re: Iowa Offense and the 3 TE set

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Iowa Offense and the 3 TE set
If this has been talked about I apologize. My boss is a huge Iowa fan, and we have been talking match ups and he mentioned that he thinks Iowa will do a heavy amount of 3 TE sets as they did against Ohio St. and Michigan St. Is this good, or bad for us? I feel like it could be a disadvantage because wouldn't our LBs have to do most of the coverage,which I don't have a lot of confidence in? Football gurus help me out. Thanks!

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Iowa uses the 3 TE set primarily for the run to the outside. They will play the TEs tight to the LOS as well as split one or two out in the slot and run the third in motion - and will run and pass out that formation. They will attack the play side corer with a TE or a pulling lineman, which doesn't really bode well for White @ 177lbs over the long haul. They have no real fear with running weak side on third and long out of this or any other formation.

To make the formation more effective they will run no huddle/no sub when they get the defense in particular personnel groupings (heavy on LBs or DBs) and will try to exploit accordingly. They're heady in this situation and will snap the ball quickly if a defensive substitution is attempted.

When playing at Ohio State, Iowa caught OSU in a look they were waiting on and popped them for an 85 yard TD to the secondary TE late in the third quarter o tie the game up 24-24.

The TE's are fairly big (6'7 265, 6'5 255 & 6'4 245) and compliment an athletic offensive line (Iowa's line is 15 lbs lighter than LSU's and built for zone blocking).