Rivals.com PreSeason Rankings

MOST OVERRATED PLAYER: Iowa QB Ricky Stanzi. He's good, earning honorable mention All-Big Ten honors from the media in 2009. But he isn't the reason the Hawkeyes are soaring. Iowa won 11 games despite Stanzi being only the fourth-rated Big Ten passer, hitting just 56.3 percent of his passes with a league-high 15 interceptions. Even without him, Iowa still almost won at Ohio State last season (a 27-24 overtime loss).

looks as if it could be a de facto Big Ten championship game. The Buckeyes hung on in Columbus to beat the Hawkeyes 27-24 in overtime last season, even though Iowa was playing with backup QB James Vandenberg. This season's contest figures to be another classic pitting the conference's preeminent coaches in Iowa's Kirk Ferentz and Ohio State's Jim Tressel. Both teams figure to have offenses that rate among the best in the Big Ten, meaning this key contest likely will come down to which defense makes the most plays.

anyone else think it seems like they're dogging ricky for saying we almost beat OSU with JV, yet they make it sound like we would have won with ricky?
 
I don't necessarily agree with Stanzi being considered the most overrated player but I can certainly see why they would come to that conclusion. When talking about Stanzi most writers state "limit mistakes" and then cite the "Stanziballs" from last season. He has the potential but needs the execution.

With the amount of time he has reportedly spent in the film room I have no doubt that he limits his mistakes this year.
 
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