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Incredible work Just curious, who did they list for Connor Bazelak (Mizzou QB)? Had an Iowa offer and is an Ohio native. I think he is similar to Petras in build and playing style, albeit with better production. For what it's worth, we made the top five cut for Nourzad along with Penn State...

It'll for sure be back to RB by committee, but with a better group than 2018 & 2019. I think Johnson could be "the guy" by the end of the year just based on more house potential than the two Williams. Physically be looks built to contribute right away and RB seems to be a spot on offense where...

I think you are missing the second CB (Roberts). Guessing DeJean will push him for PT but reality is almost every year Iowa plays up to four CBs, so the real battle is for the fourth spot. Get ready for an Epenesa/Hesse redux with that position battle at FS. Will be interesting to see if X...

They basically met expectations in terms of preseason rankings. Being a season ticket holder, the atmosphere for all of the home games was great outside of Purdue and hey, that makes for fun regardless of how the season played out in the end. Personally I think the team overachieved because it...

Pitt checks the boxes for academic profile, region, and history of success in football. But it also grades out as an F in terms of expanding the TV/marketing footprint. And they play in a pro football stadium.

Central Michigan. They had future #1 pick Eric Fisher. Iowa has lost to Western twice under Ferentz, though. The 2012 team was really, really bad but 2013 was actually pretty salty. Very physical team on both sides of the line of scrimmage - go watch highlights of the Ohio State game, Scherff...

Schools like Iowa State and Nebraska recruit heavily from locations way far away from home base (Florida, Texas, California, Arizona). Reality is in the age of the transfer portal about half these kids are going to leave. You have seen pretty similar numbers at Iowa, but fortunately our strategy...

Purdue already has some other WRs (Wright, Sheffield) that are going to drive Phil Parker crazy so I agree that it's not like Tracy is about to put up Bell numbers. But he should see 4-6 touches a game and gets the chance to play closer to home. For a class act, can't complain about the move.

I generally like our approach to the Portal. It's not like Iowa would ever be in the running for the Justin Fields type transfers anyway. That being said, I have no idea why Iowa didn't bring in 1-2 offensive linemen after Kallenberger retired his playing career. It would be wise to seek out a...

The only major change I could see the head coach making is having KOK "retire" and then going out to hire a QB coach/passing game coordinator/co-OC. Should that move happen, I will throw Rod Carey out as a possible hire, especially if it could be pitched to Carey as an opportunity to compete as...

No indication other than it seems like we have trouble getting out-of-territory kids to stay for more than two years if they haven't seen the field. Britt and Vines have both been passed up by true freshman on the depth chart. Goodson leaving might surprise people, but as I have said on this...

It never came up at the time because it was overshadowed by COVID and then the racial issues, but Kirk made a similarly flippant comment about DJ Johnson about a week before his departure. Something about not being able to throw him out there without spring practice, whereas Des King was ready...

I don't think TGood will expect to do so either. They are pretty similar backs in terms of size, skillset, and production. What could he really do to turn himself into a Day 2 guy? Only thing I can think is IF Iowa makes some offensive scheme changes and Goodson can highlight his versatility in...

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Portal: Tracy (FWIW he threw a few great blocks on Saturday, including on Jones' jet sweeps), Padilla, Lawson, Craddieth, Bracy, Britt, Vines Draft: Goodson (50/50 but what does he really gain from returning other than injury risk?), Moss, Linderbaum, Belton Campbell has some awful looks on...

They ran a fair number of slants (I am counting some of those isolation routes for Goodson). Both Goodson and Johnson dropped catchable balls on slant routes IIRC. And let's be real, they tried this in the Wisconsin game and it didn't work at all. Petras airmailing most of the deep passes out...

Technically Iowa ran a fake punt during the Ohio State game in 2017. In any event, hopefully it motivates the Iowa team during bull prep and the off-season. Michigan will come to Kinnick next year with a far less veteran team (still talented of course, but particularly up front they will be...

I thought the offense actually did an ok job of scouting the Michigan defense. Much better than the Purdue and Wisconsin games. Cutting and chipping Hutchinson wasn't perfect but I expected him to have 3+ sacks. The short throws to Goodson, Bruce, and LaPorta were matched up against Michigan's...

I have to think the flu situation played a role as well, considering that's why they subbed in new o linemen. I think Petras will start on Saturday even though Padilla seems like a better fit against that pass rush. Petras gets way too deep on his drops. That being said, Iowa's offensive...

I agree he left because of a lack of opportunity, but two other points in the article are far more interesting IMO (best of luck to Desmond). 1) Why did they backtrack on the leadership council representation? Did they run this by the external advisory committee? Has this ever come up at a...