The Classic Trap Game - Northern Iowa Panthers

[cincyhawk]

UNI lost to FCS unranked Montana in their first game. We are significantly better than UNI. We should win by 20+ easily.

When your maximum possible scoring output is 21 points against anybody, anybody can beat you.

 

[guffus]

When your maximum possible scoring output is 21 points against anybody, anybody can beat you.

Remind me again how many points Iowa scored against NIU?

 

[cincyhawk]

Remind me again how many points Iowa scored against NIU?

33. I was being a bit hyperbolic, but when you don't score many points, you are in danger of fluke mistakes coming back to bite you.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

cliche topic.

 

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

What if their loss to Montana was because it was a trap game for them? It makes us overlook them as a trap game because they got trapped, but really it just allows them to set their trap against us by being trapped themselves....

 

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

33. I was being a bit hyperbolic, but when you don't score many points, you are in danger of fluke mistakes coming back to bite you.

That's the entire idea behind the way Iowa plays the game. You don't make fluke mistakes. You try to give the defense time to rest and limit turnovers. You try to make positive turnovers on defense. This allows Iowa tobe competitive where they probably shouldn't and stops them from dominating where they probably should. We are rehashing the last 15 years of Kirk Ferentz theory.

 

[cincyhawk]

That's the entire idea behind the way Iowa plays the game. You don't make fluke mistakes. You try to give the defense time to rest and limit turnovers. You try to make positive turnovers on defense. This allows Iowa tobe competitive where they probably shouldn't and stops them from dominating where they probably should. We are rehashing the last 15 years of Kirk Ferentz theory.

They are competitive where they "shouldn't" be because of NFL talent on defense that other teams missed, and because there Parkers are smart defensive coaches that know very few QBs can matriculate the ball down the field and play the percentages.

 

[westender]

If it were a hot 11am kickoff with a flat crowd maybe, but a night game for this is better environment. If we have to play UNI it should be a night game.

 

[JoeyLabasForPresident]

They are competitive where they "shouldn't" be because of NFL talent on defense that other teams missed, and because there Parkers are smart defensive coaches that know very few QBs can matriculate the ball down the field and play the percentages.

Yes, that is true in addition to what I said, though if that were the primary factor then they wouldn’t also drop a number of games that they shouldn’t.

 

[BlindDogScooter]

What if their loss to Montana was because it was a trap game for them? It makes us overlook them as a trap game because they got trapped, but really it just allows them to set their trap against us by being trapped themselves....

'Round here that right there is what we call a...

 

[HawkGold]

Trap game implies a secent but oumanned opponent. This is not NDSU

Not a trap game. Loss here is a totally stupid loss.