Iowa Offers Class of 2025 Iose Epenesa (pronounced Yo-say)

[GunnerHawk]

The whole family would be thrilled if Yo is a Hawk....which I expect is going to happen. If not, so be it. They have the means to fly to his games due to Eppy's work. He has family at all the major universities he is visiting. That family is the epitome of humbleness and class. They deserve every ounce of success they get.

Things we have in our favor:

Iowa City is within driving distance
They love our coaches
They trust our coaches and the potential position coach
Eric is already on the team
Already had a son go through the current program and had amazing success
If any family truly bleeds black and gold it's the Epenesa's. If Sam would've gotten an Iowa offer she would've been a Hawk. AJ was named after Jared Devries for god's sake

Ultimately, it is up to Yo and where he wants to spend his 4 years. He's earned the right.

That family embodies everything that is right with this world.

I mentioned many of these in post 582. Didn't mention driving distance because Misery is closer.

You obviously know the family, I only met Eppy at a tailgate a few years back. You are right, great family. Hoping Iose sees we check the boxes better than his other visits. Would have felt better if he was in Iowa City this weekend but I don't remember AJ visiting on our big weekend either.

 

[CRWash63]

So, you typed something completely stupid and instead of bowing out gracefully, you chose to double down on stupid and compare the Proctor debacle to a family going through the process of choosing a school that’s the best fit for their son.

Take the L and STFU.

You look like you have the brain of a slug. You will get what you are looking for.

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

You look like you have the brain of a slug. You will get what you are looking for.

 

[Cougar63]

Miami has beaches and nice weather.

He gone

 

[Heathen Raider]

being Gen X I have seen many a tadpole wrecked by an old bear after calling that old grizzly a Boomer. It is a quick way to get sorted real fast and reeks of soy infused weakness to use as an insult. Just sayin .

 

[BonzoFury]

being Gen X I have seen many a tadpole wrecked by an old bear after calling that old grizzly a Boomer. It is a quick way to get sorted real fast and reeks of soy infused weakness to use as an insult. Just sayin .

Naw, it's always good to reduce people to simple stereotypes.... whether it's race, gender, age. Whatever.

 

[Hendy hawk]

Miami has beaches and nice weather.

He gone

And Hurricanes

 

[Bloody Run Hawk]

And Hurricanes

And lots of crime! I know quite a few midwesterners who moved to Florida and came back.

 

[twindman]

And Hurricanes

And humidity all the time! I spent a few days in Atlanta which should have lower humidity than Miami. Just driving to lunch one day in a convertible, my arm pits were wringing wet in just 15-20 minutes.

 

[GHawk]

Miami has beaches and nice weather.

He gone

Been to Miami twice. Froze my a** off once and almost died of heat stroke the other time. Guess when I was there. 😁

 

[GunnerHawk]

The Orange Bowl set record lows when Hawks played Georgia Tech. We checked the weather before we left so we were dressed for the cold.

 

[Heathen Raider]

Naw, it's always good to reduce people to simple stereotypes.... whether it's race, gender, age. Whatever.

same People who are so comfortable insulting age are the ones who are championing so called social justice and slingin salt. Comical really .

 

[Legs94]

Miami has beaches and nice weather.

He gone

He’ll be doing blow off hookers asses in no time at the U.

 

[BDE420]

He’ll be doing blow off hookers asses in no time at the U.

I see nothing wrong here

 

[Franisdaman]

Marcus is the Publisher for Canes County, which is part of the Rivals network.

In the story, Iose said he found a "family feel" at Miami.

Jason Taylor is a former player and current defensive ends coach at Miami. He played as a defensive end and linebacker in the NFL, spending the majority of his career with the Miami Dolphins.

 

[cidhawkeye]

Marcus is the Publisher for Canes County, which is part of the Rivals network.

In the story, Iose said he found a "family feel" at Miami.

Jason Taylor is a former player and current defensive ends coach at Miami. He played as a defensive end and linebacker in the NFL, spending the majority of his career with the Miami Dolphins.

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Learn from a guy who played in the NFL
Or
Learn from a guy who puts guys in the NFL…..

 

[BHoppy]

Marcus is the Publisher for Canes County, which is part of the Rivals network.

In the story, Iose said he found a "family feel" at Miami.

Jason Taylor is a former player and current defensive ends coach at Miami. He played as a defensive end and linebacker in the NFL, spending the majority of his career with the Miami Dolphins.

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I read the article and nowhere does he rave about Miami. Says some nice things but nothing glowing. On the family aspect basically that they just all like each other. Not like that at all schools. Now, he may pick Miami, but nothing stood out. On Taylor, said just good to listen to him and learn things.

 

[GunnerHawk]

Learn from a guy who played in the NFL
Or
Learn from a guy who puts guys in the NFL…..

