Only if you mean 80% wrong.
IowaLaw's Unpopular (but True) Predictions for 2022
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You are so good and talented that you really should start your own blog! When is this going to happen?
No....80% correct is pretty spot on. Where the hell do you get 80% wrong?
I think you missed on quite a few of your predictions.
All I'll say to help you in your mental recovery is that agreeing with one's opinions and something being factually correct.................................................are very much two different things.
Good luck!
Now now you have to respect a man that tells you his opinions are factually correct (and is being entirely serious)...........OP will even tell you as much.
Umm, exactly who is saying there is tension in the locker room?
I'm impressed and to say that his dislike for women's basketball is a prediction is laughable.Now now you have to respect a man that tells you his opinions are factually correct (and is being entirely serious)...........OP will even tell you as much.
I'm impressed and to say that his dislike for women's basketball is a prediction is laughableNow now you have to respect a man that tells you his opinions are factually correct (and is being entirely serious)...........OP will even tell you as much.
Facts are not what this is about. My grandma was kind of like this when she got dementia.
You nailed it.
Looks fairly accurate...Good job IowaLaw.
I thought even KF would not be dumb enough to make Petras his starting QB in 2022 and I was wrong on that.
I'll go out on a limb and say KF/BF are correct and Labas does stink and that is why he got zero reps this season up until bowl game....which only confirms KF/BF did a chit job recruiting.
I thought even KF would not be dumb enough to make Petras his starting QB in 2022 and I was wrong on that.
I'll go out on a limb and say KF/BF are correct and Labas does stink and that is why he got zero reps this season up until bowl game....which only confirms KF/BF did a chit job recruiting.
Unfortunately, I don’t see a lot wrong with most of those predictions.
Because you only ask for one, I'll go with the easiest, which no sane person would claim happened. Penn State did not win the B1G wrestling crown. It was Michigan.
Not one of those was an original by you. All you did was at some point chime in on all of them to agree with the debate conversation.
Law is the best poster on this board
Women's basketball is far from boring. Maybe you go to a game before you make stupid predictions. moron.
Just what i was going to say. Funny how a nebby troll says slaw is the best poster on the board! Lmao.
Wrong on QB regressing. The OL regressed, which caused some bad QB play but the QB play itself was the same as 2021.
Wrong on McCaf boys. We saw what happened when Connor doesn’t play. This was just a stupid statement from the get go.
Wrong on Labas never playing a snap in a Hawkeye uniform as he will start the Bowl game.
Wrong on WBB being boring. Just another completely moronic statement by someone who has cornered the market on moronic statements.
I guess you got a couple right though, good for you troll.
Wrong on McCaf boys. We saw what happened when Connor doesn’t play. This was just a stupid statement from the get go.
Wrong on Labas never playing a snap in a Hawkeye uniform as he will start the Bowl game.
Wrong on WBB being boring. Just another completely moronic statement by someone who has cornered the market on moronic statements.
I guess you got a couple right though, good for you troll.
All I can say is thank you for leaving HN and taking your garbage over here. It’s nice not having to read this crap over there.
I'll take your helmet there, big hitter. We need to get you back in the tent.
KOK was lead recruiter on Petras, Padilla, Labas and May.
Yep....terrible job recruiting for the QB position. And here we go....we've all been clammering for Labas. A guy that had one offer coming out of high school....from Ball State. A QB so unskilled (or lacking intelligence) that he couldn't nudge Petras and Padilla out of the way to see even one snap during the regular season. Who sits behind Labas? Carson May....another highly sought after (not) QB out of high school with offers from Western Michigan and Old Dominion. Any way you look at it, we have missed badly at the QB position the last several years.
This is not a hot take......it's been well-documented.
Certain posters just want the attention for claiming they knew all along, and not just that they were the first to point it out, no.....but that they felt stronger about their claim than anyone else, and that others among the fanbase were unwilling to share in that opinion/claim.................
Of course, lol, let's not kid ourselves. @IowasLaw has spent many a post over the years slipping in popular commentary as if it were an original thought.
At least KF addressed the qb by getting one of the top transfers at the position. I'm pumped to see the O with a good qb.
Never said it was a hot take. Try not to project yourself on to others....it's a horrible look.This is not a hot take......it's been well-documented.
