At least next year, it will be a heck of an accomplishment to get to 6 and 6. Maybe Iowa will surprise us and win 7!
6 and 6 in 2025
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3-9. **** Ferentz. Buried the program. Would’ve loved him if he retired last year or even this year. Instead, he’s ****ing the program hard
How many wins does Kirk need for the record? If he doesn't get it next year I'll do a swan dive off the old cap
That’s the emotion of the moment talking. No one would do that. Great special teams and winning the penalty and turnover battle always gets you to 8 wins. That’s why KF has hit that number or better with incredible consistency.
Oh just wait by the time fall camp opens up all the KF butt kissers will be on here to post how great the offense looks, and Lester‘s new improved schemes
I agree. No chance at 6 especially with all the strikeouts in the portal. The future is bleak.
Nah. I’ve been saying it for some time. The schedule and experience that’s leaving says ugly for next season
Importantly, how many wins does he need for the record AND 60%? We need Franny to post his stat update.
Will tie record vs Albany, will break it against UMass. He has absolutely no chance of finishing with a >.600 record now; would need to win 9 next season.
He's been at Iowa for a quarter of a century. If he buried the program it was the very program he himself built up.
Burying it to make the job to rebuild all the more difficult for the successor!
A very real possibility.
Fry changed the culture of Iowa football in modern times. Look up the history.
Iowa has depth on the defensive line and that’s it. The rest of the team will be incredibly green and there’s frankly just not a lot of talent. Also, the coaching staff isn’t great.
There's 3 for sure, then 4 tossups, and 5 likely losses.
The tossups are Wisky/Minny/and at best MSU/Indiana.
I agree, a lot has to go right to win 6.
More so playing a Big Ten West schedule got you to eight wins. We ain’t in Kansas anymore Toto.
Im thinking Albany and Umass are definite wins. I’d say we are favorites (slight) against Minnesota and Michigan State at home, so let’s call those two both wins. @Iowa State, @Rutgers, and @Wisconsin are toss ups to me, I’ll say we just win one of these games because they are all on the road. So that’s five wins. I think we will be decent underdogs against Penn State, Indiana, Oregon, @USC, and @Nebraska. Legs give us one win here.
That puts us at six and six with wins against Albany, Umass, Michigan State, Minnesota, @Rutgers and Indiana. That’s a best case type scenario too.
2-10 is possible.
I know that ISU, Nebraska, Minnesota have a history of failure vs us but our personel will be bad enought it won't matter. Wisconsin is horrible that is perhaps a win. Michigan St and Rutgers will be winnable and losable. Indiana, we'll see if they can follow up, but again they are propably in better shape than we are.
I know that ISU, Nebraska, Minnesota have a history of failure vs us but our personel will be bad enought it won't matter. Wisconsin is horrible that is perhaps a win. Michigan St and Rutgers will be winnable and losable. Indiana, we'll see if they can follow up, but again they are propably in better shape than we are.
I’ll name 8: Albany, isu, UMass, Rutgers, Minny, Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Nebby. 😉
He hits that number because of an easy schedule. Iowa was protected by playing in the B1G West so many years.
6/7, playing in NY, and it will feel good going into ‘26 with a bowl win over NC.
6-6 😂😂😂😂 with that roster and schedule … 4-8 with luck 2-10 is in play
The 2025 team will make this garbage 2024 team look average
Yeah, I’d say 4 is most likely. Decent chance at 5 and a very outside shot at 6.
We lose a TON from an average defense and have little talent to step up and fill the holes. Still a rebuilding project on O and we just lost our AA RB. The OL is poised to suck again and it all starts there. Then you still have a huge question mark at QB.
On paper next year’s team is markedly worse than a mediocre squad that just limped to an unimpressive 8-5 record with a damn easy schedule, and next year’s schedule is much tougher.
KF needs to get his precious record and ride off into the sunset. He’s on his way to hanging around too long and leaving Iowa football in a mess just like his predecessor did.
Sadly, given the NIL landscape and Iowa’s weak NIL game, it doesn’t look good for this program. I think we’re in for lots more mediocrity, or worse. Beth will have her hands full.
We lose a TON from an average defense and have little talent to step up and fill the holes. Still a rebuilding project on O and we just lost our AA RB. The OL is poised to suck again and it all starts there. Then you still have a huge question mark at QB.
On paper next year’s team is markedly worse than a mediocre squad that just limped to an unimpressive 8-5 record with a damn easy schedule, and next year’s schedule is much tougher.
KF needs to get his precious record and ride off into the sunset. He’s on his way to hanging around too long and leaving Iowa football in a mess just like his predecessor did.
Sadly, given the NIL landscape and Iowa’s weak NIL game, it doesn’t look good for this program. I think we’re in for lots more mediocrity, or worse. Beth will have her hands full.
Yeah, 6-6 is reaching the ceiling. 7-5 earns Kirk Coach of the Year given just how f***ing awful this roster is gonna be on both sides.
I do think our skill positions will be okay, but the OL being a wash from this year's group would be an optimistic outlook. The DL may be slightly better, the LBs are gonna be the worst in the Ferentz era, I shit you not, and the DBs will continue to operate under Phil's system, good against average QBs and receivers....and garbage against teams with speed, that play up tempo and know how to attack our flat-footed f*** DBs sitting in our soft ass zone while mobile, athletic QBs pick us apart with timing routes.............*kicks table*.
Albany W
At Iowa St L
UMass W
At Rutgers W (if we lose this game, sell the farm and abandon ship)
Indiana L
At Wisconsin W (Fickell is toast)
Penn State L
Minnesota L (end of the Ferentz Era is near)
Oregon L
At USC L
Michigan State W
At Nebraska L (We had to assess where Iowa was as a program............and our conclusion is that at 5-7..........Kirk Ferentz...............
Ferentz has likely created such a stigma around Iowa football that no one good will want to play or coach here anymore.
Correction , it gets you 8 wins against a baby soft schedule which we’ve had in the pathetic BIG West and this year. 0-9 against ranked teams recently. The schedule gets better next year. This program is ****ed.
A winless B1G season is not entirely out of the question. Wouldn’t that be a hoot - KF’s 27 seasons bookended with 0-fer B1G gems? He wouldn’t be the only Hawkeye crying.Yeah, 6-6 is reaching the ceiling. 7-5 earns Kirk Coach of the Year given just how f***ing awful this roster is gonna be on both sides.
I do think our skill positions will be okay, but the OL being a wash from this year's group would be an optimistic outlook. The DL may be slightly better, the LBs are gonna be the worst in the Ferentz era, I shit you not, and the DBs will continue to operate under Phil's system, good against average QBs and receivers....and garbage against teams with speed, that play up tempo and know how to attack our flat-footed f*** DBs sitting in our soft ass zone while mobile, athletic QBs pick us apart with timing routes.............*kicks table*.
Albany W
At Iowa St L
UMass W
At Rutgers W (if we lose this game, sell the farm and abandon ship)
Indiana L
At Wisconsin W (Fickell is toast)
Penn State L
Minnesota L (end of the Ferentz Era is near)
Oregon L
At USC L
Michigan State W
At Nebraska L (We had to assess where Iowa was as a program............and our conclusion is that at 5-7..........Kirk Ferentz...............
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I'd love skill players to show up here. Until we have a good to above average line more than 1 year Ina row, it's just not happening. KF's best seasons have always had strong O-line. We have had a few positions drafted high, but no full half of a line line that was stellar. The Ferentz o-line guru tag has been lost for about a decade.
