4skers89
All-Conference
I remember wishing our offense would get off the field so our defense could score. My memory isn't what it used to be so maybe not quite accurate.
McKewon: QB Play Won (and Lost) the West
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Red Five
Heisman Trophy Winner
cornographic
Banned
TA also threw the near INT in the back of the endzone vs Sparty which almost sealed the deal there. Next play, he wins it on the controversial TD to Reilly. Live and die by the sword with TA.
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If you want to minimize a weak defense, score as much and as quickly as you can. If you scored every drive, on a single play, your defense becomes virtually irrelevant.
BaytownHusker
Starter
I'm not. Watch film on them. They know how to block and block well. Some one is teaching them.
BaytownHusker
Starter
I wasn't attempting to evaluate him, only comment on how everyone hates our offensive lines.
Saunders
Heisman Trophy Winner
Iowa committed to the running game, even when it wasn't dominating. They didn't make Beathard win games with his arm. He threw more than 30 times in 3 games, we did it 8 times, and 3 games over 40 times.
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ColoradoHusk
Heisman Trophy Winner
This
Langsdorf and Riley choose play calling and their depth chart with the passing game in mind. They place no emphasis on the running game. This is why even a guy like Beathard could struggle in their offense.
Stumpy1
All-American
Iowa also wasn't playing from behind in many games. I think they said Iowa only trailed 3 or 4 times the whole year and they were all within a score. When you are able to have that happen, you don't need to pass as much and can run.
McKewon is just wrong... again.
Look, if I round up a group of kids off the street and go play a game agains Millard North, and if my random QB throws 6 picks, do we then say well the Quarterback lost the game!
No there were a lot of things wrong there. First the kids never had any time together as a team, and I didn't have the time to coach them up.
There in lies the problem. It's not the Quarterback's fault. You've got an obviously run oriented quarterback and you are asking him to throw 30 yard outs into nickel coverage, something he has never done in his life.
and frankly something almost no college QB can do
Look, if I round up a group of kids off the street and go play a game agains Millard North, and if my random QB throws 6 picks, do we then say well the Quarterback lost the game!
No there were a lot of things wrong there. First the kids never had any time together as a team, and I didn't have the time to coach them up.
There in lies the problem. It's not the Quarterback's fault. You've got an obviously run oriented quarterback and you are asking him to throw 30 yard outs into nickel coverage, something he has never done in his life.
and frankly something almost no college QB can do
Saunders
Heisman Trophy Winner
We weren't getting blown out. Only Iowa, Miami, and Purdue were ever ahead by more than one score. Purdue and Iowa both won because we were too reliant on the pass, and turned it over. Miami, got back into the game because of the pass. The other 4 games in which we lost, we had the lead, and lost it at the end of the game. Fateful playcalling at the end had a huge hand in at least 4 of the losses. Most recently, if we had kicked a FG on the 4th and 1 play against Iowa, we would have had a chance to tie it with our final 2 drives.
VectorVictor
Heisman Trophy Winner
The same number of losses, because we didn't have a running game necessary to compliment Beathard's style of play, nor an OC willing to get said running game going. Plus the stuff about the defense.