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Pro Football Focus top rated defenses through first 4 weeks of the season? Iowa (93.5) and Michigan (93.1). 


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On a personal note: I am in rural NE Iowa. My mom (age 88), dad (age 90), my sister, my brother, are in Tucson, and my other sister is moving this week - to Tucson.

Ha I've been helping a friend pack two moving cubes/storage containers since sunday and will finish tomorrow(he has had neck/back operations and will need a knee replaced).His house just sold for 500K and they are moving to Phoenix to be closer to family but he wants to stay in Ohio - can't stand the heat. But his wife is working all week (dumb move)

I have this idea about climate tourism where people from the South can visit and I charge them for the privilege to shovel snow off my drive.

Iowa isn't going to blitz anyways, they'll stay in that cover 4 and play zone and drop 7-8 into coverage all day long and keep everything in front of them, but JJ has surprisingly done great this year vs the blitz.

Iowa doesn't blitz often, but they do, and when they come, they are usually effective

against a QB with limited game experience, you can count on it

Here is an interesting stat

Iowa's results in its last 6 home games against AP top-5 foes:
2008 vs. 3. Penn State, W 24-23
2010 vs. 5. Michigan State, W 37-6
2016 vs. 2. Michigan, W 14-13
2017 vs. 4. Penn State, L 21-19
2017 vs. 3. Ohio State, W 55-24
2021 vs. 4. Penn State, W 23-20

This week, No. 4 Michigan comes to Iowa City

Here is an interesting stat

Iowa's results in its last 6 home games against AP top-5 foes:
2008 vs. 3. Penn State, W 24-23
2010 vs. 5. Michigan State, W 37-6
2016 vs. 2. Michigan, W 14-13
2017 vs. 4. Penn State, L 21-19
2017 vs. 3. Ohio State, W 55-24
2021 vs. 4. Penn State, W 23-20

This week, No. 4 Michigan comes to Iowa City

like Jim said...Kinnick is a place where top 5 teams go to die. And he has ample experience in dying there- as both player and coach at Michigan. His 2016 team as coach when they were #2 in the nation and in 1985 as the starting QB of Michigan when they were the #2 team in the nation.

This game should scare the heck out of every Michigan fan. Michigan special teams need to be on their A game and JJ McCarthy has got to take care of the football. If the special teams comes to play like they normally do and JJ doesn't turn it over- Michigan absolutely should win this game. Iowa's only hope is if they get special teams TDs and defensive TDs/short fields. Which is very possible: lotta weird sh*t happens in Kinnick and JJ is an inexperienced guy making his first ever road start and really his 2nd real start- those first 2 starts might've well been vs the sisters of the poor.

To me JJ needs to protect the ball at all costs and not turn it over- play a clean game. Don't try that hero ball crap. Just play a clean game, protect the ball and get out with the W and he gets an A grade from me. He tries the hero crap and turns it over 2-3 times then he gets an F....and Michigan will be in serious trouble.