Yeah I agree that it should power run spread offense. I was meaning on spreading the ball that the receptions should be spread out through several receivers and stretch the field.
Why did we run so much?
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Three running backs averaging 4.3ypc is below average in an NFL game, let alone playing against a 1-AA team in college. How do they expect to run on Iowa in a couple weeks?
Probably by using one game as a barometer for the rest of the season and assuming they can't improve at all between games.
Well, we averaged 3.8 ypc against UNI in 2017, and 4.6 ypc against Iowa the next week.
4.3 yards every play moves the chains still. Just because uni held us to that doesn’t mean every other team the rest of the year will either.
Can’t complain too much about the run blocking or run game. I do not recall our RBs getting hit in the backfield very often. In fact I remember many plays were they had a head of steam hitting the 2nd level. TE’s also did a reasonably good job run blocking (check out the 3 TEs on the left side of the line on Croney’s OT touchdown. They pushed their defenders 3 yards deep in the end zone). Pass pro, on the other hand, was just embarrassing at times. While there are some obvious, individual improvements needed (can Meeker pls learn how to handle a corner blitz?!?), getting Purdy out of the pocket or actually running on an RPO will help keep opposing D-linemen honest.
My 2 cents: The running game and running backs were okay, but not a lot better. I was really frustrated the number of times that ISU had a 3rd and 1 or 4th and 1 and could not convert. Same with a few times when the got 8 on first and then got stuffed for a 4 yard loss. Got to figure out something to pick those things up. Also I was mad near the end of regulation when ISU ran Croney to the right 3 times in a row. He got 6, 2 and lost 2 I think. Just no misdirection at all in the offense yesterday. Disappointed in the play calling and the OL play in pass protection more than the running game. Sure it could have been better, but loosing Kene when he was really getting to the edge hurt.
This game had all the markings of a classic ISU choke.
1. Missed chip shot FG
2. Strip/sack/fumble return for 6
3. Head scratching play calls at crucial moments
4. Drive-killing penalties
5. Poor OL play - JGJ is just not that good, sorry.
6. Unheralded and unproven opponent making some incredible plays (long FGs and McElvain looking like Fran Tarkenton).
Thankfully, it was UNI so the game was close and ISU got a huge break on the Croney fumble. Purdy and the defense were fine. The running game was OK, but none of those guys reminded me of Montgomery. The TEs are very useful receivers.
ISU was fortunate to win. They gutted it out and that is a sign of progress in the program. I will never complain about any win ever.
1. Missed chip shot FG
2. Strip/sack/fumble return for 6
3. Head scratching play calls at crucial moments
4. Drive-killing penalties
5. Poor OL play - JGJ is just not that good, sorry.
6. Unheralded and unproven opponent making some incredible plays (long FGs and McElvain looking like Fran Tarkenton).
Thankfully, it was UNI so the game was close and ISU got a huge break on the Croney fumble. Purdy and the defense were fine. The running game was OK, but none of those guys reminded me of Montgomery. The TEs are very useful receivers.
ISU was fortunate to win. They gutted it out and that is a sign of progress in the program. I will never complain about any win ever.
Watching other games....there's just not many Montgomerys out there.
It seems like nearly every back I see, I'm thinking 'DM would have picked up 3 more there'.
ISU had a straight up gem.
Jones caught a ton of passes as a secondary or tertiary (maybe quaternary?) target. That little touch-pass sweep thing gets scored as a pass too. But 9 different receivers ended up with at least one reception. I'd call that spreading it around.
I know you meant this well, but David Montgomery was one of the best RB's in the nation last year, and he might be a top 10 running back in the NFL this year. We're not Alabama, so we aren't just going to plug the next NFL running back into our system right away. We rushed pretty darn well and did an okay job at run blocking. The scheme wasn't perfect, but I thought all of our guys did okay. Not perfect, but okay.
This isn't directed to you but to the original post. We threw the ball 41 times and I actually thought there were a few times, particularly on 3rd or 4th and short, where we should've ran the ball. Instead we tried to get cute and throw it when in reality, we probably would've gotten a first down.
We should have ran more!!! UNI is a team we should come out and smash mouth them, they'd be worn down in Q3 and we'd run all over them.
Plus they were trying to mimic our defense by playing a 3 safety 3 deep coverage to not give up anything deep.
Yes. In 2017, David ran for for 82 yards and 2 TD's. Sure he had two TD's, but let's not act like he ran for 200 yards. We ran the ball well as a collective group. Were there times where a RB should've maybe bounced it? Sure. But until Croney took his share of snaps (he looked like the best RB in my opinion), we were playing guys that have either barely touched the ball, or haven't touched the ball at all. These guys need time to get a groove, but putting up 193 yards together is not something we should be angry about.
And if Kene wouldn't have been injured, we would have had well over 200. He couldn't be stopped once he hit that edge until he was in the 2nd level.
Same story every time Iowa State or Iowa plays UNI. Folks scream that it is embarrassing that the FBS line can't dominate a FCS line. Guess what, UNI almost always has a good line, especially the first game of the year before any injuries that are inevitable in a season. Looking at the yds/carry discrepancy I would say that was a dominate performance in rush blocking. Calm down, first game issues often mean nothing.
Sucks there is a by week this week b/c all you people will do is dwell on the UNI game for 2 weeks!
If you looked at the game on paper after the game, you would've thought we had won the game by 24. It all came down to not executing in certain situations and having a fumble call not go our way that kept UNI in the game.
