This is spot on.....
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Obviously Padilla isn’t the answer, he never lost a game.
Sorry if we hurt your feelings by talking shit about your dad Brian.
I actually think he is putting in the effort just to hang on long enough to get his free degree and then will transfer as a grad student....a la Jacob Michael Rudock.
Padilla was awful last year. Worse than Petras in I think every category of QBing. He threw TDs in only 1 game, and those two were it for the year. His completion percentage didn't hit .500 while Petras was 57.3%. He throws an ugly wobbly ball that is hard to catch and easier to intercept 'cuz it flutters. His mobility is a myth-long run of 6 yards (Spencer pulled off a 9 yard run last season) and he was sacked, literally, twice as often as Petras per passing play.
Alex doesn't even make different mistakes than Spencer, he makes all the same mistakes only a lot more often. I understand guys get better but Alex would need to improve immensely to just catch Spencer '21. Has anyone, from any credible source, heard of such improvement? I haven't and I have some decently reliable sources of information. Many of us have some IC connections so there are lots of "rumor" bytes coming out of IC and none say Alex Padilla has improved. Just coach speak, "he's working hard", "we have confidence in him", etc...
The only QB that has generated any enthusiasm, from the coaches to the rumor mill is Joe Labas. KF says Joe makes "wow" plays. Couldn't we use a little "wow" right now? Time for forget about Padilla and look to a longer term solution that has at least not yet showed he is not a Big Ten QB.
Alex doesn't even make different mistakes than Spencer, he makes all the same mistakes only a lot more often. I understand guys get better but Alex would need to improve immensely to just catch Spencer '21. Has anyone, from any credible source, heard of such improvement? I haven't and I have some decently reliable sources of information. Many of us have some IC connections so there are lots of "rumor" bytes coming out of IC and none say Alex Padilla has improved. Just coach speak, "he's working hard", "we have confidence in him", etc...
The only QB that has generated any enthusiasm, from the coaches to the rumor mill is Joe Labas. KF says Joe makes "wow" plays. Couldn't we use a little "wow" right now? Time for forget about Padilla and look to a longer term solution that has at least not yet showed he is not a Big Ten QB.
How many points did the offense score in the games Padilla started vs the big ten games Petras started? Points are the important part
But but but he was undefeated and stats on line with SP or dare I say better.
Padilla also played “tougher” competition.
Why Iowa fans have to sit through a shitshow and jot a sniff/hint of playing another with the above on tape is BS to anyone who think/see for themselves.
Thanks for hammering home the narrative we get it you the smartest/know it all in the room.
The rest of us learn as we go not from a book telling us what is what. And SP is not what, facts be facts.
Nobody is worse than Petras so stopped reading after the first two sentences. 3 year starter that still sucks a$$.
At this time I wouldn't waste any time with Padilla. How much time would we get with him one year? It's not like he has shown greatness.
Padilla is just another victim of Iowas flawed qb system.
Padilla is just another victim of Iowas flawed qb system.
And it’s mostly incorrect too. Good thing you stopped reading. The myth that Padilla was sacked more and intercepted more than Petras has already been debunked.
In 2021, Petras dropped back to pass 312 times and was sacked 24 times for .077 percent of his drop backs. He attempted 288 passes, which nine were intercepted for .031 percent.
Padilla in 2021, dropped back 119 times and was sacked seven times for .063 percent. That is definitely not “literally twice as much” as was the claim, it’s actually less than Petras. As for the INTs, he attempted 112 pass, only two which were picked or .018 percent, which is less than Petras as well.
I’m not sure where he got his numbers or why he’s posting misinformation as if it’s facts, but here we are.
As far as points go, I removed the Nebraska game as both QBs played a half each and gave N’western to Padilla even though he only played 3/4 of it:
For 2021, when Petras played, Iowa averaged 22.3 ppg. When Padilla played, Iowa averaged 25.67 ppg.
From the PSU game on (including PSU), Iowa averaged 11.4 ppg for 2021 with Petras as the QB.
From the PSU game on (including PSU) until today (10 full games), Iowa has averaged 13.9 ppg when Petras is the QB.
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Come on….they were just using “alternative facts” in their analysis….
People that say Padilla has no better arm than Petras. I disagree but let's say that's true. Well, he can also get out of the pocket and make this happen with his feet! Something that Petras cannot do at all. Also, I was impressed when Padilla was in. For as little time as Iowa invests in him at the position, I thought he excelled. Sure, his ends and receivers could've made life a little better for him by catching VERY catchable balls. That's why his completion percentage is as low as Petras'
It boggles my mind there are STILL people on this board that defend Petras.
13.9 ppg isn’t going to win a lot of games, even with a very good defense. That might be why Iowa is 4-6 over it’s last 10 games that Petras has started (minus N’western). Sadly, it doesn’t appear to be getting any better without a change.
That's adding in the defensive and special teams scores as well, correct?
I'd like to see the stats for scores generated by the Iowa O starting from their own side of the 50. Hardly a perfect marker, but would at least be a measure of what the offense itself can muster.
