Iowa Snowflakes: The Coaching
October 1st, 2022 at 3:17 PM ^
5–0 is 5–0
October 1st, 2022 at 3:26 PM ^
Hard to complain about a 13 point win at Kinnick (should have been 20 but whatever)
October 1st, 2022 at 3:35 PM ^
Agreed. But there will be plenty of complaining from some of the clowns around here.
October 1st, 2022 at 5:57 PM ^
Mitch and Rational have entered the chat.
October 2nd, 2022 at 7:41 AM ^
Kinnick and Camp Randall… two B1G West locations where you don’t complain about how you won.
Though as mentioned elsewhere, I think the coaching and playcalling was great for 2.5 quarters. I wasn’t a fan of the pass on the 2nd to last drive, nor the Corum dive on 3rd and 1. Though to be fair, I wanted that play when they broke the huddle, but seeing the Iowa defense, wanted to shift out of it.
Other than that, I thought the coaching was great. I’d like more of a pass rush, but I don’t blame Minter for not dialing up more and more complex blitzes.
(And I thought the 2008 Michigan offense was bad…)
October 2nd, 2022 at 8:40 AM ^
wanted that play when they broke the huddle, but seeing the Iowa defense, wanted to shift out of it.
Yes. i wonder if JJ has that kind of freedom. If he does, then that's a misread, because it was pretty clear the Iowa defense was only concerned with one play.
October 2nd, 2022 at 1:28 PM ^
And better than the alternatives
October 1st, 2022 at 3:17 PM ^
Thanks Iowa coaching staff for going into clock killing mode when down 13.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:20 PM ^
Iowa gonna Iowa.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:27 PM ^
When is Iowa not in clock killing mode?
October 1st, 2022 at 3:37 PM ^
As opposed to...?
October 2nd, 2022 at 1:32 PM ^
Death, taxes, and Ferentz-Iowa in clock killing mode... To
October 1st, 2022 at 3:18 PM ^
Individual talents of JJ, Donovan and Mike are keeping these coaches employed. Game could have easily been a loss running Corum 30 million times.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:25 PM ^
Yeah, how dare we hand the ball off to our Heisman-caliber running back who leads the country in touchdowns.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:43 PM ^
JJ and Edwards making something out of nothing got Michigan the 2nd touchdown. We’d be sweating bullets if not for that.
Corum is a brilliant talent, yet all that domination yielded 13 points in the first half.
Maybe this is 2021 redux where they keep it simple for much of the year until MSU/PSU.
October 1st, 2022 at 4:44 PM ^
Corum is a brilliant talent, yet all that domination yielded 13 points in the first half.
Leaving out the part where Iowa is one of the best defenses in the country.
October 2nd, 2022 at 7:09 AM ^
They aren't.
More like 15-20.
Not even in the same league as Georgia.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:28 PM ^
They were gaining 5 basically every time they handed the ball off through three quarters. Not handing the ball off would be *insane*.
Honestly, people are totally losing perspective here because Michigan had two rough fourth-quarter drives (one of which started in the shadow of their own end zone) when they were trying to run clock out. I don't like the call to run Corum into a stacked LOS on 3rd-and-1 either, but that doesn't nullify three quarters of playcalling that was not only adequate, but exceptional.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:37 PM ^
Exceptional play calling? I take exception.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:39 PM ^
We only punted once in the first half and that was due to our QB tripping over the center's foot. This, against one of the best defenses in the country in our QB's first career road start.
The only issue I had was the continued problem of plays getting in late, which needs to get corrected.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:51 PM ^
It was really only an issue a couple of times; most of the time Michigan was humming at at the LOS with plenty of time.
That one time was during the 2-minute drill. Then there was one occurance in the second half.
This is a lot better than the pre-Gattis days. Michigan actively runs hurry-up-to-the-line now and I like it.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:39 PM ^
They are the same people who will say "stop reminding me of bad takes and team hating comments" when we continue to succeed. Some Michigan fans can only be miserable.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:44 PM ^
And how many points did that give Michigan? 13.
The 2nd TD was due to player creativity, not the coaches.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:57 PM ^
Coaches called a fine play that had Edwards open on an angle route as the hot read. JJ bugged out rather than throw it, and Edward broke to the end zone. So it worked fine.
You're hand-waving it because Michigan won and you want to be mad.
October 1st, 2022 at 4:04 PM ^
JJ bugged out bc a dude was right in his face.
Winning in Kinnick is great, but making this Iowa team look competent is not.
Who knows maybe Ferentz Jr gets his shit together and they win the west.
October 1st, 2022 at 8:18 PM ^
If they win the West it won't be because "Jr gets his shit together." It'll be because the West is awful. Just like when they won it a year ago.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:30 PM ^
TheCube never happy. Who are you, my wife?
