The Hawkeyes moved to 4-0 with a 48-3 pasting of Middle Tennessee State. Once again, A.J. Epenesa was held to pedestrian like stats of two tackles and one pass swatted down. As mentioned in the secondary title, it’s only a matter or time before someone scheme’s the game wrong and Epenesa erupts. For the science nerds, here is information on the super volcano.
What can we make of the lack of sacks and tackles? Through four games it’s apparent that teams are game planning around Epenesa and forcing others on the defense to rise up.