As we know and have known Iowa's offense is not complex..they do what they do and with a good QB are very effective at doing it...Wts, you watch Miami Ohio game and a lot of last years games and you notice a trend..CJB doesn't really throw the ball past 10 yds. Heck I'd say prob 70% of his passes last week were short dump passes. Iowa almost wants teams to blitz as those screen passes and dump offs to the RB's and TE's can kill you if you blitz to often.
Obviously the first key to beating iowa is slowing down the run. But even during obvious pass plays where teams may want to blitz ISU will have to be careful who the blitz with and when. I think Heacock seems to like to blitz and my hope is that maybe we see corner blitz or safety blitz so the LB's can stay home and cover those RB's and TE's because I'd say at least 50% of all Iowa 3rd down pass plays get thrown to the RB or TE's..It's the same thing every game and every year. On 3rd down cover the TE and RB's and if you shut down those two spots in the passing game you have a very good chance at shutting down Iowa's offense. Easier said than done. It's actually an offense (good I can't believe I'm saying this) that ISU should mirror in the big 12..Run the fball and use positions on 3rd down pass plays that most teams just don't account for most times and that is FB, RB's and TE's out for passes.
Vanderberg is a very solid WR.Kinda reminds me of Josh Lenz or Lane Daneilson type WR but maybe not as fast. But this is an area where I think the ISU defense might have a slight advantage and that is the ISU secondary vs Iowa's WR's. Hopefully in this game we don't lose our best Dlineman and Safety before halftime like last year.
I just don't see CJB killing us with his legs like he did game 2 last year where he wasn't banged up yet..I still think he's favoring that knee and while he still can move I don't think he's as mobile as he was. He's certainly not Bailey running the ball.
I'd like to see us start the game in a 4-3 with Harvey, Northrup, and McMillion at LB. Both Harvery and Northrup have good speed for LBs and it just seemed like McMillion was in the right spot when he played last week.
Obviously the first key to beating iowa is slowing down the run. But even during obvious pass plays where teams may want to blitz ISU will have to be careful who the blitz with and when. I think Heacock seems to like to blitz and my hope is that maybe we see corner blitz or safety blitz so the LB's can stay home and cover those RB's and TE's because I'd say at least 50% of all Iowa 3rd down pass plays get thrown to the RB or TE's..It's the same thing every game and every year. On 3rd down cover the TE and RB's and if you shut down those two spots in the passing game you have a very good chance at shutting down Iowa's offense. Easier said than done. It's actually an offense (good I can't believe I'm saying this) that ISU should mirror in the big 12..Run the fball and use positions on 3rd down pass plays that most teams just don't account for most times and that is FB, RB's and TE's out for passes.
Vanderberg is a very solid WR.Kinda reminds me of Josh Lenz or Lane Daneilson type WR but maybe not as fast. But this is an area where I think the ISU defense might have a slight advantage and that is the ISU secondary vs Iowa's WR's. Hopefully in this game we don't lose our best Dlineman and Safety before halftime like last year.
I just don't see CJB killing us with his legs like he did game 2 last year where he wasn't banged up yet..I still think he's favoring that knee and while he still can move I don't think he's as mobile as he was. He's certainly not Bailey running the ball.
I'd like to see us start the game in a 4-3 with Harvey, Northrup, and McMillion at LB. Both Harvery and Northrup have good speed for LBs and it just seemed like McMillion was in the right spot when he played last week.