October 1st, 2022 at 3:43 PM ^
This reminds me of the complaints after Washington last season. Some people here truly cannot see the forest for the trees.
October 1st, 2022 at 4:10 PM ^
Damn Cube... I thought you were gone. Well, anyways; style points don't matter, and even if they did, Michigan dominated in Kinnick.
October 1st, 2022 at 4:17 PM ^
I think it’s funny how we complain about a back getting over 15 carries now, but we applauded when Chris Perry had 50 against MSU.
October 1st, 2022 at 4:41 PM ^
Most exceptional backs thrive on a high volume of carries, and that certainly seems to be the case with Corum. He was so tired on his 29th carry that he juked one of the best linebackers in the Big Ten out of his jock strap and ran it in for a TD.
October 1st, 2022 at 5:35 PM ^
Football has changed. In hindsight, that was poor playcalling and subjecting one player to too many hits. Its a bit unfair to put so much on an RB as their shelf lives/ years to earn money are shorter.
October 2nd, 2022 at 9:22 AM ^
Agreed, Coaches should be thinking about a player's shelf-life in the NFL when calling plays in a tight college game. Even if the playcalls are working and the gameplan is shaping up nicely, they should change it, in order to preserve a player's future NFL longevity.
I simply can't believe you're not a coach.
October 1st, 2022 at 5:58 PM ^
Game could have easily been a loss NOT running Corum 30 million times.
FIFY*
October 1st, 2022 at 8:15 PM ^
We won a B1G championship last year with none of those guys starting. I don't think the Kenneth Walker effect applies here. Why are you so angry after a comfortable road win in Kinnick?
October 2nd, 2022 at 9:23 AM ^
But what have the coaches done since that B1G Championship? It's not like they've won every game this year.
October 1st, 2022 at 8:32 PM ^
Corum had 29 carries. If he had 50 you might have a point.
October 1st, 2022 at 10:16 PM ^
you’re an idiot.
October 2nd, 2022 at 7:48 AM ^
Serious question…
Why do people write stuff like this, assuming that if the game were going differently the coaching and play-calling wouldn’t reflect it? Like if running Corum 30 million times wasn’t working they wouldn’t do something else?
We saw this same nonsense after the Washington win last year. We all went into the game nervous, then somehow bitched that they ran too much.
October 2nd, 2022 at 9:18 AM ^
WTF? There was almost no chance at any point after 20-0 that this game was a loss. And it was good coaching to get to 20-0. A loss at that point would have required Spencer the Rock Petras to drive his team 3x in 20 minutes for touchdowns. When is the last time Iowa did that against anyone with a pulse, much less with Petras and no receivers or good running backs? The coaches played the high-percent scenario that Petras simply couldn't do that, and in the end it wasn't even close. If they had employed this strategy against OSU, then sure, be pissed. But it was played calmly and perfectly, and Iowa, as any betting person would have predicted, wasn't up to it.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:18 PM ^
Mostly good, with the usual 2 or 3 boneheaded calls.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:18 PM ^
A little surprised that they didn't go for 2 when up 19-0, as you knew Iowa would have limited possessions at that point.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:36 PM ^
Don’t agree - miss the 2 pt’er and IA need 2 TD’s, 2 2 pt conversations and a FG to tie.
October 1st, 2022 at 5:29 PM ^
I get that, but there is a good chance Iowa misses 1 of the 2 point conversions or even Ferentz kicks the PAT knowing him.
I'd still prefer to get up by 21 if possible. I thought that Harbaugh made a mistake to kick the PAT at the time, but definitely thought it was the wrong choice with Iowa down just 13 and having a first and goal with plenty of time left.
October 2nd, 2022 at 6:38 AM ^
This situation/decision is much more complicated than fans understand. The end.
October 2nd, 2022 at 9:33 AM ^
I don't know.
If we went for 2 and got it when Iowa scored their TD we'd be up 14 with basically a whole quarter left in the game.
If we went for 2 and missed it when Iowa scored their TD we'd be up 12 with basically a whole quarter left in the game if Iowa kicked a PAT. 11 or 13 if they went for 2.
If we kicked the PAT, which we did, we'd be up 13 with basically a whole quarter left.
With that much time remaining, being up 13 instead of 12 has a negligible advantage.
Being up 14 has a massive advantage over 13.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:18 PM ^
The defensive coaching was suspect today. Don't know why Okie isn't starting. Offensively, we could have been more aggressive in the 2nd half.
October 1st, 2022 at 3:42 PM ^
Playing that position isn’t strictly talent, you have to learn the scheme. He’s only been in the program for a couple weeks bro.
lol give them time.
October 1st, 2022 at 4:28 PM ^
Also, I thought they said he was only playing on obvious passing downs. Someone back me up or correct me.
October 1st, 2022 at 5:34 PM ^
I believe so. He may be weak against the run.