Not in my living room. There are a lot of "safety in numbers" stat nerds and those who follow the various sports media pundits who feel that way, no doubt. What's being said by these people doesn't really matter. They are not employed as NCAA coaches. It amazes me how certain transfer portal followers are about developments in this first year of operation, have such strong opinions about what teams should do. Take away 4/5 Star transfers following their outgoing Blueblood coaches to the next their next Blue Blood team, who can claim they have gained a pure advantage with all of their TP activity. Iowa, in the last 7 years, with the same offensive system in place, won 12/8 games with CJB, 10 games last year, wins over Mn, Wis, NU, Purdue this year, so this has to be more a combination QB talent and young O-Line talent, with little WR depth after our Purdue departures, than due to our Offensive Philosophy.
There is much time to see how 2023 recruiting and TP sort out this year. With minimal contribution from Johnson and Bruce in 2022, you can't say we lost much with their departures, so numbers alone, we need an improved WR room no doubt, plus a few experienced Offensive Tackles. We will see how that pans out. And sadly you can't say we lost much is lost with the release of Alex or Gavin either. With a possible Standford back transfer, the RB room might be a significant net plus going into 2023 not counting the 2023 recruiting class. We have a solid TE room as well.
