Fant
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I don't think many of you have been an Iowa fan long enough to know what a bad coach is. If the fan base ever gets it's wish for a coach turnover you may find out like Neb has what a coaching merry go round is and how hard it is to find a savior.
Can not disagree with this. From Evy to HF Iowa suffered through 4 coaches of near epic ineptitude. Not much fun.
It was just that official bringing his A game for Nebraska. Didn't work as Hawks just kept scoring.
Let's not forget how great Dallas was. I don't think Fant has Clark's speed or hands.
FANT is primarily a finesse athlete. He's not as interested in putting his body on the line kind of like a prissy wide receiver. He is more receiver than TE. Glad to have him as an athlete. The whole not laying out for the ball thing has come up on a number of occasions during games. Making some of the tougher catches throughout the season could have helped the team quite a bit if he had been willing to make the effort. Having been more interested in Nebraska coming out of high school, his loyalty to Iowa as a program is probably low. Rather, since we recruited him to play TE, he sees playing here as his path to the NFL at the position he wanted to play.
And this is an assumption that goes on endlessly with no real basis in fact. There were a number of reasons that Wadley wasn't playing much the first couple of years and ball security was just the tip of the iceberg. You know, things like he weighed about 170lbs maybe, and reportedly wasn't all that interested in following Doyle's personalized development plan in the weight room or his nutrition goals. Akrum had a lot of growing up to do, which he and his mother have spoken about openly. Of course some people still want to make up these conspiracy theories about why some guys don't play. How many goofs has ISM made this season, as he did again Saturday on the kickoff return, only to come right back as an integral part of the offensive game plan?
Hands maybe, but Fant is a fast and fluid runner. Almost every game he is running away from defensive backs. Dude can fly......
Don't overlook the impact next season from IKM. Serious talent there, and impressed with the way he and Young responded each time they've had their numbers called.
He can and I'm very glad we have him. I can't think of any TE other than 44 to out run an entire defense 90yds on a 5 yd out route.
Fant has the goods to be better than Dallas too! Flat out people. FLAT OUT. You all are talking like that’s a bad thing! Lol.. I wonder why that is?? Dallas was tough as nails to thou to go with the Talent he brought.
Is that your beef?? Did he not just have one of his biggest games against his home state team & help them Hawks demolish Nebraska?? I thought we liked Kids with that “chip”?? Do not most talented athletes use the college they go to as vehicle to the next level?? What more do we want?? A few more lay outs and dives for over thrown balls?? I hope for heavens sake and all involved with Iowa football we get that next year out of him so people can stop being so irritated with the kid.
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Not sure what 'continued mugging' you are referring to. He flipped the ball and stood up and ran off the field.
I didn’t see the mugging either. He flipped the ball up, maybe two-three feet and spun around into Iowa players.
Fant has games where he has more drops than Clark seemed to have in his career.
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