If the question is what team could have beat a team like Iowa with a second stringer and a lead, that would be OSU 2017. Dwayne Haskins or Joe Burrow could have done it. Joe Burrow almost for sure because he is a great game manager and Iowa has a mediocre qb and would not be able to score much, if at all if the other team is moving the ball. Haskins came in around late in the 3rd quarter against Michigan with OSU down after a Barrett injury and played a nearly perfect game to beat a huge rival (but not a top 5 team). Beating Michigan while coming in cold is what won the job for Haskins the next year. Joe because of a hand injury in pre-season never had the opportunity to prove what he could do under fire in a meaningful game.
Name a team who can beat a top 5 team on the road with their backup QB playing three quarters
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OSU's 3rd stringer won the national championship... A bit better of a memory for you!!
The title wasn't about which top 5 team did they beat. It's about what top 5 "could" they beat. And to see that OU backup come in and ignite that offense to rally past Texas and that huge early deficit was impressive. And keep in mind, he replaced and benched the preseason Heisman candidate (Rattler)
Also, Jalen Hurts and Tua were on the same team. And Tua came in as second string and won the national championship.
actually this year's tOSU team could do that. In fact, tOSU could probably use Miller and survive. In today's world of transfers, that may never happen again. IMHO we ware about to put a total whupping on Iowa before that injury. I am going with 31-10 final. the OFF we fielded in the second half would be lucky to beat any BIG team.
Someone could say that every team could…I believe he was looking for actual examples.
After what I’ve seen for six weeks, I see one team that should be ranked in the top 5….unfortunately they do have to pick five.
Ok, but he didn’t ask that, his question is specifically phrased to ask who could, not who did. And if it was intended to be who did, it’s an absurd question because the number of instances where a better team loses its QB on the road against a fellow top 5 team is going to be extremely rare itself.
It is rare, but some rare thing happening to cause us to lose doesn’t stop the PSU “faithful” on this board from using it to bash the coaches. Starting QB goes down, should be prepared. Four hour rain delay, should be prepared for that. I guess PSU should have 12 hour practices every day and cover every possible situation.
So you think Alabama, Georgia OSU and several other teams with a 14 point lead couldn't beat Iowa with their backup QB.
I disagree. I doubt that Iowa could have scored 14 on those teams and they probably would have needed to score more than 14.
I think it’s pretty well established and accepted that we’re not Alabama, Georgia or OSU and neither is anyone else.
Well, he did d see one thing special yesterday against a credible team. He did it in high school. Of course, evidence of an answer of a question that calls for a future answer is an interesting concept.
You named them in your post and said Iowa couldn’t have beat them if they had a 14 point lead and their backup QB….that’s why I said we’re not any of those teams.
Fact check = false. The backup had played one meaningful series (first and goal at the KSU five and he screwed it up) prior to being thrown into the cauldron of the OU-Texas game.
Not the same but, how about at #1 Notre Dame in 1990. We were down 21-7 at halftime. Rocket Ismail didn’t play the second half, that definitely didn’t hurt. We of course went on to win.
