Dink and dunk crap

[cyrocksmypants]

Because for the 17 years Ferentz has been at Iowa, this has been the textbook way to beat them based on how their defense is set up?

But when Iowa can stop your run game with three or four lineman, it doesn't give much in the middle to open up for it.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

It's hard to watch K State re-load year after year. They wore down an inferior opponent again today. Every year they plug in a QB and thrive because old man Snyder knows what he's doing. You can recruit and develop O Line at ISU if you know what you are doing. Sad that we don't even go two deep in year 7.

Rhoads was handed some good maulers on the Oline from Chiz and DMac. They were not utilized correctly, but man they sure his CPR's ineptness.

 

[Cyrealist]

I would like to think the offensive woes is just isolated to the QB. If that was the case then the solution would be pretty simple.

An effective quarterback could make a huge difference. The rest of the team would start playing with more confidence. It would open up the running game, although we might need an actual running back for that. I thought the second half of the season last year that Richardson was getting rid of the ball much better, but we were just short of people who could catch it. This year, we have good receivers and he's back to holding the ball all day. And, we always seem to be throwing the ball 30 yards in the air to gain 5 on sideline patterns. I figured we were due to lose one to Iowa but it's frustrating that we fell apart so badly in the second half.

 

[Cyrealist]

This is everything. When you can't even threaten to be good at running the ball you better have an amazingly talented QB back there running the show at this level or an amazing system. Why we didn't hurry hurry hurry all day and just run the Okie State passing gameplan I do not know.

We never seem to develop any tempo or rhythm.

 

[kingcy]

Running the dink and dunk is fine, if you get the ball out fast and can block after the catch in made. This team fails to do either well.

 

[kentkel]

This timing, dunk and dink offense is high risk, high reward. When it works it is great, but the probability of high execution rates at ISU is low in this type of finesse offense. CPRs first mistake was choosing such an offense that marginalizes the OL run blocking

You are right. For ISU this offense is "high risk, NO REWARD!"

 

[madguy30]

Say what you want but we won't have to worry about a bowl game until Sam Richardson is no longer the quarterback. He just does not see the field well enough to find the receivers and cannot make the decision to run if and when nobody was open. I don't care about the stats, he just looks indecisive most of the time.

How many decisions can he make when no one's open, and there's pressure at the snap from a 3 man front? In shotgun?

...and who takes over for SR to be better in that situation?

 

[Gunnerclone]

How many decisions can he make when no one's open, and there's pressure at the snap from a 3 man front? In shotgun?

...and who takes over for SR to be better in that situation?

Well I only know one way to find out...

 

[jahoney]

Dink and dunk works fine if SR could throw the ball better. Five yard hitch routes with open wr and the ball in the dirt. Deep seam routes and post routes over thrown. 4-5 seconds to get rid of the ball and still take a sack when a wide out is open is on SR.

 

[jahoney]

Because for the 17 years Ferentz has been at Iowa, this has been the textbook way to beat them based on how their defense is set up?

But when Iowa can stop your run game with three or four lineman, it doesn't give much in the middle to open up for it.

Even after Iowa stopped the running game the middle was still open, but MM is known for not using TE and not using the middle of the field all that often.

 

[kingcy]

Even after Iowa stopped the running game the middle was still open, but MM is known for not using TE and not using the middle of the field all that often.

There isn't a good TE on this team at this point. He did throw to the middle of the field. The passes were just off target.

 

[Ficklone02]

Feels like we've been having this same conversation for 20 years. For the present staff you start to wonder if it isn't the head coaches issue. Herman and MM are no dummies.

 

[CTTB78]

Sam looked really bad at times today. There was a simple play in the second half where their end crashed down hard on a stunt and no one held contain off the edge. 20 yards of nobody. Sam took a sack. Way too pensive. Got to pull the trigger.

Yep. Even though Sam is a 5th year guy he has trouble when the called play breaks down. Accuracy is also not his something he is consistent with. Six minutes to go, game on the line at 3 and 7, and we call a spot sideline route. Not a throw Sam will make the majority of the time.

 

[KCy]

I remember Seneca rolling left and right with options to run if nothing was open. People were open because he was a threat to run.

Richardson isn't Seneca, but he is athletic. Move him around. Take pressure off oline, keep the defense guessing.

 

[mattyheiden]

I am ready for a coaching staff and system that will install a power-running system, execute some ball control, and win games that way.

I know that's traditionally Big 10 football, and it is ugly. But we aren't Baylor. We can't run that offense. We can't get those players. We can't win like that.

Baylor loses to teams that can run balanced attacks and play strong defense. Look at Baylor's recent bowl losses to UCF and Michigan State. Both times they got horsed and worked over at the LOS. Baylor runs a HS offense and teams like Baylor, Texas Tech, Oregon etc will never win a national title unless they emphasize defense as well.

But if we ugly up the game, hold on to the ball, and grind it out, maybe we'll find some success.

At this point, it's worth a shot.