110% Because of Terrible Scheme + Terrible QB's
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Butler def dropped one..other one was tipped so not butler fault...there was a 3rd down and Zeb had Butler wide open and ball hit 5 yards at Butler feet well short..because Zeb threw off his back foot. If you are in year 3 as a QB you shouldnt be throwing off your back foot ever unless being chased...which he wasnt. Baffling.
Way u beat Iowa is moving the ball sideline to sideline and taking deep shots..keep safeties back and LB’s honest. We did none of that..literally none of it..first series we did and then rest of the game..nothing.
I'll pass on this game, and look forward to OU. It's just two steps forward, one step back sometimes. No reason to panic or get goofy.
Between SDS and Iowa, that is 2 steps back and waiting for a step forward.
Not having an offensive coordinator is going to ruin the season.
Did you see how we struggled at the end of last year? We made a couple bad defenses look good, like Memphis. We should have known this was coming imo, but instead blamed futile offense on injury or weather.
Kempt behind a bad OL was (and is) an easy offense to defend once the opposing team had game tape. And that was with Lazard bailing out QB. Wins with this OL/QB combination are nearly completely contingent on the opposition making a lot of mistakes and Iowa St playing mistake free.
Agree. MC said he was very happy with Noland. WHAT? 4-10 passing and a fumble when the game is still on the line!
You expected him to publicly toss under the bus his young QB that will soon be called on to start because he didn’t come off the bench late and play like he’s a seasoned starter? WHAT?
QB play and play calling we bogus. College football is all about mismatches. For 4 quarters ISU went right were the hawks wanted us to go the middle of the field. We let their weak secondary and newbie linebackers off the hook. Didn’t use our biggest mismatch on offense the horizontal quick pass game. That game was a straight up offensive turd. They better not try to roll that turd out again against OU Saturday.
Hard to get any offensive consistency when your left tackle is getting blown up on every play. I thought the biggest impact on the game was Julian Good-Jones starting at center and not LT. We really need Newell (or someone) to step up and own the center position so JGJ can move over there full time. Its not an encouraging sign that the coaches decided last minuet to start the group they did.
In years past the line has been poor. What did we do.. added lots of pre-snap motion, moved the pocket, and had the QB get rid of the ball quick. We did all those drive 1. After that... did not.
Look what Rodgers did against a big pass rush last night. Get rid of the ball quickly. Pumping the ball 2 or 3 times against a good pass rush and you are toast!!!
Look what Rodgers did against a big pass rush last night. Get rid of the ball quickly. Pumping the ball 2 or 3 times against a good pass rush and you are toast!!!
You have to know that any thread that starts off with 110% is going to be a doozy.
What aspect of the line cost us the game? Are you saying the pass protection was as inept as run blocking? It's not so simple to say 'its the line.' How did the coaching adjust? Campbell obviously had a concept he was sticking to rigidly. It occurred to me during the game, maybe Campbell is doubling down on the run blocking in hopes of developing the line at a faster rate, trial by fire for the long-game, the greater good.. Maybe he was saying, 'you guys want to win this game (looking at O-Line)? Do your job!!!" Well that would be a cool story if it actually worked.
I will also bump this because going into this game I thought this would be the bread and butter trying to neutralize the DLine advantage Iowa had. Perhaps Iowa's corners were playing too tight, didn't have numbers advantange. idk...
You can't judge Zeb too harshly. Easy to defend when Iowa knows you're pressing the pass and down 10 points. Everyone needs to relax. Bunch of weak minded whiners in here.
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People seem to think we were an offensive juggernaut last year with Manning and forget about the eggs the offense laid against Texas, TCU and really UNI (2 defensive TD's).
Also WVU, Memphis and Baylor were ugly performances given the defenses. 2 TDs against KSU isn’t great either, but a better defense if I recall.
