College Football · Week 3 · Sep 14–20
#18 Iowa
W 55-0 vs Northern Iowa · Sat, Sep 19 · 3-0 overall
Misery Index · Euphoric · ▼ from 70
A 55-0 romp left Iowa fans content, mostly mourning the decade of defenses that never got an offense.
Limited dataabout 264 Iowa fan comments in the r/CFB game thread.
What happened
Iowa hung 55-0 on Northern Iowa and moved to 3-0, and the fanbase responded by grieving. The turning point wasn't a play; it was the moment the scoreboard kept climbing and somebody did the math on the past ten years. "Like, how amazing could the Iowa teams of the past decade have been with even an average offense?" drew 91 upvotes and a lot of silent nodding. Others noted "NIL fucked the FCS teams bad," as if that softened it. Misery dropped to 37. Content, haunted.
What fans said
“Like, how amazing could the Iowa teams of the past decade have been with even an average offense?”
u/CFLuke▲ 91despair
“Still not as bad as the time we beat Illinois 63-0 without receiving a single kickoff.”
u/Schmidtty29▲ 51gallows humor
“Brian Ferentz in shambles rn...”
u/LastKnownNormal▲ 14frustration
“I'm sorry but how is being ranked number 2 'flying under the radar' for Georgia?”
u/TKHawk▲ 12frustration
“This isn't your older brother's UNI team anymore. NIL fucked the FCS teams bad.”
u/gnich62▲ 11frustration
“Oklahoma making fun of anybody’s offense is rich!”
u/rowdyroddysniper▲ 10sarcasm
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