Still with this argument? So just to play devils advocate, is there any chance that CJ just wasn't ready going into the previous season?
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I thought CJ was going to be a better QB then JR, and I am glad it turned out the way that it did. I do trust the coaches decisions though, and we did not see them practice prior to CJ being named the starting QB for the next season. Maybe CJ had some growing up in maturity to do, who knows. In the end, it looks like it worked out well for CJ and Jake.
Dang Russians trying to influence the Hawkeye fan bases season oulook. Trying to make Rugamba and our secondary look bad.
I don't see Iowa losing to Nebraska in 2014 with CJB at the helm.
Idk man... Rudock played really well in the first half as Iowa got out to a great lead. Then in the second half Iowa decided to go into an absolute shell. I’m typically a defender of the staff, but the offensive play calling/clock management in the third/fourth quarter after we scored to go up 17-7 was some of the worst I’ve seen in recent memory.
Iowa didn’t start playing aggressively on offense until they were losing 28-24. At that point JR threw a touchdown pass to give them the lead again, and the defense gave up a field goal to force OT.
I like CJB over Rudock, but don’t think he would have done anything differently
Beg to differ as Jake missed numerous wide open deep passes for touchdowns that would of broke the game wide open in the second half. I think that is the reason the coaching staff decided to look at CJ in the bowl game and moving forward after that game.
We all wish. Did we only beat you once in b-ball this year? Serious question & I don’t know why that popped in my head.
I’m with ya. Wish we would’ve stuck with the guy that didn’t go 12-0 in 2015.
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I dont follow basketball much so idk. I am trying to get suspended but it is not happening. I do enjoy reading tom k material though.
I was actually at the game and did notice this a couple times (the couple times I noticed were pretty bad/blatant) but it wasn’t until after I saw the message boards after and people were pretty upset about all the deep balls he missed, so you might be right.
However the special teams and coaching staff didn’t do anybody any favors
If CJB was good at punt coverage, THAT is how he could have won us the game.
This post made me curious...with the new "4 game" rule...is it feasible to play freshman "A" for the first 4 games, freshman "B" for the next 4 games and then freshman "C" for the last 4 games?
In other words, is it any 4 games of the season or limited to the first 4 games of the year?
If you can mix and match, it could really bring some strategy into it.
Long balls - almost by definition are lower-percentage passes. Furthermore, during the career of nearly all QBs ... they'll often fail to see a wide-open guy deep OR get over-excited and over or under throw the guy. Those sorts of scenarios happen.
The 2014 loss to Nebraska was an implosion of epic proportions ... and the culpable parties are those on special teams, those on offense, those on defense, and those on the coaching staff. It was a team-wide failure ... BOTH on the players and coaches. With the benefit of hindsight, "new" Kirk owned up to his contributions to that failure. I don't know if the players ever did ... but given how the players executed in 2015 ... I'm thinking that at least "internal" to the program, they owned up to their part of the implosion.
If you go back to that game, our D gave up lays they shouldn't have. The O failed to sustain drives. And obviously, our cover-team on special teams (among others) ... had their own flubs. Obviously there were iffy calls made too ... and some of the lack of the execution of the players also falls (to some degree) on the coaches too.
Interesting...what better way then to "test" out your freshmen in some live game action...provided that they don't get burned and cause the game to be lost.
So in other words the board geniuses want to reserve the right to decide when he is favoring upperclassmen and when it doesn't fit their narrative.
DJK and others, they are unfairly punishing the upperclassmen by playing younger players. They should disregard team rules and play them anyway because the board brain trust wants that.
But if a young internet legend isn't seeing playing time, it is obvious bias toward the upperclassmen.
That is a really convenient setup, and really conducive to being right a high % of the time in your minds I guess.
Another popular board belief, KF is very controlling of his Assistant Coaches/micro manages them. Correct in your own minds again.
But having heard the exact opposite directly spoken by many of his Assistant Coaches. As well as the loyalty/time spent with the program aspect, guess I struggle a bit to not believe the coaches.
Apparently Beyer has just tweeted as well, but Howe has said he believes it to be a hack. Who know what is actually going on.
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That or Shaun is just really passionate about the critically acclaimed science fiction film.
Didn’t Rudock throw an int in the end zone in the first qtr. and fumble inside the 20-25 in the 2nd qtr. where we got our only first half td on lowedermilk pick 6 few plays later. In essence rudock led us to 3 first half points and cost us anywhere from 6-14.
After Iowa got up 24-7 after punt block I think one play most of us remember is after a missed fg the next series on play action rudock missed a wide open Powell on an over throw. Remember guy next to me saying with that missed td on the throw and first half chances we should be up by 30 which i honestly agree with.
I had honestly forgotten about the fumble, which yes, was deep in Nebraska territory. I’d have given Rudock a pass on the INT which was on the first possession and the end of an otherwise solid drive that flipped the field.
But you’re right, it looks like I don’t recall the game as well as I thought I did... his solid overall stat line (comparable to/arguably better than Tommy Armstrong’s) doesn’t account for those points left on the board.
At the same time, as Homer said, there were a lot of variables that cumulated in an Iowa loss, and not sure Beathard himself would have changed the outcome of the game
