Can anyone explain how Iowa's offense

okeefe4prez

okeefe4prez

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performed so much worse than Northwestern's this year? Northwestern's starting QB was banged up all year and missed a ton of playing time and Iowa had arguably the best receiver we've ever had, a first round left tackle and a solid, 4 star starting tailback, but against several common opponents, Northwestern put up way more points than Iowa.

Northwestern scored 24 on PSU (Iowa mustered up 3), 28 on Minnesota (against 21 for Iowa) and 28 on Nebraska (I don't need to remind everyone what Iowa did today). Ferentz is holding back this offense, they should have been able to score comparably with Northwestern.
 
okeefe4prez said:
performed so much worse than Northwestern's this year? Northwestern's starting QB was banged up all year and missed a ton of playing time and Iowa had arguably the best receiver we've ever had, a first round left tackle and a solid, 4 star starting tailback, but against several common opponents, Northwestern put up way more points than Iowa.

Northwestern scored 24 on PSU (Iowa mustered up 3), 28 on Minnesota (against 21 for Iowa) and 28 on Nebraska (I don't need to remind everyone what Iowa did today). Ferentz is holding back this offense, they should have been able to score comparably with Northwestern.
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Because your namesake is calling the plays.
 
If you are using both games (NW/UoI) against DoNU as the measuring stick, you shouldn't. It's simply about matchups, and NW matched up better against DoNU than Iowa did. Mobile QB's will always be more difficult to defend (NW, Wisc., Mich) than less mobile QB's (Iowa, PSU, MSU).

This season illustrates perfectly why scores against common opponents is not a good measuring stick as to judge how one team will do against another.
 
74Hunter said:
If you are using both games (NW/UoI) against DoNU as the measuring stick, you shouldn't. It's simply about matchups, and NW matched up better against DoNU than Iowa did. Mobile QB's will always be more difficult to defend (NW, Wisc., Mich) than less mobile QB's (Iowa, PSU, MSU).

This season illustrates perfectly why scores against common opponents is not a good measuring stick as to judge how one team will do against another.
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He takes every Iowa loss and compares it to NW to try and get under the IA fans skin. No need to take him seriously.
 
I have one answer -> KF IS SOOOOOFFFFFFTTTT and this is reflected by our program and players. Yes it's simple; SOFT.

The blue print is physicality on both sides of the ball; that is when we have our best teams. That's what the best teams do in this league year in year out.

Why should KF care? He's getting a 4 million dollar check for the next 8 years regardless.
 
okeefe4prez said:
But how? Iowa's players are so much better. And our coaching staff is better.
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Iowa's coaching staff on the offensive side of things are not better.

Iowa does have better players and better coaches overall though. We win with great defense. Win Orange Bowls, Capitol One Bowls, and we beat big time teams way more than NW does.

NW is built to try to beat teams like Iowa. Iowa is built to try and beat the big boys and we do it much more than NW does.
 
It isn't that difficult of question to answer.

NW schemed and had a game plan to beat NE; they actually attacked Nebraksa's weaknesses.

Iowa doesn't do things like that...Iowa has no sizzle, we play one way and one way only. doestn't matter if our one way is actually attacking an opponent's weakness. If it works out that way and we win...that's ok...if it doesn't work out and we lose...well that's ok too, at least we played not to lose.
 
hawkeyegamefilm said:
Just plain and simple: Those 3 games you list were on the road.

Next question....
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NW scored 28 on Nebraska in Lincoln. Iowa's offense sucks and pretty much has for a long time. The system only works if you are a physically superior team. In the B10, Iowa is not. We need more imagination on offense.
 
Heres how: We lack SPEED. Our QB is slow and unathletic, our RB is slow. McNutt is an awesome receiver, but doesn't have the quickness for that WR handoff play they dialed up a couple times today vs a good defense. Plays develop numbingly slow, almost as if they're practicing.

I think when McCall fumbled last week he was going too fast for the rest of the offense.

KF to him after the fumble: "Remember Mi'kail we like to take our time, you can't just shoot out of a cannon like you're in the SEC here. Slow it down, secure the handoff and let the defense react before you start your cut."

..I'm sure I'll get reamed for bashing the team, so I'll end with this: Its not the players, coaches, or system's fault, we just need to execute.
 
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