New Playbook
The Hawkeye defense is more than capable of shutting down Terrelle Pryor and the Buckeye offense. What we need to win this game is a little more offensive firepower. I understand that Ken O'Keefe doesn't like change, but we live together and if I can convince him that the Smurfs live inside his television, I can convince him to add a few wrinkles to the playbook this week. Specifically, I have 4 plays that I believe will consistently produce touchdowns. You heard me right. Four touchdown-scoring plays (TSP's) that I am going to share with you right here, right now.
I know what you're thinking. If I post these plays on the internet, the Ohio State coaches will inevitably see them as they troll BHGP for the next few days and then gameplan for them, but that's where you would be wrong. My TSP's are undefensatiable. So, fuck 'em.
Let's get to it.
I've heard some murmering in the comments about running a "Wildcat" formation. First of all, I don't ever fucking want to hear anyone call it the "Wildcat" again. I hate that fucking word. Maybe Florida International calls the I-formation "a clown getting fingerfucked by a midget." I don't care. It's still the I-formation. Let the Miami Dolphins call their dog and pony show the "Wildcat." I'll call it what it is. The fucking single wing. And that leads me to my first play.
We'll be using the 'spinner' variation of the single wing (seen here.) Vandenberg lines up directly under center with McNutt 6 yards deep and Wegher on the right.. DJK will line up at the left wing and Stross will be split wide right. The center snaps the ball through Vandenberg's legs, directly to McNutt, who spins left and with his back to the line of scrimmage fakes the ball to Wegher as he runs behind him. Wegher carries out his playfake to the right and McNutt hands the ball to DJK going in the opposite direction. While the Buckeye defense huddles back up to try to figure out what is happening to them, DJK streaks around the left side for however-many-yards-he-wants and a touchdown.
When we run that play again on our next offensive series, all 11 of those goofy bastards will be chasing DJK toward the sideline when they eventually realize that McNutt handed it to Wegher this time and he's galloped 80 yards down the opposite side of the field into the endzone. The best part about this formation is that we can run that crazy spinning shit all day long and the defense will never catch on. My high school won 3 state titles in 10 years running this shit, so clearly it will work in division I football as well. In fact, I'm pretty sure there are a couple of commentors on here that held up one of those trophies that can vouch for the infinite successfulness of the single wing.
After scoring touchdowns in this offensive set for the entire first half, McNutt will start to get dizzy from doing so much spinning, and we'll have to go back to the old bread and butter. A nice, easy run play. With a twist of awesome. Brandon Wegher will get to rest for a quarter and Adrian Clayborn will fill in at running back. This play practically diagrams itself:

This play we run until Clayborn's jersey is too OSU-blood-stained to stay in the game. At this point he goes into the locker room to change and we decide to tone it down and line up in a seemingly normal formation. The defense sighs with relief.
And then it happens:
Well feed me a bowl of toasted snail penises! It's the dreaded triple reverse!

Sure, teams have been able to contain our reverses, but I'd like to see anyone try to stop Vandenberg to Wegher to Stross to DJK to McNutt. Fuhgettaboutit. By the time Stross hands it to DJK, the Buckeye defense will be weeping over a pile of their own tangled panties. I only see the need to run this play once. Just to give the fans a show, you know.
At this stage in the game Iowa should have roughly 700 yards rushing and be up by 50 or 60 points, but since AP voters like to see some spectacular pass plays, I have one more TSP that we can run repeatedly the entire 4th quarter. I figure Vandenberg would be bored at this point anyway, so it will the perfect time to unleash the deathcannon inferno of an upper appendage that he possesses. From what i can tell, his arm is so powerful that it's difficult for him to throw the ball less than 45 yards at a time. This play will work around that minor flaw.

Nothing fancy here, folks. Just your run-of-the-mill tight-spiraling 70-yarder into the outstretched arms of a receiver in the back of the endzone. This is where we flat-out embarrass them. This is where we earn those style points that we so desperately need. This is where our freshman QB shows us why he was chosen as the successor to greatness. And this is where we make a new t-shirt*:

BHGP t-shirts speak only the truth
Think about it. You could be looking at our new game plan.
