And Barnett says the scout team or FR OL is pretty salty, time will tell yet that was a pretty damn good recruiting class. For this next class too and the LB trio is going to be special.
Was the Big ten that you describe in the 80's worse than the Big Ten West has been the last 2 years? Because the answer is no.
They were. NW came alive mid 90's and grabbed a few championships. 80's was a really bad time for Wisconsin. Of course every coach that comes around and lasts as long as both Kirk and Hayden at a school like Iowa are going to have some ups and downs. Hayden got a Big Ten championship in 81, 85 and had that crazy 4 way time in 90. Both have been really good coaches. It's certainly ok to question Kirk on what is happening w/the offense moving forward. That's all anyone is saying. When he continues to go out and make fun of guys throwing the ball around and things like that it makes him look silly when you've been as bad at offense as we have been the last 3 years.
You mean the guy that will have played like six football games total in the past two and a half years (including missing two spring seasons) when the season kicks off in 2024??? In all seriousness I think we all hope Cade is the guy. But not having another quarterback ready to go for whatever reason in 2024 is a huge, huge risk. I guess our best hope is that Lainez is ready.
Wow, you are really BUTT HURT about what I said. You just dont get it. Hayden ended 2 friggin decades of losing. When Hayden retired he had already proven that Iowa could have winning records and go as far as a #1 ranking. Fry won more often than not.
that miami game, I was there with a bunch of ottumwa dudes of course. so my friend looks up in the stands and there is tom arnold. we were near the south end zone. opposite the student section, where they used to put opposing teams all the time. we see tom grab this drunk dude and tell him to go down there and tackle the darn miami mascot. { which we learned later could have been a girl in that uniform, maybe, did not confirm it. } so anywho the drunk dude goes running down there, on the field. past security. tackles the mascot. he goes to jail. it said in the paper the next day tom appologized and bailed the dude out.
I agree.....but
You’re so full of shit. That’s exactly what I’m saying. Is there one person on here complaining about our defense? One? The answer is no. After 3 years of historical futility on offense we’d like to have something rather than Kirk standing up there acting smug and talking shit about other teams when our best win this year was Northwestern. Hopefully Deacon takes all the reps pre bowl game so we can go out and rack up 3-6 points.
I’m not a fan of our running backs. Vision isn’t great and very little ability to make quick cuts which leads to them running up the backs of their offensive linemen. I would not rate any of them in the top 30 of hawkeye running backs.
I'd also give TE's a B+, considering that Ostrenga was the only receiving option for a good 4-week stretch.
Wouldn't be nearly as entertaining as listening in on KF and BF discussing offensive strategy for the upcoming game...
fans like me? what do you know about me? stats do not tell the story. number of attempts, ability to make tacklers miss, yards after contact, ability to cut back. have been watching hawkeye running backs for over 50 years and the three we have currently rank down in the list. the long TD runs for the most part were mis direction with defenders there. nice runs, lots of yardage but do not mean he is one of Iowa’s better backs.
Doesn't look like we are going to have scholarships available to do much in the portal this year, so we don't need to hurry and hire an OC. With a healthy Cade and further development of the players we have coming back we should be much improved offensively next season. Go Hawks !
Fyi...read that you guys are kicking the tires on CJ Stokes who just put his name in the portal a couple days ago. He's an intriguing prospect. Wasn't the highest rated recruit but Michigan's RB coach loved him. He quickly grabbed the #3 spot, at RB as a true frosh, behind Corum and Edwards (who were having career years and couldn't be passed). But he really was showing some flashes and started picking up carries.
I kind of keep that on the down low but I don't know why at this point. let us just say it was mid 1980's
of course i recall thomas straight. I think he had an older sister my age. fairfield had a skating rink in the 80's and we used to go there for some strange reason.
