Is Kollmorgan better than B1G West QBs we face???

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uihawk82

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From a passing viewpoint the hawks may have faced a better qb than any in their division. Granted Stave might be the starter by the time Wisky hits town and Siemion at NW can toss it around.

Kollmorgan made some very good throws but overall it was good to see the hawks held him under 50% pass completions. The defensive front made him throw away maybe 4-5 passes which is great for the hawks. He made some great back shoulder throws and also led his receivers in stride.

I think this bodes well for Iowa going forward and in the B1G if they can clean up giving the big plays (last year they gave up big pass plays in the first few games but shut that off by mid season) because UNI couldn't really extend a long drive of many plays against the hawks.

How did Illinois' new QB look?
 


I said before the year a piece of good news is that Iowa will not face too many dangerous quarterbacks. I wouldn't put Kolmorgan in the dangerous category. Some of us could have completed some of those passes to Johnson, however, so you don't have to be great.

This is one reason why Indiana gives me a little indigestion...and not so much with Wisky and Neb...at least not yet...no way can I see Wis sticking with McEvoy...wow that was brutal
 


uihawk82 said:
From a passing viewpoint the hawks may have faced a better qb than any in their division. Granted Stave might be the starter by the time Wisky hits town and Siemion at NW can toss it around.

Kollmorgan made some very good throws but overall it was good to see the hawks held him under 50% pass completions. The defensive front made him throw away maybe 4-5 passes which is great for the hawks. He made some great back shoulder throws and also led his receivers in stride.

I think this bodes well for Iowa going forward and in the B1G if they can clean up giving the big plays (last year they gave up big pass plays in the first few games but shut that off by mid season) because UNI couldn't really extend a long drive of many plays against the hawks.

How did Illinois' new QB look?
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25-of-39 passes for 291 yards and four touchdowns
 






MoseSchrute said:
25-of-39 passes for 291 yards and four touchdowns
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Kollmorgan was 17-37 (<50%) for 380 yards.

Take away 3 plays where the IOWA defense completely broke down (to put it nicely)...and you have 14-34 for 197 yards. Not nearly as impressive.

I realize "they all count", but those 3 long passes to Johnson were horrible D and should never have happened...at least not to the tune of 183 yards.
 


uihawk82 said:
From a passing viewpoint the hawks may have faced a better qb than any in their division. Granted Stave might be the starter by the time Wisky hits town and Siemion at NW can toss it around.

Kollmorgan made some very good throws but overall it was good to see the hawks held him under 50% pass completions. The defensive front made him throw away maybe 4-5 passes which is great for the hawks. He made some great back shoulder throws and also led his receivers in stride.

I think this bodes well for Iowa going forward and in the B1G if they can clean up giving the big plays (last year they gave up big pass plays in the first few games but shut that off by mid season) because UNI couldn't really extend a long drive of many plays against the hawks.

How did Illinois' new QB look?
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From a pure passing talent standpoint, Lunt from Illinois is as good as anyone in the league (note I didn't say he was the best QB). But Lunt can throw it. From a total QB perspective, too soon to tell for some of the others. I certainly view Armstrong from NU and Leidner from Minny as more dnagerous due to their ability to run. Kollmorgen was pretty immobile and wasn't overly impressive throwing the ball (2/3 or more of his yards came from Johnson running after the catch).

Missing Cook, Devin Gardner and whoever OSU is running out there at QB makes a big difference.
 


Lets see how he does when the competition improves, but Tommy Armstrong looked pretty good last Saturday...he threw the ball with some zip.

Lunt was easily the most impressive, but it was Youngstown, not MSU or OSU. When the competition gets better, that's when you find out about these guys.

Honestly, Rudock has a chance to have a better season than all of them. We will start stretching the field and throwing more vertical routes. I think it was more UNI's defensive scheme and Rudock not wanting to throw into 3 deep coverage. Conservative yes, but it's about winning the game. Had we been down and needed big chucks, we would have taken more shots down field.
 


Less mobile QBs for sure, but I think you are seeing a transition back to pocket passers once everyone went spread and only very few saw much success. Unless you can get an elite QB like Tebow, Young or Cam it typically doesn't work out great.
 


It wasn't Kollmorgan. He's a nice 1AA QB. He could play in our league but he'd be average at best.

It was the dude to whom he was throwing the ball.
 


If you go by recruiting rankings, Kollmorgan is about the worst qb we will face. I hate to see what the other qbs could have done at this point in the season.
 


iowalaw said:
If you go by recruiting rankings, Kollmorgan is about the worst qb we will face. I hate to see what the other qbs could have done at this point in the season.
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Would they be throwing the ball to David Johnson? Because that guy is currently ranked as the #5 running back in all of college football by NFL scouts.

Our pass D was atrocious, especially from the LBs and "safeties" but it was more about who was catching the ball versus who was throwing it.
 


ThunderHawk said:
Would they be throwing the ball to David Johnson? Because that guy is currently ranked as the #5 running back in all of college football by NFL scouts.

Our pass D was atrocious, especially from the LBs and "safeties" but it was more about who was catching the ball versus who was throwing it.
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Heard some Husker-dooshes on Omaha radio today saying that Iowa would be facing 7 or 8 more backs that are better than Johnson. Yeah, their guy is a better runner, but this was a pretty clueless statement overall.
 


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