3 of the Iowa's 4 back-to-back 1,000 yard rushers happened with KF
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And, oddly enough, it still happened (getting a 1000 yard rusher) even with us having significant issues rushing the ball.
Morehouse points to 2000 yards as being the Mendoza line for a competent Iowa rushing game. Thus, the fact that we'll fall short of that number (short of facing a terrible run D in the bowl game) provides supporting data for those who lament about our rushing game this year.
While we're losing very good RBs, Welsh, and Kulick ... my impression is that the blocking gains made by our TEs, the experience gained by our #2-#6 O-linemen, and the overall strides made in our passing game ... my hunch is that we'll actually see a much improved rushing game in '18.
Morehouse points to 2000 yards as being the Mendoza line for a competent Iowa rushing game. Thus, the fact that we'll fall short of that number (short of facing a terrible run D in the bowl game) provides supporting data for those who lament about our rushing game this year.
While we're losing very good RBs, Welsh, and Kulick ... my impression is that the blocking gains made by our TEs, the experience gained by our #2-#6 O-linemen, and the overall strides made in our passing game ... my hunch is that we'll actually see a much improved rushing game in '18.
These seasonmarks have been set in the 12-13 game era. The Iron Men played 8 games. Same with pro's; now 16 up from many years at 12-14. Although more games adds to durability issues, I think that yards per game is a more meaningful standard.
I was going to mention this as well - at least one more game in the KF era than most of the seasons Hayden or any previous coach had a chance to get stats in... this is not at all to say KF's track record is unworthy. Just saying, it is apples and oranges.
There are plenty of issues that could get addressed too. These issues make it every bit as hard to compare performances across eras.
- Differences and advances in conditioning and physical development.
- Different parity levels attributable to scholarship policy.
- Different styles of the game - long ago college football used to be all about running the ball. The style of play has truly evolved through the years.
- Different implementations of the rules also impact how the game is played.
- And yes ... the number of games has changed as well.
I was actually surprised to hear Akrum had a chance to reach 1,000, it goes to show with an elite like that he could have been more around the 1,500-1,600 club.
So how does this effect Kirk's rating regarding his win avg versus Hayden's win avg??
Still perplexed why Brian spent so much time trying to make him a Weisman-back. Why not watch the tapes of Ronni Harmon and use him like that for the entire season?
This is why Stanley won't really break Chuck Long's 27 TD single season record even if he manages to throw 3 TD passes in the bowl game. Long had 27 in 11 games; Stanley has 25 in 12 games. Don't get me wrong, it's still impressive, but if Stanley manages to do it there should be an asterisk next to the record.
Bizarre to me that when they started counting bowl game stats toward these records they didn’t go back and add in from past bowls? Chuck threw some TDs in that Rose Bowl, right?
He had 26 in the regular season, he threw number 27 in the Rose Bowl. Most schools, including Iowa, always included the bowl stats in their records, even if the NCAA didn't officially acknowledge them until later.
Go back one year more - he had 22 touchdowns during the regular season and then SIX in the Freedom Bowl so 28 is the record under that manner of consideration.
Pretty sure the 22 is counting the six from the bowl game. We also played 13 games that year since we got an extra game for playing at Hawaii.
The 22 was just the regular season, when the NCAA changed the rule in 2002 that allowed player status to include Bowl games it did not do it retroactively because up and until that point they did not collect "official NCAA stats" for bowl games.
