That loss is on Brian Ferentz....
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Big overthrow by Stanley on 1st series. Vandy had on drop on a 4 yard pass and one thrown behind him. That is not a lot of missed plays to overcome compared to running Wadley into a brick wall and netting 35 yards on his 1st 18 carries.
Hawks had zero interest in that. They could have easily put one of the freshman in the backfield and Wadley in the slot. The freshman proved themselves capable last week.
easy for a lazy boy coach to say, it is one thing to play vs NT but it is another to play vs the # 4 Team in the country, Butler is a proven player in both running and catching the ball, Butler has close to 4000 yards rushing compared to what 70+ for Martin and Young I don't think so, but then again I am not a expert coach that you seem to think you are.
They are signed by Iowa's Coaching Staff to come in and play big boy football, the only way to get game experience is to play in games. They did that already, and performed admirably. There is no reason to believe either one of those guys shits their pants stepping on a football field no matter who the opponent is. CLEARLY what we WERE attempting to do wasn't working, so at that point, whats the big risk to insert them into the game plan? So they lose 3 yards a carry instead of Akrum? Big whoop.
If as suggested it allows Wadley to run some plays out of the slot, and we give them a different look, what exactly is that we were missing out on? Nothing.
I'm certainly not saying they would have a major impact, or any at all, but dismissing them because of their age is ridiculous. Clearly our best option for that spot was Butler. Our best option at QB was a young Chuck Long. Neither of them were able to play Saturday night, so you use the people that are able to play and see what happens.
It's probably been mentioned before but I haven't seen it. . . . That safety wasn't such a bad break, really. PSU was moving the ball and would have had excellent field position, probably around our 35 or 40, with a great chance to punch in a TD or kick a FG for 7 or 3, respectively. We were in as deep a hole as you can get. As it turned out, we got off a nice kickoff and flipped the field, in exchange for giving up 2. Could have been worse.
I'm not saying I wouldn't have preferred a long drive out of the shadow of our own goal post, but the safety wasn't a horrible result considering how much our O was struggling and the atrocious field position.
Good lord. Brilliant game and we lost on the final play. If our defender jumps two inches higher the final pass is tipped away and we win. Then your post is titled "BF is best ever and needs a HC job".
