Hmmm, I'd say good enough for a 10-3 record.What was the offense's rank in the nation this year? I'll wait for you to let me know.
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Hmmm, I'd say good enough for a 10-3 record.What was the offense's rank in the nation this year? I'll wait for you to let me know.
This is exactly right. When the players execute, OC’s look good. I will say that the offensive coaches did an amazing job in film study.Execution.
Yep and it only took 3 losses and 13 games. Alriiiiight.
Indeed. Where were all the trick plays all season? Where were all the misdirection plays all season? It was a great win, but it showed once again that Iowa has the talent to win the West and compete for the Big Ten title and CFP, but it lacks the offensive intelligence to use that talent effectively.
This was the first time in the last few years that Iowa failed to try ONE single trick play in the 12-game regular season. Somebody should ask WHY? And Iowa has used little misdirection against good, fast defenses like Wisconsin, Penn State, and Michigan, its three losses this season. Some people might wonder WHY not?
Make no mistake: USC is a mediocre defensive team, but when Iowa was still playing offense--which is to say the first half--the Hawkeyes made it look easy. Very easy.
Then, predictably, a combination of Nate misfiring at key moments and the offense generally going back to its conservative roots in the second half kept USC hanging around for awhile. Iowa could have scored 60 or 70 points had it called the same plays and had Stanley played as well the second half as in the first.
If you don't have the talent, that's one thing, but look at the speed on display last night. Look at the intelligent play calling that was missing most of the year. Same personnel, vastly different approach (aggressive in the first half), and vastly different game plan.
I'll admit that I just don't get it.
Does Phil want the job?I like Brian and I too will be surprised if he isn't the next head coach, but Phil Parker deserves the job. Like Norm Parker's defenses, Phil's are the backbone of the Iowa team year in and year out. He's paid his dues at Iowa. He deserves the job.
we will see....
Couldn’t be that the players don’t execute sometimes. He could call a perfect game but look bad.This was a poorly coached defense and Iowa took advantage of it. I don’t think BF performed any miracle. Iowa’s offensive ranking is 100 according to the FBS stats.
For the kool-aid drinkers out there, you might want to get a little perspective before you give BF the keys.
The biggest difference in this teams and past Iowa teams is that we finally have some SPEED at the offensive skill positions. Now we need to replicate that on defense for next year. I am thinking specially LB and FS.
I think the Ferentz hatred is blown out of proportion, BUT it seems like pointing to last nights game as a Ferentz success is a little odd. We finished with 328 yards of offense, which would rank us 111th out of 130 ncaa teams.
Thats fair. We can look at it on yards/play as well. We averaged 3.3 yards per rush which would rank 124th out of 130 and 7.6 yards per pass attempt which ranks 55th.really wish they’d add special teams yardage to that. It makes you forget that we had a 98 yard return as well, when you have to figure we would likely have moved the ball more.
Due to what? Play calling or execution? He gets the blame when bad and praise when good. Some the good and bad goes to the players. Sometimes just a tip of the hat to the defense.Thats fair. We can look at it on yards/play as well. We averaged 3.3 yards per rush which would rank 124th out of 130 and 7.6 yards per pass attempt which ranks 55th.
At the end of the day that was a fantastic team win and I will enjoy the hell out of it. I just took a slight exception to saying Ferentz silenced doubters with that performance when it seems to me that we still have a below average and inconsistent offense.
And we only had 3 offensive possessions in the first half. We had 9 possessions all game, with the last two used to milk the clock to salt the game away in the 4th. Many of our games are in the 10-12 possession range often with a kneel down or run out the clock drive(s).
That’s what these dipsticks citing yardage stats don’t get. Ball control offense + Bend but don’t break defense equates to much fewer possessions and a shorter game. Of course your freaking yardage stats can look less than stellar and your offensive scoring can be low when you are kicking FGs too.
Couldn’t be that the players don’t execute sometimes. He could call a perfect game but look bad.
The execution argument is the best misdirection play KF/BF have in their play book. They could use that EXCUSE on every play they don’t score. Congrats, they even have you repeating it now.
If not for our All-American PK, this years record would be much different (29 FG’s).
I am just keeping it real! BF is only the OC because his dad is the coach and ever objective person knows it. There is no place for nepotism at a public university!!
The “ball control offense” excuse is thankfully starting to die. You either need to have a very efficient passer (not below 60% like Stanley) or a very reliable run game (how’s Iowa’s run game?). Teams like Minnesota and Indiana have bigger time of possession.
Phil Parker is absolutely that good.
Did you read the whole thread?wait- you don’t get that we play in the best defensive conference in the country?
Thats fair. We can look at it on yards/play as well. We averaged 3.3 yards per rush which would rank 124th out of 130 and 7.6 yards per pass attempt which ranks 55th.
At the end of the day that was a fantastic team win and I will enjoy the hell out of it. I just took a slight exception to saying Ferentz silenced doubters with that performance when it seems to me that we still have a below average and inconsistent offense.
