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[HawkeyeMHA]

yep, o line will be sold (IMO).

 

[leroy3d]

Van Sloten and Scherf will replace Zues and Gettis, Donnal a 4* O -line prospect is backing up Reiff, and i hope MacMillan is fully healthy as he bring something the other need, actually i hope Reiff returns to anchor this line,
Reiff at LT, MacMillan at LG, Ferentz at C, Sherf at RG and VanSloten at RT, will be a very solid O-LINE
the star power is growing a 4* RB in Coker, a 4* TE in CJ, a 4* WR in Davis, reserves 4* LT in Donnal, 4* LG in Walsh, 4* C in Blythe, 4* RT in Ward, and hopefully we get Kozan and Diamond, that will be quite the group of O-Linemen

It is hard to tell. Right now the top two reserves on the line are Tobin/Scherf (they alternate starting) and Boffeli. You have to assume Riley goes pro (If he can go in the first round, he would be a fool not to go). Tobin and Boffeli are going to have a great chance to start. Tobin has outplayed Scherf the last two games, two games where the competition ratcheted up. Boffeli came in at LG with the 1's a few games back. If MacMillian can stay healthy, here is what I have:
LT MacMillian / LG Boffeli / C Ferentz / RG Scherf or Tobin / RT Scherf or Van Sloten

But we know someone is going to get injured, so as I write this, it is a total waste of time and a crap-shoot!

 

[CAARHawk]

One thing you need to understand with MacMillan is that up to 35% of the people with that condition never return to competitive athletics.

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

wow, that would be bad for MacMillan, i really felt he one one of our bigger missing links this year...

 

[BackNBlk]

I don't think the '08-'09 classes were terrible. We have 8 starters off those two classes and at least six backups. Now if you're talking strictly talent, we lost five RBs alone to transfer and three of those (Hampton, Wegher, and Adam Robinson) looked the part of really decent players. That's what hurts the most.

I don't think we will really miss Gettis. I like the kid, but he gets flagged once or twice a game.

 

[NewMexHawk]

Schedule at least three easy preseason games and win those. Have another preseason game at home and potentially win that game.

That gives a team three or four wins to start the season.

Win three games in the B1G and you have six or seven wins for the year. You can then call that season successful because you had a winning record.

Some of you kind of sound like ISU fans...hoping, just hoping that Iowa can win at least six or seven games and go to some podunk bowl. You can then tell everyone how Iowa goes to a bowl every year. Sounds impressive yes, but is it really?