ISU had two weeks off before the Iowa game to watch film and learn Iowa's strengths and weaknesses. They win the coin toss and choose to take the ball. Iowa's strength on defense is its linebackers and defensive line. The weakest part of ISU's offense the first game was its rushing offense. ISU lines up for their first play, Iowa drops a safety to the box and they have 8 defenders close to the line of scrimmage. So ISU runs its halfback up the middle for no gain. Second down, Iowa returns its safety to coverage, and again ISU runs a halfback up the middle again for no gain. With two weeks to plan, the plan the coaches came up with was to attack Iowa's defensive strength with ISU's offensive weakness. I do not understand why ISU called and ran its first two plays. It set the tone for the first half.