Here's a guy who loves him some Logan Jones

[jonesy5960]

And they're "gulp" Fuskers.

Ranking the Big Ten: Center

Our Ranking the Big Ten series continues with the centers. To no surprise, the league is once again loaded in the middle of the trenches.

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P.S. They also rank Colby as the second best guard in the conference. With 2 so highly thought of linemen, expect the Iowa oline to kill it this year, right? Right???

 

[myteamcanbeatupyourteam]

Seems to love Connor Colby as well.

 

[kkhawk]

Our O line has been a weakness for a while....And I have felt we've needed a change at C for some time. Shows what I know...

 

[Bulldogs1974]

I’m not sure how successful Iowa offensive line would be under Brian if given the top lineman at each position in kf’s tenure.
It’s almost impossible to block when the other team knows the plays.
Brians offense was the equivalent of calling the right play in super tecmo bowl.

 

[coorsoriginal02]

Fact: Jones “has anchored Iowa’s [terrible] offensive line for 26 of the last 27 games.”

Also Fact: Logan Jones has not been very good while “anchoring” the offensive line.

 

[MAXIMUSHAWKEYE]

Our O line has been a weakness for a while....And I have felt we've needed a change at C for some time. Shows what I know...

How much of the oline wows were due to BFs unimaginative scheme? Defenses knew what was coming. Hard to block in those situations.

 

[coorsoriginal02]

How much of the oline wows were due to BFs unimaginative scheme? Defenses knew what was coming. Hard to block in those situations.

BFs unimaginative coordinating certainly played a role but the linemen were consistently losing in one-on-one blocking situations. It’s been a mess on a macro scale.

Rooting hard for this Lester guy to turn things around. But if this experienced OL is still poor, I think Barnett is looking for a new gig elsewhere next January.

 

[Birky]

All I am sure about from last year is, we don’t have any linemen who are good at blocking two defenders at once.

Look forward to finding out if any linemen can handle blocking a single defender this year?

 

[goodbyebobby]

BFs unimaginative coordinating certainly played a role but the linemen were consistently losing in one-on-one blocking situations. It’s been a mess on a macro scale.

Rooting hard for this Lester guy to turn things around. But if this experienced OL is still poor, I think Barnett is looking for a new gig elsewhere next January.

I can't believe his boss doesn't keep a sharp(er) eye on his OL.

He equates offense to Covid but he did seem to be a pretty good OL coach.

 

[Ladell-hawk]

Fact: Jones “has anchored Iowa’s [terrible] offensive line for 26 of the last 27 games.”

Also Fact: Logan Jones has not been very good while “anchoring” the offensive line.

And your expertise in evaluating center play is based on what ? It takes 5 good lineman to have a good offensive line. Two or even three good linemen isn't enough. We haven't had 5 good offensive linemen the past 3 seasons.

 

[Mister_Man]

Imagine how good the line might be if the defense doesn't know the play.

 

[Greenway4Prez]

YPC under BF:

2017- 3.8
2018- 4.0
2019- 3.9
2020- 4.6
2021- 3.4
2022- 2.9
2023- 3.3

I’m sorry, but a guy who played and coached OL, had no fücking clue how to put a run game together. There were a whole lot of guys in the 2017-2019
OL rooms that went on to cash NFL paychecks, and we couldn’t muster 4 YPC? That’s terrible.

I have a feeling we’re going to have discussions on this board in 6 months about how we’re way more talented on offense than expected.

 

[Greenway4Prez]

Dammit guys, we had:

Akrum Wadley
James Butler
Mekhi Sargent
Tyler Goodson

Carrying the ball those years too.

 

[pink shizzle]

I have a feeling we’re going to have discussions on this board in 6 months about how we’re way more talented on offense than expected.

That'd be great!

 

[squeezebox]

Biggest OLine problem IMO is the fact that Iowa consistently plays guards at the OT position.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Biggest OLine problem IMO is the fact that Iowa consistently plays guards at the OT position.

It is far far more a play calling problem than positional. You can’t block when the defense knows what’s coming with relative certainty.

 

[squeezebox]

It is far far more a play calling problem than positional. You can’t block when the defense knows what’s coming with relative certainty.

last year Iowa ranked 87 in sacks allowed per game, and 100th in total sacks allowed. Some of that would go back to Hill as the QB, but you cannot look at game film and say those tackles/guards were hitting their blocks either.

 

[jonesy5960]

last year Iowa ranked 87 in sacks allowed per game, and 100th in total sacks allowed. Some of that would go back to Hill as the QB, but you cannot look at game film and say those tackles/guards were hitting their blocks either.

No need to argue here. I think you're both right. Iowa has really struggled to recruit/develop tackles over the last 4-5 years and the offensive schemes and play calling were absolutely abysmal.

 

[squeezebox]

No need to argue here. I think you're both right. Iowa has really struggled to recruit/develop tackles over the last 4-5 years and the offensive schemes and play calling were absolutely abysmal.

Not arguing with feelings, but stats. I will take this a step further and state unequivocally that Barnett should have been shown the door with Brian.