M/Iowa 2009 refresher
A little refresher course on last year's game:
Iowa 30, Michigan 28
Night game. Crowd was stoked.
Iowa had a functional bye the prior week vs. Arkansas State
Iowa outgained Michigan by 48 total yards.
Michigan lost 3 fumbles and had 2 INTs.
Iowa had no fumbles and had 1 INT (for a pick 6).
TOP was 32:45 Iowa, 27:45 Michigan. The 4:30 time advantage was pretty evenly spread out over the game.
Iowa had 72 offensive plays, Michigan had 68.
Denard replaced Tate in the 2nd half and was trying to lead M into game-winning FG territory when he threw an INT. M couldn't run the ball with Denard on that last drive due to time constraints.
So, I'd say M has a chance on Saturday.
October 13th, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^
caup... the freshmaker
October 13th, 2010 at 11:56 AM ^
You forgot that Iowa took the field to Metallica's "Enter Sandman".
October 13th, 2010 at 11:59 AM ^
If one is anti-daily, then what are they? Nightly?
October 13th, 2010 at 1:03 PM ^
It was a student newspaper I wrote for at Michigan. It was the anti-Michigan Daily. if you're familiar with the Every Three Weekly, it was like that... but before it (1998?) and made with way less money. And probably not as good.
October 13th, 2010 at 1:50 PM ^
where they talk about how Back in Black is tradtion, and they completely dismiss the one guy the says they should use the marching band instead of piped in music.
http://iowa.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?SID=940&fid=804&style=2&tid=137353227&Page=1
October 13th, 2010 at 2:28 PM ^
Thats still not as bad as the Chicago Blackhawks raising their Stanley Cup banner to the theme song from Band of Brothers.
NOTE: They lost to the Red Wings that night.
October 13th, 2010 at 2:39 PM ^
Oh, they're not using "dup dup da dup da da dup dada dup" song anymore?
October 13th, 2010 at 2:50 PM ^
Star Wars?
October 13th, 2010 at 2:56 PM ^
I think you mean chelsea dagger by the fratellis.
pretty sure that's still their goal song, but not what they used for the banner.
October 16th, 2010 at 2:41 AM ^
Ha, yeah I'm retarded, I wasn't really thinking of the song, just heard Star Wars in my head.
October 13th, 2010 at 3:11 PM ^
They also blasted the Black Eyed Peas "I Got a Feeling" before every single kickoff.
October 13th, 2010 at 8:40 PM ^
October 13th, 2010 at 11:58 AM ^
Woah I just blacked out, what happened?
October 13th, 2010 at 11:58 AM ^
I feel a lot more confident about this game than I did about the MSU game last week.
October 13th, 2010 at 12:01 PM ^
Hopefully Denard has "sowed all of his wild oats" as of last week.
October 13th, 2010 at 12:36 PM ^
I'm not sure you know what that phrase means.
October 13th, 2010 at 12:42 PM ^
Yeah, I usually play better after sex too.
October 13th, 2010 at 12:58 PM ^
Weird I thought women weaken legs?? Damn you Burgess Meridith!!!!!
October 13th, 2010 at 2:38 PM ^
Kansas' coach has the same belief. He bans all contact with women after 10pm. Obviously, it's worked extremely well for Kansas this season...let me look it up...what?! All those lonely nights. For what? For what?
October 13th, 2010 at 12:03 PM ^
game also introduced brian to black eyed peas hit single "tongihts going to be a good night" IIRC.
October 13th, 2010 at 1:44 PM ^
beaten over the head with like a baby seal cub by Destructor, then yes... we were all "introduced" to that song. About every damn play and commercial break, and chance that there might have been .10393 seconds of silence
October 13th, 2010 at 12:34 PM ^
Hard to compare last year to this year but I like the optimism. I think Michigan will play their hearts out this week and come out with the W.
October 13th, 2010 at 12:47 PM ^
damn you! i had this game waiting on my DVR and was going to watch it tonight!
