Line play

[squeezebox]

Try actually reading the thread.

Oh wait, you probably have half of them on ignore

oh man, I totally missed your comment, I was far too busy walking my pet fish. Don't worry, I only have 3 people on ignore, but I did want to say congrats for being one of them! Bye Felicia

 

[herkyhawk00]

How much of the line improvement has to due with Lester’s run scheme. I have a hard time believing it has anything to do with Barnett finding a lucky nut. The offensive line has been a disaster over the last 3 or 4 years under his care. In the last 40 years I haven’t seen an Iowa offense line not knowing who to block like they have under Barnett.

As much as I agree with your statements, it is true that injuries, bad recruiting, and those not panning out or leaving all have played a role in how bad our line has been. I also feel that Doyle is getting way too much credit for our former OL. 🤷‍♂️

 

[eyesofhawk]

You think the Hawks has the same level of players as ND. It is about the Jimmy and Joes not the x and o's.

Run the ball

 

[2D_]

*psst* Iowa has bad pass pro, it must be addressed before the season starts.

Pass it on!

 

[Iron Doc]

*psst* Iowa has bad pass pro, it must be addressed before the season starts.

Pass it on!

Be careful, you don't want the apologists on here to read this.

 

[eyesofhawk]

Be careful, you don't want the apologists on here to read this.

Iowa football doesn't need apologists.

Maybe the people you're referring to, that give coaches the benefit of the doubt over message boarders, are nothing other than realists.

Maybe it's the members of the 7th grade girls' club, echoing each other in the restroom, that are out of their minds

 

[Iron Doc]

Iowa football doesn't need apologists.

Maybe the people you're referring to, that give coaches the benefit of the doubt over message boarders, are nothing other than realists.

Maybe it's the members of the 7th grade girls' club, echoing each other in the restroom, that are out of their minds

Recent Offenses bring out the need for apologists. When the USofA laughs at us regularly, apologizing is in order.
Having a generational RB did tone down the scorn to a degree. Unfortunately, pass protection is still abysmal and an affront to the game.

 

[eyesofhawk]

Recent Offenses bring out the need for apologists. When the USofA laughs at us regularly, apologizing is in order.
Having a generational RB did tone down the scorn to a degree. Unfortunately, pass protection is still abysmal and an affront to the game.

Recent offenses don't mean a darn thing to me. So I wouldn't be one of those apologists.

I laugh at anyone who laughs at Iowa football. Feel sorry for them, actually.

Why did that generational RB not keep Iowa from having the worst offense in the country the previous two seasons? Perhaps you should reanalyze what has happened.

Abysmal pass protection? Not really

 

[Ladell-hawk]

I always thought that the biggest reason for our early success under KFZ was Joe Philbin. Yes Reece Morgan was a great asset. But to me, ever since Philbin left, we've not been anywhere close to as good. Of course he became an NFL head coach so there's no way he was staying. But the combination of O'Keefe, Philbin, Morgan and Doyle was magic. And we've certainly not been within 1000 miles of that since.

You’re wrong when you say we haven’t been “anywhere close to as good “ since Philbin left. We have had a lot of strong offensive lines and outstanding teams since Philbin left. 4 out of Kirk’s 5 top 10 finishes came after Philbin left. Your comments are wrong and way over the top.

 

[ClarindaA's]

Recent offenses don't mean a darn thing to me. So I wouldn't be one of those apologists.

I laugh at anyone who laughs at Iowa football. Feel sorry for them, actually.

Why did that generational RB not keep Iowa from having the worst offense in the country the previous two seasons? Perhaps you should reanalyze what has happened.

Abysmal pass protection? Not really

He was hurt a bit and OC

 

[Iron Doc]

Recent offenses don't mean a darn thing to me. So I wouldn't be one of those apologists.

I laugh at anyone who laughs at Iowa football. Feel sorry for them, actually.

Why did that generational RB not keep Iowa from having the worst offense in the country the previous two seasons? Perhaps you should reanalyze what has happened.

Abysmal pass protection? Not really

It. Never. Ends.

 

[eyesofhawk]

He was hurt a bit and OC

Come on bro. We've already been over this

 

[eyesofhawk]

OL recruiting

Hawks in on a lot of good looking linemen on the 26 class. 4 star OT, Nielsen is a great start and looks like 4 star OG, Parliamant is visiting again this weekend. Get him and the OL in 2026 could be a really good one before they are finished. I think Barnett is a solid recruiter.

iowa.forums.rivals.com

A great opportunity to revive the thread.

Thanks Gunner!

 

[hawkjt]

Nd's starting center and right guard just entered the portal.

Their d-coordinator , Golden, just took the Bengals d-coordinator job.

Maybe the Irish drop back next year.

