Kind of feel sorry for this soaker person. I think they truly believe what they are saying, i hope they get the help they need. God bless.
Hey Morons, yes you
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Well, the word garbage is used a lot. I remember this "Our receivers are garbage."
Because the risk of getting those 31 is too high for a turnover/little time off the clock/etc.
In other words, that 31 might not happen, and it could end up a 17-21 loss.
Again, you have a better chance of recruiting ball runners than we at Iowa… again what makes sense? Cold climate, recruiting obstacles etc
The fact that u think we’re not trying to score points, and your thinking that we would be successful at recruiting players to become an off minded team, just shows your inability to think in a realistic manner.
You're right! I think there was a span there for 5+ years where Iowa hadn't ost a game by more than 10 points of something crazy like that. Now it seems to happen at least once a year.
Please point out where I said the Hawks were not trying to score points, and also point out where I said anything about being an "offensive minded" team.
You can't, because I said no such things. You are just lying and making things up.
In a game like that perhaps. But you are not going to go up against good teams and win consistently like that .
ISU is a bad team.
This situation reminds me much like my Stillers. The offensive scheme is awful . Matt Canada sucks at his job and hence the defense is forced to keep u in games week after week , ala BF.
Modern football doesn’t rely on a dominant defense anymore. It’s just not sustainable. You need to score some points and Iowa just do it enough to be considered a serious threat to beating anyone w a pulse.
It’s time for a change. I’m thankful for KF and what he’s done . But it’s time and for junior as well .
Good gawd. Who's gonna read your 20 page post. We do not have an average offense. It's almost dead last this and last year. No one is bitching about wins. We bitch when the offense costs us games which it regularly does.
Someone mentioned risk. KF just does transference of risk from the OFF to the DEF as he has more faith in DEF.
So we can score but are choosing not to?
Just your right one? If you were all that sure of yourself you'd bet them both.
PP is an elite DC but also makes it look better when your offense putts along and bleeds the clock - doesn't take chances etc. Iowa will get worked by Penn St and even if wins the division will get owned in the conf chip again using this philosophy.
The last several years the offense has actually been detrimental to the defense given the lack of efficiency. There's been no bleeding of the clock with time consuming drives and high numbers of drives with no first downs.
But that’s the irony of how bad our offense is - it’s so bad that we cannot control the clock. Iowa State held a 7 minute time of possession advantage because Iowa could only manage 9 first downs in 10 possessions (not including the last possession where we kneeled twice).
The most common defense of Iowa’s offense is that Iowa plays complementary football. That’s not a bad argument for why you might tolerate a low scoring offense. If the offense can at least pick up first downs consistently to flip field position and bleed clock, the “complementary football” argument can hold true. But our offense is so bad that we don’t flip field position and we don’t hold onto the ball. We are currently dead last in the Big Ten in first downs. We were dead last in 2022 and 2021 as well.
The offensive system is completely broken.
Agree. The defense has been all the more remarkable given the lack of offensive efficiency.
When I first saw the thread title I thought it was directed at the offensive coaches until I read it and realized it was for the people who nurtured the OP. The top 25 last week averaged 43 points per game. The Hawks can win 7-9 games a year due to their defense, special teams and culture. They can’t beat anyone or win a title that matters with this putrid offense. The offense continues to put pressure on the defense and put it in bad field position which catches up with you against good teams. It’s the scheme , game calls , offensive line recruiting or OL coach or all, that are the main problems . The best thing this offense has going for it is the schedule. Quit fooling yourselves. The game has changed. You have to play offensive football to win against good teams.
I would state that Iowa this year is not Iowa last year. The skill positions are much deeper, QB play is better, and the pass blocking is miles better. Iowa will likely get lambasted in Penn this year, but I think this team gets better as the year goes, and it gives them a fighting chance if they were to make the ship.
if Petras can beat Penn State... and McNamara is a better QB..
why do you believe McNamara can't do what Petras was able to do ?
" Iowa will likely get lambasted in Penn this year"
to me, this is the shit that gets old
The word likely comes to mind, but I am sorry that I hurt your feelings based on outcomes of this season. PSU right now is a 10.5 point favorite, is at home, and has demolished their competition to this point. Care to add any further of your insights?
I'm convinced the main goal of KF is to become bowl eligible every season.
wholely chit.... Penn State demolished Delaware ... who the hell is gonna beat them?
you know... you might be overselling Penn State just a little bit here.
Penn State is notorious for running up the score...
they scored a touchdown against West Virginia with 6 f*k*n seconds to go in the game... just to make themselves look big and bad.
that score would have been 31-15 if they don't desperately score on a 5 yard run with 6 seconds to go in the game.
31-15 over West Virginia...
West f*k*n Virginia
you know West Virginia was 5-7 last season?
they lost to Iowa State 31-14 last season
and now Penn State beats West Virginia and all of a sudden Penn State is the best team ever... nobody can beat them..
who the hell do you root for anyway?
you're a Hawkeye fan?
yea... maybe Penn State does beat Iowa... then you can look back with pride that you were right... Iowa sucks
that's a helluva position to put yourself in.. a position to where now... you gotta root against the team you claim to be a fan of.
I think this post speaks for itself, I have zero interest in going back and forth with Karnak V. 8.0
Since Brian Ferentz was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2017, Iowa is 128th nationally in yards per game (327.8) and 105th in offensive touchdowns scored (203). Enough said, tell me one other university that would not of fired him by now.
Nothing wrong with that actually given the reality of the situation. You can and should layer stretch goals on top of that but bowl eligibility probably is and should be the minimum level of success they seek each year.
We will find out what kind of team Penn state has against Illinois. I know it's just Illinois but they are probably better than the first 2 teams
I agree. Illinois hasn't looked very good but at least they're a P5 opponent.
Well the more successful you are the better of course. I don't know that 9-3 vs 7-5 really moves the needle much in that regard. If Kirk was all in on improving recruiting above all else, he'd make a big splash OC hire but we know that isn't in the cards. I don't think anything outside of that changes the trajectory of anything. It's been the elephant in the room for several years now. No pun intended.
