Stats and lineups from Iowa's scrimmage

Some quick objective observations (the two 'Obs').

How good is the defense and how bad is the offense? That's the question, and, really, there is no answer right now.

On OL: The one thing I think we can safely say is defensive end Drew Ott has offensive tackle Boone Myers' number. It's straight bull rush from Ott into Myers. Ott might be incredibly strong (I don't know his weightroom numbers), but strength has been the consistent card he has played in this matchup. Is that something Ferentz and Ferentz can remedy?

Right tackle Ike Boettger allowed a couple of sacks to Nate Meier. When I suggested to Meier in the postgame that the battle was somewhat even, he shot me a look like I was a moron. Fair enough.

Iowa's defensive ends were the stars of the first-team show Saturday. I had them for eight sacks and one forced fumble.

The inside defense was solid. Jaleel Johnson is tough to move. He played through the wilting hot weather at Kinnick. Sophomore Nathan Bazata was tougher to read for me (I took stats and wrote a lot of notes).

Let's not try to dissect the running game. It was virtually nonexistent Saturday. LeShun Daniels and Jordan Canzeri (we're all interested in how this might work) combined for five carries. I did like Derrick Mitchell and Akrum Wadley. Iowa has something in those two, but it can't and won't try to juggle four RBs. That just doesn't work.