Regardless of whether GD or a yet-to-be-outed-entity was responsible for the off-week scheme change and play-calling yesterday, the fact is NW came prepared for one thing and faced something very, if not entirely, different. That by itself gave the Iowa offense a huge advantage. Both games after the bye-week have resulted in routs by Iowa. (Downside is the Maryland put us down after their bye-week, and we've got MN and IL coming up after their byes)
Going forward, the surprise factor won't be available with this new-old play-calling. In any case, I definitely prefer the KOK model for aesthetics alone...GD's horizontal offense (along with Baylor and tOSU which run it effectively) is an eyesore even when it hums.
Aside: If GD installed this offense/playcalling over the bye week, perhaps he was working up to this point towards building tendencies and then break out of them ...reminiscent of the previous OC.
Going forward, the surprise factor won't be available with this new-old play-calling. In any case, I definitely prefer the KOK model for aesthetics alone...GD's horizontal offense (along with Baylor and tOSU which run it effectively) is an eyesore even when it hums.
Aside: If GD installed this offense/playcalling over the bye week, perhaps he was working up to this point towards building tendencies and then break out of them ...reminiscent of the previous OC.
