Iowa Snowflakes: Special Teams / Coaching
December 3rd, 2023 at 12:44 AM ^
I think they may have got his pants. Which is the worst thing to get. Probably a good thing he gave up on the khakis
December 3rd, 2023 at 12:37 AM ^
Credit to special teams to turn this from a "hold your butts all game" to a relatively calm watch.
December 3rd, 2023 at 12:39 AM ^
We will know one thing for sure tomorrow. How rusty the SEC bagmen have gotten since NIL. They are all hustling to Dallas as I write this message.
December 3rd, 2023 at 12:47 AM ^
Brian Ferentz doesn't seem to understand the goal of a football offense.
December 3rd, 2023 at 1:22 AM ^
Morgan did an Iowa.
December 3rd, 2023 at 3:21 AM ^
Did we out-punt them? Can Doman take a long snap & throw it for a first down? Can he take it all the way for a TD? THAT would be out-punting them. They would burn their shirts
December 3rd, 2023 at 1:36 AM ^
James Turner won the game with the field goal that put us up 3-0!
December 3rd, 2023 at 1:50 AM ^
Coaching:
- Can't say enough about Minter. Now he has a month to come up with some amazing schemes for the playoff.
- I get that conservative offensive philosophy wins against Iowa, but I would liked to have seen some evidence of creativity to crack their scheme. We will certainly face good defenses in the playoff -- and paired with explosive offenses that will find ways to score on us to boot.
Special Teams:
- It's great to see the improvement in Turner from the beginning of the season. Kid's got ice water in the veins.
- Morgan essentially won the game for us. I'd like to see a focus on punt catching to avoid the bounce-and-roll that happened a couple times today.
- Doman was better than Taylor today. Doman caught a bad break on the bounce-back punt, while TT benefitted from many yards of roll in the game. Doman pinning Iowa deep led directly to a fumble and easy score.
December 3rd, 2023 at 3:10 AM ^
Feels good, doesn't it?
December 3rd, 2023 at 5:15 AM ^
Having Zinter hoist the trophy for the threepeat is perfect Harbaugh. Given the opportunity to rub it in, or even bask in the schadenfreude, he did what he always does: give credit to the players and coaches who got him there.
December 3rd, 2023 at 5:18 AM ^
Credit where credit is due: the player who pushed Morgan out on the punt return was the first Hawkeye he juked to the ground (#4 Koen Entringer, I think). He got up off the turf and ran ~90 yards to catch Morgan.
December 3rd, 2023 at 11:03 AM ^
Great call, ca_prophet! Entringer was the gunner who first missed Semaj, and at one point was on the ground at the three yard line. He ran ~160 yards total on that play. For my money, that is the "opponent special teams play of the year".
December 3rd, 2023 at 8:33 PM ^
Mad respect for that
December 3rd, 2023 at 7:41 AM ^
On the last drive of the game, what was the point in calling the Orji run on first down? Just kneel down 3 times and be done with it.
December 3rd, 2023 at 1:38 PM ^
Iowa had two timeouts. Once it was clear that Kirk wasn’t going to try to extend the game, á là Tom Izzo, he put JJ back in to take a knee.
December 3rd, 2023 at 8:41 AM ^
I was surprised Harbaugh didn't go for it on that last 4th and 1. It didn't matter and it was a beautiful field goal, but this is Harbaugh, so I expected him to go for more points regardless.
December 3rd, 2023 at 8:51 AM ^
It's Iowa. Always take the points.
December 3rd, 2023 at 9:36 AM ^
Harbaugh likes Ferentz, he wouldn't do that.
December 3rd, 2023 at 10:37 AM ^
If they don’t get the first down, Iowa gets the ball at that spot. If they miss the FG, Iowa still gets it there. May as well taken the shot at points.
December 3rd, 2023 at 10:53 AM ^
Yeah I thought the same, then kill the clock with no more scoring
December 3rd, 2023 at 8:53 AM ^
I always see Fred Jackson on the sideline. What is his position with the team?
December 3rd, 2023 at 9:03 AM ^
I think his role is to just grace the sideline with his accumulated awesomeness and also to appear on camera as much as possible. These things are related.