Too sexy.
i hated it when true sophomore Drew Tate led the Hawks to the Big Ten title.
He didnt even have the playbook mastered yet!!! 😡
Indeed it is. Off the top of my head, the defensive scores for these games would be two TDs vs Rutgers and the two safeties against SDSU.
The defense didn’t score against PSU, Purdue, Wisconsin, Mich (2021), Kentucky, ISU, Nevada, or Michigan (2022). The defense however did give Iowa the ball at the 8 yard line at the start of the PSU game. Iowa got 3 out of it. So that’s only two games (PSU and Nevada) that Iowa has won in the last 10 when the defense doesn’t score with Petras starting.
It would be cool to see some starting field position stats in correlation with scoring. Guessing it wouldn’t be pretty.
I think it is because he is not starting himself. Kirk is making the call.
Brian will never say a word against his Dad. We really don't truly know what Brian would do if given free reign.
Wow! You own the state? Ya see, sports FANATICS bitch about their teams. That is what they have always done. We have unreasonable expectations and are irrational beings. Coaches that make 7 figures realize they will get second-guessed, criticized, booed, and fired (everywhere but Iowa). They make those 7-digit salaries because of the irrational beings you are telling to get out of "your state".
Now kindly go **** yourself.
Agree.
For fairness, I would want to see it stacked up against all other teams.
In an entirely not statistically valid assessment, the eye test at this point tells me that Iowa is ineffectual when the offense is counted on to generate sustained drives from their own half of the field for scores in comparison to their peers. That's putting it politely.
It boggles my mind that there are people that would publicly call for the backup QB EVER, when there is a team of well-paid coaches, including a long-successful head coach in place, that see these players every day and get to make that decision.
Any solid football fan knows that coaches forever have looked at a QB controversy like it's poison. You see it a bit more these days where a coach is more willing to switch, or play two guys. But forever, when it comes to the QB position, coaches have decided a starter before the season starts and rolled with that guy for the entire season. Where, over time, every other position is subject to remain an open competition throughout the season (understanding that coaches will try to cement in their specialists if at all possible).
Ever notice the amount of false starts, fumbled snaps, delay of games, and illegal procedures that happen as soon as the backup QB comes in? There's no wonder coaches are terrified of not having their starter in there. There is a timing that requires a rhythm, based upon the QBs unique cadence, to even coordinate an executed snap. Let alone the the timing, feel, and coordinated rhythm with teammates to execute every communication in the huddle, every pre-snap read, every step, every read, and every hand-off or throw. Part of the QB position is that you are the man. You are the leader. The timing and rhythm of the team flows through you. Cementing in a QB is not at all a new concept in football.
Players and coaches understand that to win it takes everyone on the bus pulling for the same cause. Division within the team is literal poison and almost impossible for kids to overcome. Division and mass discontent in the fanbase certainly can't help the team's quest to fight as one. Given all this, coaches equate a QB controversy to poison.
Knowing this, why would fans create and pile onto mass discontent about the QB position? It doesn't look as if KF is going to make a change. And if he did, it wouldn't be because of fan discontent. At this point piling on just can't help. If anything, and in fact, it can hurt the team. Is it not common sense that a negative attitude amongst a community can't be beneficial for it's team? Why pile on?
Why not support what the team is actually going through? There is a lot to like about this team. They are steadily getting better. Is that not all we can ask at this point? Understanding that KF is responsible for this team maybe not starting from a very high rung on the ladder this season. There were injuries and youth to the receivers and OL that have had a very real impact to offensive struggles. But, for example, if KF recruited deeper at receiver, it may have been able to have eliminate some of the passing game struggles. So the hand that KF was dealt to start the season is essentially his baby (of his creation). We can all see it is a solid but incomplete poker hand. But the hand is being played well. The team is getting better and better and creating better poker hands for itself each week. Is that not exciting? Again, after you put aside your disappointment about the team's deficiencies to start the season, can you really ask for more than steady improvement? Why is there all this negativity?
Cheer for this team! It might actually help, it certainly won't hurt. These players and coaches have devoted their lives (understanding that the coaches are well paid and players getting money now too) for years to represent and entertain their school, community, and state. Give these kids and coaches your respect and be positive and cheer for them. They are always fighting for you.
KF is a great coach, a great man, and a great leader of young men that has helped turn a lot of young men into men. This is a man who several times has cried after big victories because he is so proud of his team. This man cares about his players, coaches, school, community and fans, and state. Imo, it is a blessing to have him as head coach of the Hawkeyes.
KF has given us over two decades of consistent success. Has he at no point earned your trust? Just like the offensive weaknesses to start this season are KF's baby, so are two decades of success completely and entirely of KF's creation. Is this not enough for you? He knows what he's doing. Cheer for this coach's team, he spends his entire life fighting for you.
This team still has the West division in front of them. They have that capability and, guaranteed, that is the collective thought of everyone in the locker room. They are improving every week. Join the Hawkeyes on this journey and be a positive fan that cheers for and supports his/her team, and fights for the things that the people in the locker room are fighting for.
