Our offense finally looks complementary again, if we can continue to upgrade the WR room I like where things are heading
the BF experiment was such a poo stain on the program
the BF experiment was such a poo stain on the program
Tim Lester is elite
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Yes, if Tim Lester can get separation at the line of scrimmage and then make the downfield catch, he's deserving of flowers. And of course, that's if the QB can get him the ball.
If he catches it, we’re complimenting Lester for his change-of-pace call that caught the defense by surprise.
It will hurt the perception of the program until KF retires. I don’t trust high school kids not to see the constant ragging of Iowa’s offense and be a bit affected by it, which makes our climb just a little bit more uphill than other teams averaging 29 ppg.
No, you may be thinking of the other guy . . . Brian something I think it was.And KF got so much grief over hiring him.
It was a simple play. It was wide open. The RB failed to catch the ball. What can the OC do about that?
And how many times has Iowa been intercepted this year off a deflected pass? More than in any one season I can ever remember. It was incredible.
This is why you run it. Our guys haven't shown the best hands this year (outside of Vander Zee who is glue). Everybody around me shouted at the TV when we lined up empty backfield. I expected Gronowski to run.
Iowa average right at 30 points a game , Iowa . This Years Offense with the 23 Defense and Iowa is still playing
Liked the comment the announcers made that Lester has never run an offense like this with a running oriented QB and has done a good job of adapting to his personnel. Early in the season he had to make things work with Gronowski not at full strength yet.
I didn't like some of the play calling early in the season in particular the Iowa State game. At times I agree he does try to get a little too cute. But the offense evolved over the course of the season just as Gronowski played more confidently and more accurately in the passing game. Lester earned his stripes this season.
I didn't like some of the play calling early in the season in particular the Iowa State game. At times I agree he does try to get a little too cute. But the offense evolved over the course of the season just as Gronowski played more confidently and more accurately in the passing game. Lester earned his stripes this season.
If it's a successful play not much to ***** about. But we had 4 shots from the 4 yard line and we're running the ball well. If you believe in the mantra "play to your strengths", we did NOT do that and it cost us big time.
Changes the whole trajectory of the rest of the game. The players and Lester both played thru it and ultimately had a very good day.
Bottom line there are several more "bad" things that CAN happen on a pass play, and two of those "bad" things did indeed happen. Perfect pass went right thru his hands, AND got picked off. Zero points, Bad.
If that happens First and Ten at the 42 yard line it still sucks, but it makes a LOT more sense.
Lester is doing a good job overall, sure helps to have a competent QB, even though Gronk was pretty suspect as a passer most of the year. He was really good yesterday.
As I see that whole situation, we gave away a touchdown but Vandy gave one back when their punter did what he did. 14-3 is a fair representation of how the first half went. Do I think we should have run the ball? Of course, but in the end, we screwed up, Vandy screwed up, it all worked out.
We all knew Pavia was going to come out of the locker room slinging the ball all over the field. We didn't do a very good job of dealing with that.
There are times when it is ok to get “cute” with play calling, and times when it isn’t. In my opinion, first and goal at the 4 is not one of them.
But as others have said…no one would complain if it worked.
Coach Don Patterson, a very wise man, agreed with the obvious…..it was a terrible play call
Terrible is quite a strong word describing this. SO easy to Monday morning quarterback. 49 x out of 50 that play would have worked perfectly given the circumstances, yes in retrospect wish we would have run the ball.
No it was a terrible play call That’s not debatable to anyone with a functioning brain
Please Google Kirk Ferentz gets criticized for hiring Lester - lots of stuff on Twitter as well
How about not calling a quick slant to the eighth-best pass catcher on the team when your offense is playing really well and there are so many other options on 1st and goal, with Vandy’s defense reeling after just giving up a huge play?
i’m a pretty big TL fan, but that play call is definitely worthy of criticism. That was “shove it down their throat“ time.
Meh, maybe. Obviously, we would’ve been happier with the results, but I’m not sure the play call would’ve been getting many compliments. I don’t remember KF getting a whole lot of compliments for his clock management at the end of the capital one bowl because of the end result…