Just curious, what defensive adjustments did Mizzou make at half that slowed Iowa down?
What Adjustments Did the Mizzou Defense Make at Half?
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Studied tapes of Kirk's tendencies in losses. Knew they had us then.
Wrong …..if that were the case there wouldn’t have been adjustments…..would have started the game that way.
Knowing we had a small lead, they put themselves in “Defense against Ferentz Pussyball” mode, and had us right where they wanted us for their predictable comeback.
Stopped trying to run the ball and then banked on Iowa offense returning to the mean.
none they knew candy *** Ferentz would play hide the ball in second half
They shut down the edges and pressured the QB. We had no answer because we had a transfer from NW as our go to guy.
Agree! They shut down the edges and did not allow Sullivan to run to the outside which seems to be one of our best plays. That should have allowed us more room to run inside.
blitzed and knew kirk would play conservative with a lead
I don't know why college doesn't offer this option like the NFL does.
Probably because coaches like Kirk know it would expose too many of their inadequacies....................
Not really knowing what all they did in the secondary, this is probably about the best take we could offer.
They did a better job of forcing Iowa to run within a box and not allowing Sullivan to scramble free outside the pocket. They always had someone ready, especially on the weakside, to chase him down.
I won't give all the kudos to Missouri though, because some of our run play designs in the 2nd half were set to run right into that f***ing box/pile of bodies, AND our RBs kept choosing to run straight ahead into said pile of bodies instead of being patient enough to recognize the open cutback lanes, which were f***ing in fact there in the 2nd half.
But that's also hard to tell if that's entirely on the RBs or some of it is on our gutless, conservative coaching staff (Kirk)..........................just sayin.
They took away our number 1 play of the bootleg with the quarterback scrambling and throwing to a tight end or running. They always had someone there in his face with speed who could run Sullivan down.
Rushed 4 and kept a speedy linebacker near the line to keep Sullivan from scrambling. Probably the same thing we should have done. Except we don’t have a speedy linebacker
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Moulton averaged 7 and Jaz 8 yards per carry.
Why did they not review that 3rd down play on our last drive? That sneak play was horribly executed. But looked like we might have gotten the first down on prior play?
I'd say you could pull the 22 cut ups from about every game the last 20 years and you'd be good...
Rushed 4 and kept a speedy linebacker near the line to keep Sullivan from scrambling. Probably the same thing we should have done. Except we don’t have a speedy linebacker
And I forgot the Vikes played last night...sheesh...
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