Northern Iowa Week Pressers

So, what are we going to do in this one on offense?

Are we going to try to tune up the power running game, or will we use it as practice time for Raiola to throw downfield? Hopefully a good balance of both.

 
Undone said:
So, what are we going to do in this one on offense?

Are we going to try to tune up the power running game, or will we use it as practice time for Raiola to throw downfield? Hopefully a good balance of both.
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I would guess it's going to be a balance of both.  But, I really hope they give Raiola a chance to fine tune his passing other than less than 10 yards down field.  It seems like they are close but there's a timing issue.  He seems to be over throwing the receivers a lot.  I can see that as something that can greatly improve with more experience with the various WRs.

 
BigRedBuster said:
But, I really hope they give Raiola a chance to fine tune his passing other than less than 10 yards down field.  It seems like they are close but there's a timing issue.  He seems to be over throwing the receivers a lot.  I can see that as something that can greatly improve with more experience with the various WRs.
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On the bold, yes, me too.

I think the staff was really wise to just stay in a safety zone against CU. No doubt way better to build the confidence and work him into the speed of the college game rather than to risk it with a bunch of throws downfield.

It's probably also situational to the score & dynamic of the game. 

 
UNI is pretty bad. They are #21 in the FCS poll but almost s#!t the bed against St Thomas who lost to DII Sioux Falls the week before. Squeaked out a 17-10 last minute win. They have no QB play. All RBs. Load the box and beat their a$$ up front. 

 
Part of this is poor WR effort on route running and blocking. No block = no rock. Neyor has been guilty of both. Bonner to me doesn’t look very electric. Would much rather see another WR out there. 

 
Mavric said:
Good thing we have a dedicated special teams' coach to get results like this.
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Not truly sure what Ed Foley does. If punting starts to slip he needs to be fired. Also not kicking the ball to Horn + short out of the end zone by 10 yards is due to a weak leg or idiocy. Will give them props for putting IGC back there.

 
BigRedBuster said:
I would guess it's going to be a balance of both.  But, I really hope they give Raiola a chance to fine tune his passing other than less than 10 yards down field.  It seems like they are close but there's a timing issue.  He seems to be over throwing the receivers a lot.  I can see that as something that can greatly improve with more experience with the various WRs.
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Pretty sure the issue more the receivers than Raiola. That one breakdown video I posted after UTEP said the WRs were kinda half-assing their routes and not getting downfield as quickly as they needed to. And see the tweets above with Rhule saying the rest of the offense needs to pick up their intensity to match Raiola.

 
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