I think a big part of this is the game starts at 8pm Iowa time and will likely end around 11pm Iowa time. I assume as Iowa practices in the morning that many players are in bed before 11pm. I think this has a significant impact on their athletic ability.
Was driving home with my son after being at the OSU game/loss. Gave him the history education of what happens to Iowa when we go out west - saw the historical scores and goes “oh boy…”
Wish he had gotten more snaps. Almost felt like he was on a snap count.
Next years back field of Jackson and Phillips , change of pace backs would be good. nearly This whole team returns
They also had 7 sacks. Pressure helps, Iowa's D-Line doesn't provide it.
Not necessarily.
Mobile qb and will complete passes because this D cannot cover a tree stump. Huskie D looks tough, so not going to score unless go back to the tipped ball completions. Friday night and long road trip, ole KF doesn't like those things. Plus, coming off a compelte *** kicking by OhioSt, and embarrassed in front the country and the Game Day dorks. Not looking good.
Maybe they should move practice to 7 or 8 pm Iowa time this week. It would make sense. But I'm not at all convinced that KF has that degree of adaptability in him. And the other coaches, including Lester and Parker, apparently have no influence or choose not to use it. But there's no debating something needs to change about how Iowa approaches the West Coast. They did take a 21-7 lead over USC at the half last year, only to be shut out in the second half in another close defeat.
Only if they give him the ball. Anybody who rushes for nearly 2,000 yards at any level must have some talent. I'd love to see LJ get at least 20 carries Friday night.
Which is why Phil needs to pick his spots and blitz more often. And by blitz I mean use a variety of blitz packages, not just send the house. Blitz a corner, blitz a LB, do what Hayden did and use a quick, fast guy at DE--maybe one of the Dbacks. Just like with the offense, sometimes you have to adjust to the personnel you have . . . or don't have. Phil's been great, but he hasn't been perfect, and I think his No. 1 fault is--like his boss--being TOO conservative. No QB is very good when they're running for their life. And almost every QB looks like a Hall of Famer when they can sit back there all day and wait for people to get open.
They need to play Joseph Anderson more.
What we woudn't give for Hurkett and Mad Max right now...I know we tried in the portal and weren't willing to spend big bucks on a P5 DE, yet we rolled the dice on the young pups on DL maturing fast...let's take stock in Nov. yet we need more pressure with front 4 w/out blitzing...need more pressure obviously on Wash this weekend, what a massive, massive game for Iowa.
They picked up a couple guys at DT, Stevenson and Olagbaju, but neither were even all-conference at the FCS level.
I wouldn’t say that. Only 125 yards rushing which seems like a monumental feat for Iowa at this point.
This. But aim sure Kirk will continue to do what he’s always done. This is a very winnable game if we play well. But we lost at a really really bad UCLA team not long ago. Our record is dismal on the West Coast. We should be up for any ideas that could help us win.
i have no scientific proof but our players look lethargic and a step slow in the second half when on the west coast. thinking of asu, az, ucla, usc games when i day that. and unfortunately it’s both offense and defense.
I didn't see the game, but the stat line was that Minny had 126 yards on 40 carries (3.2 YPC) and 1 TD.
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