Overtime: Iowa Post-game Overreaction

I'm not happy with today's play, either and I don't want to be labeled a sunshine pumper BUT we lost by a crummy 8 points to a top 5 team. That's the facts. It's been a lousy season but it's not the hopeless quagmire that some of you make it out to be. There are glimmers of hope. What upsets me the most? Is that we could have won today, with this team. Once again, we took ourselves out of contention. So. Yea I'm upset but I'm also not pessimistic.

 
It's so sad watching Tommy in this post game presser. He knows 100% that this loss is on him. Can't help but feel bad for him, just wish he could fix it, but he's only seeming to get worse as the year goes on. He's a true stand up guy though, no beating around the bush, just directly owning up to his performance this game, where most people in his position wouldn't.

 
Okie 'Sker said:
Man, does the press just love to lob easy questions to Riley or what?

Here's a real question: "Coach, can you explain who made the call on the 4th-and-1 to have Tommy in the shotgun, instead of at the line, and why a pass play, and not a run play, was called?"

I have a feeling Riley would have spewed the exact same lame-a$$ answer, but still. Have some balls.
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Or kicked the field goal (reducing it to a one possession game).

 
I still love TA's leadership, tenacity, and drive. Just wish the QBing and decision making skills were comparable.

Is Iowa the worst top four team in recent history?

 
Best comment about this season:

First Fan: "If Riley had a good quarterback, we could have had a winning season."

Second Fan: "You mean if Riley had realized he didn't have a good quarterback, we could have had a winning season."

 
You get the feeling Riley knows what he has in TA. A great athlete but bad decision maker. I'm sure that stuff has been drilled into his head, but he just doesn't get it.

 
LJsurf41 said:
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River-runner said:
JJHusker1 said:
No. Three more practices with this staff could really set us back heading into next year. This is one case where less is more.
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We just went head-to-head with the number 3 team in the country. Three weeks ago we beat a top ten team. What the hell do you want?
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Us to actually win the games we should statistically win.

BYU: Led the game 28-27 with :03 left. Lost on a Hail Mary.

Miami: Rallied in the 4th quarter to force OT. Throw an INT on the first play of OT, with a bonus unsportsmanlike penalty to essentially give Miami the win.

Illinois: Led 13-7 with :55 left. No timeouts for Illinois and Tommy is given the option to pass, which he so happily complies with, throwing an incomplete pass to an albeit open Devine Ozigbo. Given the sieve the secondary was at that point, Nebraska was bound to give up the big pass play, and they did, and lost 14-13.

Wisconsin: Led 21-20 after Wisconsin missed a FG with 1:30 left. Wisconsin has all 3 timeouts, and Nebraska runs 3 uncreative totally predictable plays up the middle, running a total of :25 off the clock. Given the sieve the secondary was at that point, Nebraska was bound to give up enough plays to put Wisconsin back into field goal range, which they did. Wisconsin hits a FG and wins 23-21

Northwestern: Held the ball for almost 18 more minutes (note: football's a 60 minute game), ran 30 more plays than Northwestern who was playing a true freshman QB and had just gotten beaten senseless by Michigan and Iowa. Lose 30-28.

Purdue: Going up against the worst run defense in the Big Ten with a backup QB, Nebraska throws the ball an astounding, mind-boggling 55 times in a 55-45 loss, which required a 4th quarter rally after being down 42-16.

Iowa: Nebraska ran 39 more plays against the Hawkeyes today and held the ball for 13 more minutes (note: football's a 60 minute game). In a windy day, Nebraska scored just 3 points when going against the win and held Iowa, a team who had excelled on 3rd down ALL SEASON LONG to 0/8 on 3rd down. But no, 4 interceptions from Tommy Armstrong quelled any chance of another Nebraska upset.
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Yahtzee, common denominator = TA....
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Ummm TA didn't play DB against BYU.

The common denominator is the coaching staff. This program has won more than they had lost with him at QB the previous 2 seasons.

 
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