Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - How Iowa moved up to 14th without playing | Week 4 Big Ten football recap | Michigan is a joke

Episode Date: September 23, 2019

The Iowa Hawkeyes moved up to 14th in the latest AP Poll without playing a single game. We discuss why that happened and give our thoughts and reactions on the rest of the Big Ten slate of games from Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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As always, I'm one of your hosts, Andrew Wade, and I am joined here by Zach Cohen. Zach, how was your weekend, man? Good. It was going good. I kind of learned a lot this weekend from college football. I am joined here by Zach Cohen. Zach, how was your weekend, man? Good. It was going good. Kind of learned a lot this weekend from college football. Even though Iowa didn't play, we made some moves. So I'm excited to kind of talk about and recap everything that we saw this weekend. Definitely, man. There were some good games this weekend.

Like you said, you learned a lot. Also, it was just kind of nice to be able to watch the full spectrum of college football games. When Iowa was on, I only watched Iowa, so I missed a decent chunk of games. So it was definitely nice to see some of the other Big big 10 teams see some of the other good teams in general and like you said we learned a lot um from this weekend again there was no iowa football but for today's show we're going to be covering the ap pool talk a little bit about the movement that happened there and just kind of doing around the big 10 around the top 25 that kind of thing and how that impacts the Iowa Hawkeyes. Also, if you are tuning in for the first time and you do like what you hear today, make sure to like, review, and subscribe wherever you downloaded this podcast at, whether that

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that again thank you all for the participation lots of stuff to cover on today's show though even though there wasn't Iowa football the big thing the AP poll Iowa finally got some love saw a lot of people pretty happy and making some snarky comments about the fact that Iowa moved up to 14th despite not playing a single game. I think the big thing, I just want to get the elephant, take care of the elephant in the room right now. The big reason why Iowa moved is because there was a lot of teams ahead of them that lost this weekend.

So there was an opportunity for Iowa to move up. We're going to cover all that. I think one of the big ones I was pretty excited about seeing is UCF. I don't think UCF is a bad team, but I think they're actually getting a little bit overrated every single year now, and they don't play anyone. So they just stick around in the top 10, top 15 area, taking away valuable space from teams that are actually good like Iowa.

So that was fun to see. Did you get a chance to watch that game at all, or is it kind of what you expected considering they were playing Pitt? see. Did you get a chance to watch that game at all? Or is it kind of what you expected considering they're playing pit? So I didn't get a chance to watch that. I watched, I think we'll get to the ones I watched, but I was following it though on my phone and the game was kind of tricky because it was tight and then UCF had like a 10 point lead and they're kind of getting a little bit of a lead, and I thought that UCF was coming back.

Their offensive firepower was going to be a little too much, but it just showed that that game was concerning just because if I thought it was going to be a shootout, that I don't know if Pitt could stay in the game. I think Pitt has a really good defense, and their offense is pretty good, but not to the level of UCF. I'm not going to necessarily knock UCF.

It's a tough loss, but if anyone saw the Pitt-Penn State game, Pitt could have easily won that game against Penn State, who's a good football team. It's not bad, man. They're getting some votes for the AP pool top 25. They're not a bad team necessarily, so not something to look down on anymore. 25. I mean, they're not a bad team necessarily,

so not something to look down on anymore. Yeah, I think that they're going to be a spoiler, and they're going to play the teams they do play. I think they're going to have a big hand in spoiling the rankings and things like that, which, I mean, is not always the worst thing. Purdue plays that role a lot in the past, so not too bad. But one of the games I did watch was actually the – oh, my gosh, why am I blinking?

It was a later game, but did you by chance get to see any of that Nebraska game? I did, man. The Nebraska game was great. I really thought Illinois was going to be able to pull it out. Nebraska actually was – I mean, I think Nebraska was – they looked like the better team there without a doubt. They just kept screwing themselves. But good teams don't make those kind of mistakes.

