New Offense Looks

[nrg4isu]

Did Dimitri Stanley see the field? Wonder if he's in the Campbell doghouse for some reason or if he's just buried on the depth chart.

Loved the TD to Brahmer, that's the kind of blitz breaker pass that we've been missing. Rocco identified it, didn't telegraph it and made the throw.

Still need that oline to improve to give whichever QB is out there more time.

 

[DBQR4CY]

OL will get better with time, Clanton has been at ISU for...6 months? We want to see growth and I bet it happens. They have game film now and can teach from that. It also sounds like UNI plays an uncommon defense. ISU doesn't spend months prepping for the UNI game like UNI does.

I think a big difference between Montgomery & Hall compared to the current RBs...those two just wouldn't run straight into the pile they had great vision. They saw holes develop and hit them rather then just running into a pile. They were quick enough to make those adjustments during plays and tough enough to shed a tackle or two for additional positive yardage.

 

[AllInForISU]

Did Dimitri Stanley see the field? Wonder if he's in the Campbell doghouse for some reason or if he's just buried on the depth chart.

Loved the TD to Brahmer, that's the kind of blitz breaker pass that we've been missing. Rocco identified it, didn't telegraph it and made the throw.

Still need that oline to improve to give whichever QB is out there more time.

He was on the field a lot I felt like. Like last year though, creates almost no separation

 

[joefrog]

I was happy to see 3-4 shots over the top. Overthrew a couple of them, but that keeps the defense from locking up all the short to intermediate stuff so easily.

I absolutely love deep throws and how they keep a defense honest. Worth the risk. One a quarter, as Madden used to say about the Vikings with Moss.

 

[CYKXBUT2]

Did Dimitri Stanley see the field? Wonder if he's in the Campbell doghouse for some reason or if he's just buried on the depth chart.

Loved the TD to Brahmer, that's the kind of blitz breaker pass that we've been missing. Rocco identified it, didn't telegraph it and made the throw.

Still need that oline to improve to give whichever QB is out there more time.

Pretty sure Stanley had a holding penalty. Other than that he was not a weapon.

 

[atlantacyclone]

We averaged 5 years per rush, which isn't terrible, but not amazing either.

I think it's still too soon to say "guy #1" for RB.

It didn’t feel like 5 yards per carry.

 

[SolarGarlic]

OL will get better with time, Clanton has been at ISU for...6 months? We want to see growth and I bet it happens. They have game film now and can teach from that. It also sounds like UNI plays an uncommon defense. ISU doesn't spend months prepping for the UNI game like UNI does.

I think a big difference between Montgomery & Hall compared to the current RBs...those two just wouldn't run straight into the pile they had great vision. They saw holes develop and hit them rather then just running into a pile. They were quick enough to make those adjustments during plays and tough enough to shed a tackle or two for additional positive yardage.

Our RB vision is really subpar other than Sama. That's what will separate him from the rest before the season is over. Sanders and Norton both miss a lot of holes. Sanders running into the pile and Norton dancing into the wrong hole.

Montgomery was such a perfect fit for our bad OLs lol

 

[wintersmd]

I thought the Oline looked better at the 'playing with intent' aspect for positioning etc.

I think it will come along.

The biggest thing to me from the O Line gave up ZERO sacks. And for the ones that say "well it was just UNU", I say UNI had multiple sacks in the past. Gie the O Line a few weeks and we should be ready for conference play.

 

[SolarGarlic]

The biggest thing to me from the O Line is ZERO sacks. And for the ones that say "well it was just UNU", I say UNI had multiple sacks in the past. Gie the O Line a few weeks and we should be ready for conference play.

Rocco had good awareness and escaped a couple of them. Good to see

 

[Malty Flannel]

He was on the field a lot I felt like. Like last year though, creates almost no separation

Looks to me like Bitter has all but beat Stanley out for starter’s reps this year

 

[madguy30]

Our RB vision is really subpar other than Sama. That's what will separate him from the rest before the season is over. Sanders and Norton both miss a lot of holes. Sanders running into the pile and Norton dancing into the wrong hole.

Montgomery was such a perfect fit for our bad OLs lol

I thought Sanders could have bounced one out yesterday and ran in clean in the series after the good punt return.

Things are different in a game though so it'll get there.

 

[Malty Flannel]

It didn’t feel like 5 yards per carry.

Outside of Sama’s 26 yard run and Koh’s 2 scrambles for 20 yards it was more like 3 YPC

 

[cyclone1209]

It seemed to me that we didn’t have nearly as much pre snap window dressing which was refreshing to see.

I also enjoyed this, more of a get the play in and go type offense.

All the delayed pre snap motion last year would drive me wild. It A) allows the defense to reset and actually get more of a breather and composed and B) it tempts fate that one of the OL has a false start. I feel the false starts aren't as likely if we just snap and go quickly after getting the play in.

 

[Clonedogg]

I noticed that the team all had wrist bands (play cards). When the play was signaled in from the sideline, they would all look at the play card and line up. That seems new.

 

[madguy30]

I also enjoyed this, more of a get the play in and go type offense.

All the delayed pre snap motion last year would drive me wild. It A) allows the defense to reset and actually get more of a breather and composed and B) it tempts fate that one of the OL has a false start. I feel the false starts aren't as likely if we just snap and go quickly after getting the play in.

I hated it for years.

I know it's to find tells or shifts in the defense but to me it just took away any rhythm and didn't seem to make much difference.

If it did we'd see more teams doing it.

 

[isucy86]

It didn’t feel like 5 yards per carry.

Agree. It seemed like we got very few carries over 5+ yard carries.

If you take out Sama and Norton's long runs (26&17 yards), we averaged 3.6ypc. Not horrible, but we seemed to struggle getting yards to keep the sticks moving.

 

[AllInForISU]

Another thing, not trying to bash on him, but JJ Kohl did not look like someone who was an early enrollee 4 star. That was brutal to watch.

 

[AllInForISU]

Pretty sure Stanley had a holding penalty. Other than that he was not a weapon.

And a false start

 

[Malty Flannel]

Another thing, not trying to bash on him, but JJ Kohl did not look like someone who was an early enrollee 4 star. That was brutal to watch.

Did he actually throw a pass? Watching on tv I couldn’t tell if no one was open or if he was just hesitant to throw. The scrambles for positive yardage were nice to see. But the offense as a whole looked much better with becht in the game

 

[ripvdub]

We averaged 5 years per rush, which isn't terrible, but not amazing either.

I think it's still too soon to say "guy #1" for RB.

5 ypr as a team would put us in the top 25 most years. Iowa averaged 2.4 yesterday... anything over 4. Something is solid.