 

[eyesofhawk]

2026 OG Owen Linder from MN has committed!

 

[Garzatough85]

Recent offenses don't mean a darn thing to me. So I wouldn't be one of those apologists.

I laugh at anyone who laughs at Iowa football. Feel sorry for them, actually.

Why did that generational RB not keep Iowa from having the worst offense in the country the previous two seasons? Perhaps you should reanalyze what has happened.

Abysmal pass protection? Not really

I have to disagree; blitzes were absolutely killers for us all year

 

[intrepodor]

What woes of Iowa?

One of five teams nationally to have won 8+ in 9 straight non-Covid seasons

Things are going to change with the bigten west gone.

 

[eyesofhawk]

Things are going to change with the bigten west gone.

Nah, not really.

Iowa was winning ballgames long before the Big Ten west

 

[eyesofhawk]

THE GAME IS WON UP FRONT.

Without a running game ever established, the best QB ever was rendered completely irrelevant (Mahomes in the Super Bowl)

 

[bobchawk]

Yes, I did. And they have nothing to do with the comparison of rush lanes between this season and the previous two.

If anything, those games make my point. Kaleb couldn't do crap without rushing lanes.

This is what we've been talking about, is it not? You said the O-line sucked and was bailed out by K2.

Although both compliment each other, lines make backs far more than backs make lines. An O-line can grind consistent yardage with a bad back. Backs cannot grind consistent yardage with bad O-lines.

It's simple numbers and simply it's football. Nothing other than fundamental. And knowledge common to everyone who knows a thing about football.

It's truly incomprehensible to me the amount of people that come onto this board on a daily basis and have virtually no understanding of the game of football. There are literally people who seem to hate the Hawks, do not watch the games, and are on here posting every day. That is something I will never be able to fathom.

To an extent, I can understand the limited knowledge of the game. It is a very complicated game. It is a game that most people never played. And it's hard to see exactly what's happening in the interior of the line from the standard horizontal angle put on tv.

But anybody can see how much the line of scrimmage moves. And anybody can choose to listen to what every football expert has been telling us for 150 years. I mean, watch any post-game interview or any studio segment for two minutes and you're going to hear an expert tell you that the game is won up-front.

It's the essence of football. It's very, very, simple. And it is what allows the layers of complexity in the game to unfold. But all of the complexities are completely secondary.

If you guys ever in your life have the interest to spend two seconds trying to learn football, then remember what I now tell you. FOOTBALL IS WON UP-FRONT.

I'm not trying to be a know it all. Because again, anyone who understands football understands this simple fundamental truth. I'm honestly only trying to help.

Let this truth sink in. Doesn't it feel great to now understand football in this way? Almost like the vault at Fort Knox has been opened before your eyes.

It should be mentioned though, that in addition to the improvement of the O-line this season, Kaleb was also a much improved back

see and I agree with what you are saying here but then you turn around after the Eagles lines on both sides of the ball just crunched your Chiefs and talk about the refs, KC was whipped up front all night on both sides and the Eagles showed that if you take away Mahomes running and pressure him he is like any other QB..

 

[jonesy5960]

THE GAME IS WON UP FRONT.

Without the best QB ever rendered completely irrelevant, Kansas City never had a chance (Mahomes in the Super Bowl)

FIFY...

 

[eyesofhawk]

see and I agree with what you are saying here but then you turn around after the Eagles lines on both sides of the ball just crunched your Chiefs and talk about the refs, KC was whipped up front all night on both sides and the Eagles showed that if you take away Mahomes running and pressure him he is like any other QB..

The Chiefs aren't my team. And I didn't say anything about the refs. If you're referring to my "fixed" thread, it was for the purpose of calling out fans that had claimed it was being fixed for KC to get a title.

Yes, the game is won up-front. And I summed up the Super Bowl in that exact way in above post #179

 

[Stoopsbrother]

the last great DL Iowa has had was 09 Clayborn Ballard Klug followed next by the 2020 line with Nixon Epenesa

 

[eyesofhawk]

Run the ball !!!!!

 

[ItsAllBallBearingsNowadays]

the last great DL Iowa has had was 09 Clayborn Ballard Klug followed next by the 2020 line with Nixon Epenesa

2018 DL was very good. Anthony and Matt Nelson, Epenesa, Chauncey Goulston and Parker Hesse.

 

[Hawky42]

They are all wimps automatically since they were born in the 21st century

 

[eyesofhawk]

They are all wimps automatically since they were born in the 21st century

You never know. About eight years ago there was a story about a 25 year old imposter from Florida that got caught playing for a high school basketball team in Texas.

Someone asked the coach if at any point he may have suspected that he had a 25 year old on the team. And the coach responded, "no, he wasn't any good!" 🤣🤣🤣