re: Iowa vs LSU breakdown

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Our coach can beat anyone, or come close, with this much time to prepare.

C'mon man. You are on a board that criticizes every move a coach makes. 'Kirk Ferentz is an idiot.' For X million dollars that 'we' pay him, he is horrible. That's the rant way.

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I think he is worth what we pay him, mostly because I'm not sure who we would get to come to Iowa for only $3.7MM. Our only advantage is that we can recruit the line and te's from here. Skill players are an issue for us. Also, if you look at our results historically, what he has done since he's been here is pretty good. T10, and one kinda, sorta NC run.

Nebraska has the same problem. Maybe worse. Their population is actually smaller than Iowa's. They've had to recruit nationally for a long, long time. The issue is now everyone is doing this. TV exposure, population, 85 scholarships.

We are now recruiting slightly differently. More speed on defense. More blitzing defenders. We are trying to step up with wide receivers.

We are a ways away. Two new coordinators last year. A lot of hold over from the past era, which was even more conservative. FWIW, I am a believer that defense and rushing win games, and win championships.

You beat us if you torch our secondary with your two WR's. You beat us if you keep our D on the field. We have a good D. They are under appreciated nationally. There is a significant % of our D that will be in the NFL. None of this matters if LSU game plans our weak spots, and they are on the field all game long. Our offense will struggle to keep up and put up points.

At Iowa it has always been our defense. In many ways, when we have a ball control offense, our offense is just an extension of our defense.