Well, the Cyclones didn't play particularly well, but the Hawkeyes were awful in their first game and beat up on a truly terrible team, so it's not like a game like this was incomprehensible, particularly given Kirk Ferentz's thankful inability to beat Iowa State on a regular basis. Bret Meyer just didn't turn the ball over as much (the one turnover damn near killed us) and Iowa dug themselves a hole in the first half, where they just looked totally baffled between the 30 yard lines.
Iowa State got victimized by two teams that had quarterbacks who could run. They even got victimized by Iowa's QB when he ran, even though he's not particularly mobile. But against a conventional quarterback, our defense seems to be relatively decent. The running game still has a long way to go though if we want to be able to put games away.
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Date: 2007-09-15 08:54 pm (UTC)Iowa State got victimized by two teams that had quarterbacks who could run. They even got victimized by Iowa's QB when he ran, even though he's not particularly mobile. But against a conventional quarterback, our defense seems to be relatively decent. The running game still has a long way to go though if we want to be able to put games away.