First, congratulations to Kirk Ferentz. We are lucky to have him and our all-time winningest coach could not be a better person. Just a perfect KF win as well. Nothing flashy just wear them down and play great defense.
Wasn’t the prettiest of 1st halves offensively but overall really pleased with the game. I said this on Saturday in various threads but offensively we were without our two starting tackles and still ended up rushing for 200 yards and put up 31 points. Then defensively you are without 2 of your top 3 DT’s, 3 new LB’s and you gave up 2.8 yards a rush. The 2nd team D gave up 6 but the first team got 2. Our backups got ½ quarter of playing time so overall you have to be pleased with the result.
Game thread is in mid season form. I get you want perfection because that’s what your life is but people really need to think before they post. Perhaps after every game win or lose we should start a thread and post the gems.
Kallenberger, Ferguson and Paulsen owned the all world Sutton Smith all day. Yet another hype guy comes in that’s going to ruin the season and he fails to show up. So much for him punching the Hawks in the mouth. This aint Lincoln Sutton. LOL. Truth be told I don’t think he’d be in our two deeps.
Too many drops in the first half but there was some passes that could have been thrown better as well. Just a sloppy first half offensively. Penalties didn’t help either.
Nate didn’t play a crisp game but his first half stat line was 9-18-90 and 1 INT. However, if everyone catches the ball he is 15-18-169 and 1 Int. Amazing how that changed. Plus 4 of those drops would have been for first downs.
IKM lost 74 yards on 4 carries to holding calls and a block below the waste. Fant’s hold was weak at best and to be honest I thought the one on Fergurson was weak as well. I didn’t even know Ross Reynolds penalty was a penalty. Another rule change I guess.
What was with the play by play guy and the ages of the players. Seemed obsessed with it.
Iowa stayed in the base D all day except for raider/radar. Never went to nickel. I’m guessing they will next week.
I don’t think N Ill was a great test with their WR’s but the secondary played really well. Both Corners held their own. I expect a much greater test next week for the entire D.
I think we got what we expected out of the LB’s. They were out of position at some points but they didn’t miss many tackles and they made some really good plays. They didn’t get abused in coverage and they were extremely active. I think Amani lost his job for sure but I think he’s going to be needed down the stretch.
Young didn’t touch the ball in the first half, guess you could say he was fired up to get in the game.
All kinds of new faces out on the field. One of my favorite parts to college football. I think my favorite new face though was Ally Sturm. Tough to say after giving up a blocked punt but the punt team on both sides was so much better. KG did a great job of getting positive yards and what about young Colten Rastetter averaging 53.8 yards a punt , long of 69 and you absolute cannot punt the ball better than that one that set up the safety. I love these stories especially kids that get a lot of grief from fans. He is what Iowa is about. Too many think these kids show up NFL ready.
They get developed by the coaches and they work their butt off. He’s getting my game ball.
Most of the game we blocked Sutton 1 on 1. Ferguson, Levi and Kallenberger all handled him pretty easily.
We’ve got 3 good backs! Somebody in the game thread in the first half was all over IKM saying he’s a 3rd down back at best. Get a grip folks.
Your kickoff team was Jones, Hockaday, Welch, Beyer, Hockensen, Ross, Kelly, Hankins, Moss, ISM and Groenwig.
Long yardage defense AJ and Nelson at DE, Hesse and Gholston at DT. Left all 3 LB’s in.
Late in the game I get you want your kids to finish but all those timeouts were kind of lame. I don’t think Brian Ferentz was crazy about it as well.
1st QTR
14:05 Looks to me like Amani Hooker was supposed to block the guy and he touches him and then goes to help inside leaving a clear lane for the blocked punt. Also Brady Ross helped inside in the back end and didn’t see him coming either.
13:40 Hooker was on the opposite side of the field but he saw the reverse pass to the QB right away. You could see him screaming to everyone.
12:54 Hockensen owns Sutton 1 on 1 and Paulsen wanted to help and while doing so let the LB slide right in.
12:22 Banwart pancakes the DT pretty quickly
Next play, Render and Reynolds have the same guy leaving Ross 1 on 1 with the LB and the LB wins the battle.
11:30 Brincks gets put on his backside and Amani Jones would have been there but for whatever reason he moved to the left to be right behind the pile and RB ran right by him.
10:40 IT’s a long yardage situation so Hesse in at DT but fights off the guard and makes the tackle. Great effort play.
