** 2023 Opponent Preview : Iowa (Game 12) **

[PaulCrewe]

Their special teams will probably be enough to defeat us.

Easily.  Kicker is better.  Have a returner that loves to return punts.  And apparently have they greatest punter ever to step foot on a football field.

5-0 bad guys

 

[PaulCrewe]

For the record, today's Iowa/Northwestern was the SEVENTH highest scoring game in Wrigley this year

 

[gobiggergoredder]

Going to be a boring game to watch.  Hopefully our Defense can score.

 

[Red Five]

We all think HH is a bad QB.  Deacon Hill is a god awful terrible QB.

41.6 comp %

4.3 ypa

Here is his QBR from the 5 full games he's played (HH's worst game QBR is 23.2)

21.1

2.0

5.3

10.0

21.4

 

[suh_fan93]

Yay?

 

[Red Five]

Iowa's best player leaving early for the NFL after the season

 

[Dogs In A Pile]

Iowa's best player leaving early for the NFL after the season

Can't say as I blame him. He's picked to the be the 1st or 2nd punter taken in the 2024 draft and will probably make north of $1M. Big loss for Iowa since in the games I've watched he had the most impact of any player on their team. We don't want to get into a punting dual with him on black Friday but in looking at both offenses and defenses it seems inevitable (unless we continue our turnover festival which greatly reduces the need for punts).

 

[Toe]

Iowa's best player leaving early for the NFL after the season

Too bad about the "in Kinnick Stadium" part of that last sentence...

 

[Toe]

Fun fact: we currently have the second-highest ranked scoring defense that Iowa has seen this season. For that matter, same goes for Wisconsin.

 

[Mavric]

 

[soup]

Not to mention incoming BIG Washington and Oregon are 5th and 6th respectively.  4 out of the top 6.  woof!

 

[Undone]

(HH's worst game QBR is 23.2)

This was amusing as his QBR against Maryland wound up being 0.6. I know he only played a bit...but still.      :lol:

 

[Red Five]

This was amusing as his QBR against Maryland wound up being 0.6. I know he only played a bit...but still.      :lol:

And Deacon Hill had his best game with a 58.2 vs Rutgers.

And 58.2 isn't what anyone would call good (a full season of 58.2 would be the 75th best in the country). 

 

[Red Five]

Iowa's 2nd best player (DB/KR Cooper DeJean) is rumored to have picked up an injury at practice this week and is done for the regular season.

 

[Hilltop]

Iowa's 2nd best player (DB/KR Cooper DeJean) is rumored to have picked up an injury at practice this week and is done for the regular season.

Hawkeye insider confirmed he is done for the regular season.  They weren't sure about the possibility he would be back for the bowl game.

  https://247sports.com/college/iowa/Article/cooper-dejean-sustains-injury-in-practice-status-unknown-ahead-of-saturdays-home-finale-220460334/