KCHawkeyes
Well-Known Member
Here are the results of the last 6 games vs Ohio State.
2003 OSU 19 Iowa 10 @OSU
2004 Iowa 33 OSU 7 @Iowa
2005 OSU 31 Iowa 6 @OSU
2006 OSU 38 Iowa 17 @Iowa
2009 OSU 27 Iowa 24 @OSU
2010 OSU 20 Iowa 17 @Iowa
So we are 1-5 in the last 6 games. What was different about 2004? That was the year we threw out the playbook and let Drew Tate throw the ball down the field. We had no running game and therefore we did not do the same thing we did every other year. Last year at OSU we scored 24 points (the most we scored in any game other than the win in 04) why? Maybe because we started a QB nobody had seen before and we went against some of our tendencies. Playing old fashioned smash mouth football does not work. They have better athletes. Hayden Fry knew this and played accordingly. Not that Hayden had a lot of success against OSU either. OSU seems to have our number no matter the coach. Like we have Penn State’s. It just seems we do better when we put in new wrinkles on offense, we have a real shot at winning. We can play it close to the vest and keep losing close games or we can open up the offense knowing we are not the favorites and maybe score more than 17 points. I’m not saying we should fire Kirk or KOK, or throw out the entire offense, just make some adjustments.
2003 OSU 19 Iowa 10 @OSU
2004 Iowa 33 OSU 7 @Iowa
2005 OSU 31 Iowa 6 @OSU
2006 OSU 38 Iowa 17 @Iowa
2009 OSU 27 Iowa 24 @OSU
2010 OSU 20 Iowa 17 @Iowa
So we are 1-5 in the last 6 games. What was different about 2004? That was the year we threw out the playbook and let Drew Tate throw the ball down the field. We had no running game and therefore we did not do the same thing we did every other year. Last year at OSU we scored 24 points (the most we scored in any game other than the win in 04) why? Maybe because we started a QB nobody had seen before and we went against some of our tendencies. Playing old fashioned smash mouth football does not work. They have better athletes. Hayden Fry knew this and played accordingly. Not that Hayden had a lot of success against OSU either. OSU seems to have our number no matter the coach. Like we have Penn State’s. It just seems we do better when we put in new wrinkles on offense, we have a real shot at winning. We can play it close to the vest and keep losing close games or we can open up the offense knowing we are not the favorites and maybe score more than 17 points. I’m not saying we should fire Kirk or KOK, or throw out the entire offense, just make some adjustments.