7:43 Sargent and Smith are your two wides, Fant and Easley in slot and Hockensen just off the LOS.
6:02 Love Chuck Long but not sure what he’s talking about on this play. Nate throws a quick out to Easley and Brandin Smith was blocking from the start. Everyone else was playing like run right. Chuck said Nate should have been patient and threw the slant behind it. We weren’t running a slant behind it.
5:14 Dalton doesn’t block the DE and he has a clear shot at Sargent. 4
4:55 Nate’s pick, Fant is triple covered and nobody is on Sargent out of the backfield. I think Nate predetermined where he was going with the ball.
4:15 They get a nice run here but it was due to A Nelson doing a stunt and he was there but the tackle hit him high and it looks like the guard hit him low which I believe is a penalty and knocked him of fhis feet. This is one where Amani left that area to go with the man in motion but so did Amani Hooker. Somebody should have stayed put I’m guessing. Plus Nick Nieman took a bad angle here. It’s going to happen, first game for all of them.
3:45 Great play by Kristian Welch. Does not move an inch on the block, fights it off and great tackle
3:20 This might be what the coaches were seeing. Amani Jones is going out in the flat where Nick is already at and leaving his guy wide open for an easy pitch and catch. This is the play where Amani Jones was replaced. Jack Hockaday was in after that.
:40 Nieman with a great play on 4th down. All 4 DL got penetration on that as well. Chuck said the QB should have kept it but if he had he would have ran right into Matt Nelson and Sam Brincks.
:20 Our first OL replacement comes in. Kallenberger comes in at LT and Dalton moves to RT. And his first play at a Hawkeye for those keeping score is a run right behind him for a 9 yd run. Great block by the youngster. Brady Ross with a good block here as well.
2nd quarter
15:00 Nate completely fools All World Sutton Smith and the play fake and throws a nice pass but great catch and concentration by Hockensen. In the replay you can see the ball is tipped by the LB.
Next play Love the confidence in your Kallenberger. 1 on 1 with Smith. Did a good job but if Nate waited a few more seconds he would have gotten there. On this play Nate was under fire so he threw it out to Fant but he had TJ in the back of the endzone.
Next play, IKM with a 11 yard run but negated due to a hold on Fant. That call was weak sauce. Also on this play TJ owns Sutton Smith and a LB comes running in full blast runs into Kallenberger and ends up on his backside. Mark is going to be a good one.
13:40 Noah Fant at FB to start with but moves out of it quickly and was supposed to block somebody on the end around to ISM but didn’t.
12:23 @rivercityjazzman boy right through, no leaning on my end. I really like it when I don’t have to lean to help those kicks go through.
11:52 They are showing a nice graphic of all the games N Illinois has fought since 2012 against Power 5 teams. They left one off of that graphic. Nebraska got beat at home to them last year. I wonder if that was an accident or a Nebraska fan was involved in the graphic.
11:08 Nelson great move to get the sack.
9:53 Maybe our first blitz of the game and Hesse, AJ and A. Nelson all in on the sack
9:11 Nice block here by Dalton. It was about here where you could see N Illinois DL getting tired. Iowa hadn’t had a lot of luck but their body language was not good.
Next play- This is another great catch by Hockensen because he had to know that Safety was coming in hot. Also, Sargent all alone for the dump off if needed. Everyone here went vertical other than Sargent. Fant ISM and Smith all were running go’s.
Next play. Either a horrible pass or horrible route but Nate not even close to Smith> Fans wanted a flag but I don’t know what for. Wasn’t even close to PI.
8:06 Mark Kallenberger. Sayin. Also Groenwig showing some drive in the blocking game who came into the game I thought to replace Smith due to that route. But Smith came back shortly thereafter.
6:49 Weiting into the game.
6:42 Chuck called it but great blocking by right side as well Render and Banwat on the left side. Weak holding call on Dalton
6:06 Fumble by Nate. Sutton Smith got close and I think credit for the sack but Kallenberger took him completely out of his lane just Nate ran right into him and it looks like Mark caused the fumble.
3:59 4th and 1. TJ got beat and Brady Ross ran past the LB and didn’t get enough of him.
Next play – AJ with a monster hit on the QB. He’s going to feel that for a while.
1:30 Great read by Amani Hooker. See’s everyone is covered and looks quickly behind him and then drops back. Great instincts.
