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Topic: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week

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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #14 on: Today at 11:21:56 AM »
Iowa 6  Michigan 4 in double OT...

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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #15 on: Today at 11:58:50 AM »
well maybe 9 with a bowl win.  but a 5-0 start is definitely within reach.  Outside of Indiana and Ohio State, everyone else seems gettable
the 5-0 start needs to happen.  After that it gets rough.

Especially when I feel the weakness on the team is the undersized D-Line and the ability to stop bug ten teams from running the ball

oh, and if you keep prompting, I'm happy to add this discussion to an Iowa/Michigan thread :)
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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #16 on: Today at 01:32:19 PM »
Some thoughts on Iowa's offense.

Iowa is still breaking in its new QB.  Looks like Hank Brown has won the job for now,  which is interesting because he was not the favorite coming into the fall camp. 

Hank Brown is considered the more safe choice  for QBwho makes less mistakes.  The other guy Hecklinski is considered more of a risk taker, aka a gunslinger.  In the actual games so far most agree Brown has looked better but it is not obvious yet he has the job locked up.

It looks like Iowa has its first legit really good WR this decade,Tony Diaz, a transfer from FCS.  So far against some bad defenses,  Diaz shows a consistent ability to get open.  But can he  get open against a defense like Michigan's?

As usual,  Iowa has a decent group of RB's, TE's and OL.  But they have been banged up and some of them sat out against UNI.  Iowa hopes the starting RB and starting TE get cleared to play against Mich.  If not,  iowa has some good backups too.
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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #17 on: Today at 02:01:30 PM »
9-6, Iowa. Because that's what I want to see happen.

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« Reply #18 on: Today at 02:03:15 PM »
9-6, Iowa. Because that's what I want to see happen.
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« Reply #19 on: Today at 02:36:48 PM »
I'm rooting for Iowa because, Nebraska doesn't play Michigan this season

Well, there are a few other reasons
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I'm rooting for Iowa because, Nebraska doesn't play Michigan this season

Well, there are a few other reasons
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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #21 on: Today at 03:55:15 PM »
well, Yes

that one is further down the list - the list is not short
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Re: #17 Iowa (3-0) at #18 Michigan (3-0) Game Week
« Reply #22 on: Today at 04:14:10 PM »
Some thoughts on Iowa's offense.

Iowa is still breaking in its new QB.  Looks like Hank Brown has won the job for now,  which is interesting because he was not the favorite coming into the fall camp. 

Hank Brown is considered the more safe choice  for QBwho makes less mistakes.  The other guy Hecklinski is considered more of a risk taker, aka a gunslinger.  In the actual games so far most agree Brown has looked better but it is not obvious yet he has the job locked up.


It looks like Iowa has its first legit really good WR this decade,Tony Diaz, a transfer from FCS.  So far against some bad defenses,  Diaz shows a consistent ability to get open.  But can he  get open against a defense like Michigan's?

As usual,  Iowa has a decent group of RB's, TE's and OL.  But they have been banged up and some of them sat out against UNI.  Iowa hopes the starting RB and starting TE get cleared to play against Mich.  If not,  iowa has some good backups too.
I'm not super impressed with Heck.  Both times he came in this year, the offense started sputtering.  He's not as accurate or as big as Brown, and he already has a turnover under his belt.  He's roughly as mobile as Gronny or CJ Beathard from like a decade ago, but he's about 2-3 inches shorter and 25-30 pounds lighter than either of them... don't think he's built to take many big hits.

 

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