Offense: Play calling seemed to be bad. We have an advantage downfield again 2nd and 3rd string dbacks. instead of exploiting that anywhere, we are doing short passes ala Davis again...I cannot believe how many times I screamed today...why did you throw that pass. Either Brian is calling a shitty game or Nate is so afraid of making a mistake that he will not exploit the coverage downfield. The receivers had steps all day and he would not throw the ball. Man, so exasperating to see guys open and we check to the back. The slant was open all freaking day...and how often did we use it?
Defense: Gap integrity was horrible at every level, but the linebackers were abysmal. I cannot believe how often they were out of position. But not helped by the line missing their assignments so often that a very average FRESHMAN back torched them for a shitload of yards. For those of you who preach Epenesa snaps, he let the back move outside multiple times today. How did they not get home any more often against a very average offensive line. The defense was not nearly what they needed to be and they got beat by inferior talent on not complicated schemes...they simply did not rise to the occasion.
Overall, the offense was bad, but Iowa would have won if the defense would just play assignment football.
Defense: Gap integrity was horrible at every level, but the linebackers were abysmal. I cannot believe how often they were out of position. But not helped by the line missing their assignments so often that a very average FRESHMAN back torched them for a shitload of yards. For those of you who preach Epenesa snaps, he let the back move outside multiple times today. How did they not get home any more often against a very average offensive line. The defense was not nearly what they needed to be and they got beat by inferior talent on not complicated schemes...they simply did not rise to the occasion.
Overall, the offense was bad, but Iowa would have won if the defense would just play assignment football.
