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VOTE: Who will KF name as Starting QB for next week vs Wisconsin?

Who will KF name as Starting QB for next week vs Wisconsin?

  • Cade McNamara

    Votes: 117 40.6%
  • Brendan Sullivan

    Votes: 171 59.4%

  • Total voters
    288
  • Poll closed .
If Iowa fans had their way, this is how it'd go down:

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Sullivan will start due to an 'injury' to CM.....
Let's hope so. Do whatever the old man has to do to try and save face, but Sullivan gives Iowa the best chance to win, and I've said that from day one. KF is dumb when it comes to QBs. The evidence is undeniable. Or maybe just ask the O-line and a RB named Kaleb Johnson which QB gives Iowa the best chance to win. LOL
 
We haven't seen him throw a 25-yard dime because he hasn't had the opportunity in an Iowa uniform. Although I'm glad you posted this in a way, because I was just wondering what might have been if it was Sullivan throwing to a wide-open Anderson in the first half and not CM.
There were 4 passes in that sequence that you regularly see better QB's make for longer gains or TD's. The first was that long pass to a wide open Anderson which, although completed, required a huge effort just to bring in that probably isn't caught more then 25% of the time. It was really a terrific catch that could have easily been a TD. The second was a 6 yard sideline throw to a wide open Gill at the 10 yard line that was completed for a first down, but off target pulling him out of bounds. The third was an errant pass in the end zone to an open Anderson that was late and out of bounds. Anderson laid out again but it didn't matter. The fourth was an incomplete pass to Lachey where he had outside leverage in the end zone. Had Cade thrown a back shoulder pass it's an easy touchdown. Instead he sails a ball over him for an incomplete pass and Iowa has to settle for a field goal. These are the plays that Cade has missed all year. I don't know if Sullivan can make them either. That remains to be seen.
 
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Come on. This is the coach who kept Deacon Hill on the field the whole year. It’s certainly not unthinkable that Kirk will trot out Cade again. He’s a stubborn stubborn man.
I’m being serious. Even Kirk wouldn’t be dumb enough to start Cade on Saturday.

At least I HOPE not!
 
There were 4 passes in that sequence that you regularly see better QB's make for longer gains or TD's. The first was that long pass to a wide open Anderson which, although completed, required a huge effort just to bring in that probably isn't caught more then 25% of the time. It was really a terrific catch that could have easily been a TD. The second was a 6 yard sideline throw to a wide open Gill at the 10 yard line that was completed for a first down, but off target pulling him out of bounds. The third was an errant pass in the end zone to an open Anderson that was late and out of bounds. Anderson laid out again but it didn't matter. The fourth was an incomplete pass to Lachey where he had outside leverage in the end zone. Had Cade thrown a back shoulder pass it's an easy touchdown. Instead he sails a ball over him for an incomplete pass and Iowa has to settle for a field goal. These are the plays that Cade has missed all year. I don't know if Sullivan can make them either. That remains to be seen.
Yeah, idk if he can either. I do know the faster the ball starts getting put where it is supposed to be the better it is for the entire passing game. Sully is accurate in the short game it looks like though, so we will see.
 
I'm not going to bag on CM. Guy has been a great teammate and leader but just doesn't have it. Iowa's best chance to win and for the offense to play better is obviously Sullivan. Even if Sullivan is a little less accurate (he would have to prove that out) his running ability changes that game and how teams have to defend Iowa.
 
idea for a thread/poll Fran.

Which QB choice/delay was the most overdue (allow multiple votes so we get a ranking)

McCann/Banks
Christensen/Stanzi
Rudock/Beathard
McNamara/Sullivan

others?

This is a GREAT question! Since we are coming off the worst stretch of QB play imaginable, this season feels like the most egregious example of Kirk waiting too long to make a QB change.

Hopefully it works out like those seasons and the Hawks finish strong... We'll be left wondering WHAT IF.... Kirk has made a decision sooner, but at least that means the 2nd half of the season was great.

This feels identical to the 08 season, when we had and absolute STUD at RB and we finally switched to Stanzi and things started clicking.
 
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Something people need to remember is that it is not like the QB did or didn't do a lot in this game. There were a combination of "sparks" that snowballed and made the game what it was. Wetgen is fast, I mean in pads he is the kind of fast that makes fast people look not so fast. The defense did not give up a point all game!! That diving catch. Getting a pick or 2. Harris laying the wood. Dakin pinning them deep over and over and over again. Once it got started it was contagious through out the whole team. Not taking anything away from Sully, but also there was a lot more going on in this game then just QB play, like some would like to make it out to be.
 
Something people need to remember is that it is not like the QB did or didn't do a lot in this game. There were a combination of "sparks" that snowballed and made the game what it was. Wetgen is fast, I mean in pads he is the kind of fast that makes fast people look not so fast. The defense did not give up a point all game!! That diving catch. Getting a pick or 2. Harris laying the wood. Dakin pinning them deep over and over and over again. Once it got started it was contagious through out the whole team. Not taking anything away from Sully, but also there was a lot more going on in this game then just QB play, like some would like to make it out to be.
This is true, but much of the above doesn’t result in points. Obviously the safety and punt return TD aside.

All the above might have happened and we still might have been in a dogfight if not for the insertion of Sullivan. The Offense changed at that point and we were scoring TD’s instead of fighting to get in FG range.
 
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This is a GREAT question! Since we are coming off the worst stretch of QB play imaginable, this season feels like the most egregious example of Kirk waiting too long to make a QB change.

Hopefully it works out like those seasons and the Hawks finish strong... We'll be left wondering WHAT IF.... Kirk has made a decision sooner, but at least that means the 2nd half of the season was great.

This feels identical to the 08 season, when we had and absolute STUD at RB and we finally switched to Stanzi and things started clicking.

Agreed; we're all going to look back at the 2024 season and wonder "what if...."

I honestly think we should be 7-1 instead of 5-3. We should have beaten Clown U at home and we likely would have beaten MSU (it was a 5 point game at several junctures).

7-1? We are still in the CFP discussion.

5-3? Mediocre bowl game.
 
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Something people need to remember is that it is not like the QB did or didn't do a lot in this game. There were a combination of "sparks" that snowballed and made the game what it was. Wetgen is fast, I mean in pads he is the kind of fast that makes fast people look not so fast. The defense did not give up a point all game!! That diving catch. Getting a pick or 2. Harris laying the wood. Dakin pinning them deep over and over and over again. Once it got started it was contagious through out the whole team. Not taking anything away from Sully, but also there was a lot more going on in this game then just QB play, like some would like to make it out to be.
Yes but even you have to admit the change and Sullivans toughness is a catalyst that ignited the entire team!
 
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Head shaking that beat "reporters" are suddenly jumping all in on Sullivan as qb1 and touting his ability to challenge opposing D with his running ability. As if this was some ground breaking discovery rather than the Captain Obvious conclusion that it has been for months. Obvious that is except to gum chewing aficionado Captain Oblivious.
 
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