Rittenberg's Iowa Report Card

[Hawkfromnorwalk]

Season report card: Iowa - Big Ten Blog - ESPN

Pretty accurate for the most part. D+ may be a little harsh for the defense but for the most part it is right on.

 

[IOWuh]

I disagree with this grade for special teams. Should have been a D.

 

[dyerhawk]

actually the offense was this teams problem. the defense played better down the stretch

 

[DeanMarshall]

Agree with Dyerhawk.......as the season progressed, the Defense IMPROVED and the offense did not. Losses at Minnesota, Penn State & Nebraska were mainly due to the Iowa offense being less than effective.

The defense takes most of blame for ISU, however.

 

[Billso]

Adam continues to be the most fair, balanced and rational Big Ten writer out there.

 

[Win5002]

I would disagree with the defensive grade. With knowing what the defensive line lost and how close they played to ability I would lean towards a C+ to B grade, especially if you grade it on getting the most out of what you have.

It was a marginal unit but it improved as the year progressed.