interested to hear how people feel that IOWA wins this. Gameplan, margins, intangibles?
On Iowa, Go Hawks!
On Iowa, Go Hawks!
IOWA’s Game Plan
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Be unpredictable and creative. Throw deep off play action, mix traps, counters, end arounds, reverses, double reverses, reverse pass, flea flicker, wheel route, pass to FB, give ball to FB, halfback passes, screens and keep them honest with the occasional stretch play. Use their quickness against them. Stanley is a stud. Don't let OSU tee off on him. Get Wadley in space.
Win the line of scrimmage. Hold on to the ball. Catch the ball. Block. Tackle. If we rely on trick plays we lose by 50. Do what we do best.
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I think it would be OK to mix in a couple of gimmicks here and ther, but ,uch more important im my opinion is throw the ball deep more often. I know some will say we don't have the talent to do so, but I'm not in that camp.
On defense I say we stay with what we have done all year long. We are not gonna shut out a talented team like Ohio State, but if we can hold them in the low 20's then maybe, just maybe, we can muster up enough offense to beat them. Of course a special team or defensive score wouldn't hurt either.
I am truly torn on this game. Something tells me its gonna be a twenty something to twenty something type of affair Saturday.
On defense I say we stay with what we have done all year long. We are not gonna shut out a talented team like Ohio State, but if we can hold them in the low 20's then maybe, just maybe, we can muster up enough offense to beat them. Of course a special team or defensive score wouldn't hurt either.
I am truly torn on this game. Something tells me its gonna be a twenty something to twenty something type of affair Saturday.
Every Offense possession end with a kick that means Xpt fg or even punt oh wait never mind seriously we need a great day in Punting
They just need to show up to the game on Saturday.
It's all been taken care of.........
It's all been taken care of.........
Lol, you forgot the statue of liberty and the annexation of puerto rico plays.
Smash the 190 pound running back into a box with 8 defenders.
Why stop doing what hasn't shown to work? It's the Iowa way.
Why stop doing what hasn't shown to work? It's the Iowa way.
I want to see that annexation of puerto rico play diagrammed. Sounds interesting.Lol, you forgot the statue of liberty and the annexation of puerto rico plays.
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This is SO spot on. This is exactly what the Hawkeyes should be planning. Seriously, how else can they expect to compete with OSU? This is another one of those everything to gain and nothing to lose opportunities, and Iowa should throw the kitchen sink at the Buckeyes.
Look, when Iowa came out passing on the first three plays vs. Minny, the Gophers had to call a TO...three plays into the game! They were totally unprepared for Iowa's passing game. THAT's what "game planning" means. That's what "Scratch where it itches" means. Do the opposite of what is expected.
Kinnick would go crazy, and so would OSU, if Iowa actually came out and did the unexpected on almost every play. Alas, 'tis but a fantasy. KF will do what he always does and hope for a different result. And that, literally, is insane.
KF wants execution? Then put the players into situations where the opposition doesn't know what's coming, and watch the execution improve exponentially. It's crazy to expect the Hawkeyes to out-execute Ohio State using the same game plan KF has used for the last 19 years. Give your players a chance, KF. Be unpredictable. What the hell do you have to lose?
You aren't going take everything away from them that they do on offense. I say you try to shut down the run game, sit in zone and make them throw under, and force the QB to beat you with his feet. He can run, but he doesn't want to, and then tee off on him when he does. I said this before the PSU game, and that is pretty much what they did and were pretty successful keeping them out of the endzone. Iowa held PSU to 2 touchdowns under what anyone else has and 3 TD's under their scoring average. Ohio st. has weapons on offense, but they don't have a 'Barkley'.
Brian needs to quit calling plays that end in untimely holding penalties and drops. If he can eliminate those, we will have a chance on Saturday.
Throw on 1st and 2nd down (unless short yardage). I don't want to see Wadley and Stanley get destroyed.
More likely than Iowa somehow finding a great deal of offensive creativity: we show up like we always do against big names at home, the defense plays the bend but don't break to perfection and we give up around 20 points. The offense comes out and looks like trash but does just enough to keep Iowa in the game, which is decided in the last two minutes.
You don't need fancy trick plays. Break tendencies, execute, punish the d for whatever they do (which is really another way of saying scratch where it itches).
