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Ben Bessman
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Just Be Kind. Husband, father, former football coach, dog rescuer, & film buff dealing with Long COVID; into Mopars, Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago Cubs & Bears, Detroit Red Wings, Indiana Fever.
Honestly there are a lot of factors to consider. But yes, generally speaking, if there’s 30 seconds lefts, you should feel pretty good with a 3 point lead and kicking off.
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Technology replaces more workers than “illegal immigrants” do in our country by a large margin. Yet a certain voter block defends the tech billionaires & corporations replacing them and focuses their anger & hate on their fellow humans who are also just trying to make a living. It’s by design.
November 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Tried? They succeeded.
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Now THAT’S how you end it! Wow!
November 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Gotcha. What that sounds like is probably a classic “shitting the bed” scenario.
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Sorry, missed it. Got busy with stuff. What happened?
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
That should help. :)
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Ummm, that’s supposed to read “second half”. Whiskey may have been consumed during that wet fart of a conclusion of a contest.
November 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
That said, Iowa needed to play MUCH better in the half half. The loss is ultimately on them and how they played on both sides of the ball. But how the refs called the game certainly played a part in the final outcome.
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Well, to be fair both of the missed facemasking calls were huge. But yes, Iowa needed to be MUCH better in the second half. Can’t remember the last time we’ve been so disappointed in the Hawks in the second half of a football game. Very disappointing on both sides of the ball.
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
That 3rd & 9 run call was complete horseshit. And the 4th down throw was a terrible idea. Low percentage pass to a less than polished route runner down the field? Garbage decision.
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Lester laid an egg in the second half.
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The non-call on the fasemask was crazy. Couldn’t have been more obvious.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This last drive has looked bad for this being a fairly called game.
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember that Holiday Bowl between USC & Iowa when Iowa started running QB keepers on 3rd & 3 and 3rd & 5? and made them easily? Yeah. Iowa fans remember.
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
You’re correct of course. But his players aren’t exactly executing any kind of game plan well either.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Slipknot is from Iowa, so… yes?
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
That’d hurt.
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM