Iowa Faces USC Post-Oregon Loss: Big 10 Football Analysis

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00:00We're going to start in the Big Ten.

00:01You've got a big one.

00:02Iowa just had that heartbreaking loss with Oregon at home and Kinnick.

00:08Everything that you wanted.

00:09I mean, Kirk Herbstreet almost called the exact same score, just opposite.

00:13It was all trending Iowa's way, and now they lost that.

00:16They go on the road.

00:17They're ranked.

00:18You've got USC, who out-physicaled their brand physical Michigan team in the Coliseum.

00:26Iowa coming to town.

00:27I think it's like minus six and a half going into that game.

00:30How do you see that shaking out?

00:33Yeah, Schlegs, last week we talked about it as well, right?

00:35Iowa staying within the number, basically decided in a field goal game.

00:39We said it was going to be decided by one possession.

00:42Who would make the lack of mistakes?

00:44Who would not be the team putting the ball in harm's way or having costly penalties and turnovers?

00:49We thought Iowa was built for that game.

00:51It was actually the Hawkeyes with the fumbled snap or the bad snap on the punt that led to the safety

00:56at a two-point margin and a turnover from Caden Weijin when they were driving that led to an Oregon field goal.

01:03That was the difference.

01:04Iowa's still a very disciplined team, and this is going to look like Kinnick Stadium last Saturday,

01:09probably not as cold, but with downpours in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.

01:14The weather forecast in the Midwest in Iowa City, far better than that of downtown L.A. on Saturday.

01:20So USC is going to have to play some more Big Boy Big Ten football, as they did at home,

01:25beating Michigan for the first-ranked win in the Coliseum since Lincoln Riley's first year of 2022,

01:31looking for a second consecutive against a ranked opponent.

01:34We saw that for Southern Cal last week.

01:36They dominated Northwestern in a game where the Wildcats could present some of those issues.

01:41Iowa got dominated up front by the Ducks.

01:44Dan Lanning has built his team to be physical up front.

01:47Iowa allowed more than seven yards per carry.

01:50They were limited to less than two and a half yards per pop for what had been such a dynamic rushing offense this year.

01:56Ultimately, Schlegs, it's a very similar conversation to what we had last week.

02:00Who was ready to win that game in the trenches if the weather does not cooperate,

02:05as it does not seem like it is going to, on Saturday in L.A.?

02:08I think Iowa stays within the number once again.

02:11USC has been great on the ground, and they will continue to need to be.

02:15But they did allow Northwestern better than five yards per carry.

02:19Some of the defensive improvements early in the year have started to vanquish for SC.

02:24I think Iowa gets back on track.

02:26And last week, everybody was picking the Hawkeyes to pull off the small outright upset.

02:30This week, not as much.

02:32I keep on Iowa.

02:33I keep an eye on Iowa, rather.

02:35Playing spoiler in the Coliseum on Saturday.

02:37I keep on track.

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