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In this case I think it may have just been ISU having the perfect call on and JVB reading it just the way they needed. Also for the record, the way Davis sets up his offense he doesn't always identify a "primary" receiver or progression order. On many plays that are called and JVB has to...

That's how it looked to me. The pre-snap read was slant side ILB is blitzing, leaving the middle open. CB on Davis has neutral/outside leverage, the slant will be there. LB drops out of blitz to slant zone as they snap it, his pre-snap read is taken away. He can either hold the ball and look to...

My notes from the play: "3Lx1R, Davis single on short side. Iso weak side slant. Timing was off on slant, LB faked blitz & was droping to slant/hook zone, JVB could of held the ball a bit longer and let Davis clear the LB & it was a score. Just made the safe move and threw it away." I didn't...

I agree with this 100% and at times even reading the defense isn't enough to run the route correctly. Often you change the depth of your break or even the angle of the route(flattening out a corner route etc) based on dynamic keys. Finding holes in the zone coverage is one of those things that...

31-17 Iowa. Not a nail-biter, but far from a blow out.

Davis has indicated you'll see more rotation at the WR position that previously at Iowa. You'll see Keenan Davis and KMM leave the field more often. They're still the starters, but it sounds like there will be more emphasis on working sub-package personnel into the game. I wouldn't consider it...

Tough to ever set expectations for Freshman, especially with a new OC. After 2 games we'll have a pretty good idea of what Davis has in mind for the number of touches Flemming gets. If I had to guess right now I'd guess he'll see at least a couple targets per game for the first couple games and...

Fleming probably runs a 40 in the high 4.4-low 4.5 range but he would have a great 10 yard split. His raw tools to create separation in the short area range are impressive. He also seems to have that innate ability to avoid tacklers; just slippery even in traffic. I would temper expectations...

I had them as 11-1. Fooled me too. Thought 9-3 was worst case.....swing and a miss.

In both open practices Iowa ran a ton of 2x2(2WR+2TE) personnel sets. I think you'll see more 3WR 1TE sets than you did with KOK though. The I-form will likely still be used some and they actually ran a couple of nice packages using the off-set I-form. It's not going to be a total spread look by...

I don't think the raw materials are in place for that level of play. Iowa had some amazing talent on those DLs. The tackle position probably has the best chance to evolve quickly but the DEs just don't look to have the physical tools to be in the same category as Ballard & Clayborn were.

There's a grouping of guys bunched up very closely behind that top 5: 1) Nolan Macmillan - even with the hand injury he's still a starter caliber guy to me 2) Conner Boffeli -Is probably as good Tobin but won't unseat a senior starter. 3) Andrew Donnal - Has stepped up his level of play and...

Always safe to stick with cautious optimism. The good news is they improved noticeably as a unit. This practice they had a much lower percentage of plays where they gave up 4-5 Yards per run just off OL surge. DTs were attacking low and dropping down and clogging lanes rather than getting driven...

If you're talking pure arm strength I would rank it this way: 1) JVB 2) Beathard 3) Rudock 4) Sokol Rudock arm strength wise is probably pretty comparable to Soph/Junior Ricky Stanzi and Sokol maybe a bit below. At his point both Rudock and Sokol deliver accurate catch-able balls on mid...

Whatever injury kept Alston out last week clearly wasn't completely healed. He was dragging a leg as the long practice wore on. Not sure if it was a knee or just a soft issue(quad, hammie). He also just looked off most of the day, not the same guy I saw last spring. If he's healthy I think he's...

If I had to guess Iowa will play a heavier mix of man schemes but will by no means leave their zone schemes behind. They used Cover 2,Cover 3, and Cover 4 variations throughout the day and a few zone blitz looks mixed it as well. I think through the first few games we'll see them try a lot of...

Well above average as a group. Even with Donnal at RT I felt like they looked very solid as a unit. James Ferentz has looked excellent in both open practices and Scherff has as well. Only area of concern for me was blitz pickups and late adjustments. No need to panic over that though, most units...

Got a decent look at TE Jon Wisnieski at the Dowling vs Johnston tonight. He only played TE tonight but did work out of the slot a fair amount. Wisnieski had limited targets in the passing game but it had more to do with the system and his QBs limitations. He's a very capable pass catching...

HS: RB & WR on O, S & CB on D College: FS & CB

The players I asked Saturday gave me the following: Keenan Davis -210 Christian Kirksey- 226 James Ferentz - 285 Hardly comprehensive but those are all different than last years numbers.