Hey Hawk fans....your thoughts? I am disppointed....looks like lasts years team. Utah St. outscored them after the first quarter, outplayed them. But a W is a W.
Post game thoughts?
- Thread starter rattlesnake jack
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Dad wouldn’t let us kick the field goal at the end. Total BS. Next week we’ll get 26 to keep my average up.
Higgins was great, Jackson not so much. Offensive line was offensive. Running game is in deep trouble if the line doesn't improve by a lot.
KF must be thrilled with yet another ugly win. It wasn't another 6-4 classic like KF's favorite win, but it was duly boring and ugly, so there's that.
The O-line pass protected pretty well against an undersized and outmanned Utah State outfit, but the run blocking was atrocious. But Utah State ran on Iowa's vaunted defensive front with great success. So it looks like Iowa's offense will be better simply because they have a real QB--as long as McNamara stays healthy, that is--but the defense looks pretty iffy. Good thing Iowa has the weakest schedule of the entire Big Ten.
Very disappointing performance by Iowa: a punt gets blocked, the line can't run block, the D got pushed around, receivers dropped 4 or 5 balls, 3 of which were sure TDs, and Iowa only managed to score 24 points on a middling Utah State team. Wow.
In other news, Deion Sanders--the only person to ever play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series--took his Colorado team to #17 TCU and, as a 20-point dog, handed the Horned Frogs a 45-42 defeat. Sanders' sons were sensational, and the QB Sanders passed for over 500 yards. Lots of people have had fun mocking Coach Prime. Who's laughin' now?
The O-line pass protected pretty well against an undersized and outmanned Utah State outfit, but the run blocking was atrocious. But Utah State ran on Iowa's vaunted defensive front with great success. So it looks like Iowa's offense will be better simply because they have a real QB--as long as McNamara stays healthy, that is--but the defense looks pretty iffy. Good thing Iowa has the weakest schedule of the entire Big Ten.
Very disappointing performance by Iowa: a punt gets blocked, the line can't run block, the D got pushed around, receivers dropped 4 or 5 balls, 3 of which were sure TDs, and Iowa only managed to score 24 points on a middling Utah State team. Wow.
In other news, Deion Sanders--the only person to ever play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series--took his Colorado team to #17 TCU and, as a 20-point dog, handed the Horned Frogs a 45-42 defeat. Sanders' sons were sensational, and the QB Sanders passed for over 500 yards. Lots of people have had fun mocking Coach Prime. Who's laughin' now?
Agree with you 100%. It looks like the same Iowa team from the last 2 years. I was hoping with McNamara and that WR from OSU, the passing game would be pretty good. But, what happened to him? Did not play.
If you had watched game, you would know he played. Bill overthrew him on deep route and he was in for several other plays during game
OK...thanks SLarew.....I must have missed it between Busch Lights.....lol.
I'm pretty sure the objective of a defense is to keep the other team from scoring. For 55 minutes when the starters were in...Utah State had 6 points. "Utah State ran on Iowa's vaunted defense"...they had 116 yard rushing...and had 18 carries for 72 yards prior to that last 5 minutes. If USU was pushing Iowa around in the running game they wouldn't have thrown it 48 times.
If my math is correct, which it sometimes is, 18 carries for 72 yards is 4.0 per carry. Iowa, OTOH, averaged 2.4 per carry. If you average 4 yards per carry and you run three times, you gain 12 yards, which is good for a first down. If you run three times for 2.4 yards a try, you gain 7.2 yards and get to punt.
And you do realize Iowa was playing Utah State, not USC, right? Many, many teams scored from 56 to 81 points yesterday against opponents similar to Utah State.
Utah State's offense features the short passing game. It is a quick offense built on quick passes. It's not designed to be a running offense. Utah State is not a Big Ten team, yet a team that features the pass ran for an average of 4 yards per carry on Iowa's defense. Iowa failed on 4th and 1. Utah State repeatedly picked up first downs on short-yardage runs despite Iowa being far bigger than Utah State.
So enjoy Iowa's "dominance" of a little band of fellas from out West. I'd rather score 56 or 63 or 72 or 81 and be able to run the damn ball. But that's probably just me.
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receivers dropped 4 or 5 balls, 3 of which were sure TDs, and Iowa only managed to score 24 points on a middling Utah State team. Wow.
So you are saying if our receivers had caught the 3 sure TD's we would have scored 45 points. So if we can clean this up we will have a excellent offense?
Ask Boston College, Purdue, Baylor, and Texas Tech about the middling teams that they lost to.
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Actually that may not have been an overthrow ... Brown hesitated bigtime at about 15 yards into his route. Really odd on his part. Look like he was thinking too much.