Gronowski's locked in. I'm more confident in our back up though, we may need him this year.
Kids practice
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Not sure how anyone can put too much into the QB play as of right now as they were t showing much if anything besides plain vanilla… yes, Brown did look as the best option at times but will see once games start… I have plenty of faith in the staff if they think MG aid that good he probably is but not a bad problem to have
He has serious leg. Hopefully he's kicking mostly extra points this year though...
Honestly, aside from the snap issues, not bad. The pick was a miscommunication on a screen rather than just a straight up bad through into coverage or right to the other team, like we've seen with certain other recent QBs..........
But he also showed different speeds on his throws, threw a good deep ball and damn that ball comes out quick when he wants to put something on it. In those limited throws it also didn't look like he was overthrowing like we've some of our recent QBs do as if they needed to throw the ball 120 mph to somebody standing 10 feet away from them........................
Nathan McNeil impressed yesterday, he moves really well for someone who just joined the team. With the RB race seemingly wide open, it's possible he may be higher on the depth chart than a True Freshman would be. Here's an interview from media day from @TomKakert that was just posted:
I watched the DSM Register's HawkCentral video of Gronoski's passes and he threw a lot a nice balls. He threw to the sideline on the outs, hit some deep passes, threw well over the middle.
Pretty decent, but always hard to tell in a practice game with some starters held out.
Exactly. They aren't showing anything. And in game 1 against Albany it will be plain vanilla x 100.
Don't expect anything spicy until Iowa State. Yesterday's practice was for show for the kids. Albany will just be fundamental, basic stuff to give the guys some live game reps. I'm hoping that whatever Lester has cooked up, the Clowns will be completely unprepared for it.
I wasn't able to make it. Hearing good news about Brown is nice, I was not a fan of his play at the spring practice, and everything looked far too fast for him at the time. Gronowski had some nice balls from the highlights, but that is merely highlights. I do think it is going to be a big year again for the running game. It did look like the line was struggling at times for the pass protection (just from a small sample size). Always tough to tell with the defenses regularly being much further along than the offense (and Iowa's defense is going to be a top 15 defense IMO).
#9 will be the starter next year. I wouldn't worry if he has to come in at some point this season.
Boy I don't know. This ain't your grandpa's B1G schedule. If the offense isn't good, 8-4 might be a pipe dream.So expect lots of 17-10 type of games once again. Awesome.
8-4 here we come!!!!
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maybe, Helinski hasn't been here too long, and the athleticism from Sullivan was impressive this spring.
Has there ever been an impressive kids practice?
Has any QB ever come out for kids practice and just lit it up?
Has any QB ever come out for kids practice and just lit it up?
Banks lit it up in the spring game before his senior year. I recall thinking that the offense was going to be pretty good after that exhibition.
Mcneil.runs like a bigger Wadley and has same #. Kirk still won't let the wadley weight thing go. He asked unptompted reporters how much they taught he weighed? 175? 180? Nope...over 200 and maybe its just me but almost a veiled reference to him and not committing to weight program.