….building men like Coop! How cool, guessing he gives two shits where the Iowa OFF passing game ranks!! KF& Hawks for life!! #hammertime!
Thanks KF, for….
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Nile Kinnick. Tim Dwight. And Cooper DeJean
And Bob Sanders.
Should've used him on offense too, though. It was the only chance Iowa had of beating a stacked Michigan or OSU team at the end. But I guess that would've hurt Nico Ragaini's feelings or something, and that's why KF seasons never end in titles. The few years we luck into these homegrown NFL freaks, we don't fully weaponize them.
Basically no one does that. 99% of college coaches' seasons the last two decades have ended without titles. Ferentz does more with less, over achieves at Iowa, and has for over 20 years.
I'm sure he does. He probably didn't enjoy not scoring in the Big Ten Championship and due to offensive ineptitude needing to use HIM on OFFENSE where he got HURT!
Doesn't change that I'm proud to have him as a Hawk. He's a great one and after tonight his legend status is already cemented. Congrats to him!
Yes thanks KF for someone who died before you were born and another that was a player while you were coaching in the NFL.
I’m guessing Coop appreciates that KF didn’t try to exploit him in something that he rarely practices for, and risk injury due to fatigue, all to please what fans wanted.
Instead he had him spend every hour and energy he had perfecting his craft.. but what the hell do I and they know, you pry have more experience at it! Let Me know what coaching job you land with all your brilliant experience, expertise, and genius idea.
You missed the obvious. Way to keep your head in the sand and not understand what was stated.
Sanders did that with Travis Hunter this year, though, and although they ended up narrowly missing the title game I don't think there's any question that they would've lost more games if he hadn't.
That's one recent example, also an example of a team who also lost to BYU 36-14 in their bowl game. It's a very rare thing to see, the two way player, and virtually no one playing for something meaningful post season in college football has been seen doing it for a long time.
It may not have made a difference in 2021, but in 2023 Iowa lost to Michigan 26-0. IMO you try and steal that game with Cooper at QB or WR in addition to corner duties. Unless you think Deacon Hill and company was going to be good enough? We also narrowly missed the BTC in 2022 due to an utterly ridiculous 9-6 loss at Illinois.
..and he got hurt and played in a weak ass conference with no where near the physicality…But good try.
That's interesting considering Coop was injured and didn't play in that Michigan game
Yeah, I forgot he broke his leg in practice after the last game that year. But that's almost proving my point. You justify not playing the guy on both sides to decrease the chance of injury, but he ends up getting injured in freaking practice. In fact, a lot of Iowa players have somehow suffered more injuries in practice than they have in actual games.
"Utterly ridiculous" loss to Illinois, huh? That's interesting considering Iowa was a 3.5 point underdog. NFL talent on that Illini D.
What was utterly ridiculous that season was Iowa's O-line. Coop wouldn't have done a damn thing at QB other than possibly getting hurt. Did you watch the Super Bowl tonight?
Video games can be cool though
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lol… do you really wants us to pull numbers on in game vs practice imjuires.. my god drama queen!
How does that prove your point?
It's no secret Iowa has the most physical practices in the Big Ten. And it's no secret that it pays off
I don't care how good they are, Purdue scored 31 on them in their building, I think Iowa can manage to reach 10 or 13. Instead, Petras and Ragaini struggled to move the ball a freaking inch. That roster should've been Alex Padilla at QB and Charlie Jones and Cooper Dejean at WR. But Jones bolted for Purdue after single digits Petras got his job back.
How many times did the Padilla backers get proven wrong?
You just keep digging yourself a deeper hole.
So was Coop supposed to have played QB or WR? Make up your mind.
Again, Petras and Ragaini struggled to move the ball an inch because Iowa had its worst O-line in at least 40 years. You controlling the video game joystick wouldn't have changed that.
And again, how is a 3.5 point underdog losing a game "utterly ridiculous"?
Go to bed
Not arguing with the board's biggest Petras lover, you're the guy who constantly defended made-of-wood Petras over Padilla who never lost a start and wasn't given the opportunity lose a start let alone post 7 single digit outputs. Padilla had mobility and upside and needed the game experience, while Petras was sunk cost fallacy personified. You go to bed.
Losing any game where the defense gives up 9 points is the definition of ridiculous. Especially when the defense gives the offense the ball at the opponents 5 yard line and they go backwards 4 yards and kick a field goal. The reason Illinois was favored was because the oddsmakers, like everyone who follows college football, knew Iowa's offense sucked.
I just hope we can play it back with brother Jaxx
Looking at the family pic at the nfc title game Jaxx looks like a taller bigger clone of Coop, right down to curly hair.
Middle brother, outstanding athlete also, looks different than coop and Jaxx....straight hair.
Gotta land Jaxx...gonna be special, like Coop.
Looking at the family pic at the nfc title game Jaxx looks like a taller bigger clone of Coop, right down to curly hair.
Middle brother, outstanding athlete also, looks different than coop and Jaxx....straight hair.
Gotta land Jaxx...gonna be special, like Coop.
I can read perfectly fine. Your compatriot who somehow forgot to include run the ball and the team record in their response just threw in 2 random names.
They don’t need to since they have athletes at the skill positions and know how to run and scheme an offense around their talents. KF, not so much on the offensive scheming and QB1 and WR positions.
I'm thinking players like Cooper it didn't matter who coached them they just have it. KF was just lucky to get him.
Ok, thanks KF for:
Cooper DeJean
Erick All
Tory Taylor
Lukas Van Ness
Jack Campbell
Sam LaPorta
Riley Moss
Tyler Linderbaum
Dane Belton
Chauncey Golston
Ihmir Smith-Marsette
Nick Niemann
Tristan Wirfs
A.J. Epenesa
Geno Stone
T.J. Hockenson
Noah Fant
Anthony Nelson
Amani Hooker
James Daniels
Josey Jewell
CJ Beathard
Jaleel Johnson
Brandon Scherff
Carl Davis
C.J. Fiedorowicz
And that's just the last decade.
I wanted Chiefs to win, but I wanted Coop to take that back to the house.
Coop was Coop before he got to Iowa. It's called family and upbringing, not KF!
That's a COMPLETELY different situation, we had an elite defense and a bum offense that needed somebody, anybody to help us score some points.
I'm guessing a guy like Cooper wants to help his team in any way possible and make plays as many chances as he can get. Bet he would have been ecstatic to get some chances on offense.
