This was a test for the running game.
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Uh, I'm perfectly fine. It's a game. Have you stopped drinking, dude?
No. It’s a game. Point being is this game means Jack shit. College football is so broken.
Sorry, my post was a bit dramatic. You’re a good poster, didn’t mean to be over the top.
One thing that immediately stood out to me was how good OSU was at shedding blocks. Any holes that were there, were gone in a hurry.
Nebraska has a good DL, but not anything like what we saw today.
Nebraska has a good DL, but not anything like what we saw today.
It was promising for a half. Think that’s why it sucks more. If the final score was 35-7 with 21-0 and 14-7 halves that would’ve been easier to stomach
Ohio St's entire game plan was to stop KJ and the run game, and force McNamara to try and beat them.
The game went exactly the way everyone knew it would.
NOBODY should be the least bit surprised about how that game played out - other than maybe the two OSU lost turnovers & Iowa actually ending their scoreless drought against ranked teams.
KJ talking shit going into the game didn't help matters, either.
Yep. Cade can’t beat you. He was completing passes but not for many yards. That under throw on third down to Wetjen still upsets me. It was a great play by him up until the throw.
What shit did KJ talk? Didn’t he just basically say he didn’t like Ohio St?
the thing that stood out stark raving naked to me were the numerous holds away from the los even. zero excuse not to call those.
This loss has nothing to do with the running game. Until Iowa can develop some semblance of a passing game, you can't expect the running game to consistently produce against better defenses. Balance is key, and Iowa still doesn't have that.
Agreed. Safeties and linebackers are cheating up one step expecting run every play. You have to throw to open the run. Play action and throwing it long early would havw helped instead of running consistently into a 9 man box. 5 can’t block 9 at any level.
