Luftgekuehlt67
Well-Known Member
I don't have any specific agenda, just curious about the numbers and thought I might as well share.
Going off Football Outsiders defensive efficiency ratings through week 7 (so not counting this weekend's games).
(Team) - (defensive efficiency ranking) - (Iowa point output) - (TO margin)
Indiana - 32nd - 34 pts - Iowa +1
Iowa St - 19th - 27 pts - Iowa +4
Kent St - 123rd - 30 pts - Even
Colo St - 29th - 24 pts - Even
Maryland - 102nd - 51 pts - Iowa +7
Penn St - 6th - 23 pts - Iowa +3
Purdue - 20th - 7 pts - Purdue +3
Wisconsin - 2nd - 7 pts - Wisconsin +3
Northwestern - 63rd
Minnesota - 39th
Illinois - 60th
Nebraska - 21st
Not sure what, if anything, can be gleaned from this - I was just curious to see what kind of picture it painted.
The optimist in me would like to see a 3 game win streak against 3 maybe not so great defenses and then hope Nebraska has quit on Frost
Our offense has obviously got major problems - most notably the OL which, unfortunately, probably just needs time to improve. Not a lot we can do other than hope things start to click.
Safe money would be on knock down drag outs the rest of the way out, but 10 wins is definitely still on the table, I think. I think our D is still very, very good, we can hopefully give these remaining 4 the ol' takeaway treatment. That puts our offense in the position of just needing to (a) take care of the ball and (b) give us just a minimum level of production and the Ws could come in a flurry down the stretch here.
Deserved or not, it could also put the West back on the table, but we're obviously in a position now of needing a bit of luck for that to happen.
All is not lost. I'm not quite as pessimistic as some of you as far as this staff making adjustments, I'm still hopeful of finding some wrinkles.
I'm also entertaining the possibility - maybe foolishly - of there being perhaps a bit of a hangover going into that Purdue game and then having to go on the road to face what is possibly the 2nd best defense in the country making things look a bit worse than they really are.
If this season was CFP or bust for you, then yeah - probably time to have a trusted loved one hide your shoestrings and belts from you. But, if you came into the season hoping to be in the conversation for the West, I think there is some very meaningful football still ahead as things stand today.
Going off Football Outsiders defensive efficiency ratings through week 7 (so not counting this weekend's games).
(Team) - (defensive efficiency ranking) - (Iowa point output) - (TO margin)
Indiana - 32nd - 34 pts - Iowa +1
Iowa St - 19th - 27 pts - Iowa +4
Kent St - 123rd - 30 pts - Even
Colo St - 29th - 24 pts - Even
Maryland - 102nd - 51 pts - Iowa +7
Penn St - 6th - 23 pts - Iowa +3
Purdue - 20th - 7 pts - Purdue +3
Wisconsin - 2nd - 7 pts - Wisconsin +3
Northwestern - 63rd
Minnesota - 39th
Illinois - 60th
Nebraska - 21st
Not sure what, if anything, can be gleaned from this - I was just curious to see what kind of picture it painted.
The optimist in me would like to see a 3 game win streak against 3 maybe not so great defenses and then hope Nebraska has quit on Frost
Our offense has obviously got major problems - most notably the OL which, unfortunately, probably just needs time to improve. Not a lot we can do other than hope things start to click.
Safe money would be on knock down drag outs the rest of the way out, but 10 wins is definitely still on the table, I think. I think our D is still very, very good, we can hopefully give these remaining 4 the ol' takeaway treatment. That puts our offense in the position of just needing to (a) take care of the ball and (b) give us just a minimum level of production and the Ws could come in a flurry down the stretch here.
Deserved or not, it could also put the West back on the table, but we're obviously in a position now of needing a bit of luck for that to happen.
All is not lost. I'm not quite as pessimistic as some of you as far as this staff making adjustments, I'm still hopeful of finding some wrinkles.
I'm also entertaining the possibility - maybe foolishly - of there being perhaps a bit of a hangover going into that Purdue game and then having to go on the road to face what is possibly the 2nd best defense in the country making things look a bit worse than they really are.
If this season was CFP or bust for you, then yeah - probably time to have a trusted loved one hide your shoestrings and belts from you. But, if you came into the season hoping to be in the conversation for the West, I think there is some very meaningful football still ahead as things stand today.