:14 AJ again with the pressure. Great throw by N Ill QB but he’s got to be sore today.
Wasn’t the prettiest of 1st halves offensively but overall really pleased with the game. I said this on Saturday in various threads but offensively we were without our two starting tackles and still ended up rushing for 200 yards and put up 31 points. Then defensively you are without 2 of your top 3 DT’s, 3 new LB’s and you gave up 2.8 yards a rush. The 2nd team D gave up 6 but the first team got 2. Our backups got ½ quarter of playing time so overall you have to be pleased with the result.
Game thread is in mid season form. I get you want perfection because that’s what your life is but people really need to think before they post. Perhaps after every game win or lose we should start a thread and post the gems.
Kallenberger, Ferguson and Paulsen owned the all world Sutton Smith all day. Yet another hype guy comes in that’s going to ruin the season and he fails to show up. So much for him punching the Hawks in the mouth. This aint Lincoln Sutton. LOL. Truth be told I don’t think he’d be in our two deeps.
Too many drops in the first half but there was some passes that could have been thrown better as well. Just a sloppy first half offensively. Penalties didn’t help either.
Nate didn’t play a crisp game but his first half stat line was 9-18-90 and 1 INT. However, if everyone catches the ball he is 15-18-169 and 1 Int. Amazing how that changed. Plus 4 of those drops would have been for first downs.
IKM lost 74 yards on 4 carries to holding calls and a block below the waste. Fant’s hold was weak at best and to be honest I thought the one on Fergurson was weak as well. I didn’t even know Ross Reynolds penalty was a penalty. Another rule change I guess.
What was with the play by play guy and the ages of the players. Seemed obsessed with it.
Iowa stayed in the base D all day except for raider/radar. Never went to nickel. I’m guessing they will next week.
I don’t think N Ill was a great test with their WR’s but the secondary played really well. Both Corners held their own. I expect a much greater test next week for the entire D.
I think we got what we expected out of the LB’s. They were out of position at some points but they didn’t miss many tackles and they made some really good plays. They didn’t get abused in coverage and they were extremely active. I think Amani lost his job for sure but I think he’s going to be needed down the stretch.
Young didn’t touch the ball in the first half, guess you could say he was fired up to get in the game.
All kinds of new faces out on the field. One of my favorite parts to college football. I think my favorite new face though was Ally Sturm. Tough to say after giving up a blocked punt but the punt team on both sides was so much better. KG did a great job of getting positive yards and what about young Colten Rastetter averaging 53.8 yards a punt , long of 69 and you absolute cannot punt the ball better than that one that set up the safety. I love these stories especially kids that get a lot of grief from fans. He is what Iowa is about. Too many think these kids show up NFL ready.
They get developed by the coaches and they work their butt off. He’s getting my game ball.
Most of the game we blocked Sutton 1 on 1. Ferguson, Levi and Kallenberger all handled him pretty easily.
We’ve got 3 good backs! Somebody in the game thread in the first half was all over IKM saying he’s a 3rd down back at best. Get a grip folks.
Your kickoff team was Jones, Hockaday, Welch, Beyer, Hockensen, Ross, Kelly, Hankins, Moss, ISM and Groenwig.
Long yardage defense AJ and Nelson at DE, Hesse and Gholston at DT. Left all 3 LB’s in.
Late in the game I get you want your kids to finish but all those timeouts were kind of lame. I don’t think Brian Ferentz was crazy about it as well.
1st QTR
14:05 Looks to me like Amani Hooker was supposed to block the guy and he touches him and then goes to help inside leaving a clear lane for the blocked punt. Also Brady Ross helped inside in the back end and didn’t see him coming either.
13:40 Hooker was on the opposite side of the field but he saw the reverse pass to the QB right away. You could see him screaming to everyone.
12:54 Hockensen owns Sutton 1 on 1 and Paulsen wanted to help and while doing so let the LB slide right in.
12:22 Banwart pancakes the DT pretty quickly
Next play, Render and Reynolds have the same guy leaving Ross 1 on 1 with the LB and the LB wins the battle.
11:30 Brincks gets put on his backside and Amani Jones would have been there but for whatever reason he moved to the left to be right behind the pile and RB ran right by him.
10:40 IT’s a long yardage situation so Hesse in at DT but fights off the guard and makes the tackle. Great effort play.
7:43 Sargent and Smith are your two wides, Fant and Easley in slot and Hockensen just off the LOS.
