Schwartz: 10 Thoughts in 10 Sentences From Hawkeyes' Week 1
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tksirius
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This will probably be the deciding factor and/or receivers dropping balls placed perfectly in their hands. 
"10. It’s too early in the season to let Stanley’s subpar performance Saturday keep us up at night, but he wasn’t good, and if he’s equally unsteady next Saturday against Iowa State there are going to be a lot of Hawkeye fans wondering what happened to their quarterback."
"10. It’s too early in the season to let Stanley’s subpar performance Saturday keep us up at night, but he wasn’t good, and if he’s equally unsteady next Saturday against Iowa State there are going to be a lot of Hawkeye fans wondering what happened to their quarterback."
SectionSFan
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Ken O'Keefe's presence as the QB coach is being felt. So far looks like a standard 2nd year slump under his tutelage.
That's my thing about people taking issue with Stanley yesterday. Sure, he didn't look the best, but he had ZERO help from his receivers. Fant's drop on that 3rd and long bomb was a freaking dime, perfectly placed. Most of his other completions (drops by Smith, Fant, and Easley come to mind) were certainly catchable, and if they even make half of them his completion rate jumps from under 50% to close to 60%, and he adds 60+ yards and possibly another TD.This will probably be the deciding factor and/or receivers dropping balls placed perfectly in their hands.
"10. It’s too early in the season to let Stanley’s subpar performance Saturday keep us up at night, but he wasn’t good, and if he’s equally unsteady next Saturday against Iowa State there are going to be a lot of Hawkeye fans wondering what happened to their quarterback."
The WR's need to step up, but he'll be fine.
vork22
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The pick is my concern. That was a horrible throw and he had time. There were a few times where he held the ball too long under pressure too. I like the play where he looks right and throws back over the middle but they call it way too often, I see that play getting picked off at some point. I agree though the receivers have to make those catches.
hawkdrummer1
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RE #9: Think we all forgot how you mocked those of us who suggested backups should get reps when possible?
Northside Hawk
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I thought Vandeberg showed a ton of moxie for a freshman making his first career start at Ohio State. Trey Stross dropping a TD right in his chest, Murray missing a chip shot FG, and Ferentz not taking the late shot in regulation with favorable field position didn't help him.
That slant that he hit McNutt on for the game tying TD was delivered on a frozen rope.
It was the previous game, coming on in relief of the injured Stanzi against Northwestern, where he looked a little out of sorts.
That slant that he hit McNutt on for the game tying TD was delivered on a frozen rope.
It was the previous game, coming on in relief of the injured Stanzi against Northwestern, where he looked a little out of sorts.
Live that throw looked awful, but HawkeyeGamefilm on twitter broke it down and determined that it wasn't quite so bad. Cover 4 look so he had nowhere else to go with it, so he tried to put it up for his best jump ball guy, and slightly under threw it. So yeah not great, but not his worst throw ever either.
Motigerhawk
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I thought the same thing as you stated in #7.
I thought that blocked punt was going to be the harbinger of the season
I thought that blocked punt was going to be the harbinger of the season
Northside Hawk
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Chuck Long, commenting in the booth, said that the route Brandon Smith ran didn't help Stanley either. Smith brought the defensive back in play by running the route too close to the sideline and not giving Stanley any back shoulder wiggle room.
Long, who knows a thing or two about quarterback play, said that only the receiver should be in position to catch that throw if he runs the route correctly. The DB should not be able to pick it without falling out bounds. Then again, it looked like the DB powered right through Smith and outfought him for the ball anyway, another thing Smith needs to work on.
I only saw a replay but the really good receivers when they see that slightly underthrown ball will slow up to jam the defender and so they the receiver are the ones who can go up first to get the ball. Others are right that Smith go wiped out of the play.
