#41 Bo Bower

RobHowe said:
Q. Late in the game when you had your second-team in, you kept Bo (Bower) in. Was that just to provide leadership or did you want to get him more work there?

KF: No, we didn’t want to get him more work just trying to make all the pieces fit where at least somebody could kind of have command of things and be confident we were going to get the right calls in. It sure didn’t look like it, but that was the purpose behind it.
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Wow. That seems like a lame reason since you would think Hockaday? at MLB would be getting the calls and be the leader on the 2nd team Dee. Was Hockaday not in there?

The defensive scheme with a 42-14 lead is to rush the passer, send a fast blitzer into the QBs face, contain the QB and sack him or make him throw quick dump off passes, then tackle the receiver after the catch to make the clock run.

There was no pressure and no contain so Blough had all day to roam around and throw deep balls, and where were the safeties,
 
Perhaps the backup LBs, including Hockaday, don't know the defense well enough to make the defensive calls.

I recall two years ago at Purdue around the time folks were calling for Willies. Tevaun was hurt and had to leave the game. I was shooting photos on the field and Iowa was in the red zone. Within crowd there, you can hear a lot at field level. During the whole series, Willies was lost. He kept asking Martin-Manley to explain the play call at the line.
 
RobHowe said:
Perhaps the backup LBs, including Hockaday, don't know the defense well enough to make the defensive calls.

I recall two years ago at Purdue around the time folks were calling for Willies. Tevaun was hurt and had to leave the game. I was shooting photos on the field and Iowa was in the red zone. Within crowd there, you can hear a lot at field level. During the whole series, Willies was lost. He kept asking Martin-Manley to explain the play call at the line.
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That makes sense. Were we running different schemes with the 2nd string defense? I was watching on tv and it's hard to pick up on those things sometimes. If we were still trying different coverages, stunts, blitzes etc I understand why a younger LB may be confused on the call. If we were running base 4-3, I understand less.
 
PawkHawk1 said:
I understand that I am not a professional football inventor or all-knowing God like icke Hawkeye. However, it appears to me that Bo Bowers cannot tackle and gets juked out of his shoes on pretty much every play that comes his way.
I don't want to be mean to him, as I understand he is just a young man. But do we really not have other players that can play?
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I for one am not comfortable calling out a player on a message board. Dude shows up every day and busts his butt for us to enjoy college athletics. Even if it may be an effort at constructive criticism. Thanks Bo and all the other players on and off the field for your hard work. You guys make it great to be a Hawkeye!
 
cornfedcowboy said:
I for one am not comfortable calling out a player on a message board. Dude shows up every day and busts his butt for us to enjoy college athletics. Even if it may be an effort at constructive criticism. Thanks Bo and all the other players on and off the field for your hard work. You guys make it great to be a Hawkeye!
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Icehawk you must be from West Branch or know Bowers if you know so much about football (you and your group of coaches) and you can't see that he was struggling in the second half. Wait until Harbaugh starts isolating him in space against some of Michigan's athletes.

And for KF to use the excuse that he needed Bower to get guys lined up in Iowa's complex defense is laughable.
 
Ickehawk said:
It's just mind boggling to 'us' how little you big mouthed dumb asses know about football, but love to run your mouths off..............I watched the game today with 3 former DII college coaches and 5 high school coaches and 'we' saw a totally different game than you 'experts', LOL.............Tell us more about your 'expert' opinions, LOL...........
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Of course you did. And then you woke up.
 
Ickehawk said:
He lead the team in tackles today by a landslide (it was funny, because the announcers kept giving Jewell credit when he came in at the 'last minute' to 'clean up' Bower's tackles, lol) and has been the most 'CONSISTENT' LB on the team this year....Don't believe me, Ask Phil Parker....Or ask Jon to ask Phil Parker.........OOOOh, they (Purdue) got Bower in a 'couple' bad matchups today so he is horrible, lol...........Did anyone notice how bad King got burnt on a play today???? Where is all the commentary!!!! LOL!!! Ignorant Losers..............
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What does Phil Parker know about football.
 
Ickehawk said:
You 'fans' (lol) are such idiots that you want to 'blame' someone for that pass that was 'tipped' and caught for a TD, but not ONE of you say a thing about how POORLY King played that pass for a TD.....Pretty much no difference between the plays, but King can do no wrong, now can he, LOL............He (King) also got turned and burnt BIG TIME on a long pass, but NO one brings that up, just that Bower got juked on one play..........Seriously, to all the 'people' I hang with, you 'folks' are just hilarious!!! But don't let me interrupt you jerkoff's trying to convince each other that you know what you're talking about.....and 'crying' about us winning huge on the road in the B1G, lol.............The game wasn't ANYWHERE as close as the score....................
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Cyfan is calling you home. By the way your 5 high school coaches and 3 division III coaches sounds a lot like the clown coaching staff.
 
Haven't seen the replay, but did mends get any snaps? Is he really that far behind bower or is bower the guy that just knows the calls?
 
hawkdrummer1 said:
it's not ironic. But it is puzzling. WTF... those guys didn't get reps with the seconds?
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Others should have played. That is for darn sure. Baffling when KF does not play others that Might be needed if someone goes down, such as BB. Not to mention someone might be better in the future with some playing time...

Unfortunately BB is not that great. Worse yet is Nobody is better. Mends is definitely not. Nor any of the younger guys. At least not now. This is my fear/concern, we do not have anyone else coming up the ranks. Maybe Jinning, Jones or someone else is quietly improving. But they won't be playing this year. And we aren't hearing nor seeing anything that is a positive sign.

Worse still, there is nobody coming in this current recruiting class. UGH. So, we are doomed not only the remainder of this season, but next year, and probably the year after as well. That is another TWO full seasons, plus this one.

Call me a naysayer, but my eyes are open and I am listening, who is on the roster to fill the position, soon?? Please tell me, I am all ears...
 
Ickehawk said:
Seriously, to all the 'people' I hang with,
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Assuming you know how to use quotations (which is clearly not the case) I assume this is what it looks like when you hang out with 'people' at a classy party.
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Please let the coaches do their jobs. Ferentz is now a 4 time Coach of the Year in the Big Ten. FOUR TIMES. Sweet Jesus, do you really think you are qualified to opine on personnel decisions??
 
ChosenChildren said:
Please let the coaches do their jobs. Ferentz is now a 4 time Coach of the Year in the Big Ten. FOUR TIMES. Sweet Jesus, do you really think you are qualified to opine on personnel decisions??
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If the fans hadn't, Ricki Stanzi and Beatherd would not have been starting QBs'. So no I do not think KF is always the best judge of talent. I think he values loyalty, a good story, and practice attitudes over gamers and talent. Bower is maybe the worst LB I've seen at Iowa despite what his former pee-wee league coach (Ickehawk) says.
 
Hawk90 said:
If the fans hadn't, Ricki Stanzi and Beatherd would not have been starting QBs'. So no I do not think KF is always the best judge of talent. I think he values loyalty, a good story, and practice attitudes over gamers and talent. Bower is maybe the worst LB I've seen at Iowa despite what his former pee-wee league coach (Ickehawk) says.
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Oh my you're going to pay dearly for those comments. :)
 
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