The Chuck Long Podcast

This week on the Chuck Long podcast, Tom Kakert and Chuck Long discuss one of the most stunning victories of the Kirk Ferentz era. Iowa went into the Big House at Michigan and walked it off with an incredible 20-19 victory. Was this the most Kirk Ferentz win of the Ferentz era?

We start with the game winning play and the drive that Hank Brown authored on Saturday. Can a drive like the really elevate a quarterback and his play moving forward. Long talks about how a game in his day gave him confidence moving forward and how he could see that with Brown after this game winning drive. We also discuss the the other touchdown pass by caught by Reece Vander Zee and his route running along with the two high level throws made by Brown in those situations. 

Then we discuss the struggles of the Iowa ground attack against good teams, like Iowa State and now Michigan. Why is Iowa struggling to run the ball and what are some potential solutions? What would Long recommend for an easy solution to open up the box a bit more for running lanes?

We also dive into the Iowa defense and what we like and how they have been able to take opposing teams into deep water and get stops in the red zone. Then we look at another wild week in the Big Ten and look at several of the game this past weekend before picking some winners this coming weekend, including the Ohio State vs. Iowa game.