It's because we played tight. CJ was off the whole game. It looked like he was hurt from the ISU game. Wadley likewise. Our DT just aren't run-staffers. They do well enough in the pass rush, but aren't nasty enough on run plsys.
The snaps from the center were incorrect, not just the one where CJ fell on it, and the line was just letting guys bull through the middle without touching them in the second half.Losing Daniels at C weakens the O-Line terribly. LeGrand was missing calls all day. I remember one of CJ's sacks, he and the guards had no one lined up in front of them, and they let a blitzing linebacker run right past each other into an empty backfield , like both of them expected someone else to pick it up.
On the long 8 minute Bison drive, Iowa barely subbed anyone in.
This all shows a lack of depth at a couple critical positions, which really falls on recruiting. This staff really needs to do assessment after spring ball and bring in some Juco guys when they are thin at a position. They'll never do it though. KF thinks he can coach up everyone. Which, even if he's mostly correct, is not possible because nobody is perfect.
I'm not really mad - last year I expected 7 - 5 with a bowl loss, and I was pleasantly surprised. This year, my expectations were 10 -2 / 11 -1 because of who Iowa had coming back, and our schedule. However, after this game, I'm back to expecting 7 - 5 and a bowl loss. Which is where the program is really at talent-wise. Last year was a blip, and we will never see anything like it again.
The staff isn't going to change. The team isn't going to take the next step. Iowa football will forever be stuck in 1985.
The snaps from the center were incorrect, not just the one where CJ fell on it, and the line was just letting guys bull through the middle without touching them in the second half.Losing Daniels at C weakens the O-Line terribly. LeGrand was missing calls all day. I remember one of CJ's sacks, he and the guards had no one lined up in front of them, and they let a blitzing linebacker run right past each other into an empty backfield , like both of them expected someone else to pick it up.
On the long 8 minute Bison drive, Iowa barely subbed anyone in.
This all shows a lack of depth at a couple critical positions, which really falls on recruiting. This staff really needs to do assessment after spring ball and bring in some Juco guys when they are thin at a position. They'll never do it though. KF thinks he can coach up everyone. Which, even if he's mostly correct, is not possible because nobody is perfect.
I'm not really mad - last year I expected 7 - 5 with a bowl loss, and I was pleasantly surprised. This year, my expectations were 10 -2 / 11 -1 because of who Iowa had coming back, and our schedule. However, after this game, I'm back to expecting 7 - 5 and a bowl loss. Which is where the program is really at talent-wise. Last year was a blip, and we will never see anything like it again.
The staff isn't going to change. The team isn't going to take the next step. Iowa football will forever be stuck in 1985.