I really think Nebraska is showing us who we thought they were, or at least who Iowa fans thought they were. And I think a big thing with Nebraska is that because of how much crap they've talked, how much hype they've gotten, they're going to get every single team to A game every single time they show up to play. So, Illinois is a good example of that. I don't think Illinois is a good team,

but I do think Nebraska has kind of shot themselves in the foot a little bit. Yeah, I think Illinois is competent, but I don't think you shouldn't lose to them, even if they're at home. I think that I know Peters is competent. So the thing with both teams is both their defenses suck. They're terrible. As you saw in the end of the game, Adrian Martinez, even though it was a close game, Adrian Martinez is really good.

Like, he looks almost unstoppable at some times, which I'm going to be a little nervous when Iowa plays them. But, obviously, you game plan around that and leave a spy and, you know, kind of don't let him beat you with his feet like he was doing all game. But he also had over 300 yards to the air which is I mean just a complete dual threat quarterback so I have nothing bad talk about him but I just think that Nebraska's gonna have a really hard time gaining respect just

because their defense is so bad and especially being in the Big Ten we don't play in the Big 12 you know we're not these aren't shootouts it not going to be the last person to score wins. You're going to play a lot of these big defenses. The other team is going to plan to play a little ball like Wisconsin does or Iowa and try to run the ball, set tempo, get more game clock and get more of the possession. You're not going to have the opportunity to get the ball or play around over 80 plays or something. It's not going to be able to happen against some of these big 10 teams. I know Illinois is big time, but their defense is horrendous.

So, I mean, it was a good win for them. So, but that was – it was kind of a little alarming how close that was. But, I mean, one positive thing for Nebraska is how good Adrian Martinez looks. Yeah, man, I do think Adrian Martinez is a really good quarterback. I don't think he's Heisman Trophy worthy. No. We do have – yeah, so, I mean, he's not Heisman Trophy worthy. We do have – yeah, so I mean he's not Heisman Trophy worthy, but he is a solid quarterback and someone that I am kind of worried about

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All right, man, we are back. Yeah, I think the Adrian Martinez thing, he's good. Nebraska, I think they're very much an 8-4, 7-5 team. They have a relatively easy schedule. Three other teams that people were questioning, why did Iowa get moved up without playing a single game? I'll point it out to you, Utah lost to USC. They were ranked 10th, I believe before they lost Michigan got fricking smoked by Wisconsin.

They dropped out. They dropped down to 20th. And then Texas A&M also lost a tough game as well. So those are the four movers, the big movers that allowed Iowa to move up to 14th in the poll. I think this is a pretty good spot for the Hawks right now. I like the fact they're 14th. Basically, at this point, it's, you know, play your game, play it well, win your games, and we shouldn't have a problem being considered nationally the fact that we're already 14th

and we're going to get a game against number eight, Wisconsin later in the season. Yeah. I mean, I think Wisconsin, that Michigan game was insane. I like, I was watching the game and it just looked like Michigan was just like, it felt like it was just like, I wanted to like report the game because it looked just like, it just looked like someone should have stopped it. It's like someone should intervene. It didn't look look right it didn't look like the Michigan players were any

level of the same of those Wisconsin players I mean I know I know I'm gonna you're gonna like this comment but man Shea Patterson stinks yeah I didn't so I didn't get to see the whole game but Dylan McCaffrey came in for a bit didn't he he came in for a bit but as you could see by the outcome of the game it didn't matter like even McCaffrey wasn't saving the day. But Shea Patterson, dude, doesn't look good. I don't think his arm's great. He doesn't have great accuracy. I mean, he really, really, really hurt his draft stock

or any stock he had going into this year. Everyone thought Michigan was going to make the college football playoffs, led by Shea Patterson, the Ole Miss transfer. Everyone loves him. He's exciting. He can run with the ball. He's got the frickin' Jordan sleeve on his right arm. But, dude, he is just not anywhere near what I thought he would be.

