Who needs offense
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JoeyLabasForPresident
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Will have to rewatch, only saw maybe 30% with this wedding. Was it as ugly as what I saw? How bad is the Clifford injury? Moss?
Kirk on the postgame said PSU blitzed at least 40% of the time, just shooting guys into gaps, so that is hard for any offensive line. Penn Sts' defense is really good and for our offense to earn 20 of the 23 points is pretty good.
I do not think the hawks will play as good of defense in the remaining 6 games as tonite, maybe Wisky and nebby is looking pretty good.
I do not think the hawks will play as good of defense in the remaining 6 games as tonite, maybe Wisky and nebby is looking pretty good.
Both teams struggled against the wind. I think Iowa scored 20 of their points with the wind and only scored that FG early because they started at the PSU 8. psu blitzed a lot to stop the run, mess things up and to pressure petras so our OLine was off and on.
dahlhawk
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Some of the play calling by Brian was just brutal. The D gave the offense great position all second half and Iowa kept shooting themselves in the foot. BUT, Spencer made the big pass when he had to, but that last series before the half and the one with two minutes left were complete head scratchers. Kirk would rather give the ball back to PSU than let his son try to get a first down to ice the game. Kirk doesn't even trust him.
Or Petra's for that matter
clifford looked like ribs - just a clean shot.
Moss was an odd one - just sort of jogging and jumped and went down - those non-contact ones scare me - but I haven't heard any news
dahlhawk
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I'm not even blaming Petras for the play calling. I guess all the RB dives up the middle were to set up the game winning Play action pass. Brian is sneaky that way. PSU has a great D but it seems like they must have been in our huddle all night. They executed our plays like they called them. My favorite was the designed QB run with a slow QB on a gimpy leg. A thing of Beauty.
thedukeofearl
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HawkeyeWalker
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My main issue is the play calling today was when we were 1st and goal twice from the 10. We get too cute and lose yards. That's where the lack of a power running game show most.
We lost yards on either 1st or 2nd down both times.
There's about 7-8 times a game that BF just outthinks himself.
HawkeyeDenis
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If Iowa had an offense the score would have been 40 to 14.
Knight78
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On a different note, CryFan is losing its mind over how they are so much better and how Iowa is maybe a top 15 team and how Iowa is the luckiest team ever.
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Iowa vs Penn State
Penn State commits 2 turnovers already, but leads 14-3 in the 1st quarter. Iowa had 19 yards total offense going into this possession. Iowa is not built for coming from behind, so they're gonna be in major trouble if Penn State adds another score. Iowa is getting exposed.
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Luftgekuehlt67
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I think some of you are a bit too pessimistic about Iowa's offense. This is, by far, the best D we have seen or will see for the rest of the season. If we had the type of offense that could put up 40 on these guys, we'd be Bama (yeah, I know Bama lost tonight, but you take my point).
Going out and imposing your will on a top flight D, while it happens, is just not a reasonable expectation for the overwhelming majority of programs.
The weather is going to start getting cruddier so that always slows things down, but I could imagine us hanging 40+ another couple times before the year is done.
Also, after a really shaky start, Petras was 16/22 for 181 yards and 2 TDs through the final 3 quarters. And this against a very good defense with a WR corps that might charitably be called "scrappy". Some will just never see it this way, but we could do so much worse.
Going out and imposing your will on a top flight D, while it happens, is just not a reasonable expectation for the overwhelming majority of programs.
The weather is going to start getting cruddier so that always slows things down, but I could imagine us hanging 40+ another couple times before the year is done.
Also, after a really shaky start, Petras was 16/22 for 181 yards and 2 TDs through the final 3 quarters. And this against a very good defense with a WR corps that might charitably be called "scrappy". Some will just never see it this way, but we could do so much worse.
pythagoras
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99% of the posts in that thread are from fans who have no clue how football is properly playedOn a different note, CryFan is losing its mind over how they are so much better and how Iowa is maybe a top 15 team and how Iowa is the luckiest team ever.
Iowa vs Penn State
Penn State commits 2 turnovers already, but leads 14-3 in the 1st quarter. Iowa had 19 yards total offense going into this possession. Iowa is not built for coming from behind, so they're gonna be in major trouble if Penn State adds another score. Iowa is getting exposed.
HawkeyeDenis
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On the plus side. Iowa's offense scored 23 points against an elite defense. They are still not good. But they did enough.
NorthKCHawk
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Most folks here hold CJ Beatherd in high regard as an Iowa QB and indeed he is sticking in the league.
In the Big10 Championship game against MSU the offense, with the exception of 1 big play, was just as brutal as it was last night. We saw a legit defense with dudes that will be playing on Sundays. That defense is just as good as ours. So, while I was just as frustrated as everyone with some of the playcalling and execution, let's have some perspective. That was a Top 5 team and they win with their defense too.
Our offense and QB should learn from this game and keep getting better.
In the Big10 Championship game against MSU the offense, with the exception of 1 big play, was just as brutal as it was last night. We saw a legit defense with dudes that will be playing on Sundays. That defense is just as good as ours. So, while I was just as frustrated as everyone with some of the playcalling and execution, let's have some perspective. That was a Top 5 team and they win with their defense too.
Our offense and QB should learn from this game and keep getting better.
NorthKCHawk
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Taking a knee on that last drive was pretty questionable. But, KF knew that kid was not going to drive 50 yards in 35 seconds with no time outs. I guess he decided that a fumble at midfield was a greater risk. He is the coach of the #2 team in the nation!!