Iowa needs all the bounces to go their way
Play action on 1st down
D needs to score one
Hold to FG attempts
Wadley needs to hit 150 all purpose, 2 TDs
No turnovers
That should keep it close...it's possible, but not probable.
Play action on 1st down
D needs to score one
Hold to FG attempts
Wadley needs to hit 150 all purpose, 2 TDs
No turnovers
That should keep it close...it's possible, but not probable.
1. Break tendencies.
2. Win the turnover battle.
3. Win field position.
4. Don't give up any big plays.
5. Few...or better yet...zero penalties.
6. Make 1-2 big plays: long bomb, 50+ yard run, kick return for TD, etc.
7. Play smart football....no mental errors.
8. Execution.
Iowa will need to play pretty much a perfect game, but victory is certainly not impossible.
2. Win the turnover battle.
3. Win field position.
4. Don't give up any big plays.
5. Few...or better yet...zero penalties.
6. Make 1-2 big plays: long bomb, 50+ yard run, kick return for TD, etc.
7. Play smart football....no mental errors.
8. Execution.
Iowa will need to play pretty much a perfect game, but victory is certainly not impossible.
A Steady dose of 2TE sets with Fant as the Joker. Running playaction slipping Wadley through on a few draws after then start going hard for Stanley.
Overload WRs on one side and then run at the opposite corner, pulling an OL.
Wheel route to Wadley at least twice.
Fly route to ISM.
Overload WRs on one side and then run at the opposite corner, pulling an OL.
Wheel route to Wadley at least twice.
Fly route to ISM.
Don't need to double team him, but we should chip him or 'crack block' him hard early in the game to slow him down and get him looking out of the corner of his eye.Double team this guy
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Effective in this video? Yes, if like in the video, you are using a WR cracking down a blitzing 200 lb CB; however, Bosa is a DE and weighs 275 lbs.
NOTE: the NFL has told teams to tell their WR's to watch the crack blocks.
HUH??? It's McCaffrey blocking on Robert Ayres who is a 6'3, 275 lb. DE. Are you watching a different video? When have you ever seen a blitzing CB get into a 3 point stance, LOL! We actually started doing this with our TE's on Calhoun of Mich. St. in the second half of the B1G championship game in 2015 to slow him down. They lit him up and decleated him a couple times.
Like when we were kids in the yard. Shotgun and everybody go deep.
At all cost stay out of 2nd & 12 on offense. That had been a problem all year.
If you look at the Buckeye game videos, you might notice that they have had difficulty when offenses line up with 2 tight ends, quaterback in the shotgun, 3 receivers on wide side and two receivers split on the other. Their secondary (their weakest group) can not seem to lock into their assignments with such an offensive formation! Particularly in the face of a screen pass.
What he said plus win the turnover battle.
FWIW I think the key to Offense #3 is Play action passing. #1, effective or not, makes #3 work.
FWIW I think the key to Offense #3 is Play action passing. #1, effective or not, makes #3 work.
tOSU fan here. I'm not sure how you arrive at that formation. If you've got two tight ends (we'll assume that they're on the LOS), then all the other receivers must be in the backfield, or else the TE is a covered ineligible receiver. Adding up the personnel you've listed (2 TE's, 3 receivers to one side and 2 receivers to the other), that comes up to 6 players in the backfield, counting the QB. If you were including the TE in the "3 receivers on the wide side," then that still leaves you with 5 in the backfield. Show me what you mean; maybe I'm just not getting your drift.
Agree. Yes we can mix in an,(exotic), now and then, but trying to beat OSU with flea flickers and end arounds is a recipe for disaster. Their obviously going to be more athletic then Iowa, with more speed on the perimeter. Same gameplan as PSU, and shore up the details. Use their speed against them, with screens, and counters. Stanley seems to be getting a better feel for the long pass. Maybe we can hit a pump and go to ISM. Use the tight ends.
Thanks for reminding him Uncle Rico...Lol, you forgot the statue of liberty and the annexation of puerto rico plays.
Kybuckeye2, I was either kidding or I was proposing an illegal formation which would or would not be flagged by our upstanding Big Ten officials. I guess I owe you 5 minutes of your life, sincere regrets!
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