Ahh, Hate week. When smart people get stupid. And the stupid get stupider.
Game Week!!
- Thread starter theiacowtipper
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Haven’t seen it posted here yet but below are the Iowa 2 deeps for this week:
OFFENSE
SE - Brandon Smith, Kyle Groeneweg
TE - Noah Fant, Shaun Beyer
LT - Alaric Jackson, Mark Kallenberger
LG - Ross Reynolds, Landan Paulsen
C - Keegan Render, Levi Duwa
RG - Cole Banwart, Levi Paulsen
RT - Tristan Wirfs, Dalton Ferguson
TE - T.J. Hockenson, Nate Wieting
WR - Nick Easley, Ihmir Smith-Marsette
QB - Nate Stanley, Peyton Mansell
FB - Brady Ross, Austin Kelly
RB - Ivory Kelly-Martin, Toren Young/Mekhi Sargent
DEFENSE
DE - Anthony Nelson, Chauncey Golston
DT - Sam Brincks, Cedrick Lattimore
DT - Matt Nelson, Brady Reiff
DE - Parker Hesse, A.J. Epenesa
OLB - Nick Niemann, Barrington Wade
MLB - Jack Hockaday, Amani Jones
WLB - Kristian Welch, Djimon Colbert
LC - Matt Hankins, Julius Brents
SS - Amani Hooker, John Milani
FS - Jake Gervase, Geno Stone
RC - Michael Ojemudia, Josh Turner
SPECIAL TEAMS
P - , Colten Rastetter, Ryan Gersonde
K - Miguel Recinos, Caleb Shudak
LS - Jackson Subbert, Nate Vejvoda
H - Colten Rastetter, Ryan Gersonde
PR - Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Kyle Groeneweg
KR - Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Kyle Groeneweg
All 4 suspended guys are back in the 2 deeps, Hockaday replaces Jones as the starting MLB.
OFFENSE
SE - Brandon Smith, Kyle Groeneweg
TE - Noah Fant, Shaun Beyer
LT - Alaric Jackson, Mark Kallenberger
LG - Ross Reynolds, Landan Paulsen
C - Keegan Render, Levi Duwa
RG - Cole Banwart, Levi Paulsen
RT - Tristan Wirfs, Dalton Ferguson
TE - T.J. Hockenson, Nate Wieting
WR - Nick Easley, Ihmir Smith-Marsette
QB - Nate Stanley, Peyton Mansell
FB - Brady Ross, Austin Kelly
RB - Ivory Kelly-Martin, Toren Young/Mekhi Sargent
DEFENSE
DE - Anthony Nelson, Chauncey Golston
DT - Sam Brincks, Cedrick Lattimore
DT - Matt Nelson, Brady Reiff
DE - Parker Hesse, A.J. Epenesa
OLB - Nick Niemann, Barrington Wade
MLB - Jack Hockaday, Amani Jones
WLB - Kristian Welch, Djimon Colbert
LC - Matt Hankins, Julius Brents
SS - Amani Hooker, John Milani
FS - Jake Gervase, Geno Stone
RC - Michael Ojemudia, Josh Turner
SPECIAL TEAMS
P - , Colten Rastetter, Ryan Gersonde
K - Miguel Recinos, Caleb Shudak
LS - Jackson Subbert, Nate Vejvoda
H - Colten Rastetter, Ryan Gersonde
PR - Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Kyle Groeneweg
KR - Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Kyle Groeneweg
All 4 suspended guys are back in the 2 deeps, Hockaday replaces Jones as the starting MLB.
Need to attack Iowa's weak LB's and try to make their WR's beat us in the passing game instead of the TE's
It will be an interesting chess match. Iowa had some success using 3 TE’s last week. I will be interested to see how ISU tries to defend that if we do that again this week.
And Niemann and Welch played well for the most part. Jones struggled big time and was yanked and Hockaday was OK.
Hard to say the LBs were weak. Nieman and Welch both looked pretty good, Jones not so much. Hockaday looked decent.
I do agree with your strategy though. Montgomery out of the back field scares me.
Well it was Northern Illinois. I'd love to see Iowa keep 3 LB's out there all game. Run out 4-5 WR's and see what happens
I was told Jones was your best LB going into this season and he already got benched. That's a matchup we can and should try to exploit
NIU should be a top half FBS team at the end of the year so definitely not a cupcake opener. ISU will definitely be a much bigger challenge though, that is for sure.
I think running 4-5 WR’s out there consistently is asking a lot of your OL against Iowa’s pass rush.
Plus with 5 WRs, it takes ISU's best player off the field.
No one knew who the best lb was going to be because they are all brand new and have never played in a game before. Jones was getting good remarks from the coaches, but was terribly out of position a number of times on Saturday. Hockaday was solid. Nieman and Welch looked pretty good.
I think it's hard to judge how good your LB's are against that offense but that's just me
Kempt gets rid of the ball real quick, arguably his best strength besides decision making
Not if he is one of the wide outs.
I suspect we'll see some (ahem, a lot) different formations with the same personnel from both squads.
NIU was a decent running team last year with a good offensive line. It is fair to say they are a bad passing team, or at least were Saturday. How much of that was due to Iowa’s coverage?
I didn't watch the game but from the sounds of it their QB struggled mightily so I'm not sure if that was on him or if that was due to Iowa
IMO this is where our 3 man front becomes a huge weapon if we can contain the run. Disguise your coverage and double team Fant all day and make the WR's make plays.
