- Essentially, this is a loser leaves town matchup. Uphill climb for either team if they lose.
- Injury report is huge today - will Kittle/Myers/Croston be close to 100%? If not, are we better to play Fant/Paulsen/Render at 100%?
- At some point, either this week or next, this gauntlet schedule will catch up with Wisky. I don't think they can continue to get up off the mat every single week, especially with this being a sandwich game before Nebraska. Either the Hawks or Huskers will beat Wisky IMO
- Emotional game last week, OT and now an early game on the road, may help Iowa
- Iowa is on a bye after this, I think we see the kitchen sink in playcalls and effort
- This isn't a traditional Wisky spread, running QB team obviously. No Tanner McEvoy, no zone read with a QB killing us on 3rd and 9 with a long run. Stop the run, make that young lefty beat us with his arm, which I don’t think he can do time and time again if we stop Clement. Just have to watch jet sweeps
- How to attack a 3-4 defense? Well, IMO you can scrap the waggle plays, roll outs and long developing pass plays, we’ll see too many blitzes from the LB and they will come from all different angles. What works? I think Iowa should go heavy, unbalanced line and double down on all DL’s. Pass plays should be slants, sticks, etc. Run plays should be 75%, 25% passing
- Des King will be huge in this game, both on D and special teams. If Iowa is to win, he’s going to have to flip field position and/or come up with some big defensive plays, I think he can do it
- Continue to run out of the gun and 3 WR sets, I think spreading the field will help
- I believe you'll see more Daniels than Wadley, especially on short yardage situations and red zone. Well....maybe a Wadley wheel route, that would be nice. Would be cool to see flex Akrum out to splint end with Fant there too, make those LB's cover and not blitz!
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