That UCLA game wasn't all on Sully. He had the 2 ints, but he also passed for 157 yards on just 9 attempts for a 17.5 YPA. He threw some really beautiful balls. On the fumble he had the ball high and tight with both arms but the defender just got his arm in there and wrenched it away. If you could fault him in that game it was probably just trying to do too much.
I’m convinced that Sully was injured prior to any of those turnovers.
Sullivan sounds like a hard worker and a very coachable guy. Like Kirk said about Brown today he brings to the table what Lester wants in a quarterback. I expect him to make a strong run for the starter job in the spring.
That is what was so confounding about that game. He started out so great, but that first pick and then the strip fumble just seemed so out of character for him based on what we had seen from him in the prior games. As I said above, I do think he’ll be more like what we saw against Wisconsin.
Keep in mind we have a commitment from Cash Herrera a very good get from CA for the 26 class. He had an offer from UCLA so we beat out a home state Big Ten school for him. Recruits who meet Lester and learn about the offense he wants to build come away with a more positive impression than some of us do as fans looking at it from the outside.
But they didn't. And that's the beauty of Phil Parker's defense. He seldom makes it easy to score points.
Yeah, I know what it's like. Nate and I both "retired" from the NFL before taking a snap or even making a roster. We're like brothers that way.
It matters. It matters a lot.
Nate's a great/smart guy. I used to work with him and we got along well. I loved his Hawkeye stories. You've peaked my interest, care to elaborate? genuinely interested.
There’s your answer.
Exactly.
24/7 still has him as a solid commit as does On3
Kirk has conditioned most of the fan base to accept that offense is really important. Punting is winning!!
Nope. Hawkeye stuff in all his socials still too
The OL had a great year, they can only block five people at a time though. When teams are able to stack the box and bring six or seven it doesn't matter how good the OL is.
How many pass attempts has to factor in on sack numbers
I really don't know what you want from our OL. Two first team all-BIG selections, a second team and one honorable mention. OL was a semifinalist for the Joe Moore award. WR is still an issue but I did see our young guys do a few good things.
Iowa was 131 out of 134 is pass attempts @ 19/game. Ranked #71 in sacks per attempt @ 6.64% (13th in the B1G). That's an improvement from 8.66% in 2023 which ranked #110.
They are probably better than what I think. In fairness, I didn’t watch Iowa much after Minnesota, so I probably shouldn’t critique. My issue was they had a lot of experience and still seemed to struggle as a unit at times.
It is. The offense was trash in that game until the QB change. Made all the difference.
No way Iowa has fewer than five QBs on the roster next season, especially with two of them being true freshmen. If Iowa brings in another portal QB, Stratton will enter the portal in the spring.
Unfortunately it’s looking like Ole Miss, his agent(brother) is only following one coach from any of the teams on his list, Kiffin… if he’s foolish enough to play for frost or Kiffin we don’t want him.
He did go play for James Franklin…so not sure you can be surprised
Franklin, frost, kiffin, drink, cignetti and ferentz… one is not like the others…