I mean, to be completely honest, I think, like, as, like, quarterbacks go in the Big Ten, like, I'm – like, I think it's, like, almost Justin Fields, Adrian Martinez, and dare I say Nate Stanley. So – but I just don't think that – he just looks terrible, man. I mean, watching the game Jack Cohen going Jack Cohen he didn't look great per se he's kind of like a game manager you know kind of like an iOS type quarterback when we had a running game and kind of just you know he would

work through play action and when they would stack the box you would find it a mismatch on the middle and stuff but Jonathan Taylor is he has to be a Heisman Trophy finalist. What he did against Michigan is just incredible. He has to be in the Heisman Watch. He is one of the best running backs. He's probably the top three best running backs I've seen throughout my whole life. Probably not above Reggie Bush, but he just looks incredible. I don't know what it is.

He looks like he's a man against boys on that field. No one can stop him him he's just an athletic freak and um not only is he big and he can run you over but his breakaway speed is disgusting i think he like runs track um in wisconsin but he playing them i'm not worried about cohen or cohen jack cohen stopping him when we play them dude but i don't know how we stop him and i think urban meyer said it best. They're talking about the keys of the game before that game. And they said, listen, you're not going to stop Jonathan Taylor,

but it's just how well you contain him. So if you can contain him, you can have a chance of winning the game, but don't ever expect to stop him. Yeah, man. I don't know if he runs track at Wisconsin, but he did. He was a very high-performing track athlete in the state of New Jersey. I think he ran track his freshman year, and then he quit. Okay. He came out as a two sport athlete.

Yeah. Cause in high school, it looked like he won the a hundred meter dash at 10.61 seconds, which is pretty darn impressive. Yeah. I mean, Jack Cohen isn't expected to win the game for the team. He had,

he was 13 to 16 for 128 yards. Solid game. Yeah. I mean, that's what he is. He's just a game manager, but I'm right. I mean,

if we can stop Jonathan Taylor, we've shown that we can stop the run in the past but um taylor has done some pretty big damage to iowa he'll also be in madison wisconsin when iowa comes to town uh obviously the michigan team i just feel like this is exactly what we thought michigan was yeah just just not really not real ideal um utah losing the usc on friday night uh that bumps usc back into the poll but again that was an opportunity for Iowa to jump over a Pac-12 team Wisconsin moved up five spots with their shellacking of Michigan and two number eight which is pretty great Ohio State is currently sitting at

fifth after a freaking blowout win Ohio State looks like they're just pissed off man like they don't want to deal with anyone they want to make sure everyone is just getting they want to know exactly how Iowa Ohio State is every single time they play them they beat Miami of Ohio 76 to 5 put 42 points up in the second quarter just absolutely impressive it's uh I was I so I was like kind of like following that game and I didn't know if Ohio State was gonna blow them out so I was kind of keeping an eye on it and then it was 7 to 5 at one point like I think the first the first two drives of the game Miami of Ohio uh sacked Justin Fields in the end zone or the ball like fumbled in the end zone but it was a safety so it was 2-0 and then they got the ball back and it was they kicked a field goal

so it's 5-0 Miami of Ohio so me thinking I'm like oh like maybe they came to play maybe they're not going to get exactly blown out but and literally turn the game back on later, and it was just like a track meet. It looked like it was a seven-on-seven drill, and no one was playing any defense. And it just feels as if they're surgically picking apart that defense. They look really good, man. I mean, I'm happy we're not in the Big Ten East. Wisconsin is kind of our main focus. They look actually really good too.

But I'm almost concerned, not concerned, but I'm wondering if Wisconsin – okay, so Wisconsin's good, right? But I wonder is Wisconsin elite or is Michigan that bad? Yeah, I mean, I think it very well could have been a lot closer game. I think the score was bigger than the actual margin of the game, if that makes sense. I think, you know, at one point, Wisconsin was up 28-0, I believe, and it could have very much been like a 7-7, 14-7 ballgame there. So, I mean, I think Michigan really did a good job

of shooting themselves in the foot. I don't think they're a bad team. I don't think they're a top-10 team. I think they're going to end up being 9-3 again, but it's nice to see them not get that respect that they just happen to always get every single year just because they're going to end up being nine and three again, but it's nice to see them not get that respect that they just happen to always get every single year just because they're Michigan. So imagine what's going to happen against Ohio state. If they can't,

if they can't contain the run first offense of Wisconsin, can you imagine what the, I mean, JK Dobbins and Justin Fields, they're both elite at their positions. Like they might lose by like 40. Like, I don't, I don't know what they can do. I don't know what adjustments they can make. Remember last year, Michigan had this elite defense who didn't give up rushing, who didn't give up anything. What happened?

