Recent content by NorthKCHawk

Would love to see Thompson start and Koch develop into that 6th Man of the Year type players. I could also see Koch sliding down to the starting 2 spot. That would be a long line-up.

I somewhat agree on Stanley. He won a lot of games and was solid at QB. Low ceiling, high floor, mostly got the job done. I have him 5th on the KF QB list: Tate Banks Beetherd AmeriStanzi Stanley The list stops for me there.

Its been a long time since Iowa has had a really good offense and a mediocre defense. If ever, under KF. If Iowa's offense does take a big step forward, as you are predicting, I still don't see the D devolving into mediocrity. That said, and as I have stated in other threads, there is a...

Agreed. Stanley is certainly not the standard Iowa should aspire to. Lester can recruit and produce at a higher level than that. But, given what followed Stanley, and how putrid it was, he looked good by comparison. We just needed an effective QB from 2021-25 given the D and special teams.

This is the best QB we have had since Beatherd. The Stanley years under BF were sneaky decent on offense. In 2019 Stanley threw for almost 3,000 yards and 16 TDs. He also was an effective runner. I have posted this before, but if we just had that good of an offense the last 4 years we would...

Its easy to get excited reading things like that, but every program feels that way right before the season is going to kick in. It would be hilarious to have a quote from a player like: "we really regressed a lot in the offseason. We lost some great players to the draft and portal, and the...

Even if Gron. is just okay, he will be an upgrade at the most important position on the field. He could be elite? Aren't we due for a break at QB? Why shouldn't he be great? The offense will be better. If the defense can come close to replicating its performance the last few years (ya know...

Fair points. What you say is why Parker incorporated the Cash position into his base D. Basically we play 3 safeties and 2 LBs most of the time these days. I agree DL do not get home as much with the quicker passing games, but if the DL cannot hold the point of attack on the run and put...

I agree that this season has a wide margin of possible outcomes. There is too much talent on that roster for it not to be a good team. Does it take some time to gel in the early part of the season costing us some needed wins against lesser opponents? Does Ben struggle to find the right...

InGood, I don't know where you are getting your fan information from, but it sure isn't this Board or any rationale Hawk fan I have encountered. Most everyone I know has been thrilled with the roster BM has put together and believes this will be a very tough team in year 1. I have barely heard...

Agreed. Why perpetuate that shit?

Agree that LT is the biggest question mark on offense. It looks like we have three candidates there. The transfer kid is intriguing given his size and experience, but they gotta figure out who is the best of that bunch and hope they are up to the job. Its been a minute since we had an elite...

He is right and he is wrong. Georgia that year could have walked up to the line and screamed the play at the defense and probably still won. But, the continual denial that it did not impact games is rampantly stupid. There is a reason sign stealing is illegal. Knowing what the offense is...

We will need guards in that class. Would be a great get.

At the risk of defending Frost, he has been wildly successful at his other coaching gigs. Nebbie hiring him was viewed as a homerun at the time. It clearly did not work out, and most of that is on Frost, but not all of it. Nebbie's athletic department has been a mess for a long time before...