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Overall, the conference has been weak at QB for quite a few years. OSU has had great college guys ( poor pros) but I'm struggling to remember many great QBs in the last ten years. The west this year has a dearth of good QBs.

Seems hard to get African American skill players to come to one of the least diverse campuses in the country. It doesn't help that most of these guys are from the sunbelt.

So Gordon got his paid for and Scherff did not? Also, by fees paid it appears Gordon got the Cadillac policy.

Umm… we played quite well on defense. The offense was poor though, as it was against all the better defenses last year. Defense got tired and you can’t expect to hold the wisconsin offense when you keep giving them the ball.

I think the SEC network is going to be a big hit (successful ).

My post was clearly not directed at you so I'm not sure why you felt the need to respond.

Agree with Ferentz. As to those teams with all the first round picks though; it's still hard for them as they play each other in conference.

This is maybe the primary reason why the Bigten lags behind the other conferences in quality teams.

If the defense is mediocre, they SHOULD lose four games. Btw, which four are you picking?

He’s very slight of build. Can’t teach speed though.

That’s the sensible opinion.

You are correct. That said, if one looks at the class as a whole, it is mostly developmental projects, it seems. This class really needs a few guys who are more highly rated.

I don't think so. We will know soon enough though.

It doesn't help to finish second over and over though. Iowa needs some wins in recruiting soon. (Obvious, I know).

Probably true. I'm not currently very confident about Iowa's depth at a number of positions though. Not sure about the other teams' depth situations.

I thought Lazard went to ISU because of long standing family connections there.

Yes, you are right about DE historically. However, since Adrian, it seems we haven't been able to land a really really good one. I like Ott, don't get me wrong but I'm not sure he will be in the same class of playmaker that we had in the past.

The reason for this is difficulty recruiting certain positions. RB , QB, DE and WR come to mind. At times we have had all those pieces plus the usual OL and TE Iowa guys. All too often, we haven't. The current team may be in this position.

I am pretty sure CB #2 will be Fleming but if someone gets hurt, I don’t know who comes in. Probably Draper, or Mabin if he doesn’t get swiched to safety. Speaking of safety, does anyone think Gair is any good (yet)?

Per the story in the link: Garmon was a standout football player at McDowell High School.