How much of the lack of offense is poor QB play...

[Iceman]

Vs our WR's not being able to get open? It seems like MG (and other QB's in previous years) get ready to throw and see nothing. And that seems to be the norm over the past several years. Kinda similar to how or DB's don't seem to ever know how to turn around when the ball is coming. Just a thought.

The interception the receiver #21, slipped on the cut, not QB fault

 

[#1DieHardHawk]

So, let's put the sophomore in and hopefully he gets enough reps by the time he's a senior that we can witness a Hawkeye QB throw for over 100 yards.

Gronowski would have had those reps had he been healthy in the spring and summer. That's not on him, but one could argue that it's on the staff for signing him knowing that he would need surgery.

The offense Lester is trying to install is predicated on timing. Right now, it's not there.

 

[Sparky]

The interception the receiver #21, slipped on the cut, not QB fault

They 100% were already on the way to jumping the route.

 

[#1DieHardHawk]

They 100% were already on the way to jumping the route.

I kind of saw it the same way, but if Wetjen was coming back towards the LOS on that route he would have put his body in front of the corner, so hard to speculate if the pick would have happened.

In any case, the coaches should have recognized that the ISU DBs were squatting on the routes and missed opportunities to make them pay.

 

[dagdaj]

I kind of saw it the same way, but if Wetjen was coming back towards the LOS on that route he would have put his body in front of the corner, so hard to speculate if the pick would have happened.

In any case, the coaches should have recognized that the ISU DBs were squatting on the routes and missed opportunities to make them pay.

OK. let's assume he caught it...and would have either been immediately tackled or pushed out of bounds. Groanouchie would have had 92 yards on the day instead of 84.

 

[NCHawker]

This just in on twitter:

Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski has broken the record for fewest passing yards (127) by a Big Ten QB through the first two games of a season (minimum 35 attempts, since 1995). Kain Colter previously held the record with 177 yards through two games in 2012.

https://x.com/arbitanalytics/status/1964414523219104085

 

[Fryowa]

We lost end of story. That's two years in a row. Our conference is among the wealthiest in college football and on an average the big ten has three times more money per football program than the Big Twelve.

This should not be happening.

Conference money doesn’t mean shit. It’s NIL money that matters and ISU has more than Iowa.

 

[Fryowa]

Gronowski’s problemo isn’t accuracy or velocity or mobility, it’s lack of vision, period. He’s not seeing open receivers. Slice and dice it however you want, it’s a fact if you watch the game over again focusing on WRs…he’s not seeing wide open guys and thus is just hanging out in the pocket for an eternity. Nothing good happens when you have 6 seconds to throw and you use all 6 of them.

If the OL didn’t play so well in the 2nd half (inexplicably), Gronowski would’ve been sacked 7 or 8 times. You can tell that the P4 game is moving WAY too fast for him vs the level he was at. Whether he adapts or not before it’s too late is anyone’s guess, but there were plenty of guys to throw to and he has the accuracy and ability to do it. MG’s problem is between his ears.