***Official Iowa Game Discussion Thread***

[Waldo]

1 more game of armstrong. Thank the heavens

 

[ladyhawke]

Nice to have Drew back. 3''s better than none. (Are these announcers local folks? Blah!)

 

[dspanther05]

Does anyone think we should be spreading Iowa out and playing with some tempo. Feels like we are just playing to their strength running inside the tackles.

 

[Jason Sitoke]

STATS DON'T LIE:

Granted lots of game left, but this should scare all Cornhusker fans.

https://twitter.com/leebeeowh/status/802264314853883904

152 came in 2 plays. The points on the board really hurt but those yards are somewhat a mirage

Huh?

152 yards were gained on 2 plays yes they gained the yards and it counts but that isn't indicative of how efficient their offense is working today. If they keep breaking off big plays regularly then I will eat my words but I would guess Iowa gains less yards the rest of the game than they did in the first quarter

So you're saying Iowa will gain slightly less than the 800 yards their on pace for? I agree
However, those yards are real and are indicative of how bad their offense whipped out defense

No I'm saying in quarters 2-4 combined Iowa will gain less than 198 yards, the yardage they accrued in the 1st quarter.
It's not really indicative of the entire set. It's indicative of 2 plays that make up for 75% of their yardage

Don't feed the troll

Yeah sorry for being trollish and calling out BS

I'll work on it

 

[ladyhawke]

If TA can't run full speed he should not be playing

I dunno...in this case, it may be an issue of a 70% Tommy > gimpy Fyfe > Darlington?

 

[Touchdown Tommie]

Should that have been P.I. there on King with Reilly?

No

 

[CheeseHusker]

3 is not enough.

 

[lo country]

We need to ask Hanukkah Harry to sneak in some boundary, toss/sweep, and rollout pass/option pass plays into the playbook this Holiday season.

Try the Maryland game plan. Seriously, I wonder if TA simply can't make those boundary type throw......

 

[Frustrated]

Should that have been P.I. there on King with Reilly?

Reilly falling and King looking back and making a play on the ball? No. not PI.

 

[VectorVictor]

Does anyone think we should be spreading Iowa out and playing with some tempo. Feels like we are just playing to their strength running inside the tackles.

Yes, and add more quick runs, like jet sweeps and the like. Use Iowa's tendency to sit and wait on defense against them.

 

[louisianared]

Does anyone think we should be spreading Iowa out and playing with some tempo. Feels like we are just playing to their strength running inside the tackles.

I think so but also wondering if they are trying to protect Tommy (if he can't run tempo due to injury)

 

[Pasadena Husker]

iowa sucks. i can't say that enough

 

[AFhusker]

That wasn't Langs...there were receivers running crosses. TA just wants to play hero.

That is why I say TA should be benched. He loves the deep ball. If he is not running, he should not be playing.

That's all on Langs. He's the offensive coordinator and QB coach. If he can't come up with a scheme that plays to Tommy' strengths, then it is all on him. Tommy wants to play. Offensive and defensive meltdowns are not the players' faults. This crap is squarely on the shoulders of Riley's Stooges.

Just when I thought you couldn't say anything any dumber........

Running straight up the gut is a good plan? Going yard on passing plays.....come on man, Langs is calling a crap game.

Yea, Langs is the one who ignores the short routes and throws YOLO's all the time. 80-90% of our problem is between TA's ears, not the playcalling. The sooner that you and others that think this way realize that a pass play has more than one route and it's up to the QB to throw it to where the defense allows him too the better off you will be. It isn't Langs fault when TA throws it to guys who are covered.

 

[huskerfan74]

We need a quick score or this game will go south very soon. If Iowa scores again this quarter, we are in deep trouble. I can't understand these coaches. Some games they look fantastic and some games they look severely overmatched.

 

[The Duke]

No counters, traps, misdirection........nothing to make an aggressive D slow up

Did someone say they missed traps?