Don't we have that great ( offense ) bad ( Defense ) in basketball and we get the same crap over there. If If If only
This draft is proving 1 thing
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And our specials teams from ‘02-‘04 were pretty good too, which made those teams seem even better!
You're quite the buzz kill. Many, many teams would love to have the record Ferentz has had.
the 2021 class are now true JR's and RSSO's, going off of last successes of previous classes as they became upper classmen. they got better.
2005 class was rated #11. as fr/rsfr they went 6-7 then the next season they went 6-6.
then in 2008 they went 9-4 then in 2009 they went 11-2 and finished #7. like it or not Iowa does not recruit at the level to make Iowa a consistant top 25 team. yet Iowa has just had their longest stretch of top 25 finishes ended at 4., the previous best was from 2002 thru 2004.
2005 class was rated #11. as fr/rsfr they went 6-7 then the next season they went 6-6.
then in 2008 they went 9-4 then in 2009 they went 11-2 and finished #7. like it or not Iowa does not recruit at the level to make Iowa a consistant top 25 team. yet Iowa has just had their longest stretch of top 25 finishes ended at 4., the previous best was from 2002 thru 2004.
So you are saying Brad Banks, Heisman Runner Up, we offered with no real basis for the offer? So we kind of lucked out? I mean can't we just do that again? It seems some think it's just that easy. As you note, Brad didn't have offers from Bama or Georgia or Ohio State or even Iowa State. We sort of found a guy randomly and won the lottery.
IIRC, the coaches went to watch another player and were more impressed by Banks. The basis for the offer was their own observations. Banks played WR as a RS-FR, so it isn't surprising that he was lightly recruited.
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They seem to recruit Defensive skill positions VERY WELL. So why not offense then?
KF has handcuffed the offense, whether you see it or not (which is shocking if you don't) and then doubles down with putting his son in charge of it and the QB's.
Peeps that are Iowa fans understand this.
Maybe this will help.
Skill position
Skill positions in football are the positions that are most responsible for causing or preventing points from being scored. The skill positions are: Quarterback Running back, particularly halfback Wide receiver Cornerback Safety Return specialist Less commonly, linebacker and defensive end Skill...
Of all the things wrong with iowa football, you think how we use our tight ends is one of them? Lol
That's why this unlimited free agency (portal) and no salary cap (NIL) will destroy schools that cannot recruit like a BB, as indeed within a few years there won't be anyone left but BBs and they will simply be another football product to be marketed based on TV schedules. That will kill the hell out of fall baseball, so there's that silver lining.
When our WRs suck and TE is a position of strength, They are underutilized. Find ways to get them on the field. Use them as WRs.
I think that is the actual plan. We've all heard a lot about the two TE sets with Lachey flanked out as a wide receiver in spring practice. DBs might be faster but they won't out jump him or get around him, just too big for DBs and enough speed to get downfield.
Being no one uses the TE a well as iowa, I think you should look to other issues. Possibly you should look to how many TEs iowa has put in the NFL since 2000. Surely you meant to say, TE is the one thing iowa does great.
Fant, Hock and others have proven that TEs with even adequate speed are a match-up nightmare.
Granted it was good but not great. Gave up a lot of points to Iowa State, USC, Purdue and even Minnesota.
I think the defense was gassed at times without any ball control from the offense.
Stanzi only had 3offers
Iowa
Miami of Ohio
Purdue
and turned out just fine.
its not always about the rankings or who offers that makes the player. its more about who surrounds him on the field.
Iowa
Miami of Ohio
Purdue
and turned out just fine.
its not always about the rankings or who offers that makes the player. its more about who surrounds him on the field.
Not always about the rankings??
No one on this site posts more about their recruiting rankings or stars than you do.
individually NOT ALWAYS/ to bad you cherry pick what you want to argue about.
Lindebaum was just a 5.6 3* and look at how he turned and he was US Army AA that was the last year that the US Army sponsored that game. so much for the ranking concerning Iowa recruits. even the BB recruits take it in the nuts when it comes to the rankings.
very rarely does any of Fran's recruits get that 4th * but when they do they are pretty
good.
Hawk D with teams vs an offensive pulse is embarrassing.
Fant is a perfet xample of what? a player that ends up a 3rd Team AA and a 1st rnd choice. please explain to a simple fan on how Fant was used.
also Hockenson was the Mackey award winner and a 1st rnd pick. neither were poorly utilized.
There were a few games of the season that Fant barely played. His brother went off about on Twitter. Northwestern beat us that year with a decimated secondary. Our WRs sucked. Fant should have bee on the field split out as a WR. Glad Fant got 1st round despite how he was used that year.
how many catch did he need to get? or is it that Hock was a 1st Team AA and Macky Award Winner and Fant wasn't?
The infamous “Max Cooper fade” on 3rd down in the end zone.
Hard to find fault with anything the Iowa staff does with TEs (especially lately), but after Fant’s brothers meltdown on twitter I did notice he was not on the field for many 3rd downs that year. Odd to say the least.
What was more puzzling was reading BF’s effusive praise of his blocking/toughness a few months later. One would think that would be a common excuse why a 6’5 freak athlete would not be used more in passing situations.
So, other then the fact that Jeff Brohm was going to throw the ball all over the field, what draw is there at Purdue for great skill position people? If Kirk had a real offense that actually utilized his skill position people effectively, then Kirk would not be in the position he is in. I guarantee you that if Kirk retired today, and Bob Stoops was named the new Iowa head coach tomorrow, "Y'all Peeps" would be seeing a different breed of talent at the offensive skill positions.
in your wildest dreamsSo, other then the fact that Jeff Brohm was going to throw the ball all over the field, what draw is there at Purdue for great skill position people? If Kirk had a real offense that actually utilized his skill position people effectively, then Kirk would not be in the position he is in. I guarantee you that if Kirk retired today, and Bob Stoops was named the new Iowa head coach tomorrow, "Y'all Peeps" would be seeing a different breed of talent at the offensive skill positions.
that's the best that you can do? you need to step up your game boy.Well, my wildest dreams always include scantly dressed Filipina women.
mine being on Gilligan's Island in my early 20's with Rachel Welch and Mary Ann also in their twenties. just the 3 of us.
The easy schedule keeps KF from going 4-8 every year. It’s a crappy boring half assed program.
Have you not been watching Iowa football? Fast had several TD split out wide or deep. OSU and Nebraska come to mind immediately.
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