We obviously were much better than this team and it appears the word was right that this wasn’t a normal UNI team. Having said that, Iowa covered (if you count offshore) 3 straight games, backups starting sprinkling in in the 3rd quarter and nobody got injured that I know of. That’s a good day. Plus Nebraska lost. Angel just got its wings.
Like the 2nd play of the game we are going Tempo and the play-by-play guy says this was one of the concerns Northern Iowa had going in is could they keep up with Iowa’s size and tempo offense. I was like seriously, Iowa running Tempo was a concern for them. Then with 2:14 left in the 1st quarter the same guys says “honestly how many times has Iowa gone tempo offense in the last 20 years, it’s not been very often.” Yet somehow he thought UNI would be concerned about this. I may be nitpicking on announcers these days but I thought him and Chuck were not good.
I thought the tempo helped Stanley get in a rythym. He was 23 of 28 with 3 drops. That’s pretty good.
Outside of the penalties, a couple bad throws by our QB’s and our defense losing focus once the game was in hand, we played really well.
Our 4th possession our DE’s were Gholston and AJ. So we are as deep as I can remember on the DL.
I didn’t see our defense miss a tackle until almost the end of the 3rd quarter and on that play Reiff missed the tackle but then kept going and got the sack.
We blitzed probably more in this game than any game I can remember although most were once the game was in hand.
Nate only missed on 3 passes greater than 10 yards all night and all 3 misses were drops.
Congrats to Dalton and his woman on the two cuties.
It seems we have a 6 man rotation on the OL and it’s RG that’s going to rotate between Dalton Fergurson and Levi Paulsen.
Next week is a whole other animal to see where we are at for real. However, this has a 2010 feel for Wisconsin. Came in with crazy hype and dropped a game before conference play (Arizona & BYU) and having all kinds of LB injuries. Lets hope that trend continues and we beat them and maybe we can run a fake punt for good measure.
1st QTR
15:00 Lets give some props to TJ for the leap.
14:30 Wirfs and Fergurson with great blocks here.
14:05 Fergurson I think slips here giving up the sack.
11:05 You know how they always flag defensive players here for hitting someone after the ball is incomplete. This is a 3rd down incompletion and watch the RT lay out Hankins after the ball sailed into the sidelines. Seems safety is only a concern on the offensive side of the ball.
Next play – They punt and a lot going on here. Jack Koerner (#28) is in the game and plants a guy near Groenwig and then keeps driving him into the ground. D. Young with a viscous crack back block and Wade knocks a guy down as well. Also, at the top of the screen you can see Brents has his helmet being pushed up so they missed a hands to the face there.
10:46, Easley puts a guy on his ass but that same guy leg whips Sargent for the tackle.
10:11 Brandon Smith a good block to get Easley the first down.
8:31 Long says Nate is going through his progressions but I think this is a planned pass. Not 100% sure but he looks at Brandon Smith who is open at the 1st down marker with a MLB about 2 yards away and then immediately looks left and throws to Easley. That looked like it was designed from the get go.
6:10 We have seen this TD pass to Fant several times now, at some point I think they fake this and go the other way to TJ, Beyer or Weiting. That’s my guess anyway. But why do that until they stop it?
5:06 We blitz here and Jack Hockaday knocks the RT on his ass.
4:15 I need to learn this rule or the refs need to learn it but another penalty for a block. This wasn’t 5 yards past the LOS. It was 4. JFC. Kirk not happy about it.
Next play – watch the BTN tracker, it has the distance to go all wrong for the next 3 plays. It was 1st and 17 and they had 27. They just kept it wrong until we picked up a 1st down on what they had as 3rd and 20 which at the time was 3rd and 8.
2:06 Brady Ross pancakes the LB. A much better game from him today.
2nd QTR
15:00 I like this play. We ran it a few times last year but I believe this is the first time this year. Fake dive to the FB and quick pitch to RB outside.
Next Play – Wirfs and Paulsen great blocks, Sargent running hard.
14:09 – After we kick off, watch the playclock. It goes red at 5 seconds and then it goes off screen and after it should have reached 0 I count 8 seconds before the ball is snapped. How is that not a delay of game?
12:30 AJ with the sack but this was forced inside by Gholston who had a great 1st step. He’s really improved this year. Also on this play, watch the RT take both hands and grab Lattimore and throw him to the ground. The replay you can see it even better. Not sure how they missed that one.
10:41 The snap goes over the QB head. Okay I don’t think it’s the new rule but this seemed kind of dirty to me. The RB goes right after Chauncey’s knees but he jumps over him. Maybe nitpicking.
7:45 Nate fires quickly here but he had time and a clean pocket.
5:35 Screen pass here and TJ puts a LB on his ass
4:30 Young only gets 3 yards the LB makes the stop but that LB had to feel that. OUCH.
2:09 We kickoff and we get an offsides penalty on Jones. This is some cheesy call here. It’s tough to see on replay because they show Sargent on the sideline and when they get to the kickoff Miguel is just hitting the ball. Yet I freeze it here and maybe Amani’s helmet is past the 35 but nothing else. D. Young’s helmet is also right at the same spot as Jones. I thought this was a horse shit call. After this play you can see Brian having to calm Amani down on the sidelines.
1:58 A. Nelson Blows up the RT.
:50 2nd sack we give up, Reynolds just gets beat.
:12 After the horrible INT by Nate his first throw on the next possession is a bullet. Love how he didn’t get rattled there but maybe that’s due to competition.
