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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Watch him drive the ball down the field against Iowa or Illinois the year before. It's impressive tape, as is the Oklahoma game. You should remember that one.
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That is just silly.
5 WR's against a base 4-3 defense for almost all of the first 3 quarters. At least two of the WR's were covered by white Iowa linebackers. Yeah, Gabbert tore up those 5-10 yd. routes against linebackers. Whooo-ee! Not impressed. He didn't get a hell of a lot done, sure his yds. were higher than Stanzi's in the game, but his yds/completion and yds/attempt were much lower.
Iowa defense is kind of like the Chiefs in that they don't mind you gaining yards, they just don't want you to score TD's. They play sound, technical football and hope that if they play their assignments correctly, you will make drive killing mistakes, or mistakes that lead to a turnover. If you play sound football, they have no choice but to try to stop you outright.