I wouldn’t worry too much about Padilla. If he was a better option, I think they would be playing him.
A Quick Glance At Iowa
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Iowas always been know for their Special Teams and Defense. Just shorten it and say Iowa is loaded on STDs.
Total QBR for 126 college quarterbacks. Petras is #126. Gerry Bohannon (former Baylor QB) #124. Dwan Mathis (former ISU commit) #121. Adrian Martinez (K State) #118. Spencer Rattler #105. Hunter Dekkers #26. Just FYI.
I agree.
As I continue to look at the Iowa offense as a whole - especially going into this week - it’s hard for me to see how really any QB has a ton of success with how poor their OLine has played and their injury issues at WR…
According to the U of Iowa depth chart 3 of the 4 listed WRs for this week have yet to catch a pass in a college game and two of them are walk-ons.
Bruce and LaPorta are really the only two offensive players that have seen some success in that offense, and if defenses can take one or both of them away - that’d be tough on a lot of college QBs let alone Petras and Padilla.
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You haven't met our coach. Sat a Heisman runner-up in favor of Kyle McCann. Sat Stanzi in favor of Christensen. Sat Beathard in favor of Rudock. Not saying Padilla is lights out or even all that much better, but KF has frequently whiffed badly on assessing the talent in our QB room.
Heacock will have defense play vanilla for 2 possessions, resulting in a 10 -14 point hole. Then ISU will try to play catch-up under pressure. This will result in 1-2 turnovers because of throwing in tight spots or stretching out trying to gain additional yards. ISU Defense clamps down and allows only 2 field goals there after. ISU Offense too pressured/tight to move ball effectively. Final score 16-10 or 20-10.
I guess I hadn’t thought about this too much but when you put it that way, yikes. Add that to him doubling down on Brian’s role after a poor season from the offense by giving him the QB coach title along with OC and his general stubbornness to not change much, I get why Iowa fans are so damn frustrated.
This game will come down to execution as Iowa's defense and special teams are ELITE.
So for ISU to win we need to:
So for ISU to win we need to:
- Win the turnover battle. Can't give Iowa's offense the short field
- Our special teams have to perform close to Iowa's.
- Limit Iowa's run game. Make them 1 dimensional.
- Put pressure on Iowa's QB.
Well ****, Thursday is almost here and now I've convinced myself we'll win 24-13.
Seems as if Dejean and Jacobs played a lot at the same time last game, especially on known passing downs. So will be interesting to see who has to step in due to the absence of Jacobs given that Dejean already played a ton when Jacobs was in.
The more I hear people think we will win, the more I'm convinced we won't. This game defies expectations every year
Brock's arm was never the issue. It was better than average I think. Holding on to the ball too long was.
I’m starting to think ISU will win this game but I don’t see how so many on here think we’ll score 24+ on that defense. I’m hoping for 10-3 or something like that.
Because last year 8 of the 13 teams they played score 20 or more points on them. We scored 17 and our turnovers gave them at least 13 of their 27. If we would have not forced the FG to try to cut it to one score or continually turned it over or shanked punts, we probably have another 13-17 points right there.
Really sorry there are so many posts reminding me of last year's game. I had
d worked so hard to purge that from my brain
d worked so hard to purge that from my brain
1 & 2 I really don't see happening..
3 could happen.
4 is likely.
ISU going to need a few big plays to force them to come from behind.
I can already see myself throwing remote thru my TV when the TE sneaks out a drag for 35 yards on 3 & 12.
