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Iowa is 10-8 under KF and won the last two...

I think Cade McNamara would be playing much better this year if he wasn't limited with a quad injury. He can't run, and it's affecting his throwing aswell not being able to get his feet set.
 
No but maybe not as bad a QB coach as some people think. Remember he worked under Galen Hall.
Ehhh--I still think that's a reach. I understand that many people like Jay as a person, as they should, but there's no defending his time as a coach IMO.
 
I think Cade McNamara would be playing much better this year if he wasn't limited with a quad injury. He can't run, and it's affecting his throwing aswell not being able to get his feet set.
Gotta believe he'll have a few more bumps and bruises by 9:15 Saturday....;)
 
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Gotta believe he'll have a few more bumps and bruises by 9:15 Saturday....;)
No doubt. If Iowa gets down big I hope coach sits him so he doesn't hurt the leg further. Iowa's back up QB Deacon Hill reminds me of Joey Julius btw.. animals!
 
I don't see many PSU fans predicting a blowout (i.e. 25 or more points). The spread seems fair to me. I think it should be a close game with PSU pulling away late...something like 27-13. Maybe 17-10 at half?

I don't call that a blowout.

The weather could make OL and DL play huge though...and I think Iowa might have a slight edge on both.

I hope Diaz is aggressive and stacks the box. I'm tired of giving up 3-5 yards on every run. Let's see if McNamara and the receivers can burn our DBs...if they can, then back off. But I want to see it.

Could I see PSU really going off 41 to 10? Sure. But I could also see Iowa winning ugly 19-17.
 
I think Cade McNamara would be playing much better this year if he wasn't limited with a quad injury. He can't run, and it's affecting his throwing aswell not being able to get his feet set.
True. Plus the fact that he is so shitty to begin with.
 
Why are you all expecting to blow us out again?
I'm not...it's the odds makers that have penn state as 14 point favorites. Iowa normally plays penn state tough and penn state has a tendency to play down to the level of it's opponents. - 2016 being an exception. Hopefully our coaches have spent some time analysing the hawkeye zone defense and we can score a lot of points. But I expect that we will come out, try over and over to run the ball through Iowa 8 man fronts, let Iowa stay in the game up to the fourth quarter where it will become anybody"s game. I hope I'm wrong and that penn state covers.
 
I'm not...it's the odds makers that have penn state as 14 point favorites. Iowa normally plays penn state tough and penn state has a tendency to play down to the level of it's opponents. - 2016 being an exception. Hopefully our coaches have spent some time analysing the hawkeye zone defense and we can score a lot of points. But I expect that we will come out, try over and over to run the ball through Iowa 8 man fronts, let Iowa stay in the game up to the fourth quarter where it will become anybody"s game. I hope I'm wrong and that penn state covers.
If the rain is persistent then Franklin could get more conservative meaning running it too much. Hopefully Yurcich has some autonomy in challenging an overly conservative approach. I think he does. I think against NW last year we fumbled with our RBs at least 3 or 4 times, not picks. Also, Allar has proved he can be careful with the ball so I hope we can use our full playbook. Now if it turns into a torrential, driving rainstorm then we will need to adjust and that favors Iowa.
 
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