Ol’ KF Has Rebuilt the “O”

[HuckFinn]

Huck, the problem with the purpose of this thread is that it requires us to have hope and optimism about Iowa's offense. That's like asking a Husker fan to believe that Nebbie will actually win a close game. Too much PTSD. Its much easier to discuss what we are all comfortable with: BF sucking.

Seriously, I am super excited to see year two of Lester's offense, with the best QB room we have had in a decade and an OC that finally has some free reign to shape the offense into something formidable. But, I will temper the enthusiasm until we see some results on the field.

Right. My original post said, “Now, results, no excuses.”
I was fascinated with the detail. When threads get into the details, be it football or basketball, I am a happy guy.

 

[NorthKCHawk]

In addition to the dearth of development and productivity at the QB position the last five years, we have to acknowledge that the OL play has also been bad. Barnett had a pretty empty cupboard when he took over the role and he had to play some young guys before they were ready. Also, its hard to show great line play when you have zero threat of a down field passing game. I feel like Barnett has righted the ship with more of a pipeline of OL that are more senior, bigger and ready to play in this league. Couple that with a multiple threat offensive set with effective QB play, and I feel like this offensive could start to hum. We saw glimpses last year. Again, we don't have to be great. Just good on offense. Good will do.