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He has also never said anything specific about anything in a press conference, ever. I'm not saying this is ever going to happen, but CJ could be the starter in an all-new Air Raid offense against Pitt, and you'd still never hear anything about it in a Ferentz presser beforehand. People...

Let's not act like Michigan fans and confine our fantasies to coaches with Iowa ties. First of all, guys like Stoops don't generally have second acts this late in the game. They also don't tend to leave elite programs for other elite programs, let alone Iowa, where they'd have to work extremely...

It depends. This loss strikes me as bad enough that I will now cling to idle fantasies of this staff coming to their senses, blowing up their offensive philosophy, and TRULY making changes to the way they conduct the offense. If that happens, then this loss will be a good thing, no matter how...

Agreed that this was the worst, but it's really just the culmination of a terrible OC hire that has done absolutely nothing for this program.

I've given up trying to make any sense of this offense. Count on never seeing that slant pattern ever again.

How is the running game going to work when the horizontal passing game can be defended with an 8 man front? Your argument makes no sense. If Iowa had the ability to establish the run against these defenses, then sure, the short passing attack would be fine. Why even risk a downfield throw if you...

I don't think this Iowa team is bad at all. But they are playing so tight, so pointlessly conservative, that they end up running and throwing the ball right into the eye of the opposing D. Ken O'Keefe would have had 28 at halftime with this offense. Play-action, play-action, play-action.

I'm really hoping the second half makes me forget the first. I have NO idea what the overall objective of this offense is supposed to be. It's like Iowa is trying to disrupt their own rhythm. What does Beathard have to do to get back in this game? I thought tryouts were supposed to happen before...

Fire Greg Davis. The man has done nothing.

Greg Davis should walk home.

Am I the only one who took Ferentz's comment about "being who we are" to be a criticism of Davis? I mean, I would hardly call that first half play calling vintage Iowa. If that's what he meant, I agree. Prove to me that running won't work. Stop pretending iowa has a passing game.

This is a poorly schemed effort against a superior opponent. Greg Davis remains a mystery, iowa d is good, Rudock looks terrible and strangely unenthusiastic. Iowa WR corps is completely terrible no surprise there. Run was abandoned well before it should have been. Offense gets an F, what else...

Please be sarcasm. They're arguably the worst corps in the country.

Never mind, Iowa just scored. This offense rules!

If you're saying that the offense has generally stunk under Ferentz, you won't get any argument from me. I'm just saying, I don't see any evidence of some puppet scheme here where he's secretly the offensive coordinator. If that's the case, he completely altered his entire offensive philosophy...

Actually, what is amazing is how many people take what is nothing more than a fan opinion with absolutely no basis in fact and take it as gospel. This is a very different offense than KOK's. Ultimately it doesn't matter, because if Ferentz keeps Davis around then he is responsible regardless...

I remember you too, clogging up the thread with over the top negativity when the score was 6-0 hawks.

I said Ferentz was responsible, *******. I'm not trying to deflect blame. This offense is a lot different than what OKeefe did. Just because they both underperformed doesn't mean they're both secretly Ferentz's system. I blamed Ferentz for the hire. I dont buy this idea that Greg Davis is...

It was stated several times that this year the offense was on Davis. He was given the reigns. That doesn't mean Ferentz isn't responsible, but he's not some handcuffed lackey. Besides, being conservative isn't really the issue here. They cannot execute and the play calling is highly...

So much negativity in this thread. Probably from the same people predicting a 28 point loss for Iowa. Got to take advantage of field position, but hey, 6-0.