Next play – Someone explain the rule to me because it looks like the guy who blocks the FG jumps over Alaric Jackson and Levi. I thought that was illegal.
Like the 2nd play of the game we are going Tempo and the play-by-play guy says this was one of the concerns Northern Iowa had going in is could they keep up with Iowa’s size and tempo offense. I was like seriously, Iowa running Tempo was a concern for them. Then with 2:14 left in the 1st quarter the same guys says “honestly how many times has Iowa gone tempo offense in the last 20 years, it’s not been very often.” Yet somehow he thought UNI would be concerned about this. I may be nitpicking on announcers these days but I thought him and Chuck were not good.
I thought the tempo helped Stanley get in a rythym. He was 23 of 28 with 3 drops. That’s pretty good.
Outside of the penalties, a couple bad throws by our QB’s and our defense losing focus once the game was in hand, we played really well.
Our 4th possession our DE’s were Gholston and AJ. So we are as deep as I can remember on the DL.
I didn’t see our defense miss a tackle until almost the end of the 3rd quarter and on that play Reiff missed the tackle but then kept going and got the sack.
We blitzed probably more in this game than any game I can remember although most were once the game was in hand.
Nate only missed on 3 passes greater than 10 yards all night and all 3 misses were drops.
Congrats to Dalton and his woman on the two cuties.
It seems we have a 6 man rotation on the OL and it’s RG that’s going to rotate between Dalton Fergurson and Levi Paulsen.
Next week is a whole other animal to see where we are at for real. However, this has a 2010 feel for Wisconsin. Came in with crazy hype and dropped a game before conference play (Arizona & BYU) and having all kinds of LB injuries. Lets hope that trend continues and we beat them and maybe we can run a fake punt for good measure.
1st QTR
15:00 Lets give some props to TJ for the leap.
14:30 Wirfs and Fergurson with great blocks here.
14:05 Fergurson I think slips here giving up the sack.
11:05 You know how they always flag defensive players here for hitting someone after the ball is incomplete. This is a 3rd down incompletion and watch the RT lay out Hankins after the ball sailed into the sidelines. Seems safety is only a concern on the offensive side of the ball.
Next play – They punt and a lot going on here. Jack Koerner (#28) is in the game and plants a guy near Groenwig and then keeps driving him into the ground. D. Young with a viscous crack back block and Wade knocks a guy down as well. Also, at the top of the screen you can see Brents has his helmet being pushed up so they missed a hands to the face there.
10:46, Easley puts a guy on his ass but that same guy leg whips Sargent for the tackle.
10:11 Brandon Smith a good block to get Easley the first down.
8:31 Long says Nate is going through his progressions but I think this is a planned pass. Not 100% sure but he looks at Brandon Smith who is open at the 1st down marker with a MLB about 2 yards away and then immediately looks left and throws to Easley. That looked like it was designed from the get go.
6:10 We have seen this TD pass to Fant several times now, at some point I think they fake this and go the other way to TJ, Beyer or Weiting. That’s my guess anyway. But why do that until they stop it?
5:06 We blitz here and Jack Hockaday knocks the RT on his ass.
4:15 I need to learn this rule or the refs need to learn it but another penalty for a block. This wasn’t 5 yards past the LOS. It was 4. JFC. Kirk not happy about it.
Next play – watch the BTN tracker, it has the distance to go all wrong for the next 3 plays. It was 1st and 17 and they had 27. They just kept it wrong until we picked up a 1st down on what they had as 3rd and 20 which at the time was 3rd and 8.
2:06 Brady Ross pancakes the LB. A much better game from him today.
2nd QTR
15:00 I like this play. We ran it a few times last year but I believe this is the first time this year. Fake dive to the FB and quick pitch to RB outside.
Next Play – Wirfs and Paulsen great blocks, Sargent running hard.
14:09 – After we kick off, watch the playclock. It goes red at 5 seconds and then it goes off screen and after it should have reached 0 I count 8 seconds before the ball is snapped. How is that not a delay of game?
12:30 AJ with the sack but this was forced inside by Gholston who had a great 1st step. He’s really improved this year. Also on this play, watch the RT take both hands and grab Lattimore and throw him to the ground. The replay you can see it even better. Not sure how they missed that one.
10:41 The snap goes over the QB head. Okay I don’t think it’s the new rule but this seemed kind of dirty to me. The RB goes right after Chauncey’s knees but he jumps over him. Maybe nitpicking.
7:45 Nate fires quickly here but he had time and a clean pocket.
5:35 Screen pass here and TJ puts a LB on his ass
4:30 Young only gets 3 yards the LB makes the stop but that LB had to feel that. OUCH.
2:09 We kickoff and we get an offsides penalty on Jones. This is some cheesy call here. It’s tough to see on replay because they show Sargent on the sideline and when they get to the kickoff Miguel is just hitting the ball. Yet I freeze it here and maybe Amani’s helmet is past the 35 but nothing else. D. Young’s helmet is also right at the same spot as Jones. I thought this was a horse shit call. After this play you can see Brian having to calm Amani down on the sidelines.
1:58 A. Nelson Blows up the RT.
:50 2nd sack we give up, Reynolds just gets beat.
:12 After the horrible INT by Nate his first throw on the next possession is a bullet. Love how he didn’t get rattled there but maybe that’s due to competition.
Next play – Someone explain the rule to me because it looks like the guy who blocks the FG jumps over Alaric Jackson and Levi. I thought that was illegal.
