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Sean Neugent
12/29/2016
More surprising: 2015 Iowa: 12-0 -OR- 2016: winning final 3?
68%
12-0 Season
WINNER
68%
2
32%
Winning Final 3
32%
3
68%
12-0 Season
68%
32%
Winning Final 3
32%
While the Hawkeyes kept it close against a Top 10 Badgers team, they followed it up with one of the worst losses under Ferentz. The "Fire Kirk" chants escalated.
No. 3 Michi...
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While the Hawkeyes kept it close against a Top 10 Badgers team, they followed it up with one of the worst losses under Ferentz. The "Fire Kirk" chants escalated.
No. 3 Michigan was up next, who was avg. 48 PPG. It was expected they would get pummeled yet again. Instead they kicked a last second FG for a huge upset of the Wolverines.
Then Iowa dominated for a 28-0 win on the road against Illinois. The final game was vs. No. 16 Nebraska who they ran over 40-10, vaulting Iowa into the Top 25 to finish the year.
Everyone wrote them off. They proved why that was a mistake.
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Scott Micheal Soy
THEY PLAYED PRETTY BAD IN THOSE LOSSES BUT TO BEAT MICHIGAN THEM DOMINATING NEBRASKA I TRULY THINK WE COULD COMPETE AGAINST OHIOSTATE AND WIN ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE DEFENSE
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Greg Patterson
12-0 was at ride, but not absurdly shocking considering the schedule. 3-0 after the PSU debacle and still no consistent passing game? holy cow!
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Brad Terry
After the beatdown they received by Penn State I didn't see them winning another game.
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12-0 is 12-0. Something Iowa hadn't ever done before or seen coming. Iowa winning the last 3 games may be surprising but it shouldn't have been completely unexpected since we all thought they should have been capable of it before the season. Nobody thought 12-0 was remotely possible before last yr.
ReplyYou have to remember where Iowa football was going into the 2015 season. A lot, and I mean a LOT of long-time alumni had given up their season tickets. The stack of complaint letters and such to Barta were staggering. NOBODY saw 12-0 coming. This year, it is only what we had expected all season.
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