Iowa blocking.

uihawk82 said:
Well the first bolded section above is not hard to figure out and it is that the KF run game almost always goes the direction the QB turns from under center after getting the snap. A defense has about a 90% chance of being right selling out to that direction. This is what opposing coaches have known for most of 20 years.

Once in awhile watch and you will see our QB turn one way, the fullback and RB go the same way but then stutter step and the ball gets handed back the other direction, this is a main KOK counter play style of running play made famous by the great Redskins teams using the Counter-Trey blocking scheme.

And yes the smart move is to run reverses or counter action and play action off of this type of motion.

How do you think our short yardage plays to the Fullback have worked so well at a high % level. The QB turns one direction and he RB heads that same direction but the QB keeps turning 270 degrees and hands it back to the fullback over a hole on the other side of the center position.

Check out yesterday's short yardage play to the fullback. It is the kind of play that 4th and 1 against Wisky two weeks ago might have worked better.
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We should run that fullback play more, not just in short yardage.
 
pythagoras said:
Iowa is now 39th in the nation in offensive effenciecy. Are there only 40 teams in the nation now or something?
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Well, to be honest.....

nah. I knew our offense was getting better. Wasnt sure where we stood. I was goin off the stat before wiscy and minny. But that should tell you how bad the B1G West is.
 
NoBeer said:
Jesus Christ, we're 4-1.
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You're very high on the 4-1. I would not be all that impressed last week by this record, but Iowa St. did just upset Oklahoma St, N. Illinois beat dreaded Eastern Illinois and Ball St., and N. Iowa ......got destroyed by N. Dakota St.
I'm am still really impressed by that 4-1 start though......really! Iowa is 1-1 in the Big.
 
AreWeThereYet said:
The outside zone run on second down was getting blown up most of the afternoon. Need to have some other options in the mix.
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If we have success with the outside zone run on 1st down its almost guaranteed we are going to run the same stretch play to same side again on 2nd down. Almost never works.
 
dahlhawk said:
You're very high on the 4-1. I would not be all that impressed last week by this record, but Iowa St. did just upset Oklahoma St, N. Illinois beat dreaded Eastern Illinois and Ball St., and N. Iowa ......got destroyed by N. Dakota St.
I'm am still really impressed by that 4-1 start though......really! Iowa is 1-1 in the Big.
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In no way can the ISU team played earlier be compared to the one that beat OSU. Teams change dramatically from the first few weeks.
 
HawkeyeDenis said:
What is up with Iowa blocking on run plays? Run blocking should be the bread an butter for an Iowa team. And this group includes two 320 pound tackles.
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It's a numbers game. The D has more players in the box, simple as that. You want to entertain yourself, YouTube (I think) the 2002 Iowa game vs Minnesota and look at the huge holes Freddy Russell is running through. It is a stark contrast how big these last teams were opening holes. Not sure if is just teams adjusting to Kirk or if is the players, prob both.
 
hwk23 said:
We should run that fullback play more, not just in short yardage.
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I've said this for years. Nothing wrong with getting the FB 5-6 touches a game. Runs and short passes. The more diverse the offense with spreading the ball around the harder to defend. Don't have to come up with new plays, just use more of the plays already have. It's not rocket surgery.
 
MelroseHawkins said:
I've said this for years. Nothing wrong with getting the FB 5-6 touches a game. Runs and short passes. The more diverse the offense with spreading the ball around the harder to defend. Don't have to come up with new plays, just use more of the plays already have. It's not rocket surgery.
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Rocket surgery?

Now, that would be interesting...
 
Motigerhawk said:
maybe I watched a different game, but it looked like we ran pretty good a


Seems like other team are capable. Shoot, GT ran 65 times the other day for 500+ yards. Looks like they figured out how to do it.
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Yup. And they threw the ball 1 time for 12 yards. (In their 6 game this season, GT is 33 of 68 with 4 ints and 3 TDs) That means they are usually using 9 to block; well usually 10 to block as their QB is their leading rusher. If Iowa ran only running plays and threw the ball an average of 5 times per game, we'd probably be able to block 8 in the box.
 
Knight78 said:
Yup. And they threw the ball 1 time for 12 yards. (In their 6 game this season, GT is 33 of 68 with 4 ints and 3 TDs) That means they are usually using 9 to block; well usually 10 to block as their QB is their leading rusher. If Iowa ran only running plays and threw the ball an average of 5 times per game, we'd probably be able to block 8 in the box.
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Wouldnt defenses have 11 in the box against GT then? How can 9 block 11 so successfully?
 
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