Michigan game recap

Talk about an atmosphere, the crowd was well lubricated and there was electricity in the air. I wish that Iowa had more night games.
Offense-
Stanzi played another average game last Saturday, starting off with a pick six on his first attempt. In looking back at it, it looks like Chaney stopped his route short, but Michigan game planned for that route as their corner was already moving forward before Stanzi threw the ball. To his credit Ricky bounced back and played a decent game after that. He made a nice audible to Moeaki's first TD, yes that is right Iowa audibled to a pass, that never happens. He did however make some poor decisions that didn't hurt the team because Michigan didn't catch the ball. I thought that the running backs played an okay game, until Stanzi proves to teams that he can beat them with the deep ball, they are going to keep loading the box and make it difficult for our running game to get going. The receivers played a good game, aside from Chaney cutting his route short, no disastrous drops, and on both of Moeaki's TD's there was great down the field blocking from the wide receivers that allowed him to jog into the end zone. For having a crowded box, the line played an above average game, Reiff got the nod over Vandevelde, don't know if that was an experiment or if Reiff has looked that good in practice. He certainly has earned some playing time with his performances on Saturday's.
On the defensive side of the ball, although they turned Michigan over 5 times, I thought that the defense gave their worst effort of the season. They were gouged in the run game, which never happens against an Iowa team. The good news is that they have a couple more weeks until they play another spread offense. I thought that the linebackers played a solid game, with Hunter leading the charge.