6:02 Love Chuck Long but not sure what he’s talking about on this play. Nate throws a quick out to Easley and Brandin Smith was blocking from the start. Everyone else was playing like run right. Chuck said Nate should have been patient and threw the slant behind it. We weren’t running a slant behind it.
5:14 Dalton doesn’t block the DE and he has a clear shot at Sargent. 4
4:55 Nate’s pick, Fant is triple covered and nobody is on Sargent out of the backfield. I think Nate predetermined where he was going with the ball.
4:15 They get a nice run here but it was due to A Nelson doing a stunt and he was there but the tackle hit him high and it looks like the guard hit him low which I believe is a penalty and knocked him of fhis feet. This is one where Amani left that area to go with the man in motion but so did Amani Hooker. Somebody should have stayed put I’m guessing. Plus Nick Nieman took a bad angle here. It’s going to happen, first game for all of them.
3:45 Great play by Kristian Welch. Does not move an inch on the block, fights it off and great tackle
3:20 This might be what the coaches were seeing. Amani Jones is going out in the flat where Nick is already at and leaving his guy wide open for an easy pitch and catch. This is the play where Amani Jones was replaced. Jack Hockaday was in after that.
:40 Nieman with a great play on 4th down. All 4 DL got penetration on that as well. Chuck said the QB should have kept it but if he had he would have ran right into Matt Nelson and Sam Brincks.
:20 Our first OL replacement comes in. Kallenberger comes in at LT and Dalton moves to RT. And his first play at a Hawkeye for those keeping score is a run right behind him for a 9 yd run. Great block by the youngster. Brady Ross with a good block here as well.
2nd quarter
15:00 Nate completely fools All World Sutton Smith and the play fake and throws a nice pass but great catch and concentration by Hockensen. In the replay you can see the ball is tipped by the LB.
Next play Love the confidence in your Kallenberger. 1 on 1 with Smith. Did a good job but if Nate waited a few more seconds he would have gotten there. On this play Nate was under fire so he threw it out to Fant but he had TJ in the back of the endzone.
Next play, IKM with a 11 yard run but negated due to a hold on Fant. That call was weak sauce. Also on this play TJ owns Sutton Smith and a LB comes running in full blast runs into Kallenberger and ends up on his backside. Mark is going to be a good one.
13:40 Noah Fant at FB to start with but moves out of it quickly and was supposed to block somebody on the end around to ISM but didn’t.
12:23 @rivercityjazzman boy right through, no leaning on my end. I really like it when I don’t have to lean to help those kicks go through.
11:52 They are showing a nice graphic of all the games N Illinois has fought since 2012 against Power 5 teams. They left one off of that graphic. Nebraska got beat at home to them last year. I wonder if that was an accident or a Nebraska fan was involved in the graphic.
11:08 Nelson great move to get the sack.
9:53 Maybe our first blitz of the game and Hesse, AJ and A. Nelson all in on the sack
9:11 Nice block here by Dalton. It was about here where you could see N Illinois DL getting tired. Iowa hadn’t had a lot of luck but their body language was not good.
Next play- This is another great catch by Hockensen because he had to know that Safety was coming in hot. Also, Sargent all alone for the dump off if needed. Everyone here went vertical other than Sargent. Fant ISM and Smith all were running go’s.
Next play. Either a horrible pass or horrible route but Nate not even close to Smith> Fans wanted a flag but I don’t know what for. Wasn’t even close to PI.
8:06 Mark Kallenberger. Sayin. Also Groenwig showing some drive in the blocking game who came into the game I thought to replace Smith due to that route. But Smith came back shortly thereafter.
6:49 Weiting into the game.
6:42 Chuck called it but great blocking by right side as well Render and Banwat on the left side. Weak holding call on Dalton
6:06 Fumble by Nate. Sutton Smith got close and I think credit for the sack but Kallenberger took him completely out of his lane just Nate ran right into him and it looks like Mark caused the fumble.
3:59 4th and 1. TJ got beat and Brady Ross ran past the LB and didn’t get enough of him.
Next play – AJ with a monster hit on the QB. He’s going to feel that for a while.
1:30 Great read by Amani Hooker. See’s everyone is covered and looks quickly behind him and then drops back. Great instincts.
:14 AJ again with the pressure. Great throw by N Ill QB but he’s got to be sore today.
