Friday, August 31, 2012

Iowa vs Northern Illinois at Soldier Field in Chicago

The Iowa Hawkeyes 2012 season kicks off tomorrow in Chicago when they take on Northern Illinois.

Here are the updated two deeps

OFFENSE
QB-James Vandenberg SR, Jake Rudock FR
RB-Damon Bullock SO, Greg Garmon FR/Michael Malloy FR
FB-Mark Weisman SO, Brad Rogers JR/Jon Gimm SR
SE-Keenan Davis SR, Jacob Hillyer FR
WR-Kevonte Martin-Manley SO, Steven Staggs SR
TE-CJ Fiedorowicz JR, Ray Hamilton SO
LT-Brandon Scherff SO, Andrew Donnal SO
LG-Matt Tobin SR, Eric Simmons SO
C-James Ferentz SR, Connor Boffeli JR
RG-Austin Blythe FR, Jordan Walsh FR
RT-Brett Van Sloten JR, Nolan MacMillan JR

DEFENSE
DE-Steve Bigach SR/Joe Gaglione SR, Melvin Spears FR
DE-Bigach SR/Dominic Alvis JR, Spears FR
DT-Carl Davis SO, Mike Hardy SO
DT-Louis Trinca-Pasat SO, Darian Cooper FR
OLB-Christian Kirskey JR, Travis Perry FR
MLB-James Morris JR, Plewa/Quinton Alston SO
WLB-Anthony Hitchens JR, Marcus Collins SO
CB-BJ Lowery JR, Greg Castillo SR
CB-Micah Hyde SR, Kevin Buford FR
FS-Tanner Miller JR, John Lowdermilk SO
SS-Tom Donatell SR/Nico Law SO

SPECIAL TEAMS

P - Connor Kornbrath FR, Wienke
K - Mike Meyer JR, Marshall Koehn FR

LS - Casey Kreiter JR, Bigach
H - John Wienke SR

PR - Hyde
KR - K. Davis, Bullock

Northern Illinois doesn't return much on offense, but they do return a bulk of the defensive players. The defense did give up a lot of passing yards last year though, which could be key in this game. I think Vandenberg will have a solid day, I think this WR unit could be a solid one for Iowa. Look for some younger guys to step up. I think the OL is going to do well enough for one of the running backs to have a nice day as well. I think the DL will be better than people expect and this will be a good game for them. The Huskies OL doesn't return many starts, so they could have a hard time with the young DL unit.

I think the Iowa defense will force a few turnovers and will help lead the Hawkeyes to victory Saturday.

Iowa 27 N. Illinois 14

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