The most important thing the Hawkeyes need to do this week to win this game is they can not turn the ball over they must take care of the ball. The Penn State defense will be fired up and feed off of the crowd if we turn the ball over things could get ugly. Running the football will be very important not even running it for a 100 yards or any of that but we need to be able to gain consistent yardage on 1st downs on the ground so Penn State can all out blitz us in 3rd and longs. The crowd noise will be a huge factor but I think the fact that Iowa has a lot of veteran wide recievers we will be able to handle the noise. So basically we need to put ourselves in a manageble situation on 3rd downs like 3rd and 5 so we have the option to run or pass.
The last big thing Iowa must do to have a chance to win this game is they must make plays when one of our recievers gets open Stanzi needs to hit him or the wideout needs to make the big catch.
The biggest factor in this game may not be on offense or defense but special teams Donahue is an outstanding weapon for the Hawks and should be able to pin Penn State deep if the offense stalls. Daniel Murray has also been pretty solid only missing one field goal so far this year.
This Penn State defense is probably the best defense we will face all year and the bonus for Penn State is they might have both there stud linebackers back this weekend in this
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This will be a difficult test for the offense but I think they are up to it they have faced hostile crowds and this is a pretty veteran team so I don't think the crowd will effect us as if we were a younger team. WE MUST NOT TURN THE BALL OVER I reiterate this because we can't give them short fields.
We are getting closer to the big game this weekend and I am psyched.
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