homerHAWKeye777
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Combined Prior Years of Starts of opposing BCS QBs in 2010:
13.5 years of starting experience
Combined Prior Years of Starts of opposing BCS QBs in 2011:
7 years of starting experience
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SR QBs faced in 2010:
Arnaud (ISU) - Iowa won game
Tolzein (Wisky) - Iowa lost game
Weber (Minny) - Iowa lost game
Gabbert (Mizzou) - Iowa narrowly won game
Chappell (IU) - Iowa narrowly won game
SR QBs to be faced in 2011:
Cousins (MSU)
Persa (Northwestern)
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non-SR "precision passers" faced in 2010: (some subjectivity here)
Foles (Arizona) - Iowa lost game
Persa (Northwestern) - Iowa lost game
Cousins (MSU) - Iowa won game
Forcier (Mich) - Iowa narrowly won game
non-SR "precision passers" to be faced in 2011:
Sunseri (Pitt) [maybe a possible candidate]
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non-SR high-quality dual-threat QBs faced in 2010:
Pryor (tOSU) - Iowa lost game
Robinson (Mich) - Iowa was more handily winning the game when he went out
non-SR high quality dual-threat QBs to be faced in 2011:
Robinson (Mich)
Martinez (Neb)
Henry (Purdue) [maybe a possible candidate]
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non-SR "unknown" commodity QBs faced in 2010:
Bolden/McGloin (PSU) - Iowa won game
non-SR "unknown" commodity QBs to be faced in 2011:
Bolden/McGloin (PSU)
Tiller/Jantz (ISU)
Marve (Purdue)
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A Few Remarks:
- There is a definite correlation between the experience level of the QB or the quality of passer AND the level of success of the opponent that against our D.
- A striking observation is that Iowa faces surprisingly few SR QBs in 2011. Furthermore, the total experience of the opposing QBs facing Iowa in '11 is nearly half of what it was in '10.
- Iowa faces more dual-threat QB-types in 2011. Provided that Norm can remain healthy, who doesn't like Iowa's chances of being able to render such teams 1-dimensional? A classic problem of most dual-threat QBs is that they're not always good enough passers to win games through the air.
- Cousins is the only QB Iowa faces with more than 1 year of starts under his belt.
- When healthy, Persa is arguably the most dangerous QB Iowa will face. However, Persa still needs to fully recover from his leg injury from last year (although rehab has reportedly gone very well for him).
13.5 years of starting experience
Combined Prior Years of Starts of opposing BCS QBs in 2011:
7 years of starting experience
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SR QBs faced in 2010:
Arnaud (ISU) - Iowa won game
Tolzein (Wisky) - Iowa lost game
Weber (Minny) - Iowa lost game
Gabbert (Mizzou) - Iowa narrowly won game
Chappell (IU) - Iowa narrowly won game
SR QBs to be faced in 2011:
Cousins (MSU)
Persa (Northwestern)
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non-SR "precision passers" faced in 2010: (some subjectivity here)
Foles (Arizona) - Iowa lost game
Persa (Northwestern) - Iowa lost game
Cousins (MSU) - Iowa won game
Forcier (Mich) - Iowa narrowly won game
non-SR "precision passers" to be faced in 2011:
Sunseri (Pitt) [maybe a possible candidate]
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non-SR high-quality dual-threat QBs faced in 2010:
Pryor (tOSU) - Iowa lost game
Robinson (Mich) - Iowa was more handily winning the game when he went out
non-SR high quality dual-threat QBs to be faced in 2011:
Robinson (Mich)
Martinez (Neb)
Henry (Purdue) [maybe a possible candidate]
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non-SR "unknown" commodity QBs faced in 2010:
Bolden/McGloin (PSU) - Iowa won game
non-SR "unknown" commodity QBs to be faced in 2011:
Bolden/McGloin (PSU)
Tiller/Jantz (ISU)
Marve (Purdue)
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A Few Remarks:
- There is a definite correlation between the experience level of the QB or the quality of passer AND the level of success of the opponent that against our D.
- A striking observation is that Iowa faces surprisingly few SR QBs in 2011. Furthermore, the total experience of the opposing QBs facing Iowa in '11 is nearly half of what it was in '10.
- Iowa faces more dual-threat QB-types in 2011. Provided that Norm can remain healthy, who doesn't like Iowa's chances of being able to render such teams 1-dimensional? A classic problem of most dual-threat QBs is that they're not always good enough passers to win games through the air.
- Cousins is the only QB Iowa faces with more than 1 year of starts under his belt.
- When healthy, Persa is arguably the most dangerous QB Iowa will face. However, Persa still needs to fully recover from his leg injury from last year (although rehab has reportedly gone very well for him).