All Iowa Football Team---Post Bowl Edition

Inflated stats, Kolar played in the Big12, he barely faced real defenses.
So what about Big 10 teams and some of their unbelievable offenses.. Rutgers and Northwestern threw 6 and 7 passing touchdowns the entire year. But yeah lets just chalk that up to great defenses right?
 
Sophomore numbers:

Kolar: 51 catches, 697 yards, 7 TD's

Fant: 30 catches, 497 yards, 11 TD's

Hockenson: 49 catches, 760 yards, 6 TD's
 
So what about Big 10 teams and some of their unbelievable offenses.. Rutgers and Northwestern threw 6 and 7 passing touchdowns the entire year. But yeah lets just chalk that up to great defenses right?
Northwestern was record setting....in a bad way.
 
Thought it'd be interesting to see how last year's pre-season All-Iowa Roster compared to post-season.

Pre-Season
QB - Stanley
RB - Sargent
RB - Young
WR - Milton
WR - Jones
TE - Kolar
OL - Wirfs
OL - Jackson
OL - Knipfel
OL - Banwart
OL - Good-Jones

DL - Epenesa
DL - Bailey
DL - Lima
DL - Golston
LB - Rose
LB - Spears
LB - Colbert
DB - Hankins
DB - Ojemudia
S - Eisworth
S - Stone

K- Assalley
P- Sleep-Dalton
Return Specialist - Smith-Marsette

Post-Season
QB - Stanley
RB - Hall
RB - Goodson
WR - Pettway
WR - Smith-Marsette
TE - Kolar
OT - Wirfs
OG - Knipfel
C - Linderbomb
OG - Good-Jones
OT - Jackson

DE - Epenesa
DT - Lima
DT - Lattimore
DE - Golston
LB - Rose
LB - Welch
LB - Spears
CB - Oji
CB - Hankins
S - Eisworth
S - Stone

K - Duncan
P - ISU
KR - Smith-Marsette
PR - Milton

So 15 of the 22 offensive and defensive starters held their spot. Noticeable differences at RB and WR, with four completely new names in there by season's end. Four of the five OL stayed the same; three of the four DL stayed the same and it would've probably been four of four had Bailey not gotten injured; at LB tough call but Welch nudged out Colbert. All four DBs stayed. Who knew Duncan would end up the best K in the country. And for the post-season roster broke out KR and PR since ISM didn't return punts.
Is the pre-season and post-season your personal ones?
 
Scott Chandler Jr. is a good TE. He’s not on the same level as Fant or Hockenson, but still a good player.
How can you accurately even assess what level both Fant and Hockenson are for NFL players when they both just finished their rookie season? Cause if that's all you have to go off of, the one season, then they are both busts after how they played. Absolute trash numbers. But yea, continue putting them on a pedestal. They haven't earned anything in the NFL yet to even remotely put them in the top 5 current TE's on NFL teams. Heck maybe not even the top 10
 
Sophomore numbers:

Kolar: 51 catches, 697 yards, 7 TD's

Fant: 30 catches, 497 yards, 11 TD's

Hockenson: 49 catches, 760 yards, 6 TD's
Thanks for sharing. I didn't know Kolar was so much better than Fant. Looks like the NFL for him after this season for sure.
 
So what about Big 10 teams and some of their unbelievable offenses.. Rutgers and Northwestern threw 6 and 7 passing touchdowns the entire year. But yeah lets just chalk that up to great defenses right?

Yeah, they played against 2 really bad offenses, like ISU played against some really bad defenses: ULM #128, Tech #127, Kansas #122.
 
Thanks for sharing. I didn't know Kolar was so much better than Fant. Looks like the NFL for him after this season for sure.

I just hope he didn't cost himself top 20 draft pick money by coming back. Hopefully CMC doesn't cost this kid millions.
 
Yeah, they played against 2 really bad offenses, like ISU played against some really bad defenses: ULM #128, Tech #127, Kansas #122.
Illinois was #115 and and Miami OH was #122 offensively as well but yes. Iowa State plays a bunch of good offenses and a few good defenses throughout the year. Are the offenses good because most of the defenses are not? Maybe, it probably has a little bit to do with that.

Iowa plays a bunch of good defenses and a few good offenses throughout the year. Are the defenses good because most of the offenses are not? Maybe, it probably has a little bit to do with that.

Moral of the story here is each conference has a specialty. There are a couple of teams that fit into both categories and some who fit in neither. Our conferences are different from one another and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
 
How can you accurately even assess what level both Fant and Hockenson are for NFL players when they both just finished their rookie season? Cause if that's all you have to go off of, the one season, then they are both busts after how they played. Absolute trash numbers. But yea, continue putting them on a pedestal. They haven't earned anything in the NFL yet to even remotely put them in the top 5 current TE's on NFL teams. Heck maybe not even the top 10

Fant was on the NFL All-Rookie team. You're better than this.
 
Then why do you care so much where Iowa players get drafted and how much money they make in the NFL? That is weird that you care about Iowa players more than ISU players.


Because you guys deflect from mostly average results with what an nfl factory you are.

with as many players as you put in the pros, average results of 7-5 should be unacceptable. Especially when you realize that 5 of those years Make up the vast majority of the success.

While you guys lose your **** to each other on how you should be Bama light, since your a nationally relevant program and all, you come here to seek approval and validation from your betters.

the nfl thing has devolved into a coping mechanism for largely mediocre to average results.

I mean all these schools that are putting as many guys in the league as Iowa has, certainly have won a lot more games. And since you’re here for all the hawk talk you guys perpetuate, you would think you’d actually be much more esteemed than you are. Instead you’re a conference lackey clinging to others successes as validation of how great you are, when you rarely ever play any of the teams you try to associate yourselves with.
 
Because you guys deflect from mostly average results with what an nfl factory you are.

with as many players as you put in the pros, average results of 7-5 should be unacceptable. Especially when you realize that 5 of those years Make up the vast majority of the success.

While you guys lose your **** to each other on how you should be Bama light, since your a nationally relevant program and all, you come here to seek approval and validation from your betters.

the nfl thing has devolved into a coping mechanism for largely mediocre to average results.

I mean all these schools that are putting as many guys in the league as Iowa has, certainly have won a lot more games. And since you’re here for all the hawk talk you guys perpetuate, you would think you’d actually be much more esteemed than you are. Instead you’re a conference lackey clinging to others successes as validation of how great you are, when you rarely ever play any of the teams you try to associate yourselves with.

If you think averaging over 8 wins a year over the last 19 years is "average" I don't think you understand college football. That puts Iowa in the top 20 of all P5 teams over that time.
 
Because you guys deflect from mostly average results with what an nfl factory you are.

with as many players as you put in the pros, average results of 7-5 should be unacceptable. Especially when you realize that 5 of those years Make up the vast majority of the success.

While you guys lose your **** to each other on how you should be Bama light, since your a nationally relevant program and all, you come here to seek approval and validation from your betters.

the nfl thing has devolved into a coping mechanism for largely mediocre to average results.

I mean all these schools that are putting as many guys in the league as Iowa has, certainly have won a lot more games. And since you’re here for all the hawk talk you guys perpetuate, you would think you’d actually be much more esteemed than you are. Instead you’re a conference lackey clinging to others successes as validation of how great you are, when you rarely ever play any of the teams you try to associate yourselves with.

Iowa's averaging a 9-3 record over the past 5 years.
 

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