[Herky] Half: Penn State 7 Iowa 6

[SRINIVAS REDDY Chirra]

Honestly, I did not see a huge difference in talent between the three teams.
A third year senior QB should have negated any difference.
We had better offensive output in yards than both the teams but not the points.
The turnovers did not help at all.  We may not have scored off of them but it allowed the opponent to score and get ahead.
Does it come down to play calling and getting the offense prepared for the opposition defenses?
Did we make use of our tall WRs much at all.  Seeing Brandon Smith's catch, I have a feeling that we should have tried him more often.  Can't if our QB is running for his life though 🙂
A little more aggressive throws downfield should have kept the defenses from stacking the box.

We will know who we really are in the next two weeks for sure.

Did not know about the helmet 🙂
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From: Herky <herky-bounces at lists.herky.net> on behalf of Jeff Napier <jnapier111 at outlook.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2019 10:52 PM
To: herky at lists.herky.net <herky at lists.herky.net>
Subject: Re: [Herky] Half: Penn State 7 Iowa 6

We know that Iowa is an average offense right now at best and PSU is one of the best defenses in the country. I think we got the game that we expected.  The main issue for the last two games has been turnover margin. Iowa will never beat a MI or a PSU when the the turnover margin is -3 and -2.  If that had been +1  we win both games.

"Did not understand the first timeout taken by BFz when the offense was in a good flow."
   - Linderbaum's helmet came off and would have to had come out of the game for a play.  Not sure who the back-up is right now but I think the next tow guys in line are out with injuries so they took a time


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From: Herky <herky-bounces at lists.herky.net> on behalf of SRINIVAS REDDY Chirra <hawkeye_fan at hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2019 11:35 PM
To: herky <herky at lists.herky.net>
Subject: Re: [Herky] Half: Penn State 7 Iowa 6

Extremely disappointing loss.
The defense keeps the opponents to a total of 27 points over two weeks and we come up with two losses.
Our QB has more yards and yards per attempt and catch and ends up on the losing side both times.
The senior QB loses to a first year starter and a second year starter.
Stanley is better on the move but he stands in the pocket too much and takes a sack.
He has not overthrown too much now and has underthrown a bit 🙂

Cannot understand the punt returner always allowing the ball to roll another 10+ yards and putting us in a hole.
Two games in a row that we have had horrible average starting field positions.
Second game in a row that the first punt by Dalton was a horrible one that allowed the opponent to score.
Our LBs are weak as they do not seem to hit the gaps are were used to the last decade as PSU always seemed to get 4-5 yards between the DLine.

In spite of all the -ves, without that missed TD catch by Brandon Stone/Smith and the missed FG we would have WON.
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting something to be different is stupid.
Our guys played hard till the last sec and my heart goes out to them for the loss.

Did not understand the first timeout taken by BFz when the offense was in a good flow.
We do not play hurry up even when we are behind by two scores in the fourth quarter.
Did not understand not going for an onside kick.
Whether you are successful or not you are in the same predicament whether from 20 yard line or at the 50.
One first down would kill the game.

Too much rambling from a guy who learnt football from TV 🙁
I think we need to go get some young aggressive coaches and get out of this same old stuff.

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From: Herky <herky-bounces at lists.herky.net> on behalf of Larry Edwards <larryed6124 at knology.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2019 9:15 PM
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Subject: [Herky] Half: Penn State 7 Iowa 6

Offense is not effective against a very good Penn State defense.
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