[Postgame Thread] Iowa Defeats Michigan 20-19

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Iowa	7	0	0	13	20
Michigan	7	3	3	6	19

[u/jkman61494]

Michigan deserved ALL of this and I say this as a fan. Absolutely coward ball with 2:30 left

[u/Snoo-16797 → u/jkman61494]

Nobody, outside of Hank Brown and his mother, thought Iowa could drive 91 yards in 1:40 with 1 TO left. Still don't understand what I just watched

[u/madmax1969 → u/Snoo-16797]

Let’s be real. His mom for sure thought it was over.

[u/harriswatchsbrnntc → u/Snoo-16797]

30 free yards, and two dropped ints helped.

[u/do_you_know_doug → u/Snoo-16797]

Mrs. Brown might have had some questions.

[u/WombatHat42 → u/Snoo-16797]

Ik we as Iowa fans are not used to it but I will try and knock of the cobwebs to explain it. What we just watched was what I think is called... *checks notes....a four word...sorry no a forward pass. Which I guess is something the QB can do at just about any point on offense, given he has wide receivers to throw to.

[u/adambuck66 → u/Snoo-16797]

Never underestimate Iowa. Even during bad years they can have crazy games.

[u/laffy_man → u/jkman61494]

Sounds like the Whittingham I remember lmao. He’s a great coach in a lot of ways but his play calling with the lead has always been so so conservative and I would argue lost us many games we should have won.

[u/A-Centrifugal-Force → u/laffy_man]

Meanwhile when he’s trailing he will recklessly go for it on fourth and go for two. It’s like he wants every game to be a one possession win or loss

[u/Unhappy_Analysis_906 → u/laffy_man]

Well it seems like he was meant for us. That gut run on 3rd down when a simple slant or pitch or RPO would have certainly won the game was pure Michigan

[u/JM4R5 → u/laffy_man]

We've lost games just like this in the past. Playing not to lose. It should be nothing new for Michigan fans

[u/your-mom-- → u/jkman61494]

In a game where Bryce was cooking, you aren't going to take a shot at icing the game?

[u/cheerl231 → u/your-mom--]

I don't understand running it on 3rd and 5. That was cowardly.

Worst case it's an incomplete pass and it goes to two minute time out

[u/your-mom-- → u/cheerl231]

When the clock is going to stop anyway, you run the play to win the game. Chicken shit gameplan

[u/Important_Wheel_2101 → u/your-mom--]

I don’t trust Bryce

[u/your-mom-- → u/Important_Wheel_2101]

Why? He played extremely well today. And I think even his INT was a miscommunication vs bad decisions he's made in the past

[u/Important_Wheel_2101 → u/your-mom--]

Because if you watch football for long enough you recognize tendencies in players, namely quarterbacks, that will lose you more games than will ever win them.

[u/your-mom-- → u/Important_Wheel_2101]

Yeah I know I wouldn't trust a guy who for 2 seasons has only 3000 yards passing with 18 TDs and 18 interception on sub-60% completion percentage.

...oh wait that was Vince Young

[u/Important_Wheel_2101 → u/your-mom--]

… so are you changing your flair or am I?

[u/miversen33 → u/your-mom--]

I didn't watch much Michigan this year but I heard alot of shit about how bad Underwood was. He played extremely well this game and honestly he carried Michigan. Dude was just making play after play, it was nauseating to watch.

I expect to see him in the heisman conversation at the end of the year

[u/TurnUptheDiscord → u/miversen33]

I wish I could laugh react on here. There’s no way he ends up in any Heisman convo

[u/cheerl231 → u/[deleted]]

Ok yeah that is literally worst case but that is not much worse than punting it and Bryce was playing well

[u/cheerl231 → u/[deleted]]

No he just needed 5 yards and he played well the entire game.

[u/brownszombie → u/your-mom--]

Bryce was cooking? What's next? Let him play quarterback?

[u/Dat_Paperboi → u/your-mom--]

“Cooking”

[u/MasterPineapple5127 → u/your-mom--]

Not sure he was cooking.

[u/trf84 → u/jkman61494]

Injury on the second to last play might've been a major factor since without it Iowa wouldnt have had a chance to draw up a play before the final snap. But yeah, lots of things could've been done better in hindsight. That's the benefit of hindsight.

[u/ThisIsOurGoodTimes → u/trf84]

Without it the game was over I think. Only 2 seconds left on the clock and they tried spiking it. Spikes take 2’seconds in college football so game would have been over

[u/Rohkey → u/jkman61494]

Yeah I can’t even be upset at the loss, it just feels deserved and I fucking hope they figure things out.

[u/Rope_slingin_champ → u/jkman61494]

Yeah, was confused by that.

[u/molten_dragon → u/jkman61494]

It was fucking baffling. Underwood was playing well and we just stopped throwing passes the whole fourth quarter.

[u/tysonwatermelon → u/jkman61494]

Welcome to Whittingham football.

[u/PomegranateHead9046 → u/jkman61494]

That final drive was one of the biggest "WTF" moments I've ever see in football. lmfao absolutely nothing went Michigan's way and it was freakin hilarious.

[u/Hossflex → u/jkman61494]

Yup. This team has played like ass all year. Stupid penalties, turnovers, questionable coaching. They dominated the game and found a way to lose. They deserve it. This is a 6-6 football team at best.

[u/Important_Wheel_2101 → u/jkman61494]

4th and 1 from the 25, Bryce tried to hurdle the line from under center and extend the ball. That is not a play a middle school footballer would make.

It’s literally insane how dumb and undisciplined this team is and it’s Whittinghams fault they keep getting away with it.