This. Field position yards should be a stat but they are hard to assign and quantify. But if you watch the game, much like ours yesterday, you know they are MASSIVE in determining field position. Conservatively Iowa had a 150 yard advantage over us, if not 200, 2 years ago. It was "there" but wasn't in the box score.
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This. Field position yards should be a stat but they are hard to assign and quantify. But if you watch the game, much like ours yesterday, you know they are MASSIVE in determining field position. Conservatively Iowa had a 150 yard advantage over us, if not 200, 2 years ago. It was "there" but wasn't in the box score.
I just added up punt return yards in another thread. We have 60 this year and 87 all year last year. Iowa had 300 last year for comparison and I don’t even think they were elite with it.
It's hard to peg this game, as it always is. Having competent special teams would wipe out a huge, multi-year advantage Iowa always had in this dept. Our defense looks great but our O-line is suspect and you figure Iowa will take advantage of that even more than UNI did up front.
For Iowa to win I think its imperative for them to be aggressive and pressure Becht into early throws. Make Scheelhaase show he knows how to protect his QB and implement quick throws to beat Iowa's pressure. If they can get up early it will put a lot of pressure on Becht and mistakes will likely be more numerous. On the other side I would target misdirection aimed at our LBs, taking advantage of our youth there.
For us to win Becht will need to show the same poise he showed yesterday and Nate will need to get a little bit more creative offensively. Utilize some misdirection, rollouts (Becht looked REALLY good throwing on the run), and varied protection schemes to keep Iowa from constant pressure. Quit wasting downs on screens and try to exploit the seam a little more. I also hope we take our shots downfield and as I think it will keep Iowa's defense honest. Special teams needs to show up as that's a HUGE swing and game changer.
I think the score will be in the 20-17 range as both sides will struggle to rack up points offensively but both sides have a big play that either results in a TD (directly) or an easy TD on an ensuing possession/play.
For Iowa to win I think its imperative for them to be aggressive and pressure Becht into early throws. Make Scheelhaase show he knows how to protect his QB and implement quick throws to beat Iowa's pressure. If they can get up early it will put a lot of pressure on Becht and mistakes will likely be more numerous. On the other side I would target misdirection aimed at our LBs, taking advantage of our youth there.
For us to win Becht will need to show the same poise he showed yesterday and Nate will need to get a little bit more creative offensively. Utilize some misdirection, rollouts (Becht looked REALLY good throwing on the run), and varied protection schemes to keep Iowa from constant pressure. Quit wasting downs on screens and try to exploit the seam a little more. I also hope we take our shots downfield and as I think it will keep Iowa's defense honest. Special teams needs to show up as that's a HUGE swing and game changer.
I think the score will be in the 20-17 range as both sides will struggle to rack up points offensively but both sides have a big play that either results in a TD (directly) or an easy TD on an ensuing possession/play.
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Reminds me of the yodeling mountain climber on The Price is Right
hmm, I disagree here. We had momentum and the crowd really into it when the first weather delay hit. We had them a little off balance. So the delay hurt the momentum and gave Iowa a chance to regroup. My son, who was in the student section, said it was long day, a lot of the students started partying at 6 am, they did not have a lot of juice and were not as enthusiastic in the 4rth Q.
I figured it was the new scoreboard was too distracting. That was a great Hawkeye excuse.
That didn't cause Purdy's fumble or the players colliding late.
It was on ISU to suck it up and they didn't.
I went over to the squawk board to see what they had to say about the CySquawk game this week. Someone thought that they could end up with 5 loses, and then someone stated it would be hard to lose 5 games to the teams on this schedule. So, I looked up their schedule, it is easier than I thought. Hard game at PSU, but that should not hurt them in the pillow soft west fight, a trip to Wisconsin will determine everything, and then its complete crap. MSU might be a decent game, Illinois struggles yesterday with a MAC team, Purdue, NW and Nebraska lost, and they get Rutgers at home. ISU would win 9 games with that schedule and we are a young team.
| Sat, Sep 9 | @ Iowa State | 2:30 PM | FOX | Tickets as low as $128 |
| Sat, Sep 16 | vs Western Michigan | 2:30 PM | BTN | Tickets as low as $40 |
| Sat, Sep 23 | @ 7 Penn State | 6:30 PM | CBS | Tickets as low as $206 |
| Sat, Sep 30 | vs Michigan State | TBD | Tickets as low as $86 | |
| Sat, Oct 7 | vs Purdue | TBD | Tickets as low as $93 | |
| Sat, Oct 14 | @ 19 Wisconsin | TBD | Tickets as low as $110 | |
| Sat, Oct 21 | vs Minnesota | TBD | Tickets as low as $82 | |
| Sat, Nov 4 | vs Northwestern * | TBD | Tickets as low as $106 | |
| Sat, Nov 11 | vs Rutgers | TBD | Tickets as low as $34 | |
| Sat, Nov 18 | vs Illinois | TBD | Tickets as low as $43 | |
| Fri, Nov 24 | @ Nebraska | 11:00 AM | CBS |
I guess we’ll have to wait and see how it plays out. The B12 doesn’t look as daunting after week 1.I went over to the squawk board to see what they had to say about the CySquawk game this week. Someone thought that they could end up with 5 loses, and then someone stated it would be hard to lose 5 games to the teams on this schedule. So, I looked up their schedule, it is easier than I thought. Hard game at PSU, but that should not hurt them in the pillow soft west fight, a trip to Wisconsin will determine everything, and then its complete crap. MSU might be a decent game, Illinois struggles yesterday with a MAC team, Purdue, NW and Nebraska lost, and they get Rutgers at home. ISU would win 9 games with that schedule and we are a young team.
Sat, Sep 9 @ 2:30 PM FOX Tickets as low as $128 Sat, Sep 16 vs 2:30 PM BTN Tickets as low as $40 Sat, Sep 23 @ 6:30 PM CBS Tickets as low as $206 Sat, Sep 30 vs TBD Tickets as low as $86 Sat, Oct 7 vs TBD Tickets as low as $93 Sat, Oct 14 @ TBD Tickets as low as $110 Sat, Oct 21 vs TBD Tickets as low as $82 Sat, Nov 4 vs TBD Tickets as low as $106 Sat, Nov 11 vs TBD Tickets as low as $34 Sat, Nov 18 vs TBD Tickets as low as $43 Fri, Nov 24 @ 11:00 AM CBS
I mean, ISU basically brought everyone who was noteworthy back in ‘21 and got embarrassed at JTS.
That’s the mystery of that whole season, Iowa was just another game in that question.
If ISU's remotely decent they should get 7-8 wins on their schedule.
The NW game is being played at Wrigley Field, not like its going to matter after watching them today. They might be the worst P5 team in football.
After comparing the EIU schedule to the ISU schedule I would say EIU has two decent teams left to play PSU and Wisconsin, While ISU has Oklahoma, Texas, KSU, Cincinnati and Kansas that are all better than anyone not named PSU on their schedule. I am leaving out the Cy/Squawk game.
I remember not feeling right when all those guys made the call to come back.