**** OFFICIAL IOWA - MINNESOTA GAME THREAD ****

[M1911A1Hawkeye]

Noooooooo

 

[DBAHawkFan]

Jake's arm isn't strong for that throw.......

 

[hawkinn3]

I do appreciate how much space they are giving our WRs.

 

[Sparky]

Jake needs to stop staring down his receivers. He does it every pass.

 

[hawkinn3]

Wow , terrible throw Jake. Terrible

 

[DBAHawkFan]

So far this looks to be a much improved MN team than years past. Very fast and aggressive on both sides.

 

[biasedHAWKEYE]

Arm strength rears its ugly head.

 

[DDStretch]

Hawkeyes' inadequacies were magnified on that drive. On that 2nd down with 3:40 left, huge hole on the left side of the line and we can't get through it to the second level. Long pass down field and Jake doesn't have the arm strength to get it there.

 

[teachercoach]

Weak throw

From on the field - wind totally knocked that ball down... it's brutal down here!
Arm strength didn't matter there

 

[biasedHAWKEYE]

Hopefully Rudock can bounce back because Iowa needs QB to stretch the field today. Also need to run a shiftier back...line opened some lanes last drive.

 

[trj]

checkdown, checkdown, and more checkdown....we all know what is coming unless a receiver is wide open this is what we are going to start to get

 

[dekhawks]

Terrible pass

 

[MWS604]

Time for some Akrum Wadley.

Agreed, especially since #45 is going down on initial contact

 

[brhawks18]

Jake's arm isn't strong for that throw.......

That's right. His arm is weak and he cannot make this throw into a 20 to 25 MPH wind. You'd think Davis would know this by now. Nothing has changed. He's still a horrible coach.

As for defense, it appears we are seeing the Iowa D that played in the Maryland game.

 

[linus19]

Nice defensive stand after the turnover.

 

[biasedHAWKEYE]

Whew.

 

[dekhawks]

Good job D lets see #25

 

[DBAHawkFan]

That's right. His arm is weak and he cannot make this throw into a 20 to 25 MPH wind. You'd think Davis would know this by now. Nothing has changed. He's still a horrible coach.

As for defense, it appears we are seeing the Iowa D that played in the Maryland game.

The wind is an issue, but Jake has to do better at releasing the ball sooner. With a quicker release, you can negate some of the arm strength issues. But he has to trust his WR will be at the spot....Jake waits till they are open.

 

[1hawkeye1]

From on the field - wind totally knocked that ball down... it's brutal down here!
Arm strength didn't matter there

You're on the field???????!!!!!!!

 

[biasedHAWKEYE]

Happy with that play even though it was broken. Iowa needs to run and fake the sweep a lot more than it does to make it more effectively.