‘It’s a scheme (that) is flawless’: Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh raves about Iowa Hawkeyes defense

It is no secret just how good the Iowa Hawkeyes defense is right now and how good they have been playing all season. They are the strength of the team and play technically sound football in all facets of the game.

One bright football mind that respects and knows what the Iowa defense brings to the table is the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines, Jim Harbaugh. During his presser, the head coach had high praise for what Iowa is doing defensively under defensive coordinator Phil Parker.

“It’s a way of playing; it’s the Parker way. And it’s really good, everybody knows what to do. Everybody’s playing the proper leverage, the proper technique, the proper fundamentals at all times. Opportunistic — the challenges that it presents are if you are inaccurate where the throw, overthrow, underthrow, tip ball, it’s highly likely that it’s going to result into a turnover if you’re not as sound as you can possibly be, then you’re in for a rough one,” Harbaugh said when asked what it is that makes the Hawkeyes defense as good as it is.

“But it’s a scheme (that) is flawless, everybody where they’re supposed to be when they’re supposed to be there, playing the techniques, they’re supposed to be there.”

Harbaugh is not surprised by the Iowa defense, though. As someone who has been around the game his entire life, he has become a student of the game. That is exactly how he treats the Hawkeyes’ defense.