It is a sad fact that Petras has only thrown one TD pass in the past 8 games. I was a big proponent after the Maryland game last year. The current situation leaves me with a loss for words. Count me among the fans who will have a hard time watching this pathetic offense for a whole game. Padilla or Labas may not be able to do much better, but how will we ever know if they don't see the field?
Miller and Condon confirm it's Petras at QB on Saturday
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Like everyone, I am disappointed in this. What happens in the game will determine if disappointment turns to outright apathy.
IF (big if) SP plays Q1, AP plays Q2 & Q3 and Joey gets some action in Q4, I'll step back from a ledge a little,
IF (big if) SP plays Q1, AP plays Q2 & Q3 and Joey gets some action in Q4, I'll step back from a ledge a little,
If they say Petras is the best option when we are dead last in offense and not even close then holy sh*t we are in big trouble.
It is clear SP is an ass kisser and has endeared himself to the staff.
This is comical and I am reaching Lickliter levels of apathy. Not even a year ago Iowa used a combination of unsustainable circumstances to reach #2 in the country. Now the offense has nose dived to the bottom of college football with no end in sight. The defense is great, but the pressure to hold opponents down and possibly score themselves will become too much of a weight to bear.
WHO ???????????????? Who is Chris Childers??????? ESPNU radio??? THere is such a thing?
So the Petras as starter decision is being made on the basis of his "body of work"? What about his recent body of work? Nothing is working. The offense is broken. Of course the OL needs experience. The injured need more time to heal. But the only offensive change that can be made immediately is to give Padilla an opportunity, and see what happens. If it doesn't bring improvement, Petras can be put back in.
I'm not blaming this on Petras. KF could have, should have tried someone else by now.
If only there two games in which one of these QBs played the entire time, and the offense put up 33 and 27 points. Only then could we know if one of them were more equipped to run the offense.
Yep. Kirk has always positioned things to his benefit and why I believe he always takes the approach of little old Iowa can barely compete because of the disadvantage in level of players. The brilliant coaching is the only way they can win.
Right, Spencer is not just gonna sit on his own. It is up to Kirk. I hate the booing of Spencer. Kirk is the guy.
With Padilla as the starter Iowa scored 33 VS Illinois and 27 VS a 9 win Minnesota team and was 3-0. I'm guessing the defense contributed like usual but that's pretty damn good, Kirk seems to have forgotten those games happened
If I was May, Labas and Padilla I would walk in to Kirks Office and put the gear on the Table and tell Him I was transferring , none will lose any eligibility as they havnt played . Leave the Team with 1 Scholarship QB .
All but May would lose eligibility since they used a redshirt already.
and with Petras having a covid Year they will lose that Year anyway if He comes back and You know Kirk will want Him back .
Props to the media for asking some good needed questions regarding Petras, especially the person who rattled off a long list of stats. Next, it would be nice to see the same line of questioning regarding the OC. Line by line, stat by stat, ranking by ranking.
Where is SP's mom? She needs to call the coach and tell him to stop abusing her son.
Prepare for a bunch of Hawkeye fans dressed as empty seats.
This is an excellent point. Even though I thought it was best that the team move on to AP or JL for QB1 before the season started, I was at least fully supporting SP and hoped that he would outperform expectations. However, at this point I agree with you - the very best thing for this program is for him to be just as awful on Saturday as he was the first 2 games. Maybe, just maybe, then KF will realize that it's time to turn the page on him. If he plays decent and Iowa has a solid win, that will solidify SP as QB1 for the remainder of the season, and he will take every single snap barring injury - in which case I see 4-8 as an absolute best case scenario for the season, with a distinct possibility that Iowa could go 0-9 in the B1G.
Alex was 6 - 17 for 83 yards and 1 pick against Illinois.
11-24 (less than 50%) for just over 200 yards and 2 TDs against Minnesota.
Last game against Nebraska --- 6-14 for 76 yards before being benched.
Padilla is a 2, If You are going to make a change You put Labas out there against a bad defense and get Him Game reps, That is the best way to proceed .
And oddly enough, it was the only time in the last 340 some odd days (or 11 games) that Iowa held a two score lead.
I guess moving the ball and scoring points even with FGs can lead to wins.
Edit: I stand corrected. Padilla also jumpstarted Iowa to a 14-0 lead vs Northwestern too.
And Alex probably leaves, but this is the way to go in my view. I have heard from a source and they are reliable that Labas is the most mobile QB they got and it shows in practice. How he throws I don't know, but if you wanted the most mobile QB we got, it is Labas.
Apparently Iowa runs a complicated system.
Maybe it's a coded play and the receiver is automatically supposed to run 10 yards past where the pass is scripted?
I'm as broken as a Hawkeye fan as Petras is as a Hawkeye Quarterback. just don't know what to do.
Pretty sure our receivers had a bunch of drops in at least one of those games. I think Illinois
This is actually a fair point. He's a broken person, OBVIOUSLY he's not going pro, what's the point in keeping him in there.
I’m in the Labas camp solely because they’ll be in the same boat next year if not.
Padilla also had twice as many passes dropped by receivers, is more mobile, can extend plays, and made a couple of improvised plays last season that Petras has yet to make ever. It's not all about stats, noting that Alex was 10/15 against Michigan in the B10 Champ game
Neither is great. But Padilla is the better choice since a) he's more mobile, b) he doesn't appear to be "broken" like Petras certainly does. And he did lead the team to their best quality win of 2021 against the Gophers
Finally, could he do any WORSE than the lowest rated QB in a Power Five conference?
Your not wrong personally Padilla doesn't seem to want to rock the boat and is fine just getting a degree which is cool. If we are going to have to restart the system might as well start with a fresh guy
when are fans going to wake up ... it doesn't matter who the QB is ... Iowa's offensive coaches SUCK.
It doesn't matter who's playing. THe best a Brian F team has done is be 88th in the country. Brian is a terrible coach. Until he's gone, expect more of the same ... no matter who's QB
1 Touchdown pass in 9 games and Kirk does nothing, run the same old boring non attacking offense with a statue of a qb who will sail passes into the first 10 row's. Way to give your fan base hope that this season can be some what saved.
It's Kirk, he's behind this shit show. You saw his arrogant, double speak nonsense. The guy has lost it.
