TCU scoring tons of points today
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TheIowaHawkGuy
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Found it interesting that this morning Kirk Herbsreit talked about how Patterson had kept the same philosophy all these years, leaning on his defense but after they went 4-8 last year he hired Doug Meachman at OC and changed TCU's offensive identity to more uptempo and spreading the field. Gave Patterson credit to doing that and changing with college football while "some coaches are to stubborn and afraid to change what they believe in." Was a shot at Ferentz.
While guys like Patterson, Meyer, and Dantonio make it personal. Kirk would rather make it personable.
While guys like Patterson, Meyer, and Dantonio make it personal. Kirk would rather make it personable.
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NCHawker
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He may have been thinking of Iowa when he said that but honestly Iowa is way off the radar so I doubt it. I don't care so much about spread vs pro style. Ferentz builds his style around the kind of kids he can recruit at Iowa. I duno. He's the only guy in the midwest who says that. Maybe that is a good idea. All I know is the disjointed patchwork of an offensive scheme they have had since 2012 isn't delivering.
thejumper5
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Wisconsin put 84 on Minnesota not too long ago, so. . .
MisterLucky
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We were on Herbstreit's radar earlier in the year when he was predicting that the Hawks were set up to have a great year. Sadly, he has been forced to back away from this prediction.
HawkeyeMike23
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Looks like Kool Kliff Kingsbury may not be quite the savior that Texas Tech fans made him out to be last year.
PhoenixHawk
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Look, Ferentz absolutely changed his offense when he went to GD. He dropped the pro-style, run first, playaction passing game to strecth the field, to the short, horizontal passing game. No one can watch a tape of a KOK game and then watch a GD game and not see two totally different styles in action.
So yeah, KF changed his O. Only he changed it to the wrong thing.
So yeah, KF changed his O. Only he changed it to the wrong thing.
ArvadaHawk
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Actually, what KF did was brought in an OC and forced him to changed his offense to something more conservative, so that KF could manage the clock. We've got talented and speedy receivers up and down the roster, but KMM has more catches at targets than T. Smith. Derek Willies rarely sees the field and Powell is a situational player. Really?! Whatever, KF has proven that he isn't capable of playing wide open offense. As we know, higher level skill players shun Iowa because we play some boring *ss, ball control, plodding offense. Why have we only run 3 (to my count ) jet sweeps with Parker? The worst gain I can recall is 4 or 5 yards. The other two were for a touchdown and I believe 20 yard gain.
trj
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Yeah, Ryan Gosling's DC had a little drug problem and stepped down and the guy who replaced him seems to be having issues.
PhoenixHawk
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Sorry, nice try, but Greg Davis at Iowa is exactly the same as Greg Davis at Texas, only without Vince Young or 5* receivers that can juke a corner out of their socks. Same complaints from the fans as well. Look familiar?
NCHawker
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When the team goes 3 and out half to three quarters of their possessions (6 to 9 times) its pretty hard to get the ball to a lot of guys much less get guys on the field.
The problems are everywhere. We're just so used to seeing a flash here and there that we think this team has something. We're just desperate in our hope I think.
ArvadaHawk
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You could be right about the desperate part. Going back to another poster, if you look at the route trees, yes they have a horizontal bend to them. But they also have vertical depth to them. The route trees are designed to look downfield first, then come back underneath. The route trees make it easy for the QB to view options 1, 2 and 3 with minimal head movement or body adjustments. Our problem is that we start a QB that operates in reverse. He looks for the dump downs as his primary. Go back and watch CJ vs Pit and PU. He was throwing downfield to guys that were open.
