Didn't have to or couldn't? We had a great run game. With a decent passing game we could have won 2 or 3 of the games we lost.
Miller Moss or Connor Weigman to Iowa? The Transfer Portal window opens on Dec 9 for 20 days. "You're gonna have a lot of million-dollar QBs."
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It's almost like you're talking to people who understand almost nothing about modern football. When Iowa struggled in the least to run the football, they couldn’t score 20 points. It's not about total passing yards. It's about efficiency and keeping defenses honest with an offense that wasn't completely one dimensional. It's so simple a concept and yet so difficult for some to understand.
Iowa was 109th in passing efficiency.
Greg Davis had his issues, but he said something I’ll never forget at a media day that should be obvious, but nobody thinks of it this way when he talked about balance. I think it’s copacetic to your point.
He was talking about balance not being running and passing for the same number of yards, or plays. He said balance is having an offense that can run when it needs to run, and pass when it needs to pass.
There is an investing cliche "dont try to catch falling knives". Which loosely means, dont buy stocks while they are falling precipitously in price.
I think that applies to the portal as well.
(see: McNamara, Cade)
I think that applies to the portal as well.
(see: McNamara, Cade)
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Good question. Some similarities to Will Levis. Comparable throwing motion, slightly shorter at 6’2”
Listening to Tom Kakert on the Locked on Hawkeyes podcast, he said that Tyler Barnes has been looking into the QB from Richmond that is in the portal. Just something to keep on everyone's radar.
To be fair to Labas, he never had much of a high price. We sure paid Cade handsomely for him to burn us like he did. And then quit. And then we cover for him. Can’t make this stuff up.
If Iowa can't get a solid, proven QB with no injuries, from the portal. Then Iowa should just keep who we have and upgrade around them. If Sully has a great OL and at least one man beater to go along with what is coming back, we will have improvement.
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Some of it is perspective. Cade’s injury move him into that type of bucket potentially, but he got beat out by a better player, it doesn’t necessarily mean Cade is a turd. (He certainly played like one for us, but he is a shell of what he was at UM).
I can speak more to the TAMU situation, where Weigman was inconsistent and was replaced by a true dual threat qb that was a better fit for a new scheme. While it would be hard to argue that Weigman is a declining “stock,” he offers a team like Iowa solid value, potentially.
His first two years he posted 16 TD’s and 2 INT’s, and had gotten to a shade under 70% completion percentage. This year, the stats are not great. It would be worth understanding why.
As they say, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
But I like that we are looking around, maybe there is someone more clearly on the upswing that provides less risk transitioning into our scheme.
I think if we can keep our QBs healthy we go into spring in a much better place than we started this season with. The question mark seems Lainez where or if he fits into the scheme of things. Lester wants add two WR slots to the roster so I expect to see some additions there. If we add a QB as well then the passing game really does start to look different.
Moss has scheduled two visits and neither is to Iowa. Also, Tyler Barnes isn’t following him on Twitter, so I think that ship has sailed.
Speaking of Twitter, here are the numbers by position for transfers (portal and JUCO) Tyler Barnes has started following recently and is still following:
WR
5
CB
4
S
3
DE
2
DT
1
QB
1
I think this gives a pretty clear indication of the positions they currently see as the biggest priorities to upgrade.
Speaking of Twitter, here are the numbers by position for transfers (portal and JUCO) Tyler Barnes has started following recently and is still following:
WR
5
CB
4
S
3
DE
2
DT
1
QB
1
I think this gives a pretty clear indication of the positions they currently see as the biggest priorities to upgrade.
This is the kind of content I’m looking for.
Now, let me contribute to the board by arguing with somebody for saying something stupid.
But that trash to treasure story can't cost us 1/4 of our total NIL to take a risk on.
I don't know man, it seemed like he was pretty high
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Hoping high value Offensive lineman just don’t use X
I didn't think about this the first time. That's a major issue we need to address.
Barnes just started following one, Ethan Onianwa from Rice.
To be fair, even our portal qbs are leaving for the portal. Let’s not sell KF short here. He’s just as bad evaluating transfer qbs as HS qbs.
They should do case studies about how bad Iowa recruiting has been at the quarterback position for the past eight years after Nate Stanley. I also feel like that coincided with a certain member of the staff that somehow kept a coordinator position despite gross incompetence.
I would agree with with these posotions by need. WR needs a proven player who is a proven commodity. Phil said he was concerned about the secondary when the season started, that is also an area of importance.
I can just see Brian and Kirk sitting down to discuss quarterback recruiting at some point.
Brian, “You know Dad I think we need to start paying attention to names more. Like I really like this guy named Spencer Petras. That’s a sweet name.”
Kirk, “What about Zach Wilson?”
Brian, “No that’s just too simple. We need flair. Sometimes you get a feeling, almost like a religious experience. Hey…. That’s it. We need a guy named Deacon.”
Kirk, “We always seem to be closing our eyes and praying at this position, so hell why not.”
Brian, “Well we can try for a guy named Cade too. Don’t see any hurt (or injury) in bringing him in.”
Kirk, “Let’s make it happen. No point in suspending things.”
Brian, “You know Dad I think we need to start paying attention to names more. Like I really like this guy named Spencer Petras. That’s a sweet name.”
Kirk, “What about Zach Wilson?”
Brian, “No that’s just too simple. We need flair. Sometimes you get a feeling, almost like a religious experience. Hey…. That’s it. We need a guy named Deacon.”
Kirk, “We always seem to be closing our eyes and praying at this position, so hell why not.”
Brian, “Well we can try for a guy named Cade too. Don’t see any hurt (or injury) in bringing him in.”
Kirk, “Let’s make it happen. No point in suspending things.”
If X is the cheat sheet for portal interest then I'd like to see the #s for S and QB swapped at the very least.
Even if Iowa had unlimited NIL funds I don't believe a tier 1 QB would come to Iowa with the coaching and history of the program.
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