I think Iowa is extremely well coached, disciplined and play really hard but I don’t think they have elite talent on this year’s defense. If they don’t find some offense they will have problems winning Big 10 games, with a few lopsided scores.
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Other than turnovers obv, the only concerning thing to me was the kicking and punting. Punt team was inexcusable obv. The FG was shaky at best, and 2/3 kickoffs were returnable iirc. Def gives me a concern.
I wouldnt sweat the TE issue, good LB cancel the TE game and Iowa has real good LB.
The OL gives me hope. Iowa is very stout (not elite) on the front 7, and they ran it fairly well. I guess having 2 tackles instead of 4 guards is a good thing.
I wouldnt sweat the TE issue, good LB cancel the TE game and Iowa has real good LB.
The OL gives me hope. Iowa is very stout (not elite) on the front 7, and they ran it fairly well. I guess having 2 tackles instead of 4 guards is a good thing.
Didn’t Bitter or someone have an amazing sideline catch?
Last year we B about no receivers, this year no TEs. We have a nice group of receivers and our TEs are back to blocking TEs mostly. Iowa sent a lot of blitzes or were loading the box and our TEs were kept for protection
Their defense is above average but not great, certainly not as great as the
Thank God you started a new thread to give us all your expert opinion, Rod.
I think I can speak for all of us when I say that everyone was on the edge of their seat waiting to know what you thought about the game. After scouring the multiple existing threads and not finding anything from you, you could imagine how relieved I was to see this. Thanks again, Rod!
Amen.
I only hope that Campbell, Manning, and Heacock will have the wisdom to read and learn from this thread.
He needs to get time over Stanley IMO. He doesn't have the speed of Stanley, but he looks to have a lot better hands.
