This thread is pumping me up for the season

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Does anyone have any connections to Roth, Yanda, or Sanders? Get those 3 guys to come into the locker room before game one. Tell the players what it means to be a Hawkeye and that there's no reason you shouldn't go out there and knock everyone of those little Huskies flat on their freakin' a$$. It absolutely drove me crazy last year that the Hawks didn't seem to have any players who played with that edge... that attacking mentality that you aren't gonna come into Kinnick and push anybody around. If you're gonna beat us you're gonna have to go right through us and it's going to be a dogfight. That player who's a lightning rod for the other players around him. Someone who jolts electricity into the stadium and into their teammates. Who is THAT guy gonna be?
The better teams in Ferentz's era have always had someone like that and I feel like it's been missing since Angerer and Clayborn left. The Hawks have enough talent to be competitive in almost every game on their schedule. It's the little things that make the difference between going home with a loss or taking the win. Energy and momentum can play a huge role in that. A football field isn't a place to be a nice guy, and for some reason that's what I felt like we had last year. A bunch of guys with solid talent, but they played too damn nice.
Who can fill that void this year? Brandon Scherff? LTP? Carl Davis? D-Cooper? Any of the three linebackers? Or maybe it's a player with less experience like Nico Law, Faith, Ott, or Jaleel. I don't know but I really hope someone emerges into that role.