Iowa Wins If .............

MelroseHawkins

MelroseHawkins

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the corners & safety's cover their great WR's. That's what this game will come down to. Iowa's O-line should be able to open some holes for the running game to help control the line of scrimmage & clock. The D-line & Iowa linebackers should be able to control that phase of the game, per se.

It will come down to how much the d-backs can cover their receivers.

At first, I thought it would come down to Iowa's receiving corps & Ruduck, but after evaluating, I think the line & running game will help the O to an extent & help control the clock. The D-line & backers will help control LSU's running game. So, that leaves the passing game to the receivers that Iowa will have to defend to win the game.

Thoughts?!
 


Pretty much.
The wild card for us is backs.
If I were calling, I would come out with a mw/jc combo, round two ld. Round three would depend on how the mw/jc combo went.
Find the seams, drive the ball, and I have faith in a rested d. Plus they have to stop a fr qb from driving it.
Trenches baby.
 






Agree that our D backs will have to successfully cover LSU's NFL bound receivers, a tall task indeed. These guys are fast and have good hands. Got to keep pressure on their QB so he makes mistakes as their WRs don't.

On the flip side the Hawks should rotate through our WRs on deep, fast crossing routes and make their DBs sweat it out too. Shump, Powell, Cotton have speed and can rotate through on successive plays and force the Tigers to go zone.

Even if the Hawkeye WRs are not being targeted the Tigers will have to respect it or get burned deep.

Suspect 7 or 8 in the box to stop the run so a two TE set w/ a single back, one WR in the slot and a deep threat guy will give them fits. Hit them w/ this look multiple times and alternate one of the TEs w/ a FB on occasion.

They may have to commit their safties to stop the run and blitz in these situations. Their corners are a handful in man coverage but they may have to go zone if the safties are in run coverage. Once they commit to zone on our deep threat we will see mismatches behind their LBs. If their corners go man they risk giving up plays underneath. Greg Davis needs to call his game of the season in Tampa Bay.

I'm not calling a shoot out, but this will be one of the higher scoring games this year for the Hawkeyes.
 




Success on 1st and 2nd down. Keep 3rd and short. Sustain drives, get 6 when in the red zone.

Slow their run game, stay disciplined, limit penalties and win turnover ratio. Make them drive for points(limit big plays)

On paper, its a mismatch even with a young qb. Hopefully we can start strong and play well.

Go Hawks.
 




bitmap said:
....On the flip side the Hawks should rotate through our WRs on deep, fast crossing routes and make their DBs sweat it out too. Shump, Powell, Cotton have speed and can rotate through on successive plays and force the Tigers to go zone.

Even if the Hawkeye WRs are not being targeted the Tigers will have to respect it or get burned deep.
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Which Iowa team have you been watching the last two years? Wish it were so....
 


This one will be on the O. LSU will get their points. I want to see Iowa's best game on offense.
 


..........they win the turnover battle and the LSU true freshman QB plays like most in his position would play in their first start in a less than friendly environment.
 


Predominantly three TE set. Good execution. Quick tempo and mixing Powell in more. Safeties will be cheating up to stop run and cover the TE's that are gashing them for 7 yards a shot. Then Powell for a quick hitter for six, while LSU's DBs are thinking, "I thought they were supposed to be slow."
 


If we control the clock, finish drives, win the turnover game, and avoid the big plays on defense. We could really help ourselves with a few explosive plays early to help open up the run game and make play action that much more effective.
 


bitmap said:
Agree that our D backs will have to successfully cover LSU's NFL bound receivers, a tall task indeed.
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The last game we played against a receiver who looked like he would be very good in the NFL was the 2010 Orange Bowl. That receiver was none other than Demaryius Thomas, who is currently a top 5 receiver in the NFL (nothing against the guys in the B1G, but I don't think we've seen anyone at WR of that caliber in conference play bince prolly Braylon Edwards, maybe Ted Ginn and IIRC when we played Oklahoma, their good WR was out). He recorded zero catches. BUT, that Iowa defense was about 50x better than this one and GT's QB was awful at throwing the ball. Really, the key to winning this game is praying for rain and wind or hoping that LSU's QB is just awful. Last time we played LSU, I believe they had a fairly bad starting QB, who they pulled for solid NFL backup Matt Flynn, who was also eventually pulled for future number 1 overall draft pick and gigantic NFL bust JaMarcus Russell, who completely shredded our stellar defense that had Roth, Babs, Greenway, Hodge and Considine (plus I think the Glove was on that team). If this kid playing QB is as good as JaMarcus, our D will have a hard time getting stops and we'll prolly lose about 37 to 10.
 


