He had some nice plays and made some good throws. They were doing a pretty good job of picking us apart over the middle on quick, mid-range routes by Kolar and Milton. That's usually where we're vulnerable and kept the heat off of him from our DL.
The infamous holding call
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He had some nice plays and made some good throws. They were doing a pretty good job of picking us apart over the middle on quick, mid-range routes by Kolar and Milton. That's usually where we're vulnerable and kept the heat off of him from our DL.
Sometimes yeah. I think Iowa was very fortunate to win that game. Nothing wrong with that. I've been on the other side of it too and will again.
Getting the ball to the LOS is relevant. From the NCAA Rule Book:
Illegal Forward Pass
ARTICLE 2. A forward pass is illegal if:
a. It is thrown by a Team A player whose entire body is beyond the neutral zone when he releases the ball.
b. It is thrown by a Team B player.
c. It is thrown after team possession has changed during the down.
d. It is the second forward pass during the same down.
e. It is thrown from in or behind the neutral zone after a ball carrier’s entire body and the ball have been beyond the neutral zone.
PENALTY [a-e]—Five yards from the spot of the foul; also loss of down if by Team A before team possession changes during a scrimmage down (A.R. 3-4-3-IV and A.R. 7-3-2-II) [S35 and S9].
f. The passer to conserve time throws the ball directly to the ground (1) after the ball has already touched the ground; or (2) not immediately after controlling the ball.
g. The passer to conserve time throws the ball forward into an area where there is no eligible Team A receiver (A.R. 7-3-2-II-VII).
h. The passer to conserve yardage throws the ball forward into an area where there is no eligible Team A receiver (A.R. 7-3-2-I).
[Exception: It is not a foul if the passer is or has been outside the tackle box and throws the ball so that it crosses or lands beyond the neutral zone or neutral zone extended (Rule 2-19-3) (A.R. 7-3-2-VIII-X). This applies only to the player who controls the snap or the resulting backward pass and does not relinquish possession to another player before throwing the forward pass.]
PENALTY [f-h]—Loss of down at the spot of the foul [S36 and S9].
Moral of the story: You can be outside the tackle box and throw the ball away with no receiver in the area but the ball must be passed to or past the neutral zone.
Source: http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/FR19.pdf pp. 79-80
I am sure that all these Iowa fans saying that the only reason this year’s game was close was because of their injuries aren’t the same fans that were talking about how ISU only moved the on their first drive last year when ISU’s QB missed the majority of the second half....probably totally different people.
I was surprised that Ferentz didn't elect to go for the 4th and less than 1 on the 1st possession and took the FG. I wonder if he knew the weather was coming and thought it was going to be a real ****show. His tendency the last couple of years has been to go for it in that situation.
That was absolutely the right call there. Get points and subdue the crowd, if you get stuffed in that situation you get everybody really fired up. At home you go for it.
I was too. I was thinking that is perfect for a QB sneak there. Then the way Linderbaum pancaked Lima on a QB sneak later in the game only cemented that belief.
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I don't want to see us consistently scoring 17 points a game don't get me wrong, however I think if we score 29 points a game with our defense, that should win plenty of games. In the past two games we've played though, we've probably left at least 10 points off the board due to our own mistakes.
Go to 16:20 in this video. He get knocked on his back about five yards deep in the end zone. Linderbaum has a huge upside.
Yeah that's not a pancake block that's a guy that got double teamed at the one yard line. Lima didn't even fall until the player had scored and Linderbaum wasn't even the one who caused Lima to fall. It was just a great up front push by the entire offensive line of Iowa.
I think you have the best defense in your conference and it will serve you well but there will be several more games where leaving that many points on the table will get you beat.
I completely agree with you that if we don't figure out our offense between our opponent's 40 yard line and 25 yard line, we will have trouble down the road. I would be very concerned if we were having trouble moving the ball but it seems to only be coming in that specific area of the field.