October 13th, 2010 at 12:51 PM ^
Do you usually wait a year to watch the game?
On a serious note, I was going to watch last years game Friday night.
October 13th, 2010 at 2:06 PM ^
no, i just got out of a chilean mine
October 13th, 2010 at 12:58 PM ^
Thanks for the refresher. I don't know a lot about Iowa. HOWEVA, they always have a bunch of unknown white guys who seem to play above their perceived ability. I have no idea how this will play out. I just hope Denard can get back on track. If the offense can score at least 35 maybe Michigan has a chance.
October 13th, 2010 at 1:50 PM ^
2 INTs and 3 Fumbles for Michigan
1 INT for Iowa that went for a pick six.
A 5-1 ratio is a whole lot different than 4-2.
October 13th, 2010 at 1:23 PM ^
If I could add a factoid
Going into the game a year ago, no team had scored a rushing TD vs Iowa yet on the season.
Same thing this year
Here's the deal: Michigan has performed statisically better every step of the way this year compared to a year ago. If that continues, our offense will smoke these guys.
October 13th, 2010 at 5:00 PM ^
I hate to think this way but we are sunk the rest of the season. It doesn't matter if we torch their defense. Ask yourself this question: How many points would Iowa score against a lower level FCS division defense? Unfortunately that's what we have. They will torch us all afternoon and we won't be able to keep up.
I really hope I am wrong but I don't see us winning another game this season. I told my brother after the Umass came we wouldn't win one big ten Game. I was wrong but barely. We squeeked one out in the last minute.
October 13th, 2010 at 8:46 PM ^
I'm sorry... wait... you were wrong but barely? We're 1-1 in Big Ten so far. Take it easy my friend. Deep breath, and enjoy the process.
October 13th, 2010 at 11:01 PM ^
Tee hee at "smoke their D"
October 13th, 2010 at 1:32 PM ^
Eh, I hate to be that guy but the MSU game was awfully close last year too.
But aside from that, I agree Michigan has a chance.
October 13th, 2010 at 1:52 PM ^
that's the only question, IMO. it will be tough. i think we will play much better than we did against MSU, but I'm not necessarily sold on 5 TDs. Iowa may not have the same rushing threat as MSU, but I still think Stanzi will torch us through the air. He's prone to int's though, and that will be critical. We have a shot if Iowa stalls out and settles for a few FGs instead of scoring TDs, and maybe Stanzi gives us a gift or 2. 30-34 points for Iowa seems pretty likely.
October 13th, 2010 at 2:39 PM ^
Stanzi will throw zero interceptions against us this year. Opponents really don't have to take chances on the pass against our D, the one INT Chappell threw notwithstanding. I would be very surprised if we picked Stanzi off--it would truly have to be gifted. He'll take a sack if he has to; the next play there'll be a wide open 15-yard route. The game plan against us by now is "just be patient; they'll break down."
October 13th, 2010 at 1:53 PM ^
Actually the game against MSU wasnt that close last yr, we were down 20-6 with 5 mins left in the 4th quarter, when Stonum turned a 10 yd pass into a 66-yd touchdown , and we were able to tie it up in the last seconds of the game, but for 3 and half quarters it wasnt close at all!
October 13th, 2010 at 2:44 PM ^
Curious the choice to use an exclamation point there.
October 13th, 2010 at 1:55 PM ^
I apologize for being a Negative Nancy, and I laud your optimism. I really do. Unfortunately, the glaring difference is last year we had Brandon Graham and Donovan Warren, along with Woorfork and the other now-transfers that have devastated our secondary!
The difference this year: Offense - better, Defense - worse. I'm hoping that the offense's improvement far outweighs the defenses retrograde progress. Of course, Dilithium hadn't hit critical mass last year, and TrueFreshTaterTot was trying to change the college football world on an injury.
Iowa has shown weakness this year losing to Arizona, but its going to take great execution and a positive TOM to beat them. (no dropped balls, no glaring HERP DERPs by any Wolverines)
October 13th, 2010 at 1:59 PM ^
I'm sure I'll just be writing basically the same thing in another 6 weeks when we play in Columbus, so I'll just make note of it now.
