Yep, the retard coaches just brought in the guy who finished his career 1st or 2nd in almost every career passing statistic. There isn't even evidence they were interested in Iowa.
The Cavalry is Not On Its Way: ZERO WR Recruits Coming In Next Year?
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Jake Christensen looked like Steve Young compared to Spencer Petras. Jake started 14 games, his soph year with no other option and two games before Stanzi took over.
At least regarding the o line play at least…
while I have serious questions about Barnett, to at least some extent the poor play here is due to a perfect storm of everything going wrong at once. Injured players, recruiting misses, medical hardships, players leaving early, transfers, etc.
some of that is on Kirk and co, at least some of it is things beyond Immediate control.
Better perhaps...but not much. JC threw more ground balls than Rick Heller during infield practice. At one point Iowa's equipment managers had to come out and repair his divots between shots...er passes. Had he gotten the role of Carl Spackler, the gopher would have been dead 15 minutes into Caddyshack.
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Ground balls to receivers and catches by fans in the first 3 rows are of equal value.
Good one. He also had a 17/6 TD/Int ratio. That is much better than anything Petras did. A lot more TDs and a lot fewer INTs. Although Jakes' line was also bad, young and became much better in the next two seasons, you didn't see Jake frozen like a deer in headlights.
Jake wasn't a particularly good QB and lost the job after only one season as a starter but still much better than Spencer. That is saying a lot about Spencer.
poor Jake the kid was rated the #2 DT QB and was a US Army AA. looks like a lot of people missed on his ranking.
that's what is why these QB's are hated like they are,
1 not enough yards
2 not enough points
3 not winning the BT Championship
4 not making or winning a national championship
Brian is a failure because of the same but also because his team don't put up X- Box numbers.
because they can do it themselves same with recruiting as they can get anyone they want in their fantasy world,
used to watch my son when he was young 800+ yards per game 100+ ppg. to bad it doesn't happen in real life.
but try telling that to these posters.
1 not enough yards
2 not enough points
3 not winning the BT Championship
4 not making or winning a national championship
Brian is a failure because of the same but also because his team don't put up X- Box numbers.
because they can do it themselves same with recruiting as they can get anyone they want in their fantasy world,
used to watch my son when he was young 800+ yards per game 100+ ppg. to bad it doesn't happen in real life.
but try telling that to these posters.
Actually, most quarterbacks at Iowa are looked at fondly. Banks, Chandler, Tate, Stanzi, Beathard, Stanley. I’d think you’d put Rudock and Vandeburg below that first group. And then you’d have Jake Christensen and Petras below that level.
actually I would put Rudock in the 1st group.
Yea. That’s definitely fair. He was good for iowa.
A Transfer Portal twitter account tweeted that Henning is going to Northwestern.
However, they immediately deleted the tweet.
That would suck. I believe he's the only WR even rumored to at least be considering Iowa. No news even from MAC level WRs showing interest.
I think Iowa is on a Division III wide receiver. Ferentz always goes after the best! 
Petras, and even worse Padilla, were the worst QBs Iowa has used in at least 46 years. I think Spencer was in a bottom level all of his own as a starter and Alex as a reserve..
Jake C threw 17 TDs in one starting season. Petras threw only 24 in three years of starting. Jake threw only six interceptions in one season of starting, Petras also threw 24 interceptions in three years of starting. Spencer's season TD/Int ratios were 9/5, 10/9 and 5/5. That is preposterously bad in modern football. Iowa's other three-year starters were Stanley 68/23, Tate, 60/24, and Stanzi 56/30. Two year starters Beathard (34/15) and Rudock (34/18) each three ten more total TDs in only two seasons. Brad Banks, James Vandenberg had a single season in which they threw more TDs than the three year starter Petras and Nate Stanley had two seasons where his season total was greater than Spencer's entire career.
Jake's problem was just a weak arm. He didn't commit many stupid blunders. For example he usually targeted the open receiver, just couldn't make the throw. Can anyone say they ever felt confident that Petras would locate the open receiver on a regular basis?
Special category of bad.
If it was LaPorta yeah. Cause he locked on him.
Jake was inaccurate as heck. He would spike those balls into the turf.
To make an apples to apples comparison, what would the numbers have looked like if Jake C has Spencers O line last year and vice versa
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I think the staff wants a taller X receiver and we have slot guys already in Nico and Terrell Washington, not sure where Bostick fits although he's hurt more than Moeaki.
Bostic was just a true freshman last season. there is no reason to throw him under the bus. he is also 6'2.
And Jake had Senior Albert Young and Senior Damien Sims as the running backs. We had rookies in 2022.
Jake had these dudes for his WRs:
| Derrell Johnson-Koulianos* | FR | WR | 38 Rec, 482 Yds, 12.7 Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Cleveland* | FR | WR | 36 Rec, 464 Yds, 12.9 Avg |
| Trey Stross | SO | WR | 16 Rec, 272 Yds, 17.0 Avg |
| Andy Brodell | JR | WR | 13 Rec, 96 Yds, 7.4 Avg |
| Colin Sandeman | FR | WR | 4 Rec, 55 Yds, 13.8 Avg |
Brandon Myers and Tony Moeaki as his Tight Ends.
Points For: 222
Points/G: 18.5 (110th of 119)
Petras could have Randy Moss and Megatron on the team but still wouldn’t see them open so this isn’t a thing
If you’re a talented receiver would you want to come to a run first ball control offense? AND have almost zero chance of building a resume for a prosperous NFL career? Getting good receivers is not our game….
In a ray of positive news, it sounds like a 4 star freshmen WR at Ohio State is visiting the Hawks this week. He only had 1 catch for the Buckeyes (it was against Iowa), but he could walk in and instantly be one of Iowa's leading receivers. Seems like a no-brainer if the guy's goal is to start this year rather than wait a few years.
Because he was behind NFL starting caliber receivers. Damn man.
2007 was the infamous FG bowl in Ames. I believe Bulaga was already starting at a tackle spot. Seems like maybe he was a fresman then?? The damn Chizik game.
Indeed, all too frequently but at least they were targeted at the correct receiver.
I don't care where he was on the depth chart at tOSU or how many balls he caught. If tOSU recruited him at WR he's probably better than any WR currently on our roster. (with all due respect to Nico).
Now, just throw the f***ing ball more than 4 yards once in a while.
You're an idiot for starting this thread.
