Main difference appears to be experience. Sounds like the new QB missed his senior year due to Covid restrictions and hasn't played a ton in college either.
Iowa loses Cade McNamara
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KidSilverhair
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Oh, come on, there’s no way they’d say that, not when they were all creaming their jeans over McNamara transferring, that’s just crazy tal ……
https://who13.com/sports/mr-soundoff-says-deacon-hill-a-better-option-at-qb-for-iowa/
It’s crazy but true. They could punt on first down every possession (except when in fg range) and still win a few games. Some of that is how good their defense and st are, more of it is how bad their schedule is.
I wonder if the qb has to come back to get his nil money. Or does he get paid on a yearly basis? How would you like to ask boosters for another $600k to pay that kid? He’s not very good.
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Enough said. When you play in a division that has been much more like the MWC than the other power conferences/divisions things aren’t getting tougher. They played their one good team for the year.
They could trott Brian F out there and they'd have just as much of a chance to get to 10 wins. People are underestimating just how terrible the West is this year... and Iowa pulled basically the worst teams from the East this year as well. I'm not sure you could have shaped a weaker conference schedule for them.
No West team has a good offense and most have average or below average defenses. Iowa has great Defense and Special Teams and that will be enough to pull their limp body to the Division title.
No West team has a good offense and most have average or below average defenses. Iowa has great Defense and Special Teams and that will be enough to pull their limp body to the Division title.
Iowa has a pretty cushy schedule going forward so they'll be fine. It's not like they were an offensive juggernaut with Cade at QB either as the Ferentz scheme has been their issue for years now.
I wouldn't say that, but it will be nice having someone who seems to be 100% healthy. None of it really matters with an OL that can't block and WRs that can't get separation from coverage.
I expect he has a contract. But was it a one year deal?
Originally when NIL Legislation was passed player deals could not be tied to a specific school or playing time. But who knows with how Collective's have evolved and what's a kids recourse if a collective doesn't pay? Remember the blow-up last January with Florida's top QB recruit.
You can just have it as they are eligible as long as they are playing for Iowa. That doesn’t tie it to performance.
Different leg. The thought was the quad injury was related to his ACL injury in that leg. Guy can't catch a break.
Or WRs that could catch the ball too. Iowa's offense is bad in all factors. Can't block, can't run, can't throw and can't catch.
If they start to tail spin a little bit, I could see them turning to Petras potentially. No clue on the Labas situation. Chris Hassell keeps using the injury excuse with him, just like he had been doing to excuse McNamara's poor play. Regardless, Hill will struggle. He sucks, and is a walk-on type of player that will be starting games at Quarterback in the Big 10, albeit most games will be against poor competition. And that is very fortunate for him. He came in late during the Penn State game and was the victim of perhaps the worst strip sack I have ever seen. He was just holding the ball out so the Penn State D lineman just had to swat it out of his hand, he didn't even get sacked. Pathetic.
Anywho, like I was saying, Hill will struggle. The question though is will it matter? Iowa can probably win games even if he sucks. Kind of like they just did on Saturday vs MSU. If they go on a little slide and it is clear that they cannot win games with him, bring ol' Petras out of retirement baby!
Would be great if they tried CDJ on a few looks in the slot or something, kid's a gamechanger, just get the ball into his hands.
I agree with this. With the way Cade had been playing, I am not sure we will see any noticeable drop off. McNamara had a very Petras like stat line up to this point in the season. Hill is probably on a similar level as Petras too, I would think. He looks like Stanley a little bit. A bonus for Iowa if he plays as good as Stanley also.