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Usually I'd want a championship type defense to feel confident. With this offense, I just want to see a Good defense. Right now, I think they're approaching average, and I'd love to see continued improvement. We're still not getting enough pressure on the QBs, which puts more pressure on our backs. And tackling looked pretty bad early, but got better.
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Got to watch parts of the game from the ER (I'm ok-ish but had a scare an hour before kickoff). Positive is that I got to do the wave with all the kids today.
But from what I saw, the defensive front looked better and Iowa never had a bad OL. We had a very good overall performance against a good team on the road. Really great win for the challenges it presented and battle testing us again for this hellish stretch. Plus no big injuries that I noticed.
But from what I saw, the defensive front looked better and Iowa never had a bad OL. We had a very good overall performance against a good team on the road. Really great win for the challenges it presented and battle testing us again for this hellish stretch. Plus no big injuries that I noticed.
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Do you have a source for that? 19 is just really hard to believe
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Thank you, barely got lucid right before kickoff and kept frantically ringing my alarm bell when I saw it was about to kick off. The hospital disagrees with my definition of "emergency", but anyone who knows me would know that's a good sign.
31-14 > 42-19. The math might not seem right, but a 31-14 road win over an undefeated ranked team with a top-10 defense certainly looked and felt better than a 42-19 home win over a team that just got their asses kicked by lowly Purdue. A deeper dive into the numbers bears this out:
The Buckeye offense was slightly worse against Iowa (31 points, 484 yards, 6.6 average) than Illinois (42 points, 518 yards, 7.6 average), but that was to be expected when playing a team with a strong defense. And the Buckeyes' numbers could have been even better but for a missed field goal, some short-yardage buffoonery, and a 16-play, 55-yard drive to grind out the final 9:30 of clock to end the game.
It was on defense where the Buckeyes clearly improved:
Outside of Iowa's final garbage time drive – 8 plays for 75 yards and a touchdown – the Buckeyes held the Hawkeyes to 163 yards on 45 plays (3.6 average), 12 for 27 (.444) passing, a pair of field goals of 40+ yards, and no trips to the red zone.
It was a case of total domination that didn't quite show on the scoreboard.
In 4+ games this season, Jeremiah Smith now has 44 receptions for 823 yards and 9 touchdowns. During the 2011 season, the Buckeyes' top three receivers COMBINED had 42 receptions for 692 yards and 11 touchdowns in 13 games.
The Buckeye offense was slightly worse against Iowa (31 points, 484 yards, 6.6 average) than Illinois (42 points, 518 yards, 7.6 average), but that was to be expected when playing a team with a strong defense. And the Buckeyes' numbers could have been even better but for a missed field goal, some short-yardage buffoonery, and a 16-play, 55-yard drive to grind out the final 9:30 of clock to end the game.
It was on defense where the Buckeyes clearly improved:
| Statistic |
Illinois |
Iowa |
| Total Yards |
462 |
238 |
| Yards per Play |
6.5 |
4.5 |
| Rush Yards |
199 |
39 |
| Average per Rush |
6.0 |
1.9 |
| First Downs |
25 |
15 |
| Total Plays |
71 |
53 |
| Turnovers |
0 |
2 |
| Punts Forced |
2 |
4 |
| Time of Possession |
30:38 to 29:22 |
38:02 to 21:58 |
Outside of Iowa's final garbage time drive – 8 plays for 75 yards and a touchdown – the Buckeyes held the Hawkeyes to 163 yards on 45 plays (3.6 average), 12 for 27 (.444) passing, a pair of field goals of 40+ yards, and no trips to the red zone.
It was a case of total domination that didn't quite show on the scoreboard.
In 4+ games this season, Jeremiah Smith now has 44 receptions for 823 yards and 9 touchdowns. During the 2011 season, the Buckeyes' top three receivers COMBINED had 42 receptions for 692 yards and 11 touchdowns in 13 games.
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Improving but I hated those calls early in the 3rd on 3rd and 1. Don't get the first and turns the ball over on downs. Bad play calling sometimes. Smith has to quit being too cute.
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Yep, I was all "3rd and 1, our nemesis" and everyone started to question me. I said, "just wait, we're probably chucking a 40 yard pass down the sideline." And that's what happened. Then on 4th and 1 I said "well, this will probably fail, too, because we can't be bothered to take the snap under center."....
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