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First time I saw them play, so many new faces. Observation tells me that this is a more athletic team.

Ranked Explanation: 1. Brian Ferentz as OC. 2. Kirk Ferentz inability to innovate on offense starting with Greg Davis. 3. Gary Barta not firing Brian three years ago.

This situation is all part of the winnowing process that is overtaking major college sports. It has been obvious, at least to me, that the broadcasters have about 24 to 32 teams in mind for a super league for football. It is pretty easy to figure out those with the potential to be part of the...

In the last two games with Sullivan at QB Iowa has scored 74 points; 40 and 34 respectively. His QBR vs NW was 73.1. He ran 8 times for 41 yards vs NW. He was 9 of 14 passing vs NW. Now, vs WI he had a QBR of 74.9. He ran 9 times for 56 yards vs WI. He was 7 of 10 passing. Turnovers have not...

According to AccuWeather rain is expected beginning at 6 pm and continuing most of the evening. I'm not sure what the impact will be, but turnovers usually increase. I've not watched Wisconsin too much and it didn't look much different from last years team when I did. The QB change for Iowa will...

The Iowa Football Program won it's 700th game on Saturday according to Winsipedia website. The period from the mid 60s to 1979 really affected the overall record.

You could make an argument by not naming a starting QB makes Wisconsin's preparation more difficult. At this point in the year Wisconsin has seen ground and pound, and RPO offenses. So playing both is well understood.

I worked in IT as well. It came at a time where the mainframe hardware was being replaced by client server hardware and software. To compound things along came cloud computing. Trying to learn and use new languages proficiently was more than challenging. I got sent to classes on PL SQL near the...

The NW game did not change my mind that Kirk should retire. Here's a reason I don't think he grasps. His brain is 70+ years old. It doesn't process info as fast as it once did. He may believe it does, but it takes more time to reach a decision.

Thank Dakins for pinning Northwestern around their five yard line. Sullivan had a slow start, but on the drive at the end of the half he got the offense moving. The team seem to respond to his willingness to run. To see a TD with getting the ball back under 1:40 was encouraging. After watching...

I'm in the same boat as you with not a lot of time left. I'm turning 77 this month. It easy to fall into pessimism after a loss, but this loss to MSU is different. Different in a lot of ways. I'm old enough to remember when the entire Big Ten was not competitive with other conferences. The Big...

The 2024 MSU game will become a reference point that marked the point where Iowa football began a rapid decline. Iowa was out-coached and out-talented at many positions. Last night was a reminder of what Hayden's last years were. It goes back even further than that. It was also a reminder of...

The CFP has evaporated for the Iowa Hawkeyes. MSU has more talent on offense than Iowa.

This is on McNamara and the coaches. It's so obvious Lester needs Sullivan to be at QB and Iowa needs to pass more.

On an annual basis, if you take the preseason AP Poll and compare it to the final AP poll, 9 of the top 25 teams in the preseason poll will not be present in the final AP top 25 poll. Some years it might be 8 or 10, but on average 9. Iowa was in the 2024 preseason poll and Illinois wasn't as one...

Iowa will have to eventually answer question one. I'm pretty sure fans on this forum are not qualified to answer it. Question two is based on a hypothetical situation that may or may not happen. It isn't just the folks in Lincoln that have struggled to replace a long time coach. Texas went...

NCAA College Football and Basketball is comatose. If anybody thinks attending college classes in order to participate on a men's football or basketball team, then remain a fool. Ohio State put a minor league NFL team against Iowa on Saturday. Fry commented the NCAA needs to get out of the way...

You need deep pockets to compete with Ohio State. Kirk Ferentz needs to retire. Iowa can still become a mediocre football team.

I believe I heard the announcer say Ohio State spent $21M for transfers. There were at least 4 starters that were transfers from SEC schools and the QB from Kansas State. I didn't expect the results to be much different than the final score. I could put some of the blame on Kirk for not...

Y'all sure do. But more than that, you need coaches that are willing to incorporate QB run plays into the game plan just to keep the defense honest. It like 11 against 10 when the defense doesn't have to account for the QB.