Convince Me that Brian Ferentz isn’t the Problem…
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Maybe the worst call I’ve seen in the last 5 years …that was horrible . He never lost the ball ! Ever . Even if bobbled the ball never touched the ground . Terrible terrible call
I get that. This is not a great offense but everyone oveeracts to everything. The QB sucks, the oline sucks, fire the offensive coordinator.... Your first post after Iowa dominates a 9th straight opponent with probably their best offensive showing this year is to bitch about Brian's offense. This offense can and will do more but right now the defense and special teams are running things. Everyone downplays the significance of zero interceptions. Iowa won their first 2 games this year primarily because of better ball security than their opponents. Petras has turned the ball over 2 times in the last 9 games and zero times in the last 5. Combine that with dominant defense and that's called winning football.
Unfortunately we don’t have a choice in this matter. Hes the coaches son. We’re stuck with him. So why dont we discuss ways to develop him
His usual butt self.
But I didn't ask people to convince me he wasn't then when someone provided a reason just go "WRONG"
There was an angle that clearly showed the ball floating above his body as he was on his back. What it didn't show, however, was whether the ground knocked the football out of his hands or whether he just bobbled it.
Well then u go with the call on the field correct!?! It was a called a catch . Blown big time by that crew!!
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This offense is a problem if we’re wanting to win our division.
212 passing and just under 70% completion with a couple drops. 206 rushing and 418 total yards. That's not too bad. Anxious to see how Kent State does next week against Maryland. We did get beat deep twice on defense too so they didn't bring their "A" game for the entire game either.
Good posts usually, but this isn't one of them. Goodson's counter was beautiful.
Better, yes. But still a long way from "good". We have one more week to get it rolling. Things get real starting @Maryland
Agreed, but I just want to clear it up for folks that it wasn't "clearly" a catch (if you agree with their "hadn't completed the process call") -- it should have been called "stands" regardless of what was called on the field.
Looks the same as always. Other than the Stanzi years with DJK and Mcnutt, Tate’s first year, and the Banks season.
i can’t say for sure that you are wrong. there is a chance the o lets us down but i’m still happy with bf in that he comes into games with a wider variety of gameplans than many reputable ocs. the offense we see against psu or wi will have some differences from what we’ve shown. again doesn’t mean we will definitely win but he is the oc that inspires most confidence in me compared to all past ocs ive seen at iowa.
People are never satisfied. 9 wins in a row is what really matters.
Waaaaaaay too many lateral passes (especially on 3rd and long) and runs to the short side.
It’s almost unbelievable how often we pass to the flat.
This is all well and good until Iowa loses a game and the usual suspects come unglued. Which always happens.
Why can’t we have these caliber of discussions after a win? That’s usually the best time IMO.
Look, the offense has been much maligned after every win so far this season. Why not broaden the discussion beyond quarterback play?
Iowa would lose a lot more games if they only viewed losses as learning opportunities. Plenty to learn from in wins too - even comfortable ones.
Big 10 looks very good this year but no super team. Incidently Nebraska looked excellent today. They missed 2 short field goals and had an extra point blocked that Ok. ran back for 2points.
The ball never touched the ground though. It doesn’t matter. Completing the process of the catch only matters if you fumble or go out of bounds. As the announcers said, the booth was conflating two different things.Agreed, but I just want to clear it up for folks that it wasn't "clearly" a catch (if you agree with their "hadn't completed the process call") -- it should have been called "stands" regardless of what was called on the field.
I’d have to rewatch it, but the only thing that would make sense is, they thought the ball was still being bobbled while he was rolling over and the leg touched out, but watching the replays live, that didn’t appear to be the case.
When I see the fantastic success the Hawkeye's are having and think back to Nebraska fans unhappy winning 8-9 games a season and bitching and complaining and firing coaches yearly I think....yeah I'll take our offence imperfections all the way to the bank.
Can you come up with anything more original and less offensive? Grow up ...
If KOK has anything to do with our QB’s then that’s problem #1.
I thought there was one view where for a split second, he wasn't covering the ball up and it might have hit the ground. Only saw that one view though, and it probably shouldn't have been enough to downgrade the call from "confirmed" to "stands" - much less overturn it entirely.
I was surprised at how that review didn't seem to take much time, nor did they take much time to talk over the "false start" where the O wasn't even set.
Push for the better guy. Or if there isn't one, successfully evaluate, recruit, and a develop a better one. Brian is a coordinator and second in command, he's not just a positional coach. He has had that job long enough that both Ferentz's own this.
Petras isn't garbage, but he's not a starter on a traditional top 10 team.
All well and good until the other shoe drops, and lack of offensive production blows up in the team's faces.
I fear for what defenses like Wisconsin and PSU may do to the offense.
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