Not at all, good individual pieces, just a small class. Doesn’t have the volume to move it up. 26 is a great class.
2027 recruiting
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As was stated before, the 2028 class is an important one. The in state recruiting will be important and they are high on the list of some top guys. I am assuming that Nawrot/Britt were thrown a bag of cash.
That makes sense. And I assume with Iowas historically low turnover (relatively speaking) they will have small classes from time to time.
Every once in a while we, Iowa, should be throwing the bigger bag of cash.
Get with the program and pay up.
Maybe comparatively in the era of NIL and the portal. Prior to that era, Iowa had high turnover, especially among A/A players.
In regards to Nawrot, I think they are really high on Bessinger so probably didn’t want to go too big with Nawrot.
2027 is awful. However, 2026 was loaded and as long as the 2028 is good I'm not concerned.
I don't know, but it's unlikely those same people will give it to Iowa players.
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Well, a cash cow NIL donor would be nice, I will say that. However, I am assuming they had to pay up for Diaz (Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois), Phillips (Penn State, Rutgers), James (MSU, BC, Wake), Hawkins (Wisky, Kentucky), Tyler Brown (FSU, LSU)...These are just a few. I am assuming there were bags involved in landing these guys.
I'm sure the thirteen commitments don't consider themselves awful. Some solid players who will contribute down the road.
Ya never know who is going to end up being a high-caliber contributor.
That said - We’ve landed the lowest-rated QB offered.
Also the lowest-rated, or second-lowest(?) rated RB offered.
Also…the lowest-rated Tight End offered.
And zero of the wide receivers offered. Some of these WRs have decided on schools such as UNLV, Florida Atlantic, Texas State, and Missouri State over Iowa.
Correct
Class rankings are heavily weighted on how many are in the class. 13 commits is on the low end. The class is currently all 3-stars (86.33 avg). If they were to secure 6-7 more kids of the same grade, the class ranking would ascend accordingly and most likely end up in the mid-30s nationally. That is typically where Iowa finishes.
There is still time.
Holy crap. I haven't been paying attention. That's awful, especially the WR group.
That second lowest ranked running back was offered by Cignetti. He’s a pretty good talent evaluator.
I mean, that guy needed to never be hired as an analyst or whatever. You won't get argument from me to get rid of Budmayr. Should never be working with WRs.
We have offered, at a minimum, 17 wide receivers, landing none.
As disappointing as it is, we just haven’t developed a passing game yet that our lead recruiters can use in their recruiting pitch.
Really, really hoping Tim Lester can get things going a bit (through the air) so our offense can be appealing to 2028 recruits.
doncha know, the man is a gift from God
If Bud was as bad as some of you say don't you think Lester would have replaced him? I 'll trust him over some of you so-called experts.
Same crowd that really hates KF and uses any bit of negativity, most of it made up, to trash the program any way they can.
Results just haven't been impressive.
That's indisputable.
It's talked about nationally and the other problem is KF's age is also used in negative recruiting.
Things won't change until the offense wins games.
Get accustomed to one score games decided in the 4Q again this season.
Only so much, unless one wants to make it harder to win.
According to Kirk. But why would anyone care about that?
Things won't change? I assume whatever change you're talking about would result in Iowa winning more.
That would sure be great. But lately, almost all the programs consistently winning more than Iowa are bluebloods.
I'd love to be proven wrong, but to me, the word "change" at Iowa, is much more likely to mean less winning than more winning.
More of the same please
Biff was the worst OC imaginable. The Moon Family Head Coach didn't replace him after three of the worst offensive seasons ever seen. It took a new AD to do that.
All the programs winning more than Iowa have been bluebloods
Yeah, Indiana has been a blueblood in football all my life, right?
Make better excuses, DB
So the passing game has been *slightly* better and we are getting even worse with recruiting? I'm honestly pro Lester, anti Bud
Hmmm. Perhaps he knew the reason the offense stalled out had very little to do with BF
I’m not disputing your overall point, but does Lester actually have the final say-so on the offensive staff?
I obviously don’t know the relationship dynamics among the coaching staff (like most of the experts here do), but it seems to me the Budster is pretty chummy with KF. Or, at the very least, KF has taken a strong liking to him. Fair?
I’m not saying Kirk didn’t go with the best available WR coach interested in the Iowa job pet se. I’m simply saying the Brian Ferentz situation naturally raises questions, especially since the Budster was initially brought on as some sort of quarterback whisperer.
So, for the “experts” among us, what have you seen/heard that leads you to believe the Budster is the right man for the job?
Fair, but it’s also fair to say criticism of Kirk for allowing his son to run the offense into the ground seems pretty fair game by most reasonable standards. No matter how you slice it, the offense under Brian continued to sputter from year to year with nearly every major statistical category confirming it was by far the worst at this level of college football.
If it weren’t for Beth Goetz, Brian might still very well be running the offense. The point? As great as Kirk is, he is not above reproach or criticism.
Brian Ferentz was in charge of the offense for multiple years, was he not? Was Brian not responsible for recruiting, developing, and coaching offensive players during that time? Was Brian not responsible for overseeing the offensive schemes and game plans from week to week?Hmmm. Perhaps he knew the reason the offense stalled out had very little to do with BF
We get it. If it were up to you, Iowa’s offense would mirror the Woody Hayes years of “3 yards and a cloud of dust.” That doesn’t change the fact you are going to need to perform some impressive mental gymnastics to back up your claim “…the offense stalled out had very little to do with BF”? Interesting. The actual offensive coordinator had minimal involvement in overseeing the success (or lack thereof of) of the offense. Boy, if true, then the Tommy Boy nepotism extended much further than anyone had ever thought.
You hear that, everyone? According to eyesofsteviewonder, Brian was not only hired despite lacking qualifications for OC, he really wasn’t expected to do much of anything to oversee/ensure the success of the Iowa offense. Just show up, smile for the cameras, and collect a paycheck. Wow. What a lucky guy.
You really didn’t think this through, did ya, Mary?