They also chip away. They were winning field position nearly the entire game. Some of that was our special teams, but a lot of it was Iowa’s conservative style.
Exactly, good coaches teach situational football so your players know how to react in those moments.
I can agree with the development that Iowa has had and their teams know how to take advantage when another team screws up. We've struggled with that for years. In game coaching, I was very unimpressed by Iowa's coaches/players. Save for the key TD, our defense was exceptional and Iowa had no answers.
Simply incorrect. They had five first downs and 164 total yards (72 on one play) with zero third down conversions. Outside of their TD, they did zilch offensively.
No one pays attention to the hidden yards. They are so important in close games, and we lose that battle all the time.
What does this have to do with field position? I’ll answer it….nothing.
It totally is, why recruit HS kids? Unless they are studs and can play right away. You are better off getting guys that have 2-3 years in a college program.
That is not a game plan. They don't go into the game with the game plan of being horrible on offense and hoping for a mistake by the other team and possibly a bad call here and there by the refs.
I originally started this saying they “won field position”.
Unfortunately it’s not a game plan for any other team unless they are playing NU. Then that game plans works to perfection most years
