On defense ISU will totally sell out as they have since McCarney became coach as it their main way of beating the hawks.
On offense Iowa will rarely make ISU pay for selling out and their over pursuit to Iowa's first motion. Iowa will probably be plain jane on offense and grind out some scores.
ISU will run their zone read and make some plays but Iowa should not give up more than 13-17 points .
So to me right now this is an avg Iowa team with a decent defense, weak kicking game, and yard producing, no clutch play low scoring offense against a poor to bad ISU team from what most people say. To me this game is no different than the first two hawk games where the hawks were supposed to win easily and yet they struggle. Ball St is probably better than ISU and UNI is probably better than ISU so I would expect the hawks to win but compared to the first 10 years of this renewed series this game has become more of a bore.
I could hardly go into the stadium in 2012 to watch this game as I knew it would be a yawner and it was. I was sort of excited last year with a lot of unknown quantities on both sides. But since last years game ISU went into the dumpster, Iowa had a decent revival, yet Iowa played avg the first two games and ISU is 0-2.
I am saying it again, I want my $60 for a ticket (120 for my two) to watch competition like NC STate, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Duke, Missou, so time to dump the ISU series
On offense Iowa will rarely make ISU pay for selling out and their over pursuit to Iowa's first motion. Iowa will probably be plain jane on offense and grind out some scores.
ISU will run their zone read and make some plays but Iowa should not give up more than 13-17 points .
So to me right now this is an avg Iowa team with a decent defense, weak kicking game, and yard producing, no clutch play low scoring offense against a poor to bad ISU team from what most people say. To me this game is no different than the first two hawk games where the hawks were supposed to win easily and yet they struggle. Ball St is probably better than ISU and UNI is probably better than ISU so I would expect the hawks to win but compared to the first 10 years of this renewed series this game has become more of a bore.
I could hardly go into the stadium in 2012 to watch this game as I knew it would be a yawner and it was. I was sort of excited last year with a lot of unknown quantities on both sides. But since last years game ISU went into the dumpster, Iowa had a decent revival, yet Iowa played avg the first two games and ISU is 0-2.
I am saying it again, I want my $60 for a ticket (120 for my two) to watch competition like NC STate, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Duke, Missou, so time to dump the ISU series