CAARHawk said:
Predominantly three TE set. Good execution. Quick tempo and mixing Powell in more. Safeties will be cheating up to stop run and cover the TE's that are gashing them for 7 yards a shot. Then Powell for a quick hitter for six, while LSU's DBs are thinking, "I thought they were supposed to be slow."
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Sounds great in theory, but we don't exactly have O'Keefe dialing up screens to Andy Brodell here. If we did, we would have a chance on offense, but with Davis calling the plays, it will take a miracle for us to score over 20 without some serious help from the D.
 


I believe the talent level on the LSU offense is as good as tOSU offense. Now, the question mark becomes, can Jennings throw the ball consistently accurate like Braxton Miller did? I say no, so Iowa changes the defense and provides a true shadow for Jennings, which they didn't do against Miller because we knew he could throw. Their offensive line and running backs remind me so much of tOSU...a big offensive line and huge running backs (Jeremy Hill = Carlos Hyde), so we have our work cut out for us in that regard. That being said, having played tOSU, NIU, and Michigan, we know the zone read and how to defend it. If we are less concerned about Jennings throwing, we have a chance to load up on this. We have to force them to throw by committing extra people to stop the run and QB runs.

If we are to win, I think Phil Park needs to come out and play ultra aggressive on defense...and make sure Jennings doesn't have a chance to get comfortable throwing. It's not our style to do that, as we usually try to evaluate what's going on for a few drives/quarters. My concern is that if Jennings gains confidence, he's going to kill us as he was a 5 star recruit with a tremendous pedigree leading into college. He's already shown some of that talent. We need to get in his head early.
 


WinOneThisCentury said:
I believe the talent level on the LSU offense is as good as tOSU offense. Now, the question mark becomes, can Jennings throw the ball consistently accurate like Braxton Miller did? I say no, so Iowa changes the defense and provides a true shadow for Jennings, which they didn't do against Miller because we knew he could throw. Their offensive line and running backs remind me so much of tOSU...a big offensive line and huge running backs (Jeremy Hill = Carlos Hyde), so we have our work cut out for us in that regard. That being said, having played tOSU, NIU, and Michigan, we know the zone read and how to defend it. If we are less concerned about Jennings throwing, we have a chance to load up on this. We have to force them to throw by committing extra people to stop the run and QB runs.

If we are to win, I think Phil Park needs to come out and play ultra aggressive on defense...and make sure Jennings doesn't have a chance to get comfortable throwing. It's not our style to do that, as we usually try to evaluate what's going on for a few drives/quarters. My concern is that if Jennings gains confidence, he's going to kill us as he was a 5 star recruit with a tremendous pedigree leading into college. He's already shown some of that talent. We need to get in his head early.
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Like. If we play contain with the d-line, they'll score around 10 per quarter and suffocate the clock. We've gotta get after the QB and take our lumps if he beats us with his legs a few times because unless he sucks really bad, giving him 7 seconds to throw every time he drops back is gonna be a disaster.
 


Since 1889 Iowa is a remarkable 605-0 when leading after 4 quarters. When they do this tomorrow they will most likely win the game!
 


Hawknick said:
Since 1889 Iowa is a remarkable 605-0 when leading after 4 quarters. When they do this tomorrow they will most likely win the game!
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FALSE. On October 22, 2005, Iowa was defending a very long home winning streak that dated back to 2002 when the Michigan Wolverines came to town. Iowa took a lead after 4 quarters on a Kyle Schlicher field goal. Michigan tailback Jerome Jackson then scampered in for a one yard TD and Iowa, despite leading after 4 quarters, lost 23-20.
 


Ah shoot I forgot about plays with no time on the clock. I will say that Iowa will most likely win if leading after 4 quarters assuming LSU does not score with no time on the clock or the game is forfeited.
 


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