Phil Parker

The offensive line is once again a Joe Moore award contender.

And you could tell Phil Parker's still the defensive coordinator because they just absolutely throttled Northern Illinois.

Northern Illinois is... had zero first downs at the first half.

They had 24 yards total and zero first downs.

And Jalen Rayner is coming over from Arkansas State.

He was sort of average against Southeast Missouri State, 8 of 16 for 100-plus yards, but nothing overwhelming.

And now he's taking on a Phil Parker defense.

And as you mentioned, Jed, that normally this game's a low-scoring rivalry game, probably decided by three points.

I mean, I know it's easier said than done because you've got Jimmy Rogers, who comes from a defensive coordinator's mentality, and Iowa State played outstanding defensively.

last week and then phil parker historically uh wins the turnover battle iowa i think in the last 15 years has been mostly plus plus turnovers double digits and that starts with uh iowa taking care of the ball you got to punt it fine punt it to the other end and make them drive a long field so that that's the mentality i know the hawkeyes will have and And special teams where Iowa's always been strong, it's a brand-new approach this year.

New kicker, new punter, new kick returner.

There's no Caden Weegin back there running sprints.

Yeah, I think it's staying on schedule and staying ahead of the chains.

I think anytime that you get into a position against Phil Parker's defense where you're forced into an unfortunate down and distance in any point in the game, it limits your play calls, right? And then that allows Phil Parker the mastermind of the Iowa defense to put his players in the best position to be successful because they have a better idea of what's coming.

So I think staying on schedule, managing short third downs if you're going to have to get there so that your chances of converting are higher and being able to stay on the field.

I think generally speaking, over the last four or five years, this has been a pretty low possession series between Iowa and Iowa State.

Utah.

Otherwise, if you let Bryce play the whole non-con and then you go to Tommy Carr, he's seen Phil Parker's Iowa defense as the first thing he's seen since he played at Saline High School.

That is not conducive to success.

That is not putting Tommy in a place to succeed.

I think week three would be the time to let Tommy Carr go.

Because otherwise, if you let Bryce play the whole non-con and then you go to Tommy Carr, he's seen Phil Parker's Iowa defense as the first thing he's seen since he played at Saline High School.

That is not conducive to success.

That is not putting Tommy in a place to succeed.

It's not all these teams.

Iowa, who's coming to town with Phil Parker.

I mean, think about these defenses he's going to have to play against.

How do you think this just improves dramatically against this schedule? And it starts this week.

I think it's conceivable to think that Iowa State won't score.

This Iowa group is really good, as usual, on defense under Phil Parker.

Last week they had 10 straight drives where they did not allow a first down against Northern Illinois.

That's extremely impressive.