Iowa QB Situation Remains Mystery

[Fryowa]

The big AI minds in Silicon Valley are predicting a seismic advancement (artificial general intelligence) within 2 to 10 years. They are ever optimists, but looking at the rate of change over the last couple years, nothing about that timeline seems unrealistic.

There are a bunch of people who have not even caught up to what these publicly available chatbots can do (I am just starting to mess around with them), the world is not going to be ready for the next leap. I am thinking about nudging my kids toward the trades...robots are a long ways away from being able to replace what those folks do. But the jobs that require a 4 year degree and the evaluation of information? A bunch of those are going to be replaced, and right soon.

My son wants to be an electrician and I am ALL for it. He is planning on getting his associates degree and going through both the commercial and residential electric programs. You can do it with a certificate/diploma, but my only request was that he just take the extra classes and get his associates degree done so if he does decide to go on and get a bachelors degree he has the first two years done already.

An electrician can’t be replaced by AI in the (foreseeable) future, and by the time it can we won’t need college degrees or even school period. The world will be so different at that time all bets are off. A trained electrician can make a bucketload of money and still have free time to pursue the fun stuff in life while being able to afford it. You also get to see something done with your hands at the end of the day which I miss greatly in my office job. My son has turned down track/XC offers from some pretty good schools but luckily has found a community college with a XC team that would wipe most of those 4 year schools’ teams. And it’s coached by a former Hawkeye all-American which doesn’t hurt my feelings

4 year degrees are going to be obsolete much, MUCH sooner than the hands-on trades. Kudos to you for not thinking your kids are beneath that type of thing. I see a whole lot of educated parents who feel that way and it’s honestly sad.

 

[SCHawkeye2]

The TV announcers said during the WI game that McNamara was out with a concussion, Lainez was out with a broken finger (?), and Resar was injured. Jackson Stratton was the backup.
Any more info on this situation?

 

[guffus]

Where Iowa football stands with injuries after win over Wisconsin

Kirk Ferentz already ruled out tight end Addison Ostrenga and wide receiver Reece Vander Zee for next week’s game at UCLA.

www.thegazette.com

Kirk has already announced that Lainez is out for the UCLA game. I think somebody said he has a cast on his hand.

Not sure what McNamara's status is.

If McNamara and Lainez are not available, Iowa’s only healthy quarterbacks for the UCLA game would be Brendan Sullivan and Jackson Stratton. (The emergency quarterback appears to be Kyler Gerardy, a walk-on freshman defensive back from North Scott

 

[Fryowa]

The TV announcers said during the WI game that McNamara was out with a concussion, Lainez was out with a broken finger (?), and Resar was injured. Jackson Stratton was the backup.
Any more info on this situation?

Not trying to be snarky at all, but the best way to find out information is to watch the weekly press conferences. There's obviously the postgame which they stream live and leave on youtube, but there's the weekly ones on the official Iowa YT channel as well as the ones Rob posts in his articles here, and Hawk Central. Those pressers are where all the media get information for their stories/articles, so it's all right there.

There's the mid-week updates from Ferentz, a mid-week one from a different assistant coach each week, and the post game ones. Rob and Hawk Central also post player interviews.

That's 100% the best way to find anything out regarding Iowa sports because they're right from the horses' mouths.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

My son wants to be an electrician and I am ALL for it. He is planning on getting his associates degree and going through both the commercial and residential electric programs. You can do it with a certificate/diploma, but my only request was that he just take the extra classes and get his associates degree done so if he does decide to go on and get a bachelors degree he has the first two years done already.

An electrician can’t be replaced by AI in the (foreseeable) future, and by the time it can we won’t need college degrees or even school period. The world will be so different at that time all bets are off. A trained electrician can make a bucketload of money and still have free time to pursue the fun stuff in life while being able to afford it. You also get to see something done with your hands at the end of the day which I miss greatly in my office job. My son has turned down track/XC offers from some pretty good schools but luckily has found a community college with a XC team that would wipe most of those 4 year schools’ teams. And it’s coached by a former Hawkeye all-American which doesn’t hurt my feelings

4 year degrees are going to be obsolete much, MUCH sooner than the hands-on trades. Kudos to you for not thinking your kids are beneath that type of thing. I see a whole lot of educated parents who feel that way and it’s honestly sad.

Yeah if I could do it over I'd have done one of 3 things. Electrician, plumbing or driving heavy equipment. I have too weak a stomach for plumbing though.. World will need all of those for the duration of our lives yet anyway.