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The reporter is a 2nd year journalism major. Give him a few years and he will figure out Iowa football. Maybe. I have been watching for 50 years and I am not sure I have it figured out yet.
 
The question is - How much does that piece reflect the student body? Possibly it does a lot. In any event this needed to be said whether you agree or not. We have put up some good records but an inept offense is not Iowa football.
 
SCHawkeye2 said:
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Opinion | It’s time for Iowa football to change

Enough is enough. The University of Iowa is a school that prides itself on its football team. As of late, there hasn’t been much to be proud of. The script has been the same for the past several years: get a winning record, play in a bowl game, and that’s it. That simply isn’t going...
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I see the writer plucked the low hanging fruit of Curt Cignetti at Indiana starting 10-0 in his first year as an example. He also conveniently omitted (or more likely didn't bother to research) that this is an extremely rare occurrence, especially at a non-blue blood school.
 
Will C said:
The question is - How much does that piece reflect the student body? Possibly it does a lot. In any event this needed to be said whether you agree or not. We have put up some good records but an inept offense is not Iowa football.
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On the contrary . History shows that inept offense IS Iowa football
 
That was like reading a book report that had to be 2 pages long and the author desperately tried to put together sentences to meet the requirement. While I can agree with the premise and wish Ferentz would realize a running QB would fit his system far better for the last 20 years (every great year was a relatively speaking mobile QB) I would ask for a better write-up
 
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