Go Hawks at Illinois!!!!!!! The Hawks can get this one. Illinois is tough, no doubt, but I expect the Hawks to play well. I don't think the defense and special teams goes two weeks in a row without really making any plays. Expect both to impact the game. I expect the Hawks to continue to take a step forward this week, which should make for a tough team to beat. Hopefully Illinois might have a bit of a letdown after winning a Wisconsin game that carried emotional significance. I'm not necessarily counting on that. Given this is a night game they could be re-juiced. Especially after just an 11am start for Illinois last week. This week is also a game of emotional significance to Bielema. Maybe there's a chance that Iowa means something completely different than Wisconsin to Bielema. And that it causes him to choke a little. There's also the chance that Iowa means more than Wisconsin to Bielema and his team plays even better. Lol we'll see. Believe that the Hawks can create a few bounces and make a few more plays than Illinois and get the victory!
GO HAWKS!!!!!
This is as far as I got in your post, because those well-paid coaches who get to see the players every day have gotten it wrong on who the starting QB should be several times.
These overpaid coaches have a poor track record of picking the right guy. Maybe that’s why the second guessing?
Maybe after playing two home games including one against an FCS school and the QB1 has the worst QB statistics in FBS. Maybe some questioning is completely valid?
SE Missouri St and Ohio both scored more points against ISU than we did. Don’t you think that is pretty bad?
Our one score was a 16 yard drive that the Defense set up.
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Isn't it possible that the QB room is full of guys that are as bad as or worse than Petras?? Does anyone really believe that the coaches are somehow hiding Patrick Mahomes or even Drew Tate on the bench in lieu of Spencer? To what purpose exactly? Their offense has been a punchline for the last 2 years and a bunch of people on here think they are holding a QB back? Think about that for a minute.
If what you say is correct, which it probably is, how do you not hit the transfer portal extremely hard for a transfer quarterback??? Hell Nebraska got two guys!!!
I don't think they're hiding a better QB, I just don't think they're always able to properly evaluate the talent in the room, as they didn't with McCann > Banks, Christensen > Stanzi, Rudock > Beathard.
Bingo.
They actually start, promote, and play QBs that throw fastballs at players within 5 yards of them. Idiotic, mind numbingly horrible coaching.
Petras threw one so damned hard it bounced off Goodson’s facemask before he could get his hands up. Stupid stupid stupid! Should be corrected in PRACTICE!
eyesofhawk - So playing a 2nd QB would be a cancer, huh? How about (wasn't it?) Purdue last year used 3 QBs. And I think someone this year already used 2 or 3.
So there's the thing. I think Iowa is a very tough sell right now for offensive skill players. There is really no reason to consider the Hawks right now when there are so many other way more attractive options. A talented transfer is looking for immediate playing time. What good is playing time as a wide receiver at Iowa right now? The top Iowa wide receiver has 12 receptions for 139 yards through 5 games. Charlie Jones left Iowa and his production increased 5 fold. Anyone who thinks a prospect (or current player for that matter) isn't looking at this stuff is crazy.
From a QB perspective I think Kirk still sees it as a developmental position. Given the apparent struggles that our QB's have had in mastering the mental aspects of what Iowa expects and it's easy to see why Kirk feels that way. In any case a portal QB doesn't really seem to be in the cards at Iowa as long as it takes a year plus to master tge position.
What a collection of ignorance, misconceptions, and outright B.S.
Congratulations, Superfan. Not for your football knowledge, which is poor (at best), but for being the new president of the Sunshine Club.
P.S……I won’t be leaving “your” state.
Its not so much "defending" but trying to strike some balance between the mindless hate and refusal to admit Petras is capable of a good game or ever plays well. The numbers are what they are, and they aren't bad. He has some bad misses but very few last 3 games. It's hard to expect more from a guy closing in on 70% completions, throwing TDs and no Ints. Spencer has weaknesses but the last three games have featured winnable QB play.
I'd like to see Joe Labas, think there's a bigger upside but we cannot be crazed into negativity. That's the difference between rational/reasonable and mindless/contextless thought.
You understand Nevada and Rutgers are horrible football teams, right?
Rutgers 71
Nevada 108
College Football Rankings: 1 To 131 After Week 4
College football rankings from CollegeFootballNews.com from 1 to 131 after Week 4
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Nevada is fish bait but Rutgers is floating around the middle 20% and were not a bad team. Part of Rutgers rating is being soundly beaten by Iowa, as applies with lesser impact to Nevada. How do you explain 21/31 (that's about 68% I think), 243 yards a touchdown and no interceptions of fumbles. Petras was 9/11 when blitzed and like 9/15 when hit. He's been the highest rated offensive player with solid plus 90 in the PFF rankings against our two Big Ten opponents.You understand Nevada and Rutgers are horrible football teams, right?
Rutgers 71
Nevada 108
College Football Rankings: 1 To 131 After Week 4
College football rankings from CollegeFootballNews.com from 1 to 131 after Week 4
You understand that too, right? I want to see Labas but I'm not blind to Spencer's improved play. Part of the reason I'd start throwing until I saw only four man fronts.
