To be fair, the last time we won 7 games or less (not counting the 6 wins in the covid year) was 2014. Almost a decade ago.
Never try to out-Ferentz a Ferentz!! This week's TwT . . .
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I come to GIAOT to get away from Brian Ferentz's ineptitude
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If only the OP had used the name Ferentz in his post title, you could have avoided this pain!
And THAT is his strength. Kirk knows exactly who he is and has lived with it. He knows how he can win/coach football successfully.
ISU will be fine in B12, and Campbell may bolt, he is a very good coach.
@torbee I actually enjoyed Bennetti and Huard. Solid team.
There isn’t an AD in the world who is gonna have a coach fired when they WIN games! Winning is the #1 priority of any football team. And Brian contributes to this by doing it the way his dad wants it done. And wining games but not scoring “25 points” is hardly cause to fire anyone.
Nebraska tried this with firing Pelini and it has come ack to bite them.
Yep, folks might not like it, it might not always be pretty...but he wins.
Last 10 years. 86-41
2022 8-5
2021 10-4
2020 6-2
2019 10-3
2018 9-4
2017 8-5
2016 8-5
2015 12-2
2014 7-6
2013 8-5
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It was Frank slouch before Pelosi. Solich was the first coach Nebby fired for going 9-3 in multiple seasons.
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They do have good chemistry and I'm generally a big fan of Bennetti.
Still think Huard is a bit of a blowhard, but then again, so am I.
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Only Ohio State and Michigan have won more games in the Big 10 over that same period of time.
People who think Iowa is "mediocre" are wrong.
Iowa is "good" not "great" - which is a bit frustrating. But hardly worth the temper tantrums some of our "fans" throw every single week.
the 1899 Iowa Hawkeyes (first year of football) averaged 24.8 pts a game
do you think these guys could score more than a BF offense today?
do you think these guys could score more than a BF offense today?
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You can't stop Little Stratford - you can only hope to contain him!the 1899 Iowa Hawkeyes (first year of football) averaged 24.8 pts a game
do you think these guys could score more than a BF offense today?
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I feel like what Kirk has learned in the second half of his Iowa tenure is how to be more consistent and not have those down season like in '06,'07,'12 and even '14 a little bit.
I mean he guided Iowa to an 8 win season last year despite having imo the worst OL since his first year at Iowa and a terrible QB and bad WR play (even by Iowa standards). I'm hoping for one more special season. If Cade can continue to get healthy and the OL can improve, this could be one.
I never would have even thought this a couple weeks ago but ... I think Jazz might be better than Kaleb, at least for our style of play. That's not to say Kaleb isn't good because he is and he has a role in this offense. This might be like when we had Canzeri (who I still think was one of the most underrated backs at Iowa), Daniels, and Wadley. Now, we have Jazz, KJ, and LeShon.
Cade was off a bit but you can see the potential.
My major concern in the passing game is the WR's. Cade's willing to put up some contested balls...with our tight ends that's no problem. They'll battle for it and at the very least keep the defender from getting it.
The WR's still don't do well in that regard. I thought Regaini was interfered with on the int BUT....he has to keep his feet and battle. Could have prevented the int there. Just seems like we get knocked off the ball too easily and don't win those battles....
I would agree with all of that. I think the one hope for me is we finally have a WR again that can stretch the field in Seth Anderson. He made a nice TD catch and Week 1 and showed an ability to get open deep against ISU. Cade just missed him. Eventually, they are going to connect on one of those. Anderson reminds me a bit of Tevaun Smith.
After singing KF's praises....
I really hope he breaks out of his shell a bit this weekend. If we get up....no need to go into turtle mode. Not v this opponent.
Keep the pedal pressed and really give Cade and the WR's a chance to get something going. They need it, for confidence and really work out the kinks. Really the last opportunity to do so.
Probably too much to ask
I really hope he breaks out of his shell a bit this weekend. If we get up....no need to go into turtle mode. Not v this opponent.
Keep the pedal pressed and really give Cade and the WR's a chance to get something going. They need it, for confidence and really work out the kinks. Really the last opportunity to do so.
Probably too much to ask
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Iowa State’s defensive strength is their secondary. That #4 (I think) is really a fine d-back ! He’s AA caliber.
i vigorously disagree on the bolded partAfter singing KF's praises....
I really hope he breaks out of his shell a bit this weekend. If we get up....no need to go into turtle mode. Not v this opponent.
Keep the pedal pressed and really give Cade and the WR's a chance to get something going. They need it, for confidence and really work out the kinks. Really the last opportunity to do so.
Probably too much to ask
just gain reps, make small tweaks, clean things up and win by 1-2 scores. we'll need multiple td plays against psu and i'm not sure the playbook has enough of them to unveil willy nilly against wmu.
Jesus Christ, are you the head homer? The hawks have won by fielding incredible defenses and special teams. If you think the offense and Brian are acceptable, there’s no helping you.
Remember a few years ago, Iowa won at Happy Valley, 6-4? In the words of Norm Parker, it was a real “slobberknocker”…i vigorously disagree on the bolded part
yeah but franklin's offenses are no joke...he will put points on us particularly without a jewel or campbell in the lb corps or a eppy type explosive guy on the dl
Understand. Iowa/Ferentz will probably just forfeit instead of taking the beating America’s favorite football coach has in store them in a couple of weeks.