What was the offense's rank in the nation this year? I'll wait for you to let me know.
The “ball control offense” excuse is thankfully starting to die. You either need to have a very efficient passer (not below 60% like Stanley) or a very reliable run game (how’s Iowa’s run game?). Teams like Minnesota and Indiana have bigger time of possession.
Phil Parker is absolutely that good.
Great game plan/play calling by BF. However, the Hawks are the 99th ranked offense in the nation and near the bottom of the barrel in the BIG for a reason. Is it too much to ask for an offense to be ranked around 40-50th best in the nation? I can think of 4-5 games over the last two years that could have been wins. We leave more wins on the field and let more poor defensive teams hang around in games because we are that bad offensively. 4 losses last year and 3 this year by less than a TD. Hopefully, the USC win will be a launch point offensively for 2020. The obvious keys will be OL and QB play. Our history over the past years has been to not followup one good offensive game with another while wasting defensive play that was more than good enough to win. I say this knowing the opponent’s defense may have a say in what your offensive production looks like. Also, there is still the gap between the Hawks and the Badgers. Until we can run the ball against them with just even moderate success while in turn slowing down their run game, the Hawks will be battling for no better than 2nd in the West.Hmmm, I'd say good enough for a 10-3 record.
Should say "BF did his job last night"
I said in a different thread he called a heck of a game last night.
But lets not pretend we lost the West this year because the Offense couldn't hold up its end of the deal all year.
Does Phil want the job?
How can you argue our offensive performance Friday was below average? One of our primary objectives was to control the ball and clock while keeping Slovis and the USC offense off the field. Iowa earned an A+ in that category. You can’t use total yards as a barometer to define success or failure for a KF led Iowa team. We try to limit possessions for the opponent while grinding down and opponents defense over the course of 4qtrs. We also finished drives with touchdowns instead of field goals. Say what you will about BF or KF, but make no mistake, the offense earns an A against USC, despite what our average yards per rush or total yards rank compared to the rest of the country.
Then why are we the 13th ranked scoring offense in the BIG and one of the worst in the nation? We did, however, lead the BIG in made FGs by a wide margin thanks to Keith D.yards per game is a stupid measure. Under BF we have been around the middle in offensive efficiency which accounts for tempo. We want to run clock so there are few plays to gain yards.
I have no idea whether Phil, or even Brian, want the job. I assume that most coordinators would accept the right head coaching job, especially with the dollars that come with the position.
Then why are we the 13th ranked scoring offense in the BIG and one of the worst in the nation? We did, however, lead the BIG in made FGs by a wide margin thanks to Keith D.
How can you argue our offensive performance Friday was below average? One of our primary objectives was to control the ball and clock while keeping Slovis and the USC offense off the field. Iowa earned an A+ in that category. You can’t use total yards as a barometer to define success or failure for a KF led Iowa team. We try to limit possessions for the opponent while grinding down and opponents defense over the course of 4qtrs. We also finished drives with touchdowns instead of field goals. Say what you will about BF or KF, but make no mistake, the offense earns an A against USC, despite what our average yards per rush or total yards rank compared to the rest of the country.
Iowa will never rank that highly in offense if you go by just yards, just not the way they play. Iowa scored 49 points against USC (really 35 by the offense) and had less than 350 yards of offense. Yet many are lauding BF as having a great gameplan (and he did). But Iowa won't have moved the needle at all in terms of NCAA rankings, and all people seem concerned about is yards.
I like going by the efficiency metrics (S&P+ and FEI, there are others). Iowa was 99th in yards this year, but 70th in the FEI for offense. And last year Iowa was 47th in offense by the efficiency metrics.
I will agree that Iowa's offense does need to improve in order to win the West. They have to be able to do better (and run the ball at least a little) against the good teams on the schedule.
Agreed that efficiency metrics are the best metric. After the bowl game, Iowa's offensive efficiency per ESPN's FPI is up to #50 in the country (was #38 last year). Do you know what explains the difference between ESPN's FPI vs. Football Outsider's OFEI? ESPN's FPI seems to like Iowa's offense more than Football Outsiders.
Regardless, the efficiency metrics tell us that Iowa has essentially had a mediocre offense the past two seasons. Given Iowa's great defense, that's a recipe for a pretty good football team, but not necessarily a ringing endorsement for Brian. At the same time, the offense was a lot better than what the unadjusted overall yardage and scoring numbers would indicate because Iowa played a lot of great defenses this year.
I think the biggest difference in this game vs. losses this year came down to 1 thing, red zone efficiency. Way too many FGs vs. TDs in several games this past season (thus 29 FGs for Duncan). Much of that is simple execution, as well as playing a defense that isn't on par with the better B1G teams. People here seem to think Iowa never tried to run a reverse or jet sweep until Friday. They did, but in most cases it didn't work well.