I don't know what happened. They lost a lot of players, though. Yeah, Chase Winovich. They lost a lot of players in that defense from last year. Wisconsin has a pretty easy schedule, though, from here on out. They play Northwestern next week. Can we mention northwestern looks like they stink do you agree yeah i mean northwestern is not i don't think they're very they're just not your typical northwestern team hunter johnson doesn't look no very good and i'm actually the fact that michigan

state put 31 points up on them i think speaks volumes of northwestern i don't think michigan state's offense i mean it's easy to kind of jump on them. They had a couple rough games. But even the Michigan State's offense, I would think very much a mirror of Iowa in the sense that they're not going to usually put up a ton of points. And the fact that they won 31-10, I just think goes to show kind of how Northwestern is, but also a great win. We want a team – like, we want the Big Ten West to beat the Big Ten East

when we can can especially teams that sometimes can be spoilers like a northwestern that's why wisconsin actually having michigan win yesterday would have been on saturday would have been fantastic but we'll take what we can get i think the wisconsin schedule that looks pretty easy man like they play kent state after northwestern they have michigan state coming to wisconsin they go at illinois but the big one that we're kind of interested in is the oh State matchup they get on October 26th. They have to go to Ohio State. That will be a huge game.

Is this Wisconsin? Yep, this is Wisconsin. That will be a huge game for Wisconsin and Ohio State. I mean, they lose that game to Ohio State. That actually helps Iowa out a lot because Iowa doesn't have to play Ohio State. If they beat Ohio State, that puts a ton of pressure on Iowa because now the road 100% goes through Wisconsin they have to go on the road and win in Madison in early November which will be very difficult yeah I mean I think that uh I think I mark this on the calendar I think the Michigan State

Michigan game is going to be tricky um D'Antonio, definitely, he's a good coach with those games. That rivalry is kind of, you can like throw every other records away and it's just kind of who wants it more. But I actually know, I said that completely wrong. Michigan State playing Wisconsin. Michigan State's run defense is really, really, really good quickly. Their defense is insane. I know Northwestern's not offensive powerhouse, but they literally shut them down. So that could be a little tricky game for Wisconsin looking ahead to Ohio State so maybe mark that on their calendar maybe they can help us out wait which game are you talking about Ohio State or Wisconsin versus Wisconsin playing Wisconsin playing Michigan State right oh okay

sorry I was I got confused there so I was saying that Wisconsin playing Michigan State before they play Ohio State may be kind of a look-ahead game that they are putting a lot more focus on Ohio State than Michigan State, which, I mean, Michigan State's defense is suffocating, so you never know. And if they make Jack Cohen try to win the game, I mean, him against Brian Lewerke would look disgusting. It'd be a pretty gross game. Michigan State, though, probably won't. My guess is Michigan State will not be ranked at that point.

They play Indiana next week, and then they get Ohio State at Ohio State, which should be a blowout. I think it's going to be a big win for Ohio State. I think Michigan State will be out of the rankings at that point. So I think you're right. It could very much be a look-ahead game for Wisconsin, something that they might kind of get in a tricky position. But we're going to cover a few more things in the Big Ten

and around the top 25 after a few more things in the big 10 and around the top 25 after a few more messages from our sponsors to stay tuned after this. All right. We are back with our final segment of the day. Again, just kind of walking through some of the big 10 games in the top 25. I want to make sure we get to a couple of games. I'll just quickly read through the scores. I don't think we have a lot to say about Indiana versus UConn, but Indiana did win 38-3.

Rutgers did lose to Boston College 30-16. I know you win that one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was really hoping Rutgers would win that game. Did you see Artur Sikowski get punched in the face by his lineman? Yeah, it was a touchdown celebration too. So I thought that encompass Rutgers, the best. Such a Rutgers thing, man.

