"Cade gives us our best chance out there." --Oct 22 KF Press Conf & Player Availability. Stephens & Ostrenga OUT; Castro (ankle) & Entringer IN
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Im over thinking that the backup QB is better. I dont think anybody on that staff knows what a good QB looks like. the only hope is that Lester has a chance to recruit his own guys and coach his offense. I put that chance at 30 percent under KF.
Capt Fossil qualifies as a knucklehead, not a HOF candidate.
How can he be 61%??? I thought I he was over 60 one game and under (or close) 50 one game.
There comes a point where You have to just pull Your support for a Coach who multiple times in His tenure has proven He is an imbecile at QB evaluation and would rather lose than admit it . Cade is just the next in the string of bad QB1 choices who are allowed to keep the job when they would have been benched at literally ANY other power Conference school . Enjoy the Skidmark Bowl and knowing You kept Your promise to the golden goose who has not been a P5 starting quality QB since 2021 . You showed how honorable You are by keeping Your promise, now show it again by retiring at the end of the Year so Beth can hire a new HC.
I quit listening to Ferentz a long time ago. I always found him to be evasive and never really say anything of value.
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Didn’t need to watch or read the notes to know what he was going to say. It’s been the same thing he’s said with every sh**y QB they’ve put on the field. It was said when anyone with a half brain knew Stanzi or Beathard were clearly the best option. But that’s just football. And sometimes you just have to execute better.
I don't want #1 to happen, but #2 will not happen, and will hopefully keep him out of the hall.
As you referred to, KF has to get to & stay at a 60% winning percentage to be eligible for the Hall of Fame.
Do you think he can go 13-6 (or better) thru the 2025 season? Personally, I think it will be difficult.
Here are the numbers that are needed:
5-1 (.833): to finish 2024 (puts him at 60.11%)
8-5 (.615): record then needed in 2025
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13-6 (.684) Total Needed
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If KF goes 13-6 through 2025...
Kirk's record would be:
......12-21 (36.4%):.............3 years at Maine....(1990-92)
213-128 (62.5%):..........27 years at Iowa........(1999-2025)
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225-149 (60.16%) Overall Record
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Next year will include Indiana, Michigan State, Oregon, Penn State, at Iowa State, at Nebraska, at USC, at Rutgers and at Wisconsin.
2025 Iowa Football Schedule | ||||
| Saturday Aug. 30 |  | UAlbany Great DanesKinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA ETTV TBA | |
| Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series | ||||
| Saturday Sep. 6 |  | at Iowa State CyclonesJack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA | Time TBA ETTV TBA | |
| Saturday Sep. 13 |  | UMass MinutemenKinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA ETTV TBA | |
| Date TBA |  | Indiana HoosiersKinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA ETTV TBA | |
| Date TBA |  | Michigan State SpartansKinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA ETTV TBA | |
| Date TBA |  | Minnesota Golden GophersKinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA ETTV TBA | |
| Date TBA |  | Oregon DucksKinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA ETTV TBA | |
| Date TBA |  | Penn State Nittany LionsKinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Time TBA ETTV TBA | |
| Date TBA |  | at Nebraska CornhuskersMemorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE | Time TBA ETTV TBA | |
| Date TBA |  | at Rutgers Scarlet KnightsSHI Stadium, Piscataway, NJ | Time TBA ETTV TBA | |
| Date TBA |  | at USC TrojansLA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA | Time TBA ETTV TBA | |
| Date TBA |  | at Wisconsin BadgersCamp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI | Time TBA ETTV TBA |
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Cade will come into form just in time so we can all say the hawks play their best in November. Gotta keep traditions alive
He does well on Saturday, the fans will respond accordingly. He doesn't, they won't. If he sputters out of the gate again, there will be grumbling/booing, but it will be mostly directed at Kirk. I doubt anyone starts out a game wanting him to fail, but there is a 7 game body of work and it has not been good, so the expectations are low. The tolerance level is zero at this point. Fans are not going to continue to shower a flailing QB with love and affection if he's not getting the job done. Nor should they have to. It's not personal, it's business. I'm not sure even Pat would say that fans have to accept that if it continues on as it has.
Cade better do well; Northwestern's pass D is one of the worst in the country
Brendan Sullivan played in 5 games in 2022 and in 8 games in 2023.
In those 2 years combined he was 134-195 (69%) for 1,303 yds, 10 TD and 5 INTs.
In those 2 years combined he was 134-195 (69%) for 1,303 yds, 10 TD and 5 INTs.
Sullivan - An average of 15 passes per game. 9.7 yards per completion. 6.68 yards per attempt.
McNamara (2024) - An average of 22.7 passes per game. 9.7 yards per completion. 5.93 yards per attempt. 6 TDs / 4 INTs.
Stats don't say everything, but Sullivan's certainly hold up. (And it was against BT competition). I wouldn't expect a drop off, but there would be the added element of a mobile QB that can put stress on a defense.
Sullivan would probably know a thing or two more about playing NU's defense as well.
Can't be true as Ferentz said, "CM gave Iowa the best chance to win" and he is never wrong according to the bootlickers.
It's moronic to wait for MULTIPLE losses to make a change.
I really think that KF is the ONLY coach in America that wouldn't have given Sullivan a series on Saturday. Cade was floundering and EVERYONE except Captain dipsh*t could see it.
How many 3 and outs? 50ish yards of offense? Tell me how giving your backup QB a series or 2 was going to completely screw up your excellent rhythm on offense.
KF is a damn moron when it comes to QB. Stop treating the starter as untouchable!
It was NOT a forward pass. It was a lateral, and had his knee not been down it would have been a turnover. It was not grounding. It went backward from the time it left his hand, hence a lateral. I don't see how you can say that was not a poor decision.
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