Gronowski getting Heat from the local media
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Shaggy is still on the team, but was out while recovering from a hernia. He's currently QB5, but presumably will ascend as he regains strength. Sullivan chose to leave, but didn't see the field in Tulane's win over Northwestern.
Following the extremely bad first quarter, MG zipped a nice, short TD pass on 4th down and in the third quarter threw a very good pass across the field to Gill. It was a much more difficult throw than the missed TD opportunity on the opening possession.
MG's main problem seems to be overthinking. He was slow to make reads and hesitant to throw. His struggles really don't seem to be related to his shoulder.
MG's main problem seems to be overthinking. He was slow to make reads and hesitant to throw. His struggles really don't seem to be related to his shoulder.
Paying damaged QB(s) large sums of money is typical stupidity of Ferentz IMO.Apparently, I guess the staff thought the Cade experiment work out well, so they decided to doubled down on Gronk….
He’s a professional now. I’m very glad I invested zero cents into any of these players. NIL is a damn joke. Worse than I imagined.
They played well?? Both were less than mediocre. Neither are close to being good.
44 yards passing slow??? In 2025??
Take political comments to the OT board.
LOL, What?? Let's say MG has the exact same passing 'success' against ISU...You won't be making any judgements??
The patience and low expectations some have is incredible
I can forgive a slow series or two, or at worst an entire half in game 1... I see it and it happens to many offenses. But the passing game stayed slow. For the whole damn game. We aren't going to win sh*t without a capable air attack.
Lolol.. and just how many passes did we attempt in the second half? It became very clear we didn't need to throw to win easily and by then our QB was having cramping issues.LOL, What?? Let's say MG has the exact same passing 'success' against ISU...You won't be making any judgements??
The patience and low expectations some have is incredible
I can forgive a slow series or two, or at worst an entire half in game 1... I see it and it happens to many offenses. But the passing game stayed slow. For the whole damn game. We aren't going to win sh*t without a capable air attack.
Do many P4 teams need to throw to win in week one? Nope. Especially those with an FCS opponent.
But they do it for several good reasons.
So now here we are, going into a huge game 2, without feeling the success of a passing attack…
The more a player has the ball in his hands, the more comfortable he gets. Comfort = Higher chance of success. Why do some of you not understand the importance of this?
The excuses never stop for some people.
My point being that MG started slow, and then progressed some, and by then he was having cramping issues so they said lets just run the ball. We all know that Kirk chooses the path of less resistance, and doesn't care if he wins by 7 or 27, so if he thinks its best he pulls the wings in. Brown came in and threw one pass, completed, but could easily have been a pick 6, and that was all for the day.
It’s basically a practice game. We were so bad throwing however early that we just said F it and ran the ball. So we basically didn’t use this game at all to get him prepped because he was so bad at throwing we just decided we were only going to run. Your million dollar QB needs to be able to make plays if you want to do better than 7-5, 8-4. To beat Penn St, Oregon, even Iowa St we aren’t going to win like this. Such a red flag that I called out the minute they announced his surgery. He’s basically had hardly any live practice time. And you can tell.
Fun fact. In 1985 QB Ray Gronowski led Drake to a 20-17 win over the clowns. Time for the kid to follow in Dad's footsteps.
I am guessing the game was in Ames.
I am guessing the game was in Ames.
In bold… plain stupid. You should always want to crush your competition.
Bottom line:
Iowa needed to treat that matchup as a practice game yet we finished it with next-to-zero success in the passing game which should be close to half the reason the offense is successful.
Illinois game was the first Box Score I clicked on a moment ago… They were up 31-0 at half and continued to work on their passing through the 3rd quarter. That’s how you get your players involved(!). That’s how you get better.
Kirk does not understand this basic concept which makes it very difficult on his team.
Lastly - Hank Brown should have had numerous pass attempts.
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This is SO far off base. How much are you willing to put up that Iowa does not go 2-10? "Based on historical facts" is it? Okay there Mr Anonamous whens the last time Iowa went 2-10? For the record, the last (and ONLY ) time Iowa failed to win more then 2 games was Kirks first year in 1999. Thats 26 years ago. The last time Iowa had a losing record was 2012 and they were 4-8. Basically at least 8 wins every year since and much of that with a sub par passing attack. I get people not being happy with how Iowa football looks, but its the nonsense posted like this that is the last straw. Show us your historical data that Iowa is going 2-10 or less, or stop posting that crap.
"Your million $ QB"? Excuse me? I'm not one of the dolts playing players to play college sports while they get a free education, medical care, perks and a free internship for a pro career.....
Ok so were two whistles blown way too early on two Gronowski runs.
One of them was a sack but the knee was never down, and the other was a 3rd a goal designed run and it looks like he stayed up for a touchdown. What was going on with these plays?
edit: elbow down on the second one.
One of them was a sack but the knee was never down, and the other was a 3rd a goal designed run and it looks like he stayed up for a touchdown. What was going on with these plays?
edit: elbow down on the second one.
Never listen to Chris Hassel. That guy is an emotionally stunted psychopath who secretly simps for the Clowns.
Worked for Miami yesterday. Of course, they have much more money than little old Iowa.
Bad snap exchange and the right guard “pulled” into MG and kicked the ball when it was on the ground. I guess he blew it… but a messed up exchange involves two players usually.
Kirk is so out of touch with what a passing game should look like it's astonishing. And the older he gets the worse he's getting
Why aren't those teams rushing for 300 and giving up 177 total yards with their D?
How does KF know how to defend passing attacks if he has no idea what they look like?
It's astonishing how many teams are out of touch with a strong running attack
Has Campbell F'd around in any of his 8 games against Iowa that have resulted in 6 losses?
I’ll give you one guess why it’s so hard for Iowa.
It’s been over FIVE seasons (11/23/2019) since Iowa had a QB throw for over 300 yards in a single game. Your average aged kindergartener has not witnessed it in their lifetime. Six starting QB’s ago.
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If you had to choose between winning only 1 game between UAlbany and ‘Clones this year, which would it be? Obviously the 1st game of season means nothing. All the cards on table for KF this Saturday, this is CFP for Hawkeyes!!
And therein lies the breaking point of NIL. IMO this is the main reason that the kids are put on payroll now. The risk associated does not provide a sustainable model to support bidding wars for college kids. Coaches such as KF certainly don’t want to be beholden to donors when deciding to play kids or not, and donors aren’t going to be money pits for players that don’t provide the necessary ROI.
Gronkowski?
Funny you never tell that douchebag to do that and he's the one that brings it up all the time so I just gave him a little of his own medicine, Tommy