When they score a touchdown, he just gets slapped in the face. And it's funny because I hate Artur Sikowski probably just because his name is Artur, but it was hilarious. And the fact that it was like going viral on Twitter was the funniest thing. Yeah, man, he had a good day though. He was 23 of 33 for 304 yards, a touchdown and one interception. For him, that's pretty darn good, considering he only had four touchdowns all of last year.

Again, the other games around the league, Nebraska barely beat Illinois. And then after that, obviously, we had the Michigan State Northwestern game that we covered. So that's pretty much everything from the Big Ten perspective. Anything else you want to cover on the Big Ten before we jump into a few of the top 25 games? No. And we talked about – I think – whoa, I didn't swallow.

I think we talked about all the good games. I mean, yeah, we kind of hit everything, like I said. I mean, Michigan State's defense looks really good. Michigan State's offense – I mean, Northwestern just sucks. Michigan's overrated. Wisconsin, Jonathan Taylor's a Heisman candidate. And then that's what we know. And Ohio State's a powerhouse.

So, I mean, kind of most of what we know besides Michigan, who kind of just showed that they're a fraud. So, it was kind of nice to see. And sucks for Michigan, though, man. The freaking third game of the year, dude, when they have college football playoffs hopes and they're already 2-1-1. Not a good look. Yeah, man, not good at all.

A couple other things I thought was interesting, the fact that Nebraska is getting college game day next week. I thought that was – Are they? They are. It's official, man. I think it's Ohio State, dude. Oh, no, no.

That could be bad. Let me check this. Yeah, do they get Ohio Stateio state uh next week nine touchdowns yeah so i mean again i think it's pretty obvious we want ohio state to win this game because a we hate nebraska and b it's actually good for iowa when it comes to winning the big 10 west losing those crossover games um yeah so i thought that was really interesting they're actually getting i don't know why college game day is going there but uh i apparently not that many good games on the docket for next week um a couple other things i wanted to cover i thought was interesting iowa state is currently 20 or 30th

in the ap poll um with in terms of what votes they're getting and minnesota is actually getting votes and that just upsets me a lot that minutes i i don't know if those people are just not watching the the game but minnesota is not good those games they just see the three you know yeah like that that's just god and that's what pisses me off so much about the people is some of that just biasness the fact that michigan's always in the top 10 one of the other teams that gets a lot of bias towards it in a good way is notre dame um they lost to georgia and what was actually a pretty darn good game. Actually, a little bit more respect for Notre Dame.

I thought they would lose. Good game to play. Yeah, man, they played well. So, I mean, I'm not actually that upset about Notre Dame now being in the top 10. They did fall down. They are 10th now. And one of the things we talked about on the show last week is the fact that Notre Dame winning is kind of bad for Iowa.

A one loss Notre Dame team, I think gets past a one loss Iowa team in a big 10 championship. If there's one spot left in the college football playoff. So I like the idea that Notre Dame has one loss. They have actually a decent schedule this year too. So if they come in with two or three losses, that'll also help bump up Iowa as well in the AP poll. No, yeah, I completely agree. I think that some teams that actually looked good this weekend or i mean usc they're not completely

back to the matt liner ig bush days but they're definitely they're not bad though yeah after a period of where they kind of just stunk for a while um kind of after the sam donnell there which i guess wasn't long ago but i I think last year was kind of bad. The two years ago. I mean, they were a good team, man. They're a very good team, and being able to pull that one out was definitely impressive. Virginia was actually losing to Old Dominion. So Virginia was ranked 21st, and they actually beat Old Dominion this week,

but they were down for a little bit of the game. They ended up winning by 11 points, but it's kind of funny that Virginia moved up three spots. I think it's just because they're – It's ridiculous. No, literally just because they're 4-0, and Utah, Michigan, and UCF, and Texas A&M all dropped below them, and Michigan State. So they just got – wow, man. They just got a big bump, and I'm kind of just realizing now that all those teams just dropped

all the way to the bottom, kind of the middle-tier teams. I think Cal looks good too. Don't sleep on Cal. Have a very, very good defense. They jumped up eight spots, dude. They were the biggest risers in the poll this week, jumping up eight spots just behind Iowa, sitting there at 15th. And that game was wild too because it was an eight-point game, obviously,

and there was time ticking down. And Mississippi State threw – they're at the goal line. They don't miss. Yeah, Ole Miss, my bad. Ole Miss caught a ball at the goal line, and the clock ran out, but they said it didn't cross the goal line, and it was like a really controversial play. So they kind of got lucky on that one.

