Iowa has been struggling to establish an identity since the new coordinators started in 2012. The offense has been an ineffective attempt to mesh Kirk Ferentz’s run concepts with Greg Davis’s passing schemes. The defense has been somewhat more aggressive under Phil Parker than Norm, but has also lost something there and has been bent and broken too often, allowing long plays. There has been some weird tinkering…a strange mix of conservatism and aggressiveness. We saw some more 4th down attempts, the Raider package, etc… But the play calling was still bland, "safe" players were winning the larger roles, all of the classic stuff we like to joke about with Kirk Ferentz.
9 FACTOR FRIDAY: IOWA AT IOWA STATE
