Offense 79th, Defense 9th

[Some Day...Maybe]

The title reflects the scoring offense rank and scoring defense rank for last season. I thought Heatherman was the best DC Fleck has had. I’m a broken record, but I don’t know what makes people think this offense will be good to very good this season. It was 79th last season with a very good, very experienced QB.

I actually thought Harbaugh was better last season than the season prior. However, how much of that was Max Brosmar? Our running game was not very good. Therefore, we weren’t very balanced. Here comes the broken record part, until Fleck finds a good OC this team will continue to hover around 6 to 8 wins. A 9 win regular season will not happen. Not unless the D and ST play spectacular and the running game gets back to what it was, and even then it won’t be easy. Here’s to hoping Harbaugh takes a big step forward and continues to improve.

109th rushing yards
76th passing yards
71st first downs

1st 4th down conversions
21st 3rd down conversions
39th Red Zone

107th Total Offense

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

I don’t know what makes people think this offense will be good to very good this season.

I think that's the Gophers almost every year I've been a Gopher fan.

I don't know if it is coordinators or just not talent at WR (I don't see them getting open when it seems like the QB should be looking for them).

 

[Sparlimb]

To be fair, Iowa has had plenty of 8-10 win seasons with little to no offense. So it can be done. Our offense will never rank high with Fleck playing conservative ball to give the defense breathers. We're not going to have many (any?) drives that are under a minute this year that don't end in a punt.

 

[mngg11]

If I had to guess the coaching strategy, we'll probably be grinding for wins with the run game and hoping for another year of being 10+ in turnover margin. It's not impossible, Drake being better than his experience level and the receivers being able to get separation will help with that.

 

[Word]

If I had to guess the coaching strategy, we'll probably be grinding for wins with the run game and hoping for another year of being 10+ in turnover margin. It's not impossible, Drake being better than his experience level and the receivers being able to get separation will help with that.

Our struggles on offense last year were largely IMO due to a below average offensive line. I know we lost Daniels but the 3 transfers look good on paper and hopefully some of our own guys step up. I think our success on offense will again depend on the o-line.