Northside Hawk
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And everyone of those guys, and Julius Peppers another example, have had long NFL careers.Trying to follow the J Graham, A Gates and T. Gonzalez path to the NFL. A long shot but why not give it a try?
And everyone of those guys, and Julius Peppers another example, have had long NFL careers.Trying to follow the J Graham, A Gates and T. Gonzalez path to the NFL. A long shot but why not give it a try?
I remember every last single one of those 1980's teen movies. I couldn't ignore them if I tried.I’ll bet everyone on the board a hundred large he’s going to an FCS school close to home.
One doesn’t just hop on an even mediocre B1G football team after not playing the game for almost 5 years. That’s 1980s teen movie level stupid to think it’s possible.
It isn’t strictly athleticism either. Even if the guy was a freak talent he’d waste an entire year learning the scheme, playbook, and trying to get up to the speed of major football.
Look how hard Easley and Butler said it was and they had been playing football with no interruption.
Frederick got Williams scholarship. He was originally committed as a walk on but Fran promised him that once a scholly was available it was his.
Two scholarships after today’s departures. Some speculation that one would go to Connor but we are flexible.
Why is everyone pushing Ahmad to TE... he played WR in high school. He was a state track CHAMPION in the 4x100 relay in the top class in Ohio. He ran the anchor leg for his team. He is gonna be one of the faster tier WR's we have and he has freakishly above average height and above average leaping ability as advantages.
He would be an undersized but very athletic TE....
MAN THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR...
Didn't he just leave that very scenario...
Undersized TE!??? Wuuut!!? Cripes, they don't get much taller. CJ Fed I believe was 6' 7" and he was one of Iowa's tallest TE's ever. You don't see many WR over 6' 4" or 6' 5". Not getting your point there. I'd be fine throwing him at TE at 235 lb if he would be able to handle the blocks but not sure would be at the BIG level. Prob needs to be in the 255 to 260 range.
Because he is already at 235 and presuming will put more wt on. He'd be a mismatch nightmare at TE plus be big enough to be an effective blocker. He may not be quick enough or fast enough for a Div 1 wide receiver, but, I'm not a scout so not for sure. Plus, I think he only played one year of HS football so is pretty inexperienced at this point, in the realm of everything.
His frame fits a Div 1 TE.
FROM LAND OF 10 Directly from Ahmad Wagner about playing football....
“It’s the only thing I do know how to do,” Wagner said. “So if I was playing football, I’d be a wide receiver, yeah.”
Undersized TE!??? Wuuut!!? Cripes, they don't get much taller. CJ Fed I believe was 6' 7" and he was one of Iowa's tallest TE's ever. You don't see many WR over 6' 4" or 6' 5". Not getting your point there. I'd be fine throwing him at TE at 235 lb if he would be able to handle the blocks but not sure would be at the BIG level. Prob needs to be in the 255 to 260 range.
Because he is already at 235 and presuming will put more wt on. He'd be a mismatch nightmare at TE plus be big enough to be an effective blocker. He may not be quick enough or fast enough for a Div 1 wide receiver, but, I'm not a scout so not for sure. Plus, I think he only played one year of HS football so is pretty inexperienced at this point, in the realm of everything.
His frame fits a Div 1 TE.
I’d love to see quotes of that. Anyone who follows Iowa closely knew this was his last year, Fran basically inferred it before the year.
Also since I’m here. You still haven’t answered the question as to how replacing two guys at the very bottom of our rotation with new guys would fix our issue of playing too many guys / having too long of a rotation?
He may not be quick enough or fast enough for a Div 1 wide receiver, but, I'm not a scout so not for sure. Plus, I think he only played one year of HS football so is pretty inexperienced at this point, in the realm of everything.
His frame fits a Div 1 TE.
For what it is worth, his 100m times in HS were similar to Matt Vandenburg's.
I'll call it now, if Wagner stays to play football, he'll start and look better than Lazard playing receiver. Bigger, faster, stronger, smarter. Just imagine for a moment even Josh Jackson or Desmond King trying to fight of a block from Ahmad. Or trying to knock away a jump ball.
More scholarships to offer is never a bad thing? What if Cook, Bohannon, and Nunge were the departures? That’d be a bad thing.More scholorships to offer is never a bad thing coming off a 4-14 conference season.
If you dont think so, why not just use 9 and call it good?
College basketball is a constant turnover any more.
More openings allow for more risk taking and more ability to correct and recover from mistakes. These departures immediately open opportunity where yesterday they looked like wasted roll players who couldn’t contribute or get on the court for a team that was already one of the worst in the conference with those players.
For instance, at one point Fran had to choose between Peter Jok and Jeremy Morgan, because he had Pat Ingram and Kyle Meyer taking up roster spots. See where that might help?
I don’t know that Fran can or will do anything immediately, but his hands were tied without guys moving on either by their own accord or through some real talk. I’ve also been told that Fran and co wouldn’t do anything to make changes to the roster for next season because he’s not a good enough coach who’s just cashing checks and playing his kid. I see this as the first step to making Iowa a better team immediately and a step that had to happen first before he could even try to make his next move. Only time will tell if he can improve the roster spot, but I was told he wouldn’t even try because of nepotism.
For what it is worth, his 100m times in HS were similar to Matt Vandenburg's.
My guess is whatever football program you see Wagner in next season he will be listed at 6’5 or 6’6 which is closer to his actual height. He ain’t 6’7.Undersized TE!??? Wuuut!!? Cripes, they don't get much taller. CJ Fed I believe was 6' 7" and he was one of Iowa's tallest TE's ever. You don't see many WR over 6' 4" or 6' 5". Not getting your point there. I'd be fine throwing him at TE at 235 lb if he would be able to handle the blocks but not sure would be at the BIG level. Prob needs to be in the 255 to 260 range.
Because he is already at 235 and presuming will put more wt on. He'd be a mismatch nightmare at TE plus be big enough to be an effective blocker. He may not be quick enough or fast enough for a Div 1 wide receiver, but, I'm not a scout so not for sure. Plus, I think he only played one year of HS football so is pretty inexperienced at this point, in the realm of everything.
His frame fits a Div 1 TE.