Just doing some initial comparisons the Hawkeyes :
Have the offensive strength of Auburn but look more like the Brett Beliema offenses of Arkansas of the recent past.
They play pretty balanced football and will be no pushover. Their strength is in running the football.
They do have some effective Tight ends that catch the ball in the flat and make big plays from it.
Their defense is, depending on the website, between 7th and 14th in the country. They arent bad in any phase but are better in run defense.
Since their defense practices against that type of offense (run heavy) I think we may struggle at times to move the ball on the ground until we establish we can complete a pass or two. Yea, that scares the **** out of me too. But Fitz is going to have to have some poise back there and rely on his running backs more than he did early in the season.
I see this game coming down to a fight for field position. Namely, if we can make their drives start from inside their own 35, they will probably struggle to sustain long drives. Additionally, if we can force them into 3 and 6 or more, they will struggle to convert as most have against us.
Our punter and field goal kicker had better get their **** together too.
I see a score that the winning team will struggle to get to 24 points and the losing team will probably be not far behind that.
This is going to be football the way it was meant to be played and I'm pretty stoked about it. Hope it turns out well for us and I'd love to see us develop a future relationship with them in a home and home series in the future.
Reading their board, they seem like a cool fan base that has a decent sense of humor.
What I'm most hoping for is that we use the practices productively and are able to get Joe's offense down to give us momentum going into signing day and spring practices.
Have the offensive strength of Auburn but look more like the Brett Beliema offenses of Arkansas of the recent past.
They play pretty balanced football and will be no pushover. Their strength is in running the football.
They do have some effective Tight ends that catch the ball in the flat and make big plays from it.
Their defense is, depending on the website, between 7th and 14th in the country. They arent bad in any phase but are better in run defense.
Since their defense practices against that type of offense (run heavy) I think we may struggle at times to move the ball on the ground until we establish we can complete a pass or two. Yea, that scares the **** out of me too. But Fitz is going to have to have some poise back there and rely on his running backs more than he did early in the season.
I see this game coming down to a fight for field position. Namely, if we can make their drives start from inside their own 35, they will probably struggle to sustain long drives. Additionally, if we can force them into 3 and 6 or more, they will struggle to convert as most have against us.
Our punter and field goal kicker had better get their **** together too.
I see a score that the winning team will struggle to get to 24 points and the losing team will probably be not far behind that.
This is going to be football the way it was meant to be played and I'm pretty stoked about it. Hope it turns out well for us and I'd love to see us develop a future relationship with them in a home and home series in the future.
Reading their board, they seem like a cool fan base that has a decent sense of humor.
What I'm most hoping for is that we use the practices productively and are able to get Joe's offense down to give us momentum going into signing day and spring practices.
