re: Iowa vs LSU breakdown

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Guess we're screwed since we run a 4-3 and don't blitz a whole lot. Shucks.

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OK now, you don't have to be like that. I am simply telling you that nearly everyone has attacked the LSU offense exactly like you've mentioned. As for blitzes, if your front four can create enough havoc then you don't need to. I just don't know of many defenses that can do that without sending extra guys every other play against LSU.

Also, my thoughts on the 3-4 were based mainly on the DC having the opportunity to be very creative with blitzes.

If you don't think that Iowa would have the personnel for the 3-4 then maybe they might be able to pull of something that Chavis used to do when DBU was in effect. He would use a 3-1-7 on third downs and passing distances. The coolest thing about the formation was that he would bring blitzes from so many different places that it was just as fun to watch that defense as it was to watch a high powered spread offense. He might just bring the typical four rushers but one would come from an unconventional angle.

I am not one of those guys who thinks lowly of Iowa's chances in the game at all. The biggest concern that I have is our inconsistent defense. One week we hold Johnny Football to 10 pts and the next we couldn't stop an Arky team that went winless in the SEC. (To their defense, they did stop them in the end)