The 'Iowa Can't Stop the Spread Offense' Myth

[okeefe4prez]

With northwestern, the OFFENSE is the problem, not the defense. There is absolutely no reason we shouldn't have scored 30+ each of those games. The problem is we have kept northwestern in every game by our conservative offense , and it has bit us in the butt! We have dominated a number of those games and could have been ahead 2 or 3 touchdowns very easily. Unfortuneately, we seem to always have at least 1 quarter when they outscore us by 10-14, and that is the difference in the game.

Were you at the game last year, chief? No one was going anywhere into that wind. NU put together one drive into it (thanks to our terrible defense), but other than that, no one did anything heading into the wind.

 

[Cover3]

But you also can't have it both ways... you have a team like Iowa that traditionally has a significant drop between its 1st and 2nd stringers on the depth chart, time of possession starts to really matter, and sometimes you have to take the gamble that on 3rd and 5 at midfield, that you may give up a 25 yard gain to increase your chance to end the drive right there.

+1. It's a little mystifying how our offensive point production hit a wall against NW and IU. What is our O's average starting field position against spread teams? Our scoring defense figures are good, but we NEVER flip the field against those guys and it is VERY HARD to put together 70-80 yard scoring drives.

 

[Koolaid]

2010
Eastern Illinois 7 points 0 vs starters
Iowa State 7 points ...0 vs starters
Arizona: 20 points (they scored 14 more off pick six and kickoff return for TD)
Ball State: 0
Michigan: 28 (4 below their per game average for year)
Indiana: 13
NW: 21
Minnesota: 27
Missouri: 24

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Just for fun lets take out the JR. High teams -- Ball State - Eastern Ill - and Ia State

That leaves
Arizona: 20
Michigan: 28
Indiana: 13
NW: 21
Minnesota: 27
Mizzu 24

22.1 PPG

Lets look at the other 4 games--

Penn State - 3
Wisconsin - 31
Michigan State - 6
Ohio State - 20

That is 15 PPG or 7.1 PPG Less

 

[Billso]

Enough with these so-called "facts".

The consensus is that Iowa can't stop the spread offense. Anyone who disagrees is a denier.