Or we could just stick with the smash-em-up-six-seconds-of-pounding-the-ball-down-their-fucking-throat offense combined with our cracking-skulls-together-bloodshed-carnage-and-deathblow-annihilation defense that has gotten us this far.
Cause that could work too........
*t-shirt not availble
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I was bored...
Then I come here and witness the awesomeness that is HFMR. Clayborn SMASH… then score.
by OMahawk on Nov 11, 2009 3:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I like that Clayborn play
a lot.
"I think it's safe to say our concerns are many." -- Kirk Ferentz
by StoopsMyAss on Nov 11, 2009 3:33 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Instead of the Wildcat
I guess we call the Clayborn formation the Mongolian Wild Ass.
Musberger: “The Hawkeyes are sending Clayborn in. They are going to get into their Mongolian Wild Ass formation Herbie.”
Herbstreit: “Yeah Brent. Offensive coordinator Ken O’Keefe told me last night they put this in just for the Buckeyes. They like to direct snap it to Clayborne and then naked bootleg him right into the Buckeye sideline. O’Keefe told me he and Ferentz thought they might need to run out of this formation 3 or 4 times before Tressel would forfiet.”
"I think it's safe to say our concerns are many." -- Kirk Ferentz
by StoopsMyAss on Nov 11, 2009 4:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Please dear god let this happen...

I have occupational turrettes... My job makes me swear uncontrolably at everyone.
by Ioweegin on Nov 12, 2009 1:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't think we had much of a chance before...
But with this simplified, brutal playbook we’re fooked. Especially with a week for you guys to ramp it up against lesser competition.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Nov 11, 2009 3:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Love the Clayborn play
Seriously, would you want to try and tackle that Lovecraftian terror monster?
by MP hawkfan on Nov 11, 2009 3:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I think the Clayborn play is a bit...cruel and maybe unneeded
If you just line Clayborn up on punting downs you’re guaranteed 4 Tds.
Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 11, 2009 3:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I AM TRULY LAUGHING OUT LOUD
“Hits the Linebacker so hard his girlfriend dies.” “Give the ball to Clayborn and get the fuck out of the way.” Thanks for making my day.
by Zulu on Nov 11, 2009 4:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Citing my references:
No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Nov 11, 2009 4:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
massive thanks for that, my man....
guess who is playing mississippi state this week?
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by kleph on Nov 11, 2009 9:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Holy fucking hog balls
the black smudges alone made me piss myself.
by BAWESUMG on Nov 11, 2009 4:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Before you respond, let me remind you: Brian Cook called me smug, which makes me the Obama of smugness. I'm basically Smugbama.
by Hawkeye State on Nov 11, 2009 4:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That's the best version of that gif I've ever seen
"If Ron Zook were an ice cream flavor, it would be praline and retard"
-Garth Algar
by Tree Meister on Nov 11, 2009 5:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The floating KFC bucket really makes it
Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 11, 2009 7:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
For me, personally, I think it’s the Harlem Globetrotter spinning of the basketball while yelling and eating watermelon.
"If Ron Zook were an ice cream flavor, it would be praline and retard"
-Garth Algar
by Tree Meister on Nov 11, 2009 8:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I've got tears coming out i'm laughing so hard.
I think the gold dolla bill chain is perfect. too bad that pic didn’t have corn rows.
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Nov 12, 2009 11:38 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's so crazy,
it just might work!
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
by HoyaGoon on Nov 11, 2009 4:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Way funny
One of the funniest things I have read or seen in years. I bow to your comic genius.
Can Klug play fullback on the Clayborn play?
by nwyms Trebek! on Nov 11, 2009 4:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I thoroughly enjoyed the plays,
but the shirt put me over the top. If Iowa finds a way to win this week, even if it’s in spite of Vandenberg, I will be looking forward to the issuance of the “Heismandenberg” t-shrt.
by The Mexican't on Nov 11, 2009 4:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I agree with your overall hypothesis...
