First I hope the euphoria of beating the Badgers has subsided and the team can move on to the Gophers.
The most recent common opponent was Northwestern. Minnesota won 31 to 3 and Iowa won 33 to 13. Iowa ran 65 plays to NW's 67. Iowa vs NW was 21 of 30 passing for 220 yards and ran 35 times for 178 yards or a total of 398 yards. NW was 23/30 passing for 159 yards and had 37 rushes for 18 yards or 177 yards of total offense.
By comparison NW was 15/32 passing for 206 yards and rushed for 72 yards on 22 carries for total yardage of 278. Minnesota was 7/13 passing for 64 yards and rushed 58 times for 302 yards or 366 yards of offense. The NW QB left the game because of injury and had a good completion % . After that 3 other QBs did nothing. Minnesota was playing a backup QB because Tanner Morgen was injured. Obviously Ibrahim was the Minnesota offense.
Minnesota's scoring defense is 14.22 while Iowa's 14.33 according to NCAA before Saturday's game. The big difference is Iowa drew Michigan and Ohio State and Minnesota drew Penn State in the east division. Minnesota has had the softer schedule up until now.
This game, as is normal, comes down to defense and corralling Ibrahim and the Iowa offense not screwing up. I haven't seen the odds but pretty much a pick'em.
The most recent common opponent was Northwestern. Minnesota won 31 to 3 and Iowa won 33 to 13. Iowa ran 65 plays to NW's 67. Iowa vs NW was 21 of 30 passing for 220 yards and ran 35 times for 178 yards or a total of 398 yards. NW was 23/30 passing for 159 yards and had 37 rushes for 18 yards or 177 yards of total offense.
By comparison NW was 15/32 passing for 206 yards and rushed for 72 yards on 22 carries for total yardage of 278. Minnesota was 7/13 passing for 64 yards and rushed 58 times for 302 yards or 366 yards of offense. The NW QB left the game because of injury and had a good completion % . After that 3 other QBs did nothing. Minnesota was playing a backup QB because Tanner Morgen was injured. Obviously Ibrahim was the Minnesota offense.
Minnesota's scoring defense is 14.22 while Iowa's 14.33 according to NCAA before Saturday's game. The big difference is Iowa drew Michigan and Ohio State and Minnesota drew Penn State in the east division. Minnesota has had the softer schedule up until now.
This game, as is normal, comes down to defense and corralling Ibrahim and the Iowa offense not screwing up. I haven't seen the odds but pretty much a pick'em.
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