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SpiderRico
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Gun to your head, who are the starting 5 OL at kickoff of the first game?
Over/Unders
Over/Unders
- Petras - 2,400 passing yards
- Goodson - 900 rushing yards
- Petras - 18 passing tds
- Goodson - 7 rushing tds
- ISM Receiving yards - 850 yds
- Brandon Smith tds - 7
- Team Sacks - 25
- Team Interceptions - 12
I'm not Rob, but I will take a crack at your over/unders:
- Petras - 2,400 passing yards (over; true Soph Stanley exceeded that number with a bad WR crew; RS soph Petras with these receivers, plus emerging TEs, will be closer to 3,000 than to 2,400)
- Goodson - 900 rushing yards (under; it is a question of durability; he will exceed it if he does not miss time, but I think chances are he gets a bit banged up, putting him just short)
- Petras - 18 passing tds (that's a good #; Stanley was over in '17 and '18 with 26 each year, but under last year with 16; CJ was under in '16 and '15 with 17 each year; CJ and Ruddock combined had 21 in '14; heart says over, but that might be the optimist in me)
- Goodson - 7 rushing tds (last year is the first since 2007 that our lead back did not exceed that number; but I could see that repeating itself if Goodson struggles with injuries, or Sargent ends up the short-yardage guy)
- ISM Receiving yards - 850 yds (under; 722 this year; I think next year he will get more attention, and I think having a healthy B. Smith and more experienced Ragaini/Tracy/LaPorta steals some opportunities through the air; I bet he exceeds his 108 yards rushing from last year)
- Brandon Smith tds - 7 (under; Fant ('17 and '18) is the only guy to hit or exceed that number since McNutt in 2011; ball will get spread around)
- Team Sacks - 25 (under; we have been spoiled the last 2 years with A. Nelson and AJE, 2 very talented pass-rushers)
- Team Interceptions - 12 (good number; the exact number they hit last year; the 2 years prior they were 20 and 21; I think back 7 will be very good, but there will not be as much pressure; I think they might eke this one over)
hawkdrummer1
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Goodson over 7 is an easy bet. He had 5 last year. He'll get to 7 in October.
JBStandefer
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As meticulous as Kirk is, he cannot be happy playing Minnesota on a short week following the Iowa State game. With an already brutal schedule, do you think Iowa got screwed by the B1G by awarding Fleck a Friday night game with the Hawks?
Motigerhawk
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Will KF let BF continue to evolve the offense into a 21st century type offense, similar to what we saw in the Holiday Bowl?
AreWeThereYet
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Usually the bowl practice gets a few guys noticed that are making a move up. Because the shortened practice time before this years bowl, player development didn't seem to get as much attention. Were their any notable underclassmen worth mentioning this year?
GesterHawk
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Are you saying that because we didn't hear the feel good stories or because you heard something else?
Because the team still got the same amount of practices, just a week less time to have those practices.
AreWeThereYet
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I realize they had the same amount of practices. Kirk Ferentz talked about the compressed time schedule and how it affected bowl prep and development. What I gathered was there was more of an emphasis on getting everyone up to speed for the bowl and less on player development.
That being said, I still wonder if there were any indications of progress, in addition to a really nice bowl win.