It is midseason and the statistics are black and white. After playing one of the weakest first half schedules in the history of the program, the statistics show that we are....below average. Key Big Ten statistical rankings include:
Scoring Offense - 11th. We average 27 pts per game. MSU, OSU, and Neb all average in the 40s.
Scoring Defense - 9th. We are giving up 22 pts per game. This D is not like years past.
Total Offense - 9th. Three years of Davis. Three years of a cellar dweller offense. Coincidence?
Total Defense - 7th. This used to be our strength under Norm. Now, we are very mediocre.
Rushing - 11th. Seriously? I thought this was Iowa? Big time OL. Lots of RB depth. A running team?
Passing - 7th. Jake's completion percentage is high; his yrds per attempt is like a jr. high qb.
Kick returns - 1st. Are you kidding me? Awesome news. Parker is the man.
Punt returns - 14th. This is embarrassing. Nothing but fair catches and watching punts roll.
3rd Down Conversions - 6th. Well, at least we are in the top half of the conference in something.
Red Zone Offense - 13th. A back breaking stat. Turned it over on downs 3 times inside the 20.
Red Zone Defense - 9th. Opponents have been inside the 20 17 times and scored 15.
All in all, it is not just the QB that is dragging this team down. While I'm sure having a 2 yrd pass offense doesn't do the running game any favors, the defense isn't tackling and we are not scoring in the redzone at all.
Scoring Offense - 11th. We average 27 pts per game. MSU, OSU, and Neb all average in the 40s.
Scoring Defense - 9th. We are giving up 22 pts per game. This D is not like years past.
Total Offense - 9th. Three years of Davis. Three years of a cellar dweller offense. Coincidence?
Total Defense - 7th. This used to be our strength under Norm. Now, we are very mediocre.
Rushing - 11th. Seriously? I thought this was Iowa? Big time OL. Lots of RB depth. A running team?
Passing - 7th. Jake's completion percentage is high; his yrds per attempt is like a jr. high qb.
Kick returns - 1st. Are you kidding me? Awesome news. Parker is the man.
Punt returns - 14th. This is embarrassing. Nothing but fair catches and watching punts roll.
3rd Down Conversions - 6th. Well, at least we are in the top half of the conference in something.
Red Zone Offense - 13th. A back breaking stat. Turned it over on downs 3 times inside the 20.
Red Zone Defense - 9th. Opponents have been inside the 20 17 times and scored 15.
All in all, it is not just the QB that is dragging this team down. While I'm sure having a 2 yrd pass offense doesn't do the running game any favors, the defense isn't tackling and we are not scoring in the redzone at all.
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