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I disagree with USC being the best team at the end of the year. Although Miami lost, I think they were the best team that year and really shot themselves in the foot with turnovers vs. Ohio State. And no, Ohio State didn't win just because of a flag, but that's a discussion for another time...

I'm not old enough to remember the 80's or early 90's Hawkeyes, but I can only think of 1 and half teams that were legit National Championship contenders. I think the 2009 team could have competed with Texas or Alabama if Stanzi didn't get hurt and the 2002 team was really good although I don't...

The OP took what would be my first answer so instead I'll go with our DL being able to provide a consistent pass rush. Although our CB's have seen action, all of them will be first time full season starters. The defense will also be breaking in a new starter at Brandon Snyder's safety spot. The...

Lets look at what circumstances allow a backup QB to get some playing time. There is the obvious which is the starter gets hurt. I give Jake the edge here under this circumstance because he is the #2 and CJ will enter the year as the #3 in SF. Another scenario is that you are involved in a...

ArvadaHawk, I agree with you with that the starter at any position the year before shouldn't be guaranteed to be the starter the following year just because. I think most people here would also agree. But as I pointed out in my OP I do think there was a legit competition for the QB spot going...

A few friends of mine and I were talking awhile back about LSU. LSU always seems to have elite level WR talent, but almost never seem to have capable QB play. We asked ourselves, "why can't LSU land a high level QB?" Well, the thing is, LSU does land QB's that are well regarded coming out of...

We have a tendency to look back at the beginning of the 2008 season and think "why did it take so long for Stanzi to become the full time starter?" And we tend to blame the coaching staff for sticking with Christensen way too long and that the coaching staff was resisting the notion of starting...

I don't think there should be any controversy over who starts. We haven't seen enough of any of the QB's in game action, practice, or spring game to have a favorite. We also don't have an incumbent this year that is on shaky ground the way we did in 2008 and 2015 (before the Rudock transfer)...

I for sure don't know as much about your team as you do of course. I didn't consider Deal at RB, but it makes sense that Wisconsin has 2 quality RB's because it seems like they always do. But I'm not sure if I'm ready to consider either of them on Wadley's level just yet. And since I don't watch...

I agree with you a lot on this and your point is much to the chagrin of our fan base. The Wisconsin program took a step over the past 8 years that the Iowa program hasn't been able to make. To me the fork in the road was a sunny October day in Iowa City in 2010 where a fake punt in the 4th Qtr...

I kind of simplified 50-50. In that category it's probably more like 45-55 in either direction. In Wisconsin's case, I'd consider that game a 45-55 type of game for Iowa. But I do think this is a game that Iowa can win and too me shouldn't be considered to be too much of an upset if it were to...

I wouldn't classify any loss as unacceptable without looking at the big picture. I mean, they could lose to Iowa State and win out theoretically. It's happened before. Not that I expect that to happen. But this is how I would rank potential losses on the disappointment scale. (WE SHOULD GET...

The guy has a top 19 list which is little bit ridiculous. I look at the names on the list and I'm assuming he's hoping to end up at a place like Alabama, USC, Penn State, LSU ect. There would be a lot of cracks for him to fall through before he'd even get to the fall back options of Minnesota...

And asking players to execute simple tasks required for their position is not nonsense. For all we know, at practice the players execute simple routine stuff just fine. Maybe people who have access to every team practice can elaborate on who each player performs at doing certain tasks, but I'm...

You're right, they definitely should have called the slant to MVB instead of J. Smith considering he was available that game... And Smith did actually catch 23 balls last year. I'm not saying he had great hands, but I don't think it's unreasonable to expect in him to catch that pass. The play...

If my parents tell me everyday while I was growing up to not do drugs and at the age of 18, I become a drug addict, that is a me problem and not the fault of my parents.. There is a highlight where Falconer patty cakes the football on what should be a sure touchdown. You can do as many pass...

Simple. The majority of that falls onto the players.

Here is a 6 and half minute video breaking down a little bit of CJ Beathard. Within in it, there is some footage that is noteworthy. It is going to seem like I'm critical of CJ here which isn't my intent. My intent is to show that not all of Iowa's shortcomings come at the feet of the coaches...

In terms of status here is how I'd rank the teams in each of the division. 1) Wisconsin (a notch above our level, but Iowa can expect to compete with them) 2a) Iowa 2b) Nebraska (whether they like it or not, they are on our level) 4) Northwestern (Closer to our level than some people want to...

It's not people think the Big 10 West is the SEC. It's just that people understand that we are not Alabama.