Excellent Post, totally agree.

 

[Franisdaman]

The Mom looks excited

And Miami recruited him harder than Iowa?

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[squeezebox]

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Mike posted a non tampering, iowa prediction….wow

 

[iahawkeyes17]

I read the article and nowhere does he rave about Miami. Says some nice things but nothing glowing. On the family aspect basically that they just all like each other. Not like that at all schools. Now, he may pick Miami, but nothing stood out. On Taylor, said just good to listen to him and learn things.

Things with these articles even for guys who visited Iowa this week. Usually same thing about how they enjoyed it. Can’t get too much from these. When’s last time you read about how someone was like I hated it. Horrible weekend, this place sucked.

 

[herkhatescy]

The Mom looks excited

And Miami recruited him harder than Iowa?

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Gross

 

[ItsAllBallBearingsNowadays]

I’m more concerned about Mizzou than Miami.

 

[kceasthawk]

I’m more concerned about Mizzou than Miami.

Still think if its not Iowa its Utah. Lot of family ties there as well, if he wants to take a different road then Iowa...

 

[cidhawkeye]

Things with these articles even for guys who visited Iowa this week. Usually same thing about how they enjoyed it. Can’t get too much from these. When’s last time you read about how someone was like I hated it. Horrible weekend, this place sucked.

Similar to people getting hyped about highlight videos of kids

 

[SI_NYC]

Really hope Mizzou pulled this out of the bag with Iose was there.

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I give him props for going all in. Kelly's was cringe worthy.

 

[SI_NYC]

He’ll be doing blow off hookers asses in no time at the U.

NTTIAWWT

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[kceasthawk]

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Amen, AAAmen, AAAAmen, Hallelujah!

 

[kkhawk]

I'll say it again. That family is the epitome of Hawkeye and they literally bleed black and gold. I will be stunned if he's not a Hawk. But Yo has earned the right to take visits and make sure he is finding what's best for him.

 

[GunnerHawk]

I'll say it again. That family is the epitome of Hawkeye and they literally bleed black and gold. I will be stunned if he's not a Hawk. But Yo has earned the right to take visits and make sure he is finding what's best for him.

Totally agree. Fingers crossed he picks the good guys!

 

[2D_]

Is there a date when Iose is supposed to announce where he's going? With all of these players committing recently, I've been trying to keep my eye on social media.

 

[RonaldMexico]

being Gen X I have seen many a tadpole wrecked by an old bear after calling that old grizzly a Boomer. It is a quick way to get sorted real fast and reeks of soy infused weakness to use as an insult. Just sayin .

As a fellow gen x’er, let me be the first to say…….lighten up Francis.

 

[Heathen Raider]

As a fellow gen x’er, let me be the first to say…….lighten up Francis.

Sheep do not dictate to Wolves Felicia , stay in Your lane , merely imparting wisdom on the tadpole and now on someone who should know better but age does not correlate to real world wisdom as You have just proven

 

[diggetydug]

if you have to tell us you are a wolf… you ain’t a wolf

 

[Franisdaman]

I'll say it again. That family is the epitome of Hawkeye and they literally bleed black and gold. I will be stunned if he's not a Hawk. But Yo has earned the right to take visits and make sure he is finding what's best for him.

We lost WR Kyler Kasper, in large part, because of our incompetent offense.

I am with you; I will be very surprised if he says "no" to playing for Bell and Parker.

At the same time, who knows what type of "NIL" money is being thrown around that could put a wrench in things.

 

[Franisdaman]

Is there a date when Iose is supposed to announce where he's going? With all of these players committing recently, I've been trying to keep my eye on social media.

Iose, of course, has now completed his official visits at Penn State, Missouri, Iowa, Utah and Miami. A decision could be coming soon.

No official announcement date has been set but there was this from the Gazette:

“And then we can evaluate all 5 of these visits and try to figure it out,” Eppy Epenesa said. “If he needs to go back to anything else, we will. … And then if our son feels good about the whole thing, then we’re going to pick a school.”

 

[AEG82]

Honestly, how Miami is still able to recruit at a high level is beyond me. They've been a downed program for quite some time. Most of these kids coming in now would only know about the lore of Miami because they've so largely been irrelevant on the national level for at least a decade and a half now.

 

[kkhawk]

We lost WR Kyler Kasper, in large part, because of our incompetent offense.

I am with you; I will be very surprised if he says "no" to playing for Bell and Parker.

At the same time, who knows what type of "NIL" money is being thrown around that could put a wrench in things.

We lost Kasper partly because of the reputation of the WR room but we lost him mainly due to his 1 million offer from Oregon and the coaching staff and pull of the Oregon commits located in the desert.