October 13th, 2010 at 2:59 PM ^
that is all
October 13th, 2010 at 2:19 PM ^
That was Tate's worst game last year (8-19, 94 yards, INT, lost fumble). If he'd merely turned in an average performance, we'd have probably won.
One note of caution: we have to replace Minor's production from last year (22 carries, 95 yards, 2 TD). Also, Stanzi's a better passer now than he was then.
October 13th, 2010 at 2:19 PM ^
I think we'll come out and play a lot better this week, no more trying to force throws to the receivers. Denard just needs to lead the receivers a little better. We need some pressure on Stanzi to get a couple of turnovers.
October 13th, 2010 at 3:34 PM ^
Staniz is currently completing 67% of his passes, he's thrown 10 TD's to 2 int's. He's completed 57%, at the same point last year, and already had a handul of int's. He's the third highest rated QB in the nation and will be facing the 119th best FBS pass defense.
Iowa, last year conceded run yardage in an attempt to stop what was then an explosive passing game with Forcier almost bringing UM back against MSU after comeback wins against Indiana, and ND. So, they kept their safeties back and overplayed the pass all day. They succeeded giving Forcier easily his worst perfromance to that point and the defensive line harrassing Forcier much of the day.
Iowa's defense finished #3 in pass defense efficiency last year. They are third in that category this year, while being #1 in scoring defense and #2 in rushing defense.
Very unlikely that the Iowa safeties will be kept back this year with a great DL and good coverage from the defensive backfield. They'll keep the sure tackling safeties up.
Bad news for the offense.
October 13th, 2010 at 3:55 PM ^
Our team was not known for its passing at this time last year. As a matter of fact, the passing has been better this season.
Game 1: 179 yds compared to 186 yds
Game 2 : 240 yds compared to 258 yds
Game 3: 68 yds compared to 241 yds
Game 4: 184 yds compared to 255 yds
Game 5: 223 yds compared to 215 yds
October 13th, 2010 at 3:59 PM ^
take my chances with roy and/or stonum with one on one coverage
October 13th, 2010 at 4:33 PM ^
The prior game in 2009 UM had a net of 28 yards rushing against MSU. Iowa made a tactical gamble that given their front seven's ability to stop the run they wouldn't need much safety support. That was probably a mistake. They overvalued UM's passing attack and undervalued the running attack. Probably worth noting that regardless of their rationale for dropping the safeties. It's very, very unlikely they do the same this year. With Iowa's safeties, Sash and Greenwood, being strong in run support that should be a different level of run support than Iowa had last year. One question mark will be Iowa's MLB. They might lost a very good athlete in Tarpinian(injured)for the UM game. If he can't play that could mean an easier time in getting to the perimeter.
October 13th, 2010 at 4:48 PM ^
Troy Johnson is an experienced, capable backup. Unfortunately, against Penn St. he had to leave the game as well as Tarp so we were left with true frosh James Morris in their stead.
The kid did a great job in his first real action and will be a great one in years to come. Not sure if he's quite up for the Michigan offense though. Hopefully Tarp can go and if not Johnson will do just fine. Afterall, he was the Defensive POY against Minnesota last year when filling in for Hunter.
October 13th, 2010 at 4:59 PM ^
He's a sure tackler but, doesn't have the same kind of athleticism as Tarpinian. Getting to the perimeter against Denard that's potentially not an insignificant issue.
October 13th, 2010 at 5:11 PM ^
I was there. Awesome atmosphere, BG made Bulaga look like bologna.
October 13th, 2010 at 5:24 PM ^
I like our chances this week, we got the bad out of our system last week. All we will hear about Sunday is Denard's Heisman highlight roll.
October 13th, 2010 at 10:59 PM ^
Our OL this year is also much improved/healthier (please?) than last year, which may provide the boost for our running game to keep on track and possibly open up some decent passing opportunities.