Who do we want to win, Iowa or Michigan?
- Thread starter Richard the LIONhearted
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My dislike of Michigan prevents me from cheering them on. So, the Hawkeyes. And then we destroy Iowa the following week.
Although optimally #14 Iowa losing to #19 Michigan is better for PSU, assuming PSU defeats both teams.
Although optimally #14 Iowa losing to #19 Michigan is better for PSU, assuming PSU defeats both teams.
Iowa
Because Michigan is an ass
And makes winning the east easier
Because Michigan is an ass
And makes winning the east easier
Save the meteor strike for Mich/Suckeye game
Iowa, no brainer.
Iowa, no brainer.
I'd root for anybody other than Notre Dame over Michigan.
Next question.
Next question.
Iowa for sure. Helps in the East. I think we find out exactly where Michigan is this weekend. I don't see Iowa dominating, but if they win on the road it could start a UM slide we'd all like to see.
Iowa. I don’t really care about what makes it easier to win the east and all that. I like Michigan losing.
Michigan, because we want the gift that keeps on giving (Harbaugh) to keep his job. If they lose to Iowa, us and Ohio State this year, Michigan may go out and hire a real coach. We don't want that, do we?
They’ve been trying to hire a real coach since they shit-canned Lloyd Carr for the flavor of the month. Honesty, if Jimmah can’t win in AA, who the hell can? That fan base is the perfect example of inflated expectations - they have their program on such a pedestal that nobody will ever be good enough.
As long as its an emotionally and physically draining game I don't think it matters.
1) I always like to see um lose
2) If iowa wins, their arrogance level will be off the charts next week at kinnick. Will make our win that much sweeter.
2) If iowa wins, their arrogance level will be off the charts next week at kinnick. Will make our win that much sweeter.
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Iowa. It's doubtful Michigan will even be .500 in their remaining games with losses to us, OSU, ND and MSU. After we beat Iowa their only challenge left will be Wisky, Whom I'm hoping we play in Indianapolis.
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Iowa. Will give them a boost, which should give PSU a boost IF we beat them. Michigan’s hype machine might have them ranked ahead of us by the time we play them—despite the two losses. So take the boost from beating an Iowa team that just beat Michigan. If we beat both and MSU, there’s still a big red problem in the East.
If you want to play the badgers in Indy you should want Michigan to beat Iowa and make their path easier...
This is so obvious. You have to root for eastern teams to lose as it helps us win our division.
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Except that I want us to beat both Iowa and Wisky, not beat Iowa twice. Those are the only two realistic options in the West. Whoever wins that game is going to Indy. Both have off weeks before they meet.
Definitely rooting for Iowa because it makes the game in Iowa City a week later a real showcase game.
But at this point we know very little about either team. Michigan wasn't ready for Wisconsin early in the season. Iowa probably should have lost to Iowa State.
Michigan's run D couldn't handle Wisconsin's OL. But Iowa has been more of a passing team so far this year, so the matchup will be totally different. Iowa's got several productive receivers, but can they get open on the Michigan secondary?
But at this point we know very little about either team. Michigan wasn't ready for Wisconsin early in the season. Iowa probably should have lost to Iowa State.
Michigan's run D couldn't handle Wisconsin's OL. But Iowa has been more of a passing team so far this year, so the matchup will be totally different. Iowa's got several productive receivers, but can they get open on the Michigan secondary?
Iowa beating Michigan makes it more likely Penn State would play them twice (in a scenario where we win the east), not less. You should want them to lose as many as possible.
PLUS if Bitchagain wins, they're bound to jump to the top 5 since everyone loves hyping those clowns. This would then look better on PSU if they beat Iowa and then beat a top 5 Bitchagain
however i'll take any chance to root against Khaki Karl and his klowns… GO IOWA!
What sucks is both PSU and Iowa-Michy are at NOON est. 
Wanted to watch both curious how good Iowa is?
Wanted to watch both curious how good Iowa is?
My guess is if you’ve watched Iowa play football in years past, you have a pretty good idea of what this particular Iowa team looks like. Just looking at some of their numbers and stats, they look like pretty much the same team they’ve been for a while now.What sucks is both PSU and Iowa-Michy are at NOON est.
Wanted to watch both curious how good Iowa is?
Yeah but I wanted to see how much better, mature and smooth Stanley is. Also how Michigan will handle Epenesa their DE. How effective their TE is and their Receivers vs. Michy skill players etc..
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It's going to come down to the winner of the Wisky/Iowa game. Assuming we beat Iowa and Wisky loses to OSU, the winner of he game on November 9 will be the West champ. Even if Wisky pulls it out against OSU, the winner of Wisky/Iowa will still be the West champ. The rest of the teams in the West are simply not very good. Minnesota will have a winning record when we play them, but the Gophers last 4 games are against us, Iowa, NW and Wisky, in that order. That's most likely 3 losses. The West has two good teams, one decent team in Minnesota, but Purdue, NW, Illinois and Nebraska are terrible. The last four teams would have trouble being competitive in the ACC Coastal.
An epic upset of either Wisky or Iowa can change my projections, but I fail to see how Iowa beating Michigan changes the dynamic between Wisky and Iowa.
I agree it doesn't, but it seemed like that's what you were saying below. The outcome of Iowa Michigan will have zero impact on whether we play Iowa twice unless there is chaos in the west. That said, Iowa winning can only help them in that quest. Iowa losing ensures there's no way it happens as wisconsin would need to drop multiple games. God the west sucks.
"Except that I want us to beat both Iowa and Wisky, not beat Iowa twice."
