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CP87 said:
Iowa has been blitzing a lot more than usual (and pretty effectively) since the 2nd half of the Michigan game. As fans, we often think blitzing is just a 100%, sure thing, solution to all that woes a defense. But it does carry risk as well, which we can see here.
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That's because IA offense hasn't successfully picked up either a run or pass blitz in 4 years. (This is just slight hyperbole).
 
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CP87 said:
Moss looks like he is squatting, thinking it is C2 (or quarter-quarter-half). But the rest of the secondary looks like C3 (Schulte and DeJean are dropping to deep 1/3s).

They were bringing simulated pressure, blitzing Benson but dropping Evans (Evans was supposed to be underneath the crossing route, but he looked a little clunky in space, as you would expect of a DE dropping into coverage).

Iowa has been blitzing a lot more than usual (and pretty effectively) since the 2nd half of the Michigan game. As fans, we often think blitzing is just a 100%, sure thing, solution to all that woes a defense. But it does carry risk as well, which we can see here. Even though they only brought 4 and dropped a DE, in retrospect probably would have been better off playing it straight up here. Oh well, can't win them all, and I trust Parker's decisions to roll the dice above any other D coordinator in the country.
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There was a better angle that showed Moss freeze to cover the tight end who was breaking free. From that angle you can still see it, it's at the 3 second mark. I might have been wrong on that being a first down as the tightend still had a ways to go in order to reach the line of the gain. But either way Moss should have stuck with the deep route, the safety was cheating over to help with the other 2 receivers on the other side of the field so when Moss hesitated it left that deep receiver wide open.
 
ssckelley said:
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There was a better angle that showed Moss freeze to cover the tight end who was breaking free. From that angle you can still see it, it's at the 3 second mark. I might have been wrong on that being a first down as the tightend still had a ways to go in order to reach the line of the gain. But either way Moss should have stuck with the deep route, the safety was cheating over to help with the other 2 receivers on the other side of the field so when Moss hesitated it left that deep receiver wide open.
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Yeah, if it is C3, he definitely should have run with the deep receiver. But he is not really playing it like C3, even from the start. He pushes the WR inside, and then he is settling into the flats like he is playing C2. And if it was C2 to that side, it would explain why Evans was setting up in the hook zone, instead of buzzing to the flats as he would do in C3.

Weird all around...looks like some wires got crossed.
 
CP87 said:
Hawkeyegamefilm said it looked like everyone else was in C3, and either Moss didn't get the memo, or perhaps he just got caught gambling, thinking Mertz was going to the crosser. Impossible to know for sure without knowing the call, of course.

Weird how we tend to make mistakes against Wisconsin that we generally don't make against anyone else. In this case, Wisconsin made even more, so we come out on top. This defense is so much fun to watch, but it has to be a nightmare to play against.
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The other side of the nightmare is our offense.
 
kicker22 said:
The other side of the nightmare is our offense.
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SCHawkeye2 said:
The Iowa defense scored 7.
Iowa defense and special teams gave the offense the ball inside the WI red zone twice.
Our TD drives were 17 and 18 yds.
Our FG was the longest drive at 27 yds, but it took a comical 11 plays to cover 27 yds.
We scored 24 pts with 62 yds of offense because of the incredible field position provided by our outstanding defense and ST.
How would our offense have done on it's own?
Outside of the scoring plays above, Iowa had 12 possessions which totaled 48 net yds of offense, for an average per 4 yds per possession.
I would argue that without our defense and ST heroics, Iowa does not score in the WI game.
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How would the offense have done it on their own? That never happens, of course.
 
The O line vs WI. Simple. They had one short week to learn how to block a defense unique to WI. And, WI is no slouch on D. And, our O line is inexperienced to begin with. = Disaster.
Our O line is made up of big, strong guys who are in top physical condition. They are not timid. How the hell can we draw any conclusions about their talent potential?
 
HuckFinn said:
The O line vs WI. Simple. They had one short week to learn how to block a defense unique to WI. And, WI is no slouch on D. And, our O line is inexperienced to begin with. = Disaster.
Our O line is made up of big, strong guys who are in top physical condition. They are not timid. How the hell can we draw any conclusions about their talent potential?
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10 games into the season and you cant draw any conclusions about the talent and execution of our OL?
Have you watched any of the games?
 
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trj said:
This specific game was about Wisky's 3-4 defense and Iowa's refusal to attack it differently. Overall, big picture, I have no idea if the last 2 weeks was the peak for this o-line. I want to believe there is still growth, but I don't have a clue.

Communication amongst the 5 was terrible, Colby struggled, Plumb absolutely got worked by Herrig, as of now I will isolate this just to the Wisconsin game. Next week, I expect a better performance against Minnesota.
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This. Iowa has never solved that attacking Wisky 3-4 defense. It's maddening. A lot of (idiot) fans bitch and moan when Petras gets sacked after 1 second with a rusher going completely untouched. Hopefully this coming week is a bit different. It needs to be and will be the key to the game.
 
Northside Hawk said:
It's called Kirkball.

I've referenced it in probably three dozen threads. It's not pleasing to the eye, especially to Hayden enthusiasts,, but it allows you to steal games.

You will occasionally lose winnable games playing that style-just ask Fitzy who's done it to Kirk half a dozen times. But you will win more than you lose. Since 2008 Penn State Kirk has probably won 20-25 games with superior special teams and winning the turnover battle.
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what is maddening is there seems to be the assumption that good offense and good defense are mutually exclusive. Like you can only have one. Why not both. Why the F does KF not insist on having a good offense. You know you can take teams out of their game by going up by 2 or 3 scores. It can help recruiting by scoring more points, there are a lot of benefits to moving the ball more, scoring more points ..you can run the clock too! You don't run the clock by handing off 3 times and punting. slam head on wall.

So many think its one or the other...
 
NCHawker said:
what is maddening is there seems to be the assumption that good offense and good defense are mutually exclusive. Like you can only have one. Why not both. Why the F does KF not insist on having a good offense. You know you can take teams out of their game by going up by 2 or 3 scores. It can help recruiting by scoring more points, there are a lot of benefits to moving the ball more, scoring more points ..you can run the clock too! You don't run the clock by handing off 3 times and punting. slam head on wall.

So many think its one or the other...
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I was thinking about this on my bike ride in.

How many games has Iowa lost over the years because the offense couldn't get just one more score? Quite a few.

But then I thought, how many games have we won over the years almost solely because the offense hasn't made critical mistakes? I think that is also quite a few. Our last 3 opponents basically lost their games to us because they made mistakes they couldn't overcome. And even when our offense does almost NOTHING, we still win as long as we can capitalize on short-fields with points (and especially TDs).

I can live with a risk-averse offense, as long as it is also a competent risk-averse offense. We are missing the competent part this year, but we have 2 games left to prove ourselves!
 
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