Quick Question? Was UNI very bad or is ISU that good?

[clawman]

Re: Quick Question? Was UNI very bad or is ISU that good?

UNI's offensive and defensive line is very bad.

The jury is still out on the overall quality of both UNI and ISU's football team this year.

Both the Eagles and Panthers lost to FBS teams so we'll find out if that meant anything on Saturday

[SteinPizza]

Re: Quick Question? Was UNI very bad or is ISU that good?

Both the Eagles and Panthers lost to FBS teams so we'll find out if that meant anything on Saturday

Look at the difference. Oregon vs. Iowa State. It's laughable.

[clawman]

Re: Quick Question? Was UNI very bad or is ISU that good?

Look at the difference. Oregon vs. Iowa State. It's laughable.

We gave up 61 points and you only gave up 24 so your D must be better than ours.

[run&blade]

Re: Quick Question? Was UNI very bad or is ISU that good?

Oregon s a top shelf program. Iowa State is a joke that happen to play the only team in the country with a QB worse than their own. Sam Richardson is awful. This is free money for those in Vegas. This will not even be close.

[UNIdad]

Re: Quick Question? Was UNI very bad or is ISU that good?

Our special teams problems aren't there because of personnel but rather schemes. All of our specialists are returning starters that have had marginally successful, to greatly successful careers in purple. Special teams in Cedar Falls, and several schools for that matter, have been over coached for years. Rather than letting your specialists do what they do best, it gets over thought. Example: One several occasions our right footed Kick-off man, and right footed punter were asked to kick the ball the left rather than just putting a ball down the middle with decent hang time and distance. For a punter this results in low line drive punts because you can't allow the ball to roll off the right side of your foot on your follow through the way you want to. For Kick-offs this all to often a risk because if you pull the ball just slightly it will go out of bounce creating terrible starting field position as we saw with the second halfs opening kick off. UNI isn't the only school plagued by over coached special teams. It happens all over the country. Coaches simply don't know the kicking game. They think about what is best for the ten other guys on the field rather than what their kicker / punter can actually perform.

Just my two cents worth.

Interesting. You blame the coaching, not the punter. It makes more sense than anything I can think of. The combination of really bad punts and really good returns was the story of the game.

UNI's average starting position was its 21. ISU's was its 48!

Offensive production stats were fairly even, but field position tells the story.