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jave36 said:
LOL, does it matter? They're a p5 team with the 2nd best pass defense in the country. That, compared with our bad offense and good defense, means it'll be a low scoring game.
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It's strange how you pick one stat to complain about then shut your eyes when other people provide very valid rebuttals.
 
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jave36 said:
LOL, does it matter? They're a p5 team with the 2nd best pass defense in the country. That, compared with our bad offense and good defense, means it'll be a low scoring game.
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It still isn't scary lol...I mean seriously, look at their schedule. Not exactly playing offensive juggernauts week in and week out. All but 2 of the teams on their schedule were 75th or worse in passing offense:

2014 FBS (I-A) College Football Team Statistics Leaders for Passing - ESPN

UNI: 88th Passing
Ball St: 80th
Iowa St: 49th
Pitt: 105th
Purdue: 103rd
Indiana: 122nd
Maryland: 75th
Northwestern: 79th
Minnesota: 124th
Illinois: 52nd
Wisconsin: 117th
Nebraska: 96th
 
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TriedAndTrueVOL said:
It still isn't scary lol...I mean seriously, look at their schedule. Not exactly playing offensive juggernauts week in and week out. All but 2 of the teams on their schedule were 75th or worst in passing offense:

2014 FBS (I-A) College Football Team Statistics Leaders for Passing - ESPN

UNI: 88th Passing
Ball St: 80th
Iowa St: 49th
Pitt: 105th
Purdue: 103rd
Indiana: 122nd
Maryland: 75th
Northwestern: 79th
Minnesota: 124th
Illinois: 52nd
Wisconsin: 117th
Nebraska: 96th
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Iowa St. and Illinois as the 2 best passing offenses they've faced tells me all I need to know.
 
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Dust10 said:
Iowa St. and Illinois as the 2 best passing offenses they've faced tells me all I need to know.
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Me too...that 2nd best pass defense in the country doesn't look quite as nice with all the facts. I don't really understand how anyone could say otherwise.
 
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jjay2518 said:
It's strange how you pick one stat to complain about then shut your eyes when other people provide very valid rebuttals.
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Complain? Who's complaining? I said I don't think it'll be high scoring. Why you on a witch hunt?

Our pass offense isn't much better than the opponents they played. We had 92 passing yards vs Vandy.
 
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Key stat of the game: sacks. Every game Iowa lost they have up 2 or more sacks
 
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I keep seeing predictions for Iowa having 20+. If iowa scores 20 or more offensive and special teams points, I will send someone a $25 Amazon gift card.
 
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VolinArizona said:
I keep seeing predictions for Iowa having 20+. If iowa scores 20 or more offensive and special teams points, I will send someone a $25 Amazon gift card.
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AJ isn't playing, this will be much like the Mizzou game, they will do just enough and make just enough plays to win. UT will struggle to block them on offense.

As for the gift card, I will let you know after the game where to send it.
 
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jave36 said:
Complain? Who's complaining? I said I don't think it'll be high scoring. Why you on a witch hunt?

Our pass offense isn't much better than the opponents they played. We had 92 passing yards vs Vandy.
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And it was very windy, we were down a large majority of our receiving corps, and Crowder being out fouled up the interior of our line even more than it was already.

Ignoring all of that, it has been widely reported that they have serious problems stopping a read option offense. If we can get Dobbs and Hurd going which we should be able to do, we'll score points no matter how good their passing defense may be.
 
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C'mon folks - we all know this one will be decided by whether good Jake or bad Jake shows up. The D and special teams will do well. There is plenty of time to prepare. But if he rolls out that junk we saw against Mizzou and Vandy - it will be a long afternoon and a lot of nail biting. If he uses the middle of the field and stretches their D, this will be a rout.
 
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jjay2518 said:
And it was very windy, we were down a large majority of our receiving corps, and Crowder being out fouled up the interior of our line even more than it was already.

Ignoring all of that, it has been widely reported that they have serious problems stopping a read option offense. If we can get Dobbs and Hurd going which we should be able to do, we'll score points no matter how good their passing defense may be.
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That's a fair point. I still don't think our offense us any good against even average defenses, so I think it'll be a defensive struggle that we win.
 
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Also Iowa is apparently like us at times. They are never "on" with both defense and offense. They seem to lack either at times. Hope it's their defense this time so we can see Dobbs go off along with hurd
 
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I would pick a score, but I have been wrong as much as I have been right this year. Six for twelve. As you might infer I tend to go with the Vols in my picks.
 
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