HFMR, but in order for the single wing to work properly, you must have an offensive line that averages just under 200lbs/man. Secondly, one of your guards has to weigh 165, and Paul Cheney, Jr. is out for the season.
"I'm not doing any good back here."
by Hawkaloogie on Nov 11, 2009 5:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I played Guard at 165 lbs.
Sadly, I’m now 180, so I guess I’d be relegated to Tackle.
by Bucketochicken on Nov 11, 2009 5:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I also played guard at 165 lbs.
I now weigh about 240 lbs. Damn you donuts!
by Dip-Shit on Nov 12, 2009 7:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Fucking fantastic.
Touchdown followed by funerals should be a t-shirt.
by Imustbreakyou on Nov 11, 2009 5:25 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Funny funny shit....
…..if it wasn’t so full of so many fucking great ideas!
Please, someone send this to KOK. I’m serious. We need all the help that we can get. If Clayborn can’t hold onto the ball, we can always use Binns or Ballard to run. And Sash could be subbed for DJK or Wegher in that first formation.
Really, those are all great ideas!
If it's not too much trouble, search your soul--and then ask yourself if maybe I might have a point.
by The Director on Nov 11, 2009 5:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
There's always StickUm!
I have occupational turrettes... My job makes me swear uncontrolably at everyone.
by Ioweegin on Nov 11, 2009 7:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Clifford Franklin
Now you know this don’t look natural Coach. Now you know it don’t… I look like I just jacked off an elephant.
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Nov 12, 2009 11:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
HFMR
You must have attended Sigourney-Keota. That spin back shit is amazing to watch, but the hell if I ever know where the fucking ball ever was.
Phenomeal play calls though, I expect to see the game go just how you planned it out, seeing how you do live with the OC.
It's not that I'm lazy, Bob, it's just that I don't care
by Colteyes on Nov 11, 2009 5:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Oh...
you must be referring to three time State Champion Sigourney-Keota….
"I'm not doing any good back here."
by Hawkaloogie on Nov 11, 2009 6:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-382732215677608815#
"I'm not doing any good back here."
by Hawkaloogie on Nov 11, 2009 6:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Links in the subject line don't work
Try again. It’s a little grainy and there’s some heads in the way at the beginning, but you get the idea.
No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Nov 11, 2009 7:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
When I was a Freshman/Sophomore in High School...
I went to Clarinda, and we played them in the playoffs, and I remember watching that game and just being in awe of that offense because I had no idea where the ball ever was, I coudn’t imagine trying to stop it. Easily my favorite offense I’ve seen.
It's not that I'm lazy, Bob, it's just that I don't care
by Colteyes on Nov 11, 2009 7:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
THose Sigourney Weaver videos
are impressive…
"I think it's safe to say our concerns are many." -- Kirk Ferentz
by StoopsMyAss on Nov 11, 2009 7:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Alien 3 is better than people give it credit for
"If Ron Zook were an ice cream flavor, it would be praline and retard"
-Garth Algar
by Tree Meister on Nov 11, 2009 8:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You make me laugh and this is good.
Mr. Boh Knows ...
by Bellanca on Nov 11, 2009 6:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
wow that was fucking awesome
throw in a couple defensive scores after Pryor wets himself, Hawks should win 56-3
by jowwcamp on Nov 11, 2009 6:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This is incredible...
I just spent 10 full minutes laughing my ass off and scaring my husband.
On a side note: according to googletranslate: Vandenberg roughly translates to “Man of the Mountain” I find this titillating.
I have occupational turrettes... My job makes me swear uncontrolably at everyone.
by Ioweegin on Nov 11, 2009 7:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
To even be even more precise
in Dutch it is “of the low hill” or “low mountain”…true Iowan.
