IUFB @ Iowa - Saturday, 09.27.25 @ 3:30 ET on Peacock

[Hovadipo 62,430]

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

233 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception = Fernando Mendoza’s supposedly ‘bad’ day.

That hole shot early in the game is gonna do numbers on the NFL draft scout Youtube circuit. An absolute dot.

[Brass Cannon 25,778]

2 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

they where not getting the ball back.  In fact, they didn’t even with the BS.  What if it was one of their D linemen that got rolled up on and ended up with a season ending injury?   Stupid is as stupid does.  

They were hoping we would make a mistake with a snap.  They were fighting till the end 

[TheWatShot 15,719]

Just went back and watched highlights. On Iowa's touchdown near the end of the half, the officials waited 8 seconds after Gronowski went down before finally signaling touchdown. The clock stopped at 22 seconds, then inexplicably ran down to 17. Amazing we were still able to score there. 

[Napleshoosier 11,004]

5-0. But we got a whole lot to figure out in the next two weeks!  That was ugly!

[steubenhoosier 1,975]

10 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Just went back and watched highlights. On Iowa's touchdown near the end of the half, the officials waited 8 seconds after Gronowski went down before finally signaling touchdown. The clock stopped at 22 seconds, then inexplicably ran down to 17. Amazing we were still able to score there. 

I noticed that as well 

[str8baller 7,839]

6 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

Just went back and watched highlights. On Iowa's touchdown near the end of the half, the officials waited 8 seconds after Gronowski went down before finally signaling touchdown. The clock stopped at 22 seconds, then inexplicably ran down to 17. Amazing we were still able to score there. 

Yep. That’s the one I was screaming about. The clock operator was trying to home cook us all game and the officials weren’t setting them straight. I fully get why Cig was mad. 

[DChoosier 10,176]

12 hours ago, Hardwood83 said:

Is this team as good as they looked against Illinois? No. Are they as bad as they looked today? No. Somewhere in between. They aren't elite Top 5 level, but around top 10. 

During and immediately after the game I was pissed off. Yes, it's a 'tough enviroment' and Iowa is sound on defense, but that was ugly. If their QB doesn't get hurt, they win. If their dependable kicker doesn't pull a very makable FG, they win.....But with a little time to reflect, this is still IU football and any win should be celebrated. 

Shows how far we have come when fans are “pissed” after beating Iowa, at Iowa on their homecoming weekend. :)

It was a tough break for them to lose their QB but I don’t know about them definitely winning if he played the whole game. They didn’t exactly pile up the points while he played. If their kicker made the field goal (shocking that he missed) we still would have had the same amount of time for the final drive.  Would the added pressure of being behind impact us, maybe but it was a beautiful thing to see an IU team successfully mount a TD drive, on the road with the game on the line.

[Stuhoo 91,324]

Iowa’s offensive line came into this game with the single best run blocking grade-out in the country through four weeks.

During the game, they graded out the worst on run blocking that they have in over two years for a game. The Hawkeyes averaged negative .2 yards before contact per carry.

Our front seven is amazing.

[Henryville Hoosier 1,468]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Iowa’s offensive line came into this game with the single best run blocking grade-out in the country through four weeks.

During the game, they graded out the worst on run blocking that they have in over two years for a game. The Hawkeyes averaged negative .2 yards before contact per carry.

Our front seven is amazing.

https://x.com/jordanjamie/status/1972316208868565169?s=46&t=VCm-eVsdhHni-5V2WFoDBg 

[Stuhoo 91,324]

Elijah Sarratt had six catches against Iowa.

Every single one of them was for either a first down or a touchdown

[LamarCheeks 22,473]

3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Elijah Sarratt had six catches against Iowa.

Every single one of them was for either a first down or a touchdown

[Hovadipo 62,430]

10 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Iowa’s offensive line came into this game with the single best run blocking grade-out in the country through four weeks.

During the game, they graded out the worst on run blocking that they have in over two years for a game. The Hawkeyes averaged negative .2 yards before contact per carry.

Our front seven is amazing.

Part of my “we really weren’t bad today” post from yesterday. Everyone was surprised that Gronowski was hitting all these passes early in the game, but it was clear that making him hit those easy throws within our zone coverage was exactly what we wanted. His high 1st half completion percentage ended up being completely meaningless. Haines would much rather make him hit those than worry about covering 5-8 yard hitches and let them start gashing us on the ground. Once they crossed midfield we had our way with them. 

Yet another masterclass from Haines and the big fellas. 

[HoosierHoopster 8,933]

SIAP - always nice to see IU FB and Mendoza on front page of ESPN, even if it's an 'apology'

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46408660/indiana-qb-mendoza-sorry-cooked-spreads-late-safety

[RoadRage 3,162]

There were a lot of people on X demanding an investigation into point shaving after that safety prevented IU from getting the point spread....no way there was anything nefarious there, but I am not sure why Fernando ran all the way to the end zone, time had run out by the time he was at the 20!

[LamarCheeks 22,473]

12 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

There were a lot of people on X demanding an investigation into point shaving after that safety prevented IU from getting the point spread....no way there was anything nefarious there, but I am not sure why Fernando ran all the way to the end zone, time had run out by the time he was at the 20!

The whole ending to that game was bizarre. Iowa had all three TOs left, so we were trying to kill as much clock as possible before Nando would take a knee. But the officials kept blowing the play dead before he ever went down. Since it was fourth down and there were still 7 seconds left, I guess he wanted to make 100% sure the clock would run out and Iowa couldn't get the ball.

Maybe Cigs told him to do that. He was PO'd about the way they kept blowing those plays dead so early. I never did see an explanation for it. 

[iu2win 195]

Cig TOLD Mendoza to run to and yes, through the end zone.  Mendoza did what he was told to do.  Hope there is some sort of explanation from the league regarding the reason the refs stopped the clock despite Mendoza having not yet put his knee down or having been touched by a defender.  

[Hovadipo 62,430]

2 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Cigs was PO'd about the way they kept blowing those plays dead so early. I never did see an explanation for it.

It was frustrating, but correctly called. You don’t just get to stand there on obvious kneel down situations. You get a backwards step or two and the refs then blow it dead regardless. If you want to kill clock, get in a regular formation and run around like an idiot and chuck it out of bounds I guess. 

[LamarCheeks 22,473]

1 hour ago, Hovadipo said:

It was frustrating, but correctly called. You don’t just get to stand there on obvious kneel down situations. You get a backwards step or two and the refs then blow it dead regardless. If you want to kill clock, get in a regular formation and run around like an idiot and chuck it out of bounds I guess. 

[AZ Hoosier 11,159]

58 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

It was frustrating, but correctly called. You don’t just get to stand there on obvious kneel down situations. You get a backwards step or two and the refs then blow it dead regardless. If you want to kill clock, get in a regular formation and run around like an idiot and chuck it out of bounds I guess. 

If the defense isn't pursuing the ball carrier, the clock should keep running. It's a BS rule, if, in fact, that is the rule.

And Ferentz is a d!ck for using his time outs in that situation. There's no chance of a fumbled snap in that scenario. The game was lost... just own it like a man.

[Brass Cannon 25,778]

5 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

If the defense isn't pursuing the ball carrier, the clock should keep running. It's a BS rule, if, in fact, that is the rule.

And Ferentz is a d!ck for using his time outs in that situation. There's no chance of a fumbled snap in that scenario. The game was lost... just own it like a man.

You never know. Happened to Troy some years ago iirc