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Post by Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Heywood) on Sept 22, 2008 9:31:13 GMT -6
With all of the bull shit the offense has been pulling I think it's time we give some props to the D. They are the guys who are keeping us in games and giving the offense the chances to score (which are pissed away 9 times out of 10). Even when they are gassed they are still one of the best in the country.
Anyone out there agree with me on this? The defense is what is keeping us from being 0-12.
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Post by mattahawk on Sept 22, 2008 9:41:24 GMT -6
I would more or less agree but the D' had their share of screw-ups on Saturday also. They gave up several big plays to Pitt. The run up the middle ones are what really pissed me off as that's supposed to be the strength of our D'. No excuse for that shit in the 1st damn quarter.
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Post by lpcalihawk on Sept 22, 2008 15:29:41 GMT -6
Any team that wants to gain 20 yards on Iowa needs to go empty-backfield w/ 5 wides and have the QB run up the middle.
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Post by ignatiusreilly on Sept 23, 2008 12:20:12 GMT -6
The defense is about the only reason to watch the Hawks right now. It sucks because with an offense Iowa would be '02 unstoppable, but since the offense sucks so bad the defense is always on the field sucking air. But it doesn't seem to stop em.
Like you said, they will give Iowa every oppurtunity to win the game. We just got to put points on the board. This QB thing need to get figured out in a hurry because if we don't win 8 games this year with the good defense and outstanding running back/punter, then something is wrong.
Even in '05, Iowa didn't even have a running game and Drew Tate just slung it all over the field every game... it was the defense doing its thing that helped win 10 games including a huge bowl game. The defense is there... we just need Drew Tate... or even Drew Tate's mentally handicapped brother would be a step up.
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Post by NotMyKid on Sept 24, 2008 9:13:24 GMT -6
Any team that wants to gain 20 yards on Iowa needs to go empty-backfield w/ 5 wides and have the QB run up the middle. Sad but true. |
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Post by isu is shit on Sept 24, 2008 13:47:31 GMT -6
We gave up too many big plays to Pitt. I hate when they get receivers wide open. That happened countless times against Pitt. It almost looked as though our DB's were confused.
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Post by Mr Olympia on Sept 27, 2008 21:41:31 GMT -6
how to beat Iowa 101: run the spread offense.
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Post by Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Heywood) on Sept 29, 2008 8:28:46 GMT -6
The spread offense didn't win the game for NW, it was the gifts the offense gave them. Kinda hard to overcome 5 turnovers (3 of which were self-inflicted). In all, the D played pretty good. A spread is supposed to put 40-50 points on the board, not 22.
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Post by Mr Olympia on Sept 29, 2008 11:44:12 GMT -6
the D couldn't get off the field in the 2nd half to save their life. rush 3/drop 8 doesn't work. It has never worked. the way to beat a spread team is to beat up the QB and that's impossible to do when you rush 3 guys.
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Post by Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Heywood) on Sept 29, 2008 12:39:07 GMT -6
the D couldn't get off the field in the 2nd half to save their life. rush 3/drop 8 doesn't work. It has never worked. the way to beat a spread team is to beat up the QB and that's impossible to do when you rush 3 guys. I don't know if we were watching the same game or not but it looked to me like the D couldn't get off the field because the Iowa offense kept giving them the ball. If we had a rush 5/drop 6 like a lot of people want the score would have been worse. I'd gladly give up 5-7 yards per play rather than 15-20. |
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Post by Mr Olympia on Oct 1, 2008 12:01:41 GMT -6
5-7 yards per play leads to 1st downs. every time iowa got pressure on Bacher he had to throw it away, thus a 0 yard gain. I know which one I'd rather have.
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Post by Dr. Doofenshmirtz (Heywood) on Oct 11, 2008 14:08:41 GMT -6
Another great game by the defense! How's that spread working?
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