** 2023 Opponent Preview : Iowa (Game 12) **

[Mavric]

 

[deedsker]

2 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

That is awesome!

[GSG]

 

 

                                                                                    

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

 

[Crusader Husker]

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

 

This made my day until I realized our O may be just as bad or worse.

[runningblind]

5 hours ago, Crusader Husker said:

This made my day until I realized our O may be just as bad or worse.

Scoring wise our offense is worse by 3 ppg overall and 4 ppg vs P5.  Both have played 3 P5 teams and 2 others.  Both have played one top 10 opponent.

[Husker in WI]

4 minutes ago, runningblind said:

Scoring wise our offense is worse by 3 ppg overall and 4 ppg vs P5.  Both have played 3 P5 teams and 2 others.  Both have played one top 10 opponent.

 

Our offense is a dumpster fire, no doubt. But if we are isolating it to offense, those numbers could be adjusted. They have a defensive touchdown and a special teams touchdown, which drops them down to 0.6 ppg better. And their kicker is 8/9 while our is 1/4, despite no 50+ yard attempts. So basically a wash points wise when limited to the offense, their defense and special teams are helping them. And not just in the field position sense, actually contributing points.

 

The fact that the points are basically even is not something to brag about, by any means. But they are also averaging 4.3 yards per play, which is second worst in the entire country ahead of Sam Houston State. We're averaging 5.8, which is slightly below middle of the pack. We need to figure out how to turn the yards into points (maybe stop turning it over and start making field goals), they need to figure out.. just about everything. 

[ColoradoHusk]

14 minutes ago, runningblind said:

Scoring wise our offense is worse by 3 ppg overall and 4 ppg vs P5.  Both have played 3 P5 teams and 2 others.  Both have played one top 10 opponent.

Iowa’s scoring figures include at least 2 defense/special teams TD’s, so NU and Iowa’s offenses are about as equally inept.

[soup]

And as has been mentioned before.  This is year 15+ of their offense, and year one of ours.

 

[runningblind]

2 hours ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Iowa’s scoring figures include at least 2 defense/special teams TD’s, so NU and Iowa’s offenses are about as equally inept.

Very true.  That plus our turnovers equals the difference in record so far.  Somehow they still manage to win games at a high rate.

1 hour ago, soup said:

And as has been mentioned before.  This is year 15+ of their offense, and year one of ours.

 

They still win a lot of games, which is both amazing and disgusting all at once!

[Red Five]

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

On 10/3/2023 at 2:28 PM, Red Five said:

Officially official

 

 

 

Right now, Ditch Chickens awarded 2nd place in the West race.  Chasing BadGers.  Next game, Dirty Birds at Whisky

[Red Five]

 

[Undone]

Iowa's offensive stats in their 20-14 win over Purdon't:

 

Iowa Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Deacon Hill	6/21	110	5.2	1	1	2
TEAM TOTAL	6/21	110	5.2	1	1	--
Iowa Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kaleb Johnson	17	134	7.9	1	67
Leshon Williams	13	74	5.7	0	17
Seth Anderson	1	4	4	0	4
Team	2	-6	-3	0	0
Deacon Hill	2	-25	-12.5	0	0
TEAM TOTAL	35	181	5.2	1	67

 

 

That 28% completion and QBR of "2," tho...

 

 

 

[BigRedBuster]

1 hour ago, Undone said:

Iowa's offensive stats in their 20-14 win over Purdon't:

 

Iowa Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Deacon Hill	6/21	110	5.2	1	1	2
TEAM TOTAL	6/21	110	5.2	1	1	--
Iowa Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kaleb Johnson	17	134	7.9	1	67
Leshon Williams	13	74	5.7	0	17
Seth Anderson	1	4	4	0	4
Team	2	-6	-3	0	0
Deacon Hill	2	-25	-12.5	0	0
TEAM TOTAL	35	181	5.2	1	67

 

 

That 28% completion and QBR of "2," tho...

 

 

 

I like it that our defense is good at stopping the run. 

[Husker in WI]

29 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

I like it that our defense is good at stopping the run. 

 

My only concern (as usual with this game) is whether we can avoid too many problems on offensive/special teams. I believe in our defense, I don't yet believe in the offense avoiding mistakes and special teams executing consistently.