r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 21d ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Iowa Defeats Michigan 20-19

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Iowa 7 0 0 13 20
Michigan 7 3 3 6 19
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u/Schmidtty29 Iowa Hawkeyes • Sickos 21d ago

It’s not an Iowa game unless you look at the box score and think “how the fuck..?”

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u/Marvin_Stanwyck Iowa Hawkeyes 21d ago

The total yardage looks like a glitch in a video game

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u/Rbespinosa13 Michigan Wolverines 21d ago

Total yardage doesn’t account for the special teams TD

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u/KirksChewedGum Iowa Hawkeyes 21d ago

Or an intercepton at the two yard line.

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u/aye246 Iowa Hawkeyes 21d ago

Or Wittingham inexplicably choosing to go for it on 4th down against KF instead of taking the points.

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u/Fullertonjr Ohio State • Otterbein 21d ago

He’s new here. He will eventually learn to always take your points in an Iowa game when you aren’t up by 30.

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u/TheMerryMosquito Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff 21d ago

For real. Some mind numbingly stupid decisions by coaches and players to keep Iowa in the game. Iowa took full advantage kudos to them

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u/aye246 Iowa Hawkeyes 21d ago

It really felt like it was KW’s first time playing Iowa and KF. He got taken to the schoolhouse.

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u/Radiant-Ad8306 Utah Utes • Oregon Ducks 20d ago

Doubt it, he used to. Now he goes overboard with analytics, just watch the Utah BYU game last year. Literally lost because he’s a fucking moron

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u/Ceehansey Arizona State Sun Devils • Utah Utes 20d ago

Do not hold your breath on that

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u/CastleBravo45 Iowa Hawkeyes • Floyd of Rosedale 21d ago

Not only that, but Underwood dove like it was at the goal line and you juat need to break the plane.

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u/delawless Iowa Hawkeyes • Floyd of Rosedale 20d ago

Now, to be fair, had he "just taken the points", he would have been dragged. "How can you not go for it against Iowa on 4th and 1! We are Michigan".

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Armchair Coaching always wins games, after the fact.

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u/aye246 Iowa Hawkeyes 20d ago

Yes but objectively, taking the points against an Iowa team who wins by keeping the score low is how to beat Iowa. Midfield is a great place to go for it on 4th and short against Iowa. Going for it when you could go up by 6 (an FG from the Iowa 18) in the first half is a riskier proposition.

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u/Ass_of_Badness Notre Dame Fighting Irish 21d ago

Beamer Ball is alive and well.