As the train pulls into the station on the 2017 season, Zach and Brian return with the final regular season episode of the Hawkeye Four Down Territory podcast. Not surprisingly, there wasn’t a ton of positivity flowing from the guys in this week’s podcast. Rather, Zach and Brian spent a large portion of the podcast breaking down the disappointing loss to Purdue and analyzing the current state of the Iowa football program. With one game to go in the regular season, there are several things that the guys will be watching this week to see if the Hawks have learned from the last two losses. On the positive side, the Iowa basketball team (finally) delivered a win today, so the terrible week for Iowa sports fans is now hopefully headed in another direction. Time for the football team to go win the Heroes Trophy and end the week on a high-note!
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Did you hear that thud? Yes, that was the Iowa Hawkeye offense falling back to Earth. The rollercoaster that is the 2017 Hawkeye Football season continued with an all-time disappointing offensive performance, as Iowa fell to the Wisconsin Badgers 38-14. Brian and Zach look at where they think things went wrong against the No. 5 team in the country after things went so right against the OSU Buckeyes. If anything, this year has taught us that you can’t live in the past. Luckily, Josh Jackson wasn’t living in the past and resting off of his three-interception performance against OSU, as he provided the lone bright spot, contributing not one, but TWO, pick-sixes this week. The guys finally look ahead at what is coming up against Purdue and Nebraska and try to project the rest of the season – but, hey, who really has been able to predict anything about the 2017 season?
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Was it a dream? Nope. We double (and triple) checked - the Hawkeyes still beat the Buckeyes 55-24. Wow. Still riding high on Saturday’s beatdown, Zach and Brian return with TONS of positivity in this week’s episode of the Hawkeye 4DT podcast. In fact, Zach held Brian to his word and in honor of the amazing victory, the negativity of the third down topics was skipped altogether! In addition to basking in the glow of Saturday’s game, the guys discuss what they are looking for from the Hawkeyes in this week’s tilt for the Heartland Trophy against the Badgers, which really boils down to one word - ATTACK!!
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Unbelievable would be an understatement! We all knew about the last second FGs to beat Michigan in 2016 and PSU in 2008, and we figured that, if Iowa was going to have a chance to win this game, it would probably take a similar effort. We could not have been more wrong about that. Iowa dominated this game from the first offensive snap for OSU. Well, maybe not from the first play, but after the game was tied up 17-17 (and Brian texted Zach that OSU would be able to score on Iowa at will), Iowa took control of the game and never looked back thanks to aggressive (and uncharacteristically consistent) offensive play and ball-hawking defense. Zach did this show solo and he cannot wait to break this one down with Brian early this coming week!
With OSU coming up, Brian and Zach spend more time focusing in on the next opponent, perhaps more so than any podcast since...Michigan 2016. Are we heading for a repeat? Maybe not, but we can dream. The guys look at the improved downfield passing game and the impressive year of potential First Round NFL draft pick Josh Jackson, before commiserating over the consistently inconsistent offense. Lastly, but maybe most importantly for this week, the important question comes up - no, not "trick-or-treat," but rather "bend or break" in reference to the role of the defense this week against the dynamic OSU offense.
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