Interesting Minnesota Insight: Their Defense Is as Elite as Iowa's?

[trippnschmidt]

The truth is somewhere in Between IowaLaw's hot take and the KF paid P.R. team that posts here.

This Iowa defense is elite at getting turnovers and doing more with less talent. Maybe it is a top5 defense but the soft schedule is also a component. The DL doesn't get a lot of pass rush pressure on its own and it just got dominatedly by Minesota Oline. Even if Iowa's defense is elite, it doesn't matter, Iowa's offense is far from elite.

Winning the West is nice, but it is the product of of a weak division. No one in the West deserves to go to Indy.

If Iowa wins the actual B1G championship in Indy this time, then every Iowa fan has right to be Excited. If Iowa gets another Beatdown in Indy--- just like last year, the truth is obvious..this is good team, above average, but would have been buried in 4th place behind Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State if it was in the Big10 East.

Minnesota, Illinois are pretty comparable in talent level and W/L....beating Minnesota took some luck and we played both Minnesota and Illiniois against their backup QBs. The sad thing about this year is Iowa missed a chance to be a really good team because the guys that coached/recruited the Offense didn't do a good job and the stinking mess that is the offense makes it hard to recruit to make it better.

Fart noises.

 

[grayhair81]

The truth is somewhere in Between IowaLaw's hot take and the KF paid P.R. team that posts here.

This Iowa defense is elite at getting turnovers and doing more with less talent. Maybe it is a top5 defense but the soft schedule is also a component. The DL doesn't get a lot of pass rush pressure on its own and it just got dominatedly by Minesota Oline. Even if Iowa's defense is elite, it doesn't matter, Iowa's offense is far from elite.

Winning the West is nice, but it is the product of of a weak division. No one in the West deserves to go to Indy.

If Iowa wins the actual B1G championship in Indy this time, then every Iowa fan has right to be Excited. If Iowa gets another Beatdown in Indy--- just like last year, the truth is obvious..this is good team, above average, but would have been buried in 4th place behind Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State if it was in the Big10 East.

Minnesota, Illinois are pretty comparable in talent level and W/L....beating Minnesota took some luck and we played both Minnesota and Illiniois against their backup QBs. The sad thing about this year is Iowa missed a chance to be a really good team because the guys that coached/recruited the Offense didn't do a good job and the stinking mess that is the offense makes it hard to recruit to make it better.

Really good post. The only thing I will slightly disagree with is "doing more with less talent" on defense. True, the D line is average but the back 7 has major talent.

 

[bradaf]

What's Iowa's strength of schedule?

Sagarin has Iowa at #21 in strength of schedule.

 

[pistachio1999]

Fart noises.

And what kind of smell?

 

[grayhair81]

And what kind of smell?

Put you hand in front of your mouth and you will know.

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

So the Minnesota defense against the 130th ranked offense gave up 13 points...
The Iowa defense against the 73rd ranked offense gave up 10 points...

Case closed. No grounds for appeal. @IowasLaw disbarred...

 

[hawkeyebob62]

The truth is somewhere in Between IowaLaw's hot take and the KF paid P.R. team that posts here.

This Iowa defense is elite at getting turnovers and doing more with less talent. Maybe it is a top5 defense but the soft schedule is also a component. The DL doesn't get a lot of pass rush pressure on its own and it just got dominatedly by Minesota Oline. Even if Iowa's defense is elite, it doesn't matter, Iowa's offense is far from elite.

Winning the West is nice, but it is the product of of a weak division. No one in the West deserves to go to Indy.

If Iowa wins the actual B1G championship in Indy this time, then every Iowa fan has right to be Excited. If Iowa gets another Beatdown in Indy--- just like last year, the truth is obvious..this is good team, above average, but would have been buried in 4th place behind Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State if it was in the Big10 East.

Minnesota, Illinois are pretty comparable in talent level and W/L....beating Minnesota took some luck and we played both Minnesota and Illiniois against their backup QBs. The sad thing about this year is Iowa missed a chance to be a really good team because the guys that coached/recruited the Offense didn't do a good job and the stinking mess that is the offense makes it hard to recruit to make it better.

What separates Iowa from every other team in the West?

 

[cmhawks99]

The truth is somewhere in Between IowaLaw's hot take and the KF paid P.R. team that posts here.

This Iowa defense is elite at getting turnovers and doing more with less talent. Maybe it is a top5 defense but the soft schedule is also a component. The DL doesn't get a lot of pass rush pressure on its own and it just got dominatedly by Minesota Oline. Even if Iowa's defense is elite, it doesn't matter, Iowa's offense is far from elite.

Winning the West is nice, but it is the product of of a weak division. No one in the West deserves to go to Indy.

If Iowa wins the actual B1G championship in Indy this time, then every Iowa fan has right to be Excited. If Iowa gets another Beatdown in Indy--- just like last year, the truth is obvious..this is good team, above average, but would have been buried in 4th place behind Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State if it was in the Big10 East.

Minnesota, Illinois are pretty comparable in talent level and W/L....beating Minnesota took some luck and we played both Minnesota and Illiniois against their backup QBs. The sad thing about this year is Iowa missed a chance to be a really good team because the guys that coached/recruited the Offense didn't do a good job and the stinking mess that is the offense makes it hard to recruit to make it better.

Iowas SOS rank per Sagarins = 21st, Masseys = 18th

Minnesota players in NFL 12, Illinois 13, Iowa 32…

Iowas current recruit rank is 23 in the country I Think Illinois is next at 40th…

I’m sorry this team isn’t as bad as you want it to be but the numbers above change several of your narratives.

I’m also sorry Iowa like every other team but a very few, like Mark Stoops and Kentucky for example, always have flaws, but I like the roll we’ve been in for the last few years.

It’s unfortunate you don’t, but the only one your hurting is you!

Funny thing really, several years ago all “those” fans wanted was to be in the thick of the conference and play for the BCC every 4-5 years….

They will never be happy…

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

What separates Iowa from every other team in the West?

The fact that they're Iowa.....

 

[hawkeyebob62]

The fact that they're Iowa.....

Close, but not the correct answer 😀

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Close, but not the correct answer 😀

I'm pretty sure that's at least one of the answers...........