IOWA WILL BE FAVORED.......BUT BY HOW MUCH?

[tanman]

Confident Iowa will be favored over NIU in Soldier Field, but by how much is the question? I for one am somewhat concerned about this game. NIU had great year last year, although I do not know what they have coming back. I certainly wouldn't put this game in the category of "guaranteed win". I don't know how many of those we will have next year, if any! This
game could play out like a "trap" game, since we have the Clones the following week. Hopefully no look ahead on our part!

[ICHawk24]

-3 1/2

[tanman]

Prolly about right!

[hogeye]

+6.5 against our woodwind section. Other than that, -3.5 is about right.

[DexterMorgan]

We'll be favored by 6

[DexterMorgan]

Confident Iowa will be favored over NIU in Soldier Field, but by how much is the question? I for one am somewhat concerned about this game. NIU had great year last year, although I do not know what they have coming back. I certainly wouldn't put this game in the category of "guaranteed win". I don't know how many of those we will have next year, if any! This
game could play out like a "trap" game, since we have the Clones the following week. Hopefully no look ahead on our part!

Pretty sure they lose something like 75% of their starters.

[Section136]

Hawks will be anywhere from -7 to -9.

[spudhawk]

Iowa will be a double digit favorite. NIU loses basically entire offense including best QB in history of program., as well as four multi year o-line starters and defense gave up 30.3 points per game last season.

[hogeye]

They had a lot of guys in their pro day, so they have some holes to fill. So, knowing how Vegas overvalues Iowa early, we could see -10 or so.

Huskies Happy with Pro Day Performances - Northern Illinois Official Athletic Site

[Hawkfromnorwalk]

Iowa will be a double digit favorite. NIU loses basically entire offense including best QB in history of program., as well as four multi year o-line starters and defense gave up 30.3 points per game last season.

Exactly. If NIU brought back a bunch of their starters I would be worried but they lost a ton. I'm not too worried about this one.

[ThunderHawk]

If there's concern about NIU, then this is going to be a loooooooong season.

[tanman]

If there's concern about NIU, then this is going to be a loooooooong season.

I think we better strap ourselves in! If our defense rivals our defense from 2000 like Jon said, could very well be long year! Grant, yes we will have a better offense than we did in 2000, but I don't think we will have the necessary weapons to outscore other teams in a shootout!! I hope I'm wrong!

[DuffMan]

WE WILL WIN BY 27 POINTS!!!!

[Smarthawk]

I will take a one point victory over a lot of teams this year. Northern Illinois is not one of them. If we don't beat them fairly solidly, I will look for a losing record on the season.

[iahawk72]

And don't forget their OC left to replace Chryst at Wisconsin. That is another big void.