As a true wr he's been a little disappointing. Some of that's him and some of it is I'm not sure we are using him right. We gave him a nice screen vs kent state that he tripped over 35 yard line but I'd like to see more of those plays were you get it in his hands and let him run in space
How far can Iowa go?
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He's mediocre at best and that's probably generous. I think Eickholt predicted him to be first team All Conference this year too
Maryland game was such a more wide open gameplan you're right. I think they knew we would likely need to score more and drive the ball. It ended up not being true as we probably could of been vanilla and won off turnovers alone again.
McDonald is most definitely a stud. I get the short fields and all that, but don’t forget that Iowa gained 173(!) total yards, 1.7(!) yards per rush and was 4-15 on 3rd down against Iowa State. You better hope that ISU’s defensive talent is somewhat comparable to Penn State’s because you all are most likely going to have to put the ball in the end zone a few times on Saturday.
Iowa put the ball a few times in the end zone against ISU. They also shut down any resemblance of an offense to bleed clock once they got the big lead. They passed the ball twice the last 18 minutes of the game.
I think Texas is a threat to number 2 spot. Plus you get them at home. Ou will likely get one of the 2 spots. Oklahoma is probably route to go I had it wrong at first.
The throw to Jones was beautiful. Hats off to him and Petras in that one. Play of the game really. Other than that Iowa was stifled even before ISU got loose with the ball and Brian could afford to shut it down. I’m just saying I would be careful to denigrate the talent level of ISU’s D. You should be hoping they are upper echelon because you won’t dominate field position like that every week.
No one is denigrating the talent of ISU's defense. It could be the best defense Iowa faces all year.
Been listening to ESPN's podcasts this week as everyday they are discussing Iowa vs Penn St. Funny, they don't seem to think that Kirk is racist at all, and are signing his praises for his program. It shouldn't surprise me to find out that ISU fans are way out of touch with the rest of college football.
I think that's pretty likely, just because Iowa is "known" for producing NFL players at certain positions while ISU is still trying to develop that reputation.
Based strictly on NFL production compared to other schools, you could argue that Iowa generally underperforms their talent level.