Iowa Football Recruiting

[NorthEnder]

Search to replace Choate continues – Skyline Sports

BOZEMAN, Montana — On January 22, Montana State head football coach Jeff Choate shook up the Big Sky Conference and the Treasure State with the confirmation of his departure to take a job as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at the University of Texas under Steve Sarkisian...

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"TIM POLASEK
Like Vigen, Polasek has deep North Dakota State and midwestern ties. The offensive line coach at Iowa was a coach at NDSU from 2006 until 2016, including coordinating the offense for a pair of national championship teams. Polasek has had mutual interest through most of the last two weeks, including participating in the Zoom interviews with McEndoo, Drevno, and Tuiaki.

MSU athletic director Leon Costello is from Iowa and has spent time as an athletic administrator at Northern Iowa and South Dakota State before coming to Bozeman.

For what Montana State returns in terms of personnel — a ferocious front seven defensively, the best offensive line in the Big Sky and a stable of hard-running, physical running backs — Polasek might be the best instant option.

During the above podcast, Fargo, North Dakota sports columnist Mike McFeely told a story of Polasek pounding on the glass of the coaches’ box during an NDSU game and passionately yelling to spur his offense on to “run the ball down the opponents’ throats”. That would be a perfect fit for Montana State’s bruising run game, one of the most diverse and gashing rushing attacks in the country."

 

[TheJackWePack5]

Search to replace Choate continues – Skyline Sports

BOZEMAN, Montana — On January 22, Montana State head football coach Jeff Choate shook up the Big Sky Conference and the Treasure State with the confirmation of his departure to take a job as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at the University of Texas under Steve Sarkisian...

skylinesportsmt.com

"TIM POLASEK
Like Vigen, Polasek has deep North Dakota State and midwestern ties. The offensive line coach at Iowa was a coach at NDSU from 2006 until 2016, including coordinating the offense for a pair of national championship teams. Polasek has had mutual interest through most of the last two weeks, including participating in the Zoom interviews with McEndoo, Drevno, and Tuiaki.

MSU athletic director Leon Costello is from Iowa and has spent time as an athletic administrator at Northern Iowa and South Dakota State before coming to Bozeman.

For what Montana State returns in terms of personnel — a ferocious front seven defensively, the best offensive line in the Big Sky and a stable of hard-running, physical running backs — Polasek might be the best instant option.

During the above podcast, Fargo, North Dakota sports columnist Mike McFeely told a story of Polasek pounding on the glass of the coaches’ box during an NDSU game and passionately yelling to spur his offense on to “run the ball down the opponents’ throats”. That would be a perfect fit for Montana State’s bruising run game, one of the most diverse and gashing rushing attacks in the country."

Listed in the “others” category.

Seems unlikely.

 

[CyTwins]

Search to replace Choate continues – Skyline Sports

BOZEMAN, Montana — On January 22, Montana State head football coach Jeff Choate shook up the Big Sky Conference and the Treasure State with the confirmation of his departure to take a job as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at the University of Texas under Steve Sarkisian...

skylinesportsmt.com

"TIM POLASEK
Like Vigen, Polasek has deep North Dakota State and midwestern ties. The offensive line coach at Iowa was a coach at NDSU from 2006 until 2016, including coordinating the offense for a pair of national championship teams. Polasek has had mutual interest through most of the last two weeks, including participating in the Zoom interviews with McEndoo, Drevno, and Tuiaki.

MSU athletic director Leon Costello is from Iowa and has spent time as an athletic administrator at Northern Iowa and South Dakota State before coming to Bozeman.

For what Montana State returns in terms of personnel — a ferocious front seven defensively, the best offensive line in the Big Sky and a stable of hard-running, physical running backs — Polasek might be the best instant option.

During the above podcast, Fargo, North Dakota sports columnist Mike McFeely told a story of Polasek pounding on the glass of the coaches’ box during an NDSU game and passionately yelling to spur his offense on to “run the ball down the opponents’ throats”. That would be a perfect fit for Montana State’s bruising run game, one of the most diverse and gashing rushing attacks in the country."

I would like Polasek to stay at Iowa

 

[cyclone4L]

A month ago, I was told Drew Allar was gonna HOK. Now......

 

[nfrine]

Now that Kirk is fast approaching retirement, recruiting will be impacted more if Kirk Jr would take over the reins. That would be great for continuity of the program at ToE.

 

[Legend Hawk]

You keep talking like Chris Doyle is still at Iowa

Iowa will be good without Doyle, he is just a strength coach.

 

[CyTwins]

Iowa will be good without Doyle, he is just a strength coach.

Lol what?

 

[Statefan10]

Iowa will be good without Doyle, he is just a strength coach.

