OK, So What Happened?
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Actually, Kirk fell asleep on the couch at halftime, and dropped the burner phone. Then Mary called Seth and told him to let 'er rip.
For sure. Sounds exactly like his dumba$$….imagine having such a loser life you hang out on rival message boards?
Cade played well the second half. His footwork was poor in the first half, he was leaning back and throwing off the back foot too often. The second half he started stepping into his throws and his accuracy improved. He also showed some good mobility. Also remember we had several penalties that hurt the offense in the first half. That “ crap pass “ as you called it was partially due to Vanderzee missing the audible and being in wrong place although he made a good play on the ball and got the TD. People need to give Cade some grace, he hasn’t played much for 3 years and has experienced several serious injuries.
Anyone who doesn't know how this works or thinks its just Iowa, take a freakin look at the top 25 and our B1G teams schedule this week. OSU vs the Akron Zips for Gods sake. Oregon vs Idaho. Missouri vs Murray State. MSU vs F Atlantic, Oklahoma vs Temple, Wisconsin vs W Michigan, Tenn vs Chattanooga, Louisville vs Austin Peay, Texas vs Colo State, Wash State vs Portland State. All games against overmatched opponenets with 40+ point margins of victory. Week one in College football
His username is a horrible, terrible and cruel trick he has played on all of us.
I thought the biggest change from first half to second half was simply Cade McNamara catching fire. All game long our running game struggles were due to Illinois State simply bringing extra defenders into the box and, consequently, having 1-2 unblocked defenders every play. It was those unblocked guys who were making the tackles, often chasing down plays from the backside. Took us a while but we eventually made them pay for it. I initially thought that we called more early down pass plays in the second half but that wasn't really the case. We were 8:4 run
ass on first down in the first half and 11:5 runass in the second half. The difference was that in the first half Cade McNamara went 1/4 for 7 yards on first down while in the second half he went 5/5 for 78 yards. We didn't throw more frequently, we threw better. In the 2nd half, McNamara only threw one incomplete pass and that went through the hands of his receiver.
ass on first down in the first half and 11:5 runass in the second half. The difference was that in the first half Cade McNamara went 1/4 for 7 yards on first down while in the second half he went 5/5 for 78 yards. We didn't throw more frequently, we threw better. In the 2nd half, McNamara only threw one incomplete pass and that went through the hands of his receiver.
We finally started calling touchdown plays. Why BF never thought of that is yet another indictment on his tenure.
Did you mean to reply to Squeezebox?
I agree 100% with you. That is exactly what happened.
That's good. That's why they're called "receivers." Every pass isn't perfect, whether it's Brady or Mahomes or whoever. The QB's job is to get the ball out there where his guy has a chance to catch it. That's what McNamara did in the second half. The receptions weren't "only because of the receivers." It's a combo thing, and Cade put the ball up where his guy could go get it. And that's exactly what Gill and Vander Zee did, which is their job. You're just not used to seeing it at Iowa.