"I think it's safe to say our concerns are many." -- Kirk Ferentz
by StoopsMyAss on Nov 11, 2009 8:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
titillating
+1
"I'm not doing any good back here."
by Hawkaloogie on Nov 11, 2009 9:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
"Van" names are the coolest
Mine means “house of stone.”
It’s actually Flemmish, but whatever. Pickin’ nits here.
by Bucketochicken on Nov 11, 2009 11:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Your husband?
And titilating in the same post? God I love you…
by imadirtyoldman on Nov 12, 2009 7:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Unless you are that husband, this is extremely creepy.
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
by Oops Pow Surprise on Nov 12, 2009 4:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome play calls!
Those are like the old Hayden Fry trick plays but on crack! I love it! I love it! I love it!
by jrr18Ha on Nov 11, 2009 8:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Not on crack...much to tripped out for Crack
It’s got to be meth..definetly crystal meth.
"All the hay is in the barn as far as I'm concerned come game time" - The Legend Hayden Fry
by hawkeye4life on Nov 12, 2009 11:07 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
They’re not exotics, they’re erotics.
It's not that I'm lazy, Bob, it's that I just don't care
by Colteyes on Nov 12, 2009 6:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Excellent, just excellent.
Fine Sir, you win.
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by Stay thirsty, my friends. on Nov 11, 2009 8:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
"Lovecraftian terror monster" just made my day
I can see it now….headline reads “Cthulu Clayborn murders 11 Buckeyes in late afternoon bloodbath”
"Conan, what is best in life?" "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women"
by Natty Bumppo's Murderous Gaze on Nov 12, 2009 3:56 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Clayborn Iowa City wgah'nagl fhtagn! IA! IA!
Brunettes not fighter jets
by rockyh on Nov 12, 2009 7:28 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
time to feed the shoggoth...
Roll 'Bama Roll: The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs.
by kleph on Nov 12, 2009 8:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Y'know, all joking aside...
…(for a few seconds), I’ve been saying since Sunday that, with our current situation, we need to throw the kitchen sink at OSU. I don’t think KOK and KF will do it (they’ll prolly go more vanilla than ever), but seriously, we have NOTHING left to lose. We aren’t supposed to win this game (or so everyone has said all year), but you gotta think these guys are gonna be on top of their shit with the Big Ten title and Rose Bowl on the line. Why wouldn’t you do whatever it takes?
I’d love for our freshman backfield to go in there and shit in those smug fuckers’ cheerie-o’s. I’ve been dreaming of the sad nut picture being added to the collection, oh how I’d treasure that.
On a slightly related note, I have an Ohio buckeye tree in my back yard. Saturday morning’s forcast calls for Jaeger shots, a fine assortment of tastey beers, and a chainsaw- – I haven’t decided the order yet, but before 2:30 pm CST that fuckin tree will NOT be standing. I will be passing out branches (at the bar I’m going to) like they are pom-poms. I’m hoping the mojo will be transitive and lead directly to at least 2 defensive scores for the Hawks.
Go Hawks! I’m taking my two best friends to the Minny game, and I desparately want to be throwing roses.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Nov 12, 2009 8:33 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
You may be on to something
Brad Rogers is an Ohio kid (Toledo). Think he wants a chance to blow some shit up on Saturday in Columbus?
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Nov 12, 2009 8:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I've been wondering about this a little bit.
…(for a few seconds), I’ve been saying since Sunday that, with our current situation, we need to throw the kitchen sink at OSU. I don’t think KOK and KF will do it (they’ll prolly go more vanilla than ever), but seriously, we have NOTHING left to lose.
Super-vanilla offense is probably still the most likely scenario (you’ll never go broke betting on that from the Iowa offense under KF/KOK), but at the same time, my mind wanders back to the 2003 Ohio State game when Nate Kaeding scored his one and only glorious touchdown of his Iowa career (holding be damned). So maybe they will try something tricky. I know that KF’s usual preference is for vanilla, but he’s not unaware of the circumstances, either – he’s well-aware that this game is a one-game playoff for the Rose Bowl, so there’s no point not putting all your chips in and laying it all out here.
by RossWB on Nov 12, 2009 9:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder...
