Scouting Iowa

[PCastro]

I believe I shared his first game as OL coach in 1981 was a 10-7 win against Nebraska. You are right, Iowa lost 42-7 in 1999. Iowa started a converted TE at LT. Very ugly game for the Hawkeyes.

Line play was critical for the win in 1981, lost in 1999 and will be critical on both sides of the ball again in the 2019 HyVee Heroes Trophy game.

Ahhh as O-Line coach. How odd his first game as asst and as head coach were against Nebraska. Line play will always be key in football and we fell off in that with Riley and Frost is working hard at it. We still have a ways to go. I know Scott gets it so we should improve over time and create a better rivalry in years to come

 

[Cidsports]

Ahhh as O-Line coach. How odd his first game as asst and as head coach were against Nebraska. Line play will always be key in football and we fell off in that with Riley and Frost is working hard at it. We still have a ways to go. I know Scott gets it so we should improve over time and create a better rivalry in years to come

It ultimately is what football is for Wisconsin, Iowa and many other B1G teams.

We shall see what Nebraska football is in Year 3-5 under Scott Frost.

@Sean Callahan shared, "I think this season more than anything showed people that it’s not an overnight rebuild. There has been 15 years of dysfunction at Nebraska and it finally caught up with them. NU doesn’t have the depth or experience on the lines to consistently compete against the top teams in the conference."

Iowa fans experiencd 17 seasons of real down football, worse than back to back 4 game seasons. Hayden Fry was hired 40 years ago. But, it wasn't until OL coach Kirk Ferentz was hired in Year 3, did line play really improve. His running mate on the DL was Dan McCarney. Both did a good job developing linemen.

While Nebraska was going through great heights in late 60s and 70s, Iowa was having AD issues, as they saw at Nebraska prior to Moos being hired from Washington State.

Iowa is going through a transition with new DL coach this year and a newer OL coach, who was an OC, and not a OL coach at his previous stop.

• It will be a key tomorrow on both sides of the ball
• As will turnovers
• Explosive plays
• Tackling

Should be an interesting game.

 

[1632]

I again think Iowa wins the game at the line of scrimmage, it sucks. They are just better. Can we win, maybe? but which team do you trust more.