So you see everything through the prism of politics & your hatred of democrats? What a miserable life you must lead.
Well, Iowa would have game planned for him better so I think they would have done better, but he still would have torched them a few times.
And Iowa would have been hitting him all game too.
Norm hated Cover 2. It was one of his sayings that the players put on a shirt.
It was on the shirt the players made of Normisms..
It was on the shirt the players made of Normisms..
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I don’t think any QB was lasting the whole game against that defense that day. The d-line was killing dudes.
Be fair now. It wasn’t even close to a dollar
Iowa’s defense of the last 4-5 years is much better than maybe all but one if Nor m’s defenses. The linebackers and db’s now are just better athletes and honestly, better disciplined. And Norm had some really good defenses. More aggressive schemes now, too.
In general, I'd agree - but 2004 was probably Norm's best. Roth, Babineaux, Robinson, Greenway, Considine, Hodge; all of whom played in the NFL. Not to mention Jovon Johnson who'd play 15 years in the CFL; probably a couple others I'm forgetting.
I think the recent Iowa defenses are schemed better than Norm’s for tge most part. Phil was well prepared by Norm but he has a few trucks if his own. And his players ( back 7, especially) are better skilled than what Norm had. My opinion…PP’s defenses are the best defenses I have seen at Iowa….and this year’s could really be good (barring the injury bug).
Don't disagree the defenses are schemed better now; but they also have to be. College offenses have gotten considerably more complex since 2004.
As good as the 2004 defense was, we got absolutely torched @ASU and @Minnesota. They ran down our throats. As for the bowl game, we had a 2-score lead when Russell came in and we were playing to preserve the lead.
I have to put a couple caveats in that, but I mostly agree - that ASU game was simply one where anything that could go wrong, went wrong...To the point that Kirk put a toilet in the locker room on Monday and essentially told them to just forget it ever happened. That Minny offense...particularly the run game, was actually pretty good - if memory serves I think it had 3 1,000 yard rushers (Maroney, Barber and Thomas?) Going into that one I remember setting the goal at 200 yards. Never in a million years would I have guessed they'd put up 300 on that D, but that's a game I give more credit to how good that run game was as opposed to an indictment on Iowa's D.
