KnoxRealtorVOL
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I'm not really sure what to do. This is one more Other Message Boards thread than I'm used to doing. It turns out there's such thing as a "post-season" and now there's randomly an extra team on the schedule. I'm very confused and I don't know what to do with my hands right now.
Anyways, Iowa fans actually have several different message boards, mostly accessible and with fairly decent layouts. It really wasn't too difficult to find some decent Tennessee chatter.
It's a sad thing, however, to read their boards. If you want to see what we looked like in the last year of the Dooley Era, look no further than Iowa Message boards. I wondered why they are THAT upset about a 7-5 season, but as I've read further I'm seeing that before the season started they were fairly convinced they had a legitimate shot at winning their division, maybe even the B1G this year. Apparently they had the easiest road this year they may have in a while, and 7-5 fell well below their expectations. Now they are in "boycott this program under this coaching staff" mode.
Anyways, here's what the Hawkeye faithful are saying about our January matchup in the God-awful craphole state known as Florida:
-They have very little confidence in their team's ability to win this game. For every prediction I saw that had them winning a close one, I saw 10 others that had us winning by 10+.
-Generally when they talk about how they will lose to UT, it always involves some form of bashing of their head coach.
-I guess they've blown a lot of second half leads, multiple posters go out of their way to post a score prediction where they are winning at halftime and end up losing the game.
-They made a thread saying Tennessee posters think Iowa fans have unrealistic expectations and are too critical. I'm not sure where he got the post from but the thread ended up being a good venting session for their fans:
-They are generally upset and feel disrespected over the opening line, though a few posters did step in and point out the difference in conference strength between SEC and B1G.
-They have a good deal of respect for Dobbs. Pretty much every analysis of our team mentions how good he is and how bad they will struggle with him.
-They have the same gripe about their HC as we do about Butch when it comes to sitting on leads and going ultra-conservative once they pull ahead, regardless of how long is left in the game.
-It's surprising how much respect I keep seeing us getting for being "a .500 SEC team." They talk about it like it's no easy task.
-They believe their biggest strength to be their run defense.
-I've seen a few posts where their fans were looking at our stats, and said things along the lines of "It looks like if Tennessee had started Dobbs all along they could be 8-4 right now." Let's just hope they don't come to Volnation and open that can of worms....
-The fact that we haven't bowled in forever, and therefore will be amped up for this one worries them. They simply believe UT and their fans will show up with a lot more energy than they will.
-They believe we will travel extremely well.
-General score predictions have Tennessee by 10-14, with a low scoring game.
-I couldn't help but laugh at this:
-I have seen a handful of posters saying they aren't going to the game as a means of boycotting the coach, encouraging others to do the same. I guess they are at that point with their coaching staff now... always a sad thing to see.
In short, I like Iowa fans. They seem pretty objective about football in general. They know the B1G is weak, they know the SEC is strong. They generally aren't trash-talking UT or it's fans. Definitely one of the better fan bases I've dealt with.
A win in January would be monumental for this program, and a fantastic way to start 2015.
GBO!!!
Anyways, Iowa fans actually have several different message boards, mostly accessible and with fairly decent layouts. It really wasn't too difficult to find some decent Tennessee chatter.
It's a sad thing, however, to read their boards. If you want to see what we looked like in the last year of the Dooley Era, look no further than Iowa Message boards. I wondered why they are THAT upset about a 7-5 season, but as I've read further I'm seeing that before the season started they were fairly convinced they had a legitimate shot at winning their division, maybe even the B1G this year. Apparently they had the easiest road this year they may have in a while, and 7-5 fell well below their expectations. Now they are in "boycott this program under this coaching staff" mode.
Anyways, here's what the Hawkeye faithful are saying about our January matchup in the God-awful craphole state known as Florida:
-They have very little confidence in their team's ability to win this game. For every prediction I saw that had them winning a close one, I saw 10 others that had us winning by 10+.
-Generally when they talk about how they will lose to UT, it always involves some form of bashing of their head coach.
-I guess they've blown a lot of second half leads, multiple posters go out of their way to post a score prediction where they are winning at halftime and end up losing the game.
-They made a thread saying Tennessee posters think Iowa fans have unrealistic expectations and are too critical. I'm not sure where he got the post from but the thread ended up being a good venting session for their fans:
-They are generally upset and feel disrespected over the opening line, though a few posters did step in and point out the difference in conference strength between SEC and B1G.
-They have a good deal of respect for Dobbs. Pretty much every analysis of our team mentions how good he is and how bad they will struggle with him.
-They have the same gripe about their HC as we do about Butch when it comes to sitting on leads and going ultra-conservative once they pull ahead, regardless of how long is left in the game.
-It's surprising how much respect I keep seeing us getting for being "a .500 SEC team." They talk about it like it's no easy task.
-They believe their biggest strength to be their run defense.
-I've seen a few posts where their fans were looking at our stats, and said things along the lines of "It looks like if Tennessee had started Dobbs all along they could be 8-4 right now." Let's just hope they don't come to Volnation and open that can of worms....
-The fact that we haven't bowled in forever, and therefore will be amped up for this one worries them. They simply believe UT and their fans will show up with a lot more energy than they will.
-They believe we will travel extremely well.
-General score predictions have Tennessee by 10-14, with a low scoring game.
-I couldn't help but laugh at this:
-I have seen a handful of posters saying they aren't going to the game as a means of boycotting the coach, encouraging others to do the same. I guess they are at that point with their coaching staff now... always a sad thing to see.
In short, I like Iowa fans. They seem pretty objective about football in general. They know the B1G is weak, they know the SEC is strong. They generally aren't trash-talking UT or it's fans. Definitely one of the better fan bases I've dealt with.
A win in January would be monumental for this program, and a fantastic way to start 2015.
GBO!!!
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