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Iowa held Michigan State to 16 points and Hoyer to 13-24-1 for 184 yards and 1 TD just two weeks ago at East Lansing. I would hope we can have similar results. Even when they scored 37 points at Northwestern last week, they benefitted from good starting field possession almost all game. Their scoring drives at Northwestern:
START..RESULT..DRIVE PLAYS/YARDS
NW42.....TD....(6 plays, 42 yards)
NW25.....FG....(8 plays, 16 yards)
NW34.....TD....(6 plays, 34 yards)
MSU20....TD....(8 plays, 80 yards)
NW32.....TD....(8 plays, 32 yards)
MSU44....FG....(8 plays, 31 yards)
MSU43....FG....(11 plays, 41 yards)
Four scoring drives started inside NW territory, and two others near mid-field. MSU had one lengthy drive all day, and had 338 yards total offense. You won't see many teams scoring 37 points on offense with only 338 yards of total offense without a lot of help from the opposition.
If our defense plays like they should, and we don't shoot ourselves in the foot on offense, our chances are very good.
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