Its a shame Mo Brown got hurt in 2003. He was just starting to reach his potential at the beginning of the seasonwhen he went down in the Iowa St game i believe. He came back for the bowl beatdown against Florida and showed how good he (and the team) could have been if he stayed healthy.
He's the kid who was pretty good who transferred to Houston, right? He was solid. If only we could have kept City Boyz, Inc. intact, we would have had a better run in that era.Hmm, what about my boy James Cleveland??
The City Boyz were the last straw for Ferentz. He really stopped recruiting questionable characters after that.He's the kid who was pretty good who transferred to Houston, right? He was solid. If only we could have kept City Boyz, Inc. intact, we would have had a better run in that era.
The City Boyz were the last straw for Ferentz. He really stopped recruiting questionable characters after that.
I will always remember his break out game his freshman year in that crazy comeback win against Pitt in 2011. You got to wonder how his career would have went if Davis had not took over as OC.
Let us not forget that Pitt had all world Defensive Tackle Aaron Donald on that team. Once O'Keefe finally got the keys that game and didn't try running the ball right at the guy who is now the best lineman in the NFL and maybe the best defensive player, the offense took off. Davis's option route tree nonsense was the darkest era in Hawkeye football under KF. It was frustrating going to games because you'd watch the guys make a read, then the snap, then the receiver breaks one way and the ball would get airmailed over him by 20 feet and the boo birds would go after the QB. Sorry, dudes, but unless you have a guy with a NFL caliber brain and receivers who are always on the same page, that offense just ain't gonna work. That was all on the coaching. I'm still convinced that hire was to pave the way for nepotism.
For my money, Mo Brown was the best WR in the KF era. Was the only "5 tool" WR he's had....size, speed, route-running, catching, YAC. We win the B1G in 2003 if he's healthy.
I'm with you on Brown. McNutt was so unstoppable his senior year that it's hard to not put him at the top tho.
Totally agree. Production-wise, McNutt is the man.
But on pure talent (as well as production in the season and a half he played), Brown was so damn good.
Mo Brown is my all time favorite receiver under Ferentz. Man he was good, but I kind of recall he had an injury his senior year, missed some games. If only he had 4 years at Iowa and not just 2. I think CJ Jones was his cousin?
"CJ Jones, see you later." Then USC curb stomped us after that![]()