What a performance the Hawkeyes put on Saturday against there in state Rival Iowa State. The offensive line was outstanding on Saturday with the Hawkeyes racking up over 275 yards on the ground. Adam Robinson ran the ball very hard breaking a lot of tackles and Jewel Hampton had some good runs too. Ricky Stanzi was almost perfect with his passes. He hit McNutt on the big crossing pattern, hit DJK on that same rout plus hit Reisner going the other way on a similar play. He stood very tall in the pocket and picked apart Iowa State's defense All day. The offense was as good as they could be except they couldn't score after the INT by Prater but other then that there isn't much you can complain about.
On the defensive side of the ball they were all over the Cyclones in the first half. The defensive line was pressuring Arnaud all day and hurried his throws as well as sacked him a couple of times. The linebackers and secondary didn't allow anything with the return of Jeff Tarpanian and Sean Prater the Hawkeye defense was outstanding. Tarp had 11 tackles in three quarters and he was just all over the field making plays. Tyler Nielson picked off Arnaud with a stretching interception in the Red zone he also made some pretty big hits on the Cyclone recievers. Sean Prater returned with an interception and also deflected some deep passes away from the Iowa State Recievers. The Defensivel line was outstanding in stopping the run and defelecting quick passes away. When the defense plays like this there are not many offenses that can score against this unit.
The only bad I saw in this game was Punt and Kickoff Coverage. The coverage was not good most of the day allowing two big kick returns that gave the Cyclones good field position. Also punt coverage gave up some quality yards and Donahue although he had some good punts couldn't get his punts downed inside the 10 yard line. Overall Special teams was the only problem I saw in the game on saturday other then that the Hawkeyes couldn't of played better dominating the Cyclones.
When the Hawkeyes play like they played on Saturday they can compete with any team in America they ran the ball, and passed the ball outstanding. Now our next test is at Arizona a matchup between ranked teams this is a time for the Hawkeyes to make a statement to the national media that we are for real. This is a chance to go on the road and play a quality team in Arizona who will run a lot of things similar to what Iowa State ran last week. This could be the game that puts the Hawkeyes on the National radar because they are still a little under the radar which I have no problem with but a win in a tough place like Arizona would make a giant statement especially if it is a dominating win.
What do you guys think the biggest factor will be vs Arizona?
ReplyDeleteI think AZ will come out excited for a chance to beat the Hawks. That to me will be the biggest factor. I think the Hawkeyes won't bring anything special; like you said, all they need to do is do what they did this past week, don't force things and don't hurt themselves, and they'll be flying back to IC on Sunday with a W. I'm looking forward to see how the Hawks step up to a higher level of competition too.
ReplyDeleteI think a huge factor is the depth and experience the Hawks bring with them. I think rotating bodies on the defensive and offensive line, as well as Jewel and Adam locking down our 1-2 punch at RB, will be valuable in the AZ heat.
ReplyDeleteI also think that KF has a solid game plan strategy down at this point in his career. I think he's learned a ton since 2002 and best practices for getting the team ready to play on the road. He'll have a great game plan and put the Hawks in the best position to win.
As long as we don't have any bad turnovers (especially in the red zone), I think we'll be just fine.
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