Iowa -21 over North Texas ******
NT is coming off a huge loss to Smoo...despite leading 10-0 after the 3rd series it wasn't a competitive game.Sutton had 4 td's and NT defense couldn't stop him...it was 54-17 when Smoo called off the dogs..NT scored a few late Td's to make it look closer but Smoo still won by 22..Fine the NT qb had over 400 yds and the week before vs Lamar had over 400..so he is ranked 5th in the nation in passing...NT has one weapon..Wilson the rb..well like I predicted Smoo put 8 guys in the box and held NT's only offensive player to 36 yds on 17 carries...and Iowa will do the same....
Iowa beat Wyoming and Iowa St in ot...2 years ago Iowa beat North Texas 62-16..think it will be the same..
Iowa has such a huge advantage on the OL...the OL 6'2,6'3,6'6 and 6'8 and all 285,287,and 295....they have an explosive Rb in Wadley who had 1,000 yds lyr and one of the top 3 backs in the conf.....their Qb is Stanley and is pretty solid..He is a big kid at 6'5..The OL returns almost everyone and is listed as one of the top in the country..Wr's are good and should have a big day vs the weak NT secondary....also a TE that has caught 2 td's already..in Fant...defense has 8 guys back from last yr...in 3 of their last 3 B-10 games they beat Michigan 14-13,shut out Illi 28-0 and beat Neb 40-10...they did lose to Florida in their bowl game...this is a veteran team with 15 starters back..their defense did hold Wyoming to 3 points in their 1st game..
NT has no OL...Smoo sacked,hurried up,knocked down Fine all day...with Wilson their main weapon stopped NT was in trouble...Iowa has a much better defense then Smoo.. NT benched their center... NT DL is undersized and out manned...LB's had a tough time and secondary just got burned all day by the Mustangs...
Wadley is tough to stop and Iowa has a run game..Wadley has 234 yds in 2 games..
NT has no business playing this road game..but wait a minute..NT gets $900,000 for this game..."so take the money and run"..opps I forgot NT can't run...blowout game ...Iowa wins this by 4 td's or more....
Army got 1.2 million to play Ohio St this week...
Only thing I'm worried about is this could be a "trap" game..Iowa has Penn St home the following week...hopefully they stay focused for 3 quarters before the subs come in...and Iowa should be up 55-7....
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NT is coming off a huge loss to Smoo...despite leading 10-0 after the 3rd series it wasn't a competitive game.Sutton had 4 td's and NT defense couldn't stop him...it was 54-17 when Smoo called off the dogs..NT scored a few late Td's to make it look closer but Smoo still won by 22..Fine the NT qb had over 400 yds and the week before vs Lamar had over 400..so he is ranked 5th in the nation in passing...NT has one weapon..Wilson the rb..well like I predicted Smoo put 8 guys in the box and held NT's only offensive player to 36 yds on 17 carries...and Iowa will do the same....
Iowa beat Wyoming and Iowa St in ot...2 years ago Iowa beat North Texas 62-16..think it will be the same..
Iowa has such a huge advantage on the OL...the OL 6'2,6'3,6'6 and 6'8 and all 285,287,and 295....they have an explosive Rb in Wadley who had 1,000 yds lyr and one of the top 3 backs in the conf.....their Qb is Stanley and is pretty solid..He is a big kid at 6'5..The OL returns almost everyone and is listed as one of the top in the country..Wr's are good and should have a big day vs the weak NT secondary....also a TE that has caught 2 td's already..in Fant...defense has 8 guys back from last yr...in 3 of their last 3 B-10 games they beat Michigan 14-13,shut out Illi 28-0 and beat Neb 40-10...they did lose to Florida in their bowl game...this is a veteran team with 15 starters back..their defense did hold Wyoming to 3 points in their 1st game..
NT has no OL...Smoo sacked,hurried up,knocked down Fine all day...with Wilson their main weapon stopped NT was in trouble...Iowa has a much better defense then Smoo.. NT benched their center... NT DL is undersized and out manned...LB's had a tough time and secondary just got burned all day by the Mustangs...
Wadley is tough to stop and Iowa has a run game..Wadley has 234 yds in 2 games..
NT has no business playing this road game..but wait a minute..NT gets $900,000 for this game..."so take the money and run"..opps I forgot NT can't run...blowout game ...Iowa wins this by 4 td's or more....
Army got 1.2 million to play Ohio St this week...
Only thing I'm worried about is this could be a "trap" game..Iowa has Penn St home the following week...hopefully they stay focused for 3 quarters before the subs come in...and Iowa should be up 55-7....
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