have good potential and lots of eligibility to burn.

And there are a good number of younger guys we’ve already seen quite a bit of (on the OL, DL and in the secondary) who look solid or better.

No KF fall off or force out in sight. He’ll be leaving on his terms, when Mary tells him it’s time.

Buffington, Weiskopf, and Ries will all have great careers here. I still think Ries will get moved to safety.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

And then you have Manson coming in next year. Stacked at LB

 

[The Dad]

I enjoy having safeties who are flying all over and looking to murder people. It makes every snap must see TV.

 

[brantshawks]

Just a great day, and a nice part of that is the future looking bright.

We’ve got the right guy at backup QB now, and he looked good. Wish he’d been there for Indiana.

Buffington and Iose look like swinging dick studs. They could (and especially in Buffington’s case) perhaps should play meaningful snaps now.

McNeil is likely the workhorse RB of the future, and RVZ and Parker have good potential and lots of eligibility to burn.

And there are a good number of younger guys we’ve already seen quite a bit of (on the OL, DL and in the secondary) who look solid or better.

No KF fall off or force out in sight. He’ll be leaving on his terms, when Mary tells him it’s time.

10/10

No notes.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

Stephens was limping pretty bad going to get Floyd. Hopefully he can get healthy in the week off.

 

[LifelongHawk]

Stephens was limping pretty bad going to get Floyd. Hopefully he can get healthy in the week off.

Took a hard kick to the ankle, was back in briefly.
Should be fine for the Duck hunt.

 

[jandj]

Sorry to hear Pierce.

 

[Glen]

Sorry to read, Pierce.

 

[gable_guy]

Disregard

 

[neshawk]

And then you have Manson coming in next year. Stacked at LB

Plus Kasem Thomas and Billy Weivoda. Iowa is stacked at LB for years.

 

[Gushawk]

Stephens was limping pretty bad going to get Floyd. Hopefully he can get healthy in the week off.

On the bright side, Leighton Jones looked good in relief.

 

[The Full Monte]

I enjoy having safeties who are flying all over and looking to murder people. It makes every snap must see TV.

Think X had another huge hit yesterday didn’t he?

Feels like the move to FS has been huge for him

 

[Gushawk]

He absolutely blasted a RB near the sideline

 

[The Full Monte]

Just a great day, and a nice part of that is the future looking bright.

We’ve got the right guy at backup QB now, and he looked good. Wish he’d been there for Indiana.

Buffington and Iose look like swinging dick studs. They could (and especially in Buffington’s case) perhaps should play meaningful snaps now.

McNeil is likely the workhorse RB of the future, and RVZ and Parker have good potential and lots of eligibility to burn.

And there are a good number of younger guys we’ve already seen quite a bit of (on the OL, DL and in the secondary) who look solid or better.

No KF fall off or force out in sight. He’ll be leaving on his terms, when Mary tells him it’s time.

Watching the second team D pick them off, then stop them on downs was absolutely beautiful

During a timeout late in the game, Lose was standing next to Graves. (I think) The size of an 18-19 year old true freshman next to a 5th year DT was incredible

 

[The Full Monte]

WR is obviously a concern…but other than that and DT…this team looks to be in decent shape for the future

 

[Nobody]

hawkeye twitter’s finest moment

We have an updated version:

 

[Thanksgiving Dinner]

Plus Kasem Thomas and Billy Weivoda. Iowa is stacked at LB for years.

Gautcher and Cooney are also supposed to be really good.

 

[jd10]

We have an updated version:

I do appreciate that they made it even more unhinged

 

[Mr. Hawk]

Think X had another huge hit yesterday didn’t he?

Feels like the move to FS has been huge for him

He absolutely blasted a RB near the sideline

I think he sent the RB airborne. It was beautiful.

 

[Iowatheltics]

Fake but humorous...

 

[jd10]

If it’s the play I’m thinking of, they sort of focused on X pre-snap and then you could see him flying downhill as the play developed. It was glorious

 

[Saul Berkley]

WR is obviously a concern…but other than that and DT…this team looks to be in decent shape for the future

I would imagine DT is a spot they are going to go after in the portal. Perhaps CB as well.

 

[Gushawk]

Hawthorne is solid. After that it’s questionable at best.

Corner ultimately will be fine whatever we have, though there could be some growing pains and unnecessary losses without roster upgrades.

 

[CurdMan]

During a timeout late in the game, Lose was standing next to Graves. (I think) The size of an 18-19 year old true freshman next to a 5th year DT was incredible

 

[Gushawk]

Dolph was calling him Low-say yesterday. I assumed he was pulling a typical dolph, but wasn’t entirely sure

 

[Herbie2]

Dolph was calling him Low-say yesterday. I assumed he was pulling a typical dolph, but wasn’t entirely sure

From the media guide:

lose Epenesa: YO-say EP-uh-NESS-uh