I honestly have no idea exactly how much of a correlation there is in having a good strength coach and a good football team, but there definitely is some correlation. I also recall prior to Doyle being labeled as a racist and paid to leave the program, Iowa fans put him on a platform as one the major reasons for Iowa's continued success in football.

 

[TRYHARDER]

I think that's very optimistic

doubt we fall as far as #52......check that #59

 

[CyTwins]

doubt we fall as far as #52......check that #59

You also don't have Matt Campbell and Dave Andrews

 

[Cat Stevens]

doubt we fall as far as #52......check that #59

but you will still have a racist culture you support

 

[Legend Hawk]

doubt we fall as far as #52......check that #59

59 now, holy crap, look at some of those teams ahead of ISU. KState, SMU, Syracuse, UCF, Duke, Kansas and Indiana. I mean if this were basketball, I'd get it.

 

[TRYHARDER]

You also don't have Matt Campbell and Dave Andrews

If they really want to prove something maybe they should be looking at Montana St

 

[TRYHARDER]

59 now, holy crap, look at some of those teams ahead of ISU. KState, SMU, Syracuse, UCF, Duke, Kansas and Indiana. I mean if this were basketball, I'd get it.

got the guys they wanted. Guys that buy into the "process"

 

[Cat Stevens]

59 now, holy crap, look at some of those teams ahead of ISU. KState, SMU, Syracuse, UCF, Duke Kansas and Indiana. I mean if this were basketball, I'd get it.

So there were two reports that stated there were racial issues within the Iowa football program.

what kind of affect do you think the racist culture of Iowa football will have on recruiting?

 

[Legend Hawk]

got the guys they wanted. Guys that buy into the "process"

You mean guys that didn't have any other option? I mean what, 9 or 10 of them had other P5 options and the others didn't?

 

[CyTwins]

I mean what, 9 or 10 of them had other P5 options and the others didn't?

Which ones didn't?

 

[inCyteful]

Are you bipolar or something? I mean you hit me with some silly false choice and then get mad at me?

I have never said Iowa is the top dog in the Big10 West, that is Wisconsin, that is who I want Iowa to be. We are behind them, never said different than that, so unfortunately that means a lot of non 1st place finishes over the last 8 years.

I think you had better get used to the idea as 2nd place being the best possible consistent finish ISU will be getting over the next 7/8 years with CMC. Acting like winning 70% of your games and finishing 2nd is some horrible fate is crazy. If you think ISU is gonna be a program that can consistently year after year win the Big12 Championship, you are only fooling yourself. They had a shot this year, couldn't do it. They will have a shot in '21, after that, back to middle of the pack in the Big12 for ISU.

And here you go again - We are not even talking about Iowa winning a conference or being 2nd in the conference, we are talking about the B1G West. Oh, I know you will equate the B1G West to the Big XII, but it ain't.

I do expect that as long as CMC is ISU, they will be in the CCG as often as they are not. Can he get over the hump and win a few, we'll find out soon enough.

I don't expect to see Iowa in the CCG more than once every 10 years because they have to figure out how to win their division first.

Put yet another way, ISU is on a trajectory to be one of the top 2 teams in the B1G XII, Iowa continues on a path that places them in the top 5-6 of the B1G.

 

[Statefan10]

You mean guys that didn't have any other option? I mean what, 9 or 10 of them had other P5 options and the others didn't?

Didn't your nice recruiting classes in year's past lose to Purdue this past year?

 

[Legend Hawk]

And here you go again - We are not even talking about Iowa winning a conference or being 2nd in the conference, we are talking about the B1G West. Oh, I know you will equate the B1G West to the Big XII, but it ain't.

I do expect that as long as CMC is ISU, they will be in the CCG as often as they are not. Can he get over the hump and win a few, we'll find out soon enough.

I don't expect to see Iowa in the CCG more than once every 10 years because they have to figure out how to win their division first.

Put yet another way, ISU is on a trajectory to be one of the top 2 teams in the B1G XII, Iowa continues on a path that places them in the top 5-6 of the B1G.

I love your optimism, but ISU isn't going to be in the Big12 CCG more years than they aren't. ISU had the exact same team last year and he won 7 games. It takes time to develop guys, when you just aren't rolling out top 20 recruiting classes all the time. Kolar, Purdy, Hall, all the weapons were in Ames in '19, but the OL wasn't there, that is what happens you have have to develop players it takes a Foster 5 years just to be decent for example.

You can keep your head in the sand and think that a 2 year stretch will last 10, but your bubble is going to be burst. It isn't like CMC put out a great team even as fast as KF did, and then KF had an awesome 3 year run, and then the air came out of the bubble, that is what happens. Teams rise all the time in college football for a year or two, but keeping that going is hard as hell.