*Week 2, Drake--Kurt Warner jersey retirement*

[vbfan19]

We would CLEAN UP in the Pioneer League.

a team with 63 scholarship equivalencies should clean up in a league with zero scholarships.

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

a few takeaways IMO

It was great to see us dominate a game we should

TE use, as mentioned before, was great to see. We've got a good group there.

Ben Gordon may be our most explosive RB (not sure if they'd changed his position group was a WR previously). Was a legit RB at Van Meter and looked more explosive than our other backs when given touches. Deserves more carries.

It was great to see some our defense generate some takeaways. Still not convinced we get enough pressure without sending extra guys and if we do send extra guys and don't get home i think we get exposed on the back end.

I hope we look respectable at Iowa and leave the game healthy. My hope for this team is terribly low in that i hope we can get to 500 ish and show growth and middle of the pack valley teams. Maybe steal a win against someone in the top third.

it was a great day for a tailgate and enjoyed the new hill street dive bar post game (formerly hill street news and tobacco for those as old as i am) I know some hate the 1pm kick but i generally like it better than 4pm which just feels like an odd start time. If we're going to go late just go to 6pm or 7.

[FOTY]

Tailgating was great yesterday. I loved being back in the lot and had great weather to boot.

In the end, we did what we needed to do against a non-schlorship program.

I was greatly concerned as the first half was coming to an end. The score was 14-21 good guys, D+ had the ball, they were driving and on the UNI 37; they score and we are tied going into half. Tied. Non-scholarship. Not ideal. Instead, Young grabs a pick, returns it 40+ yards to set up the offense at the 2 minute break. We score and go into half 14-28 and we are off and running. That interception flipped the script and got us going. It was THE single play of the game.

The offense looked good and appeared to make a couple adjustments as the game went on. After EW it was nice to see that. I remain concerned but optimistic what we will have when we get to conference play. The TE play has been a nice highlight. It’s a position which disappears for years at a time for UNI.

The “wefense” looked good other than the kicking out of bounds. What is it with UNI always wanting to kick to the corner? It’s been a thing for years and across coaching staffs. I understand the intent, but it’s just interesting that no matter the kicker, no matter the position poach, or the coordinator, it’s always in the corner, always taking that risk. I’d love to see the analytics taking the risk.

The second half defense (plus the play mentioned above) was great and I give them credit for that. A shut out for two full quarters was awesome to see and what should happen. That said, we’ve got a problem. Against a real DI program I’m not sure we can get a stop when we need it.