…about the two punt-returner scenario and if we might see a wrinkle there. I seem to remember playing Michigan at home where we ran a misdirection handoff out of a two punt returner formation that ended up going to the house. When I saw us trot out two punt returners last Saturday, that was the first thing I thought about.
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Nov 12, 2009 10:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think we have two punt returners back....
…..because when one of them muffs the punt, the other can dive on it.
And I’m not really kidding about that. Also, the free guy can block the gunner and maybe the PR can out-juke another guy or two.
I don’t think it’s being tricky, just safe.
If it's not too much trouble, search your soul--and then ask yourself if maybe I might have a point.
by The Director on Nov 12, 2009 10:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Safe return is just a name...
….nothing about this Hawkeye team is “safe.” They just did that this last week so we can do the reverse/misdirection thingy THIS week. KOK will be using plays this weekend to set up plays in the 2011 season after Stanzi is gone. THAT’S how far ahead KOK schemes, because he is much smarter than any of us (by the way- – he decided to run that naked bootleg from last weekend back when Drew Tate was taking snaps, and he had JC6 fail for a year just to set up that play).
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Nov 12, 2009 3:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
We’re all hoping for what I would consider a miracle. It’ll take:
1) OSU overconfidence. Seeing the sweatervest on twwl yesterday, I think this, at least, is likely.
2) Run containment ^4 (this is supposed to be an exponent sign). If that dope, Pryor, faces a lot of 3rds and long, he may brainlock.
3) The Mandenberg (a) can’t be running for his life ALL the time, and (b) will have to make some plays. The D may need to win this game, but he’ll have to direct some scores.
4) Eyeheart’s fucking tree needs to be treated like a sodbuster. Shoot it, hang it, then burn it. I’m thinking the Jaeger and tasties need to be consumed by the humans, then the reversals need to be deposited on the tree. Eyeheart will be feeling bloody Saturday morning. Post pictures.
by txhawkeye on Nov 12, 2009 10:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
We're throwing long more frequently and enthusiastically than ever.
It’s in the numbers. Maybe KOK is going middle-age-crazy.
But I will bet instead that opt for a 6-4 ugly-ball game strategy.
Mr. Boh Knows ...
by Bellanca on Nov 12, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Please go with the 6-4 ugly strategy
I want Ohio State to experience the horror that was 6-4.
Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 12, 2009 1:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Horror?
Or sublime beauty?
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
by HoyaGoon on Nov 12, 2009 3:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So long as OSU is only scoring 4...
…let’s make their points come from TWO “fuck you” safeties. Twice as sweet.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Nov 12, 2009 3:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It depends on what side you're on, of course
But I really want them to see Ferentz pull the stupid second safety crap again. In their own stadium.
Except this time, I don’t want Ferentz to cry. Just evil laughter. He probably grow a moustache to make it work.
Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 12, 2009 4:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I wet myself reading this post
Funny… and we might as well try at least 1-2 of the play suggestions, why not fuck with the Suckeyes and Sweatervest, even if it doesn’t work?
by Leftcoast Hawk on Nov 12, 2009 1:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I bet...
that we only use the McNutt triple reverse only when we are within 4 yards of our own end zone. Because nothing bad can happen when you have an aggressive defense chasing down Iowa skill players that are in their own endzone.
/breaking down into tears.
/looking for knife to stab myself.
/settling for rusty bottle-opener.
/kidding about everything except the tears.
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on Nov 12, 2009 7:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This is my favorite fanpost ever.
I was a little nervous in the first one when it said “Moeaki” and “Bone Crushing” that close together, but it’s impossible to jinx the already cursed. I think the entire post is genius, and I wasn’t really on the fire KOK bandwagon, but now that we have such an obvious superior replacement here…FIRE KOK! HFMR has my vote.
Pasadena sounded fun, but I'd still settle for Pasadena instead.
by CUNKNNK on Nov 12, 2009 11:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

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