More Duzey Please

[gohawkz]

Looks like they were in a type of zone, so I don't think Lowdermilk screwed up on that play. He is in the hip pocket of his guy who is going deep. As is Lowery. The open receiver was Miller's man.

I agree with youl. I deleted the game from dvr so can't say for sure, but here's what gamefilm tweeted and I trust his football knowledge more than anyone here.

Hawkeye Gamefilm ‏@hawkeyegamefilm4h
Blown coverage there by Iowa. Miller stepped into box from single high & post ran thru vacated deep middle. Lowery & Lowdermilk chased #1

 

[hawkfan340]

I'm assuming they split the field into deep thirds (which is usually what Iowa does), which would give Lowdermilk the area between the hashes and Lowery to split the two guys on his side (like he failed to do effectively against NIU, but it can be done).

Maybe he did exactly what he was supposed to, but it's pretty believable that they both messed up.

I've now watched this play like 10 times. I still contend Lowdermilk covers the right guy, as does Lowery, and Miller should have been there.

Lowery's guy is running a few yards off the sideline. Lowdermilk's guy is on the left hash (from the D's frame of reference). By the time Brown catches the ball, he is right on the right hash.

I don't believe there is any way Lowery could have covered two guys, nor could have Lowdermilk covered the two receivers, with one on the left hash and one on the right hash. If Lowdermilk would have taken Brown, the play would likely still have been a TD b/c we only had 2 defenders covering 3 evenly spaced deep WRs.

The only way to cover it is to add another DB to the mix, which should have been Miller. He was about 10 yards off the LOS at the snap, but bit way hard on the fake.

 

[hawkfan340]

Also, Jake Duzey is fast.

 

[KCRC]

Also, Jake Duzey is fast.

So is Martin-Manley. They both were pulling away from OSU's "speed advantage" on that play. We have some guys with great straight line speed. We often lack change of direction quickness (i.e. football speed).

 

[tm3308]

So is Martin-Manley. They both were pulling away from OSU's "speed advantage" on that play. We have some guys with great straight line speed. We often lack change of direction quickness (i.e. football speed).

KMM is an underrated athlete. He's a lot like Hinkel was, in the sense that he almost always seems to get open, but you never can figure out how.

 

[HawkeyeWalker]

KMM is an underrated athlete. He's a lot like Hinkel was, in the sense that he almost always seems to get open, but you never can figure out how.

Hinkel was awesome. Miss having a receiver like that. Vandeberg has shown small glimpses of Eddie lite.

 

[judzeehawk]

Want a lot more of that Jake to Jake connection!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was AWESOME!!!!!!!!! Looking forward to the rest of the season.

 

[Foval21]

I'm assuming they split the field into deep thirds (which is usually what Iowa does), which would give Lowdermilk the area between the hashes and Lowery to split the two guys on his side (like he failed to do effectively against NIU, but it can be done).

Maybe he did exactly what he was supposed to, but it's pretty believable that they both messed up.

Typically iowa plays a cover 2. Which means they go double high safeties and each has half the field. It looks as if that is what they had and lowery goes deep because there were extra men on deep plays. Miller wasn't in his half as king was in a flat zone on miller's side showing cover 2.

iowa is mainly a cover 2 or cover 4 team that will drop to a cover 3 at times but if they go cover 3 the fs and cbs are the thirds with the ss being up...since lowdermilk is the ss he wouldn't typically be deep in the cover 3.

 

[tm3308]

Typically iowa plays a cover 2. Which means they go double high safeties and each has half the field. It looks as if that is what they had and lowery goes deep because there were extra men on deep plays. Miller wasn't in his half as king was in a flat zone on miller's side showing cover 2.

iowa is mainly a cover 2 or cover 4 team that will drop to a cover 3 at times but if they go cover 3 the fs and cbs are the thirds with the ss being up...since lowdermilk is the ss he wouldn't typically be deep in the cover 3.

Yeah, that's right. I do remember one of our former DB's saying that we play a lot more cover 3 than people realize, though. That's where I got that in my head.

 

[hawkfan2679]

Yeah, that's right. I do remember one of our former DB's saying that we play a lot more cover 3 than people realize, though. That's where I got that in my head.

More times than not this is our base look...at least it was during the Norm days. Except we played it a little differently...it's called different things by different coaches but the gist is that 2 of the deep DB's have deep quarters, with the 3rd DB having deep half. I haven't watched the play since the initial airing of the game, but with trips to the field, I would have assumed Miller would have had deep half, Lowdermilk deep quarter, and Lowery deep quarter (so to King's side it would have looked like C2 and to the other side it would have looked like 3). I don't remember if were playing any games with the LB's blitzing or not, which would change the coverage. I would have to look at the leverage of each of the DB's but upon seeing it on first glance, Miller appeared to be as out of position as possible on that play.

 

[Seth53]

The color commentator kept saying how Iowa shouldn't worry about trying to break a long one; nobody on Iowa can out-run the OSU secondary; iowa needs to keep passing to the "under coverage"...blah blah blah.

Duzey not only didn't get caught from behind, he had some separation. Not bad for 6' 4" and 245.

 

[judzeehawk]

The color commentator kept saying how Iowa shouldn't worry about trying to break a long one; nobody on Iowa can out-run the OSU secondary; iowa needs to keep passing to the "under coverage"...blah blah blah.

Duzey not only didn't get caught from behind, he had some separation. Not bad for 6' 4" and 245.

The commentator probably broke his jaw on the table after that one. I believe Powell could do the same thing so he didn't know jack squat about IOWA. He sure does now! GO HAWKS POUND THE KITTIE CATS!!!!!!