I honestly think Iowa +6.5 is the best play of the bowl season

[No coincidences]

Not sure about the ML, but I think they cover the spread with ease.

[funnyb25]

sounds like a home game for iowa...this is nuts

[No coincidences]

sounds like a home game for iowa...this is nuts

It's been like 25 years since Iowa last played in Pasadena.

Stanford's here for what, the third or fourth time in the last 10 years?

[No coincidences]

[jameski999]

Oh boy. Fukk me

[funnyb25]

that was quick

[navyblue81]

Iowa? Why? Stanford much more talented. Don't get this Iowa love.

[paco]

Well that didn't take long

[Manny0825]

[jameski999]

Musburger with a big bet on Stanford

[GIVEMETHEMONEY]

Dangit did they run the kickoff in?

Not watching the game.

[No coincidences]

Iowa? Why? Stanford much more talented. Don't get this Iowa love.

I've watched a lot of both teams this year. I don't see a huge gap. I think this should be a 3/4 point spread.

We'll see.

[No coincidences]

Dangit did they run the kickoff in?

Not watching the game.

First play from scrimmage -- McCaffrey out of the backfield on a pass for a 75-yard TD.

[BayArea888]

Not the best start to hope for, let's see how this plays out.

[Manny0825]

Dangit did they run the kickoff in?

Not watching the game.

No. First throw and mccafrey was just wide open and ran it all the way in.

[navyblue81]

I've watched a lot of both teams this year. I don't see a huge gap. I think this should be a 3/4 point spread.

We'll see.

Who has Iowa played though? Of course they look good against teams like Rutgers and Maryland, but Stanford is a much different animal. I could be wrong, but I just don't understand the Iowa love.

[No coincidences]

Who has Iowa played though? Of course they look good against teams like Rutgers and Maryland, but Stanford is a much different animal. I could be wrong, but I just don't understand the Iowa love.

No transitive property in sports, but Iowa routed Northwestern, who soundly beat Stanford, so there's that.

Iowa also won at Wisconsin, beat Pitt, and almost took down Michigan State.

[NardVa]

That was quick. The game is over. It's a new year but one thing is clear, outside of Ohio St the Big Ten is trash. Michigan St embarrassed, Northwestern embarrassed, and now Iowa.

[BigDofBA]

I took the over....I have no idea why either. It just looked good and I threw a dart.

[Duke Fan]

This one is over less than 6 minutes in

[jameski999]

This might get ugly. Stanford line is dominating

[BigDofBA]

Really need Iowa to do something on offense for the sake of the over.

[Manny0825]

No transitive property in sports, but Iowa routed Northwestern, who soundly beat Stanford, so there's that.

Iowa also won at Wisconsin, beat Pitt, and almost took down Michigan State.

You cant base your pick off that one northwestern game. Standford imo is the obvious choice. Standford every since that lose has destroyed teams. Getting quality wins, while Iowa just barely scraped by. Clearly the standford and northwestern game was a fluke.

[Manny0825]

Really need Iowa to do something on offense for the sake of the over.

Dont worry, standford will keep this going. You might have to worry though because they do kill a lot of clock. I think youll be okay. Whats the over?

[No coincidences]

You cant base your pick off that one northwestern game. Standford imo is the obvious choice. Standford every since that lose has destroyed teams. Getting quality wins, while Iowa just barely scraped by. Clearly the standford and northwestern game was a fluke.

I didn't base my pick off of that. The guy asked who Iowa had beaten.

I'm not going to put 10 units on a play for one reason in a theory I don't even believe in.

[BigDofBA]

Dont worry, standford will keep this going. You might have to worry though because they do kill a lot of clock. I think youll be okay. Whats the over?

I have over 52 for the game and over 27 +120 for the first half.

Even though Stanford got two quick Tds, I still feel uncomfortable about it. Not sure why I still even play totals.

I leaned Stanford but they weren't the obvious choice, otherwise I would have bet them. Hindsight is always 20/20.....that's why I took the over instead of Stanford.

[No coincidences]

I took the over....I have no idea why either. It just looked good and I threw a dart.

Total dropped 2 full points in the hours before kickoff, so yeah, you should be good to go.

[navyblue81]

Not sure I would say beating NW and Pitt is all that impressive. Nice win at Wisconsin. Sometimes it's just gut feeling. Saw a lot of Stanford football and they just look better on the field to me. The worry for Stanford is their defense. Their one weakness and Iowa needs to take advantage of it.

[BigDofBA]

Total dropped 2 full points in the hours before kickoff, so yeah, you should be good to go.

The total looked a little high and then I saw it drop which meant a lot of people must have thought the same thing. Typically when this happens, it's best to fade the line movement.

I knew Stanford had a good offense and I've also seen Stanford's defense give up it's share of points so why not take a gamble. I needed action on the Rose Bowl anyway....lol

[navyblue81]

Man this bet was too easy. Can't believe Stanford was only favored 6!

[BigDofBA]

And as I type that another TD......holy cow.

[Manny0825]

I didn't base my pick off of that. The guy asked who Iowa had beaten.

I'm not going to put 10 units on a play for one reason in a theory I don't even believe in.

Oh okay. My bad. Misunderstood the post.

[alamo]

No idea how anyone could go against Stanford. They should've been in the championship game and not mich st.

[chargers4222]

lol "I don't believe in the transitive property guys but I'm betting this slow terrible team because they routed another slow terrible team that beat the other team". this board never ceases to amaze and annoy me

[bob6199]

LOLOLOL, Stanford athletes are so much better then Iowa's. Literally all you had to do is follow nfl draft people to know that. That is why you are on SBR and they are actually get paid to watch football.