Quick – someone tell me who on Iowa State can handle the likes of Chase Claypool, Cole Kmet or Braden Lenzy if they’re in a one-on-one situation.
I’m waiting.
Still waiting.
You don’t have an answer because that person doesn’t exist, even if Iowa State does play their funky 3-3-5 defense. Notre Dame schemed to get such situations for Claypool against Michigan but an antsy Ian Book was unable to make the proper reads a few times in that game and then failed to make throws when he did make such reads.
Nobody can cover Claypool, Kmet or Lenzy one-on-one. Whatever you have to do in order to create such opportunities go ahead and do that, exploit it and then exploit it again, preferably all afternoon.
Step 3: Make Brock, Purdy Uncomfortable