NorthKCHawk
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A lot of reporting that CM has basically quit the team and won't be traveling this weekend.
McNamara Done
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Zstatman
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Chad Leistikow just put this on X:
It looks like Cade McNamara has *probably* thrown his final pass as a Hawkeye. On Legends & Listeners,
@ScottDochterman and I delve into the mysterious QB conversation and the interest surrounding Jackson Stratton's first career start
It looks like Cade McNamara has *probably* thrown his final pass as a Hawkeye. On Legends & Listeners,
@ScottDochterman and I delve into the mysterious QB conversation and the interest surrounding Jackson Stratton's first career start
Fryowa
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Lainez
NorthKCHawk
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Correct, from what I read the third string kid is another walkon and the emergency QB is a running back.
Can you imagine how bad Resar must have been at QB that he is apparently not being brought back into that room as even an emergency??? Nice recruiting, Brian!
NorthKCHawk
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I get it. It does not compute with me either, but the beat reporters are saying he is not likely to travel to Maryland, so I guess we will see how accurate the rumor mill is in the next couple days.
Holy shit.... That's pretty shitty if that's how it's playing out. And here I thought he was taking the competition in stride with Sullivan. I guess losing his gig to a walk on nobody was just too big a hit to his ego? Or maybe his brain is still a mess. Like there's only a couple games to go what's he have better to do? I don't get that part of it. If you are friendly with your teammates and coaches why would you want to quit like this? He's got no future in football so this is it it. I'd think you'd want to soak it in. But hell if I know I've never been and never will be in their shoes. But whatever NIL $ he might have coming I hope is withheld.
Fryowa
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Really this is all much ado about nothing. This season is cooked and it's time to think about next year. The Maryland game doesn't mean squat, Iowa's already locked into going to a bottom tier bowl, just need to hopefully beat nebraska.
We have another year (hopefully) of Sullivan and if Shaggy is decent maybe he's the next guy. He seems to have a more confident attitude like Sullivan and definitely more confident than Petras/Stanley/Hill et al. Obviously they'll try to grab someone from the portal if there's a fit.
If anything this should be a fun last two games to watch because there's zero at stake for this team and we get a chance to maybe watch some cobbled together playground ball with walk-ons getting a chance to ball out. Don't get pissed about it and start whining about a curse or being "snakebit" (I f*cking hate that term), that kind of thing is for nebraska fans.
Laugh at the absurdity of it, cheer Shaggy on, and think about next year.
Hell, I think it's gonna be fun to see what some JUCO hero scout team blue collar dude can do when you let him roll. It's basically taking a go kart racer the keys to an F1 car and seeing how well he can corner it. There's literally nothing to lose other than the sand people beating us, and even that's not going to be a real deal victory for them because we're literally down to one healthy QB on the whole roster and missing our best receiver.
We have another year (hopefully) of Sullivan and if Shaggy is decent maybe he's the next guy. He seems to have a more confident attitude like Sullivan and definitely more confident than Petras/Stanley/Hill et al. Obviously they'll try to grab someone from the portal if there's a fit.
If anything this should be a fun last two games to watch because there's zero at stake for this team and we get a chance to maybe watch some cobbled together playground ball with walk-ons getting a chance to ball out. Don't get pissed about it and start whining about a curse or being "snakebit" (I f*cking hate that term), that kind of thing is for nebraska fans.
Laugh at the absurdity of it, cheer Shaggy on, and think about next year.
Hell, I think it's gonna be fun to see what some JUCO hero scout team blue collar dude can do when you let him roll. It's basically taking a go kart racer the keys to an F1 car and seeing how well he can corner it. There's literally nothing to lose other than the sand people beating us, and even that's not going to be a real deal victory for them because we're literally down to one healthy QB on the whole roster and missing our best receiver.
NorthKCHawk
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I like this. Hope the team has the same view. Play loose. Nothing to lose. We still have a really good and experienced defense and hopefully just enough offense to beat a thoroughly average Maryland team.
Play loose. Play as a team. Get the W.
Fryowa
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Beating nebraska with a dude they found on the side of the road in Colorado to keep them out of a bowl would be the ultimate Iowa victory. Go Wisconsin.
MelroseHawkins
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I see what you did there. Nicely played.
NCHawker
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I think they're speculating.
Fryowa
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I'm not a Liestikow fanboy, but he normally doesn't put things like that out there without having a pretty reliable source.
NorthKCHawk
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I don't see how you can speculate that he is probably thrown his last pass unless he is not suiting up. KF said that he was cleared earlier this week. Given that he could play and the starter is a walk-on, it would be pretty reckless to say that he won't throw another pass, unless the source is telling Chad that he was done playing. That only makes sense if he got pissed that he was cleared and not starting. I guess. I mean why work your way back to being able to play, get back to practice, and then quit? He could have just retired due to concussions after the NW game. Whole thing is weird.
99topdawg
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It's not speculation.
