Northwestern - Predictions

When Northwestern has the ball - They will line up with receivers all over the field.  Iowa will probably line up in their base defense for most of the game, which means linebackers in the open.  Northwestern, much like Indiana will dink and dunk their way down the field.  Their type of offense was basically built to play against Iowa's zone defense.  Persa is a good quarterback that makes good decisions most of the time, much like Ben Chappell last week.  He is a runner however, actually, he leads Northwestern in rushing.  He will run out of zone read plays and also quarterback draws.  Northwestern will also run z sweeps to try and get their receivers on the edge.  They will not go down field much with their passing attack and when they are in the red zone they look for Jeremy Ebert, who has hauled in 7 of the team's 13 touchdown receptions.

When Iowa has the ball - Northwestern's defense isn't great at anything, but they also aren't awful at anything.  They are a very average defense, but their pass defense is 100th in the nation, giving up almost 250 yards per game.  Iowa should be able to do whatever they want to do both running and passing.

Predictions:

Iowa 31

Northwestern 17

Ricky Stanzi bounces back with 275+ and 2 TD's

Robinson has 100+ and a TD

Iowa holds NW to less than 50 yards rushing

Demos misses 2 FG's

Iowa gets a big special team return TD

Mike Daniels has 2 TFL's and a sack

Sash gets another INT