Certain posters just want the attention for claiming they knew all along, and not just that they were the first to point it out, no.....but that they felt stronger about their claim than anyone else, and that others among the fanbase were unwilling to share in that opinion/claim.................
Of course, lol, let's not kid ourselves. @IowasLaw has spent many a post over the years slipping in popular commentary as if it were an original thought.
I think you're using opinions over factual metrics on some of this.
Spencer did regress going from a 117 to a 109 passer rating. We can argue as to the cause but you have nothing factual to support your argument.
Labas didn't play a snap all season and wouldn't be in the bowl game if Spencer was able and Padilla wasn't transferring. I'd call that a win.
Brian got a raise and a promotion. I would call that "failing forward" as slaw put it. Certainly nothing to suggest that he faced any negative repercussions or a loss of confidence in him after fielding a horrible offense.
The rest is just opinion stuff with nothing to support an argument either way.
Labas will play unless he trips in the shower in the next 48 hours. That is fact.
The rest of the points I mentioned is pure opinion (nothing factual) on his part just as much as what you say mine is LOL.
All of it is basically garbage just to get a rise out of Iowa fans, that is all it is …
Passer ratings aren't opinions. Raises and promotions aren't opinions. Why is it so hard to acknowledge these things?
I acknowledge the raise, guess you didn’t fully read my posts (I’m talking about the points I brought up, but maybe reading isn’t your strong suit).
QBR is far from an ultimate end all and be all in QB play ratings (best we have? Maybe). I hope you can acknowledge that OL play may have some baring on QBR, no?
I take a few minutes to point out Laws BS every so often. Death, Taxes and IowaLaws BS trolling posts are what we have to look forward to in life 😀
The "raise" and "promotion" are way overblown.
The first was a contract stipulation that had to do with team performance overall, which was in every assistant's contract, which is why they all received it. Brian received no performance bonus, and his overall bonus was by far the least of all assistants, both quantitatively and proportionally. Contract law still applies to people bad at their jobs.
The second was not "promotion", because he gained no new authority. He already had authority over the QBs and QB coach as the OC. All that changed was that he worked directly with the QBs after, which is extremely common for OCs.
No. I'm not inclined to read all of your comments to others. It's painful enough to read your comments directed towards me which failed to mention it. Completion percentage, YPA, TD/INT ratio, passer rating, QBR, all worse than the previous year. All of that would support the regression argument. Oline play certainly factored in, along with below average receivers. Oline was also bad the previous season so I'm not sure that's an argument that flies. Let's pretend for a moment that none of this statistical evidence exists. I don't think that anyone who watched Spencer this year could argue with a straight face that he improved which is unfortunate because I really did have higher hopes until he started airmailing open receivers in the first 20 minutes of the season. He is what he is. A good guy that never improved in his Iowa career.
The OL this year has given up 5 more sacks than last year in two less games so far. I think it's safe to say they're considerably worse.
They rival the 2007 group (a whopping 46 sacks) in how young and inexperienced they are.
I'm not suggesting that his authority changed all that much if any. At the same time his responsibilities were broadened with the addition of QB coach, a position that he had arguably no experience to support his obtaining it. Getting more responsibility in the first place as many questioned his ability to do the job he already had was a surprise to most looking in from the outside. If anything it was a hige vote of confidence in a guy who was in his 6th year as the architect of an offense that was thoroughly abysmal by any definition.
The raise was small as you suggested, with Brian already getting paid far more than anyone else on the offense and close to what PP was making. Kirk specifically mentioned this when the disparity in increases was raised by the media and that his greatest motivation was to ensure that money wouldn't be a reason for staff to look elsewhere for opportunities.
In any case, after a season in which many questioned whether Brian should be retained as OC, he was rewarded with more money and more responsibility by the only guy that matters in the discussion.
The OL has been dreadful both years. A lot of people were on here last saying it couldn't get any worse this year. The difference in sacks is probably more the result of playing Michigan and OSU (9 sacks) vs Indiana and Maryland (4 sacks).
We played Michigan both years and their pass rush was far better last year and we still gave up 3 less sacks.
And again, have played two less games so far, and will play one less overall. This OL is really green. Fortunately, if history is any indicator, the 2007 group ended up being very good down the road, especially the very next year.