But, man, eight spots. They must have put a lot of stock into Ole Miss uh after that one but kale or uh they get uh Arizona State next week and I think they just beat the I think they definitely beat Arizona State Arizona State sucks by the way I know it's kind of a weird pack 12 after dark game um but Arizona State Colorado Colorado looks pretty good Arizona State sucks uh their quarterbacks okay but they they're not a great team. And they actually just dropped out of the AP rankings, which I'm happy. I thought they were severely overrated. And the one other team who I keep a big eye on is Florida. Man, they look better with Kyle Trask than they did with Felipe Franks.

Not Felipe Franks. What's his name? No, you're right. Yeah, Felipe. So I think they looked really good they beat the I know it's Tennessee but they beat 31.1 though I think Tennessee is basically an FCS school they are but dude I'm telling you I was watching the game and they were like they got close Tennessee won for like a couple times at the goal line so it could definitely been a lot closer but they were trying to win that game but florida looks really good we'll see how florida works out though man their october is oh yes they play seven number seven auburn they go on the road to number four lsu they get south carolina and they go and play number three georgia um and what is

that called like the greatest cocktail party or some crap some bad name for a bad rivalry um yeah so the sec just i know the big ten beats up on each other but the sec just cannibalizes each other florida is gonna i mean if florida walks out of there with only two losses good for them but um they should be walking in there undefeated they play talison next week not a not a big deal but um i know quickly did you ever do you see the washington state game what happened not what happened so they were they were up 32 points in the second half against ucla and ucla ucla ended up winning um i think like 67 63 or something it was absurd basically it was the most points scored in like a pac-12 game and the uh ucla quarterback had like six combined touchdowns and then the

quarterback for washington state had nine throwing touchdowns yeah Yeah, dude. So, yeah, nine touchdowns, 570 yards. What was the final score? It was 67 to 63. We're in Thompson-Robinson. Dude, he was under QB1 Tate Martell at Bishop Gorham High School. Really? Yeah, he was. He was the backup.

He played wide receiver when Tate was the quarterback. Yeah, but that game was nuts. Anyone who watched that game, that was actually insane. There was a point in the game where they were up by 32, and then UCLA scored four touchdowns in a row, which is insane, especially because UCLA sucks. And that game was just wild. I mean, it was funny going from, like, the Michigan game

and then, like, the Nebraska – I watched the Nebraska game, and then I watched the Washington State game, and it was just, like, a track meet. So it was definitely weird for our normal Big Ten ground-and-pound eyes. Yeah, and people don't get to see the Pac-12 very much just because it is – they usually play the late games on Saturday night. To that point, we're either drunk or asleep. So not watching as much Pac-12 football as we probably should.

And honestly, the Pac-12, everything I've heard is just – it's not a very good conference in general. Utah losing hurt them really bad. Utah losing did hurt. They do have Oregon still. So it'll be interesting to see Cal and Oregon play October 5th. Also Cal gets Utah October 26th. So an interesting October for those teams as well.

But that will do it for our Monday morning episode of the Lockdown Hawkeyes podcast. I know we didn't cover Iowa football a ton, but we covered the AP Top 25 and basically kind of how Iowa moved up and also some of the teams that we need to be aware of because one of the big things is not just how well Iowa does, it's how well the other teams do as well. And if you're getting mad about Iowa not moving up,

just remember the teams in front of them have to also lose for Iowa to jump those teams. So appreciate you all tuning in on the Monday morning episode of the Lockdown Hawkeyes podcast. We'll be back later this week. We're not sure exactly which days we'll be dropping episodes, whether that is Tuesday or Wednesday. Just stay on your toes, stay on your toes.

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