I thought with the 20-6 lead, PParker went with a little soft prevent, maybe Kirk told him to, or the players were a little cautious in their pass coverage. I noticed the Dbacks were off a couple yards even after the receivers went downfield 5-10 yards and the Dbacks were not tight to break up passes. The defense was doing more umbrella type coverage and leaving the short flats horizontal field open so as to rush up and tackle receivers in bounds. Even the Dline looked like they were in just pass rush contain mode and a few running plays gouged them.
Now with the score 20-13 isu gets the ball back and PParker and his great unit just squash and put the clamps on the clowns. I really was surprised on 4th and 1 they didnt do a rollout run pass option to 3 receivers on that side. Running into the Iowa defense on a key 4th and short is only a 60-40 chance for offenses.
Would you have rather seen the hawks try to shut down ISU to start their next to last possession with a more attacking defense or the way they played it?
The clock running on first downs helped take close to a couple minutes off or at least a minute.
Now with the score 20-13 isu gets the ball back and PParker and his great unit just squash and put the clamps on the clowns. I really was surprised on 4th and 1 they didnt do a rollout run pass option to 3 receivers on that side. Running into the Iowa defense on a key 4th and short is only a 60-40 chance for offenses.
Would you have rather seen the hawks try to shut down ISU to start their next to last possession with a more attacking defense or the way they played it?
The clock running on first downs helped take close to a couple minutes off or at least a minute.