**2026 Iowa Football Season Thread**

[brantshawks]

Never base how good you think Iowa will be by anything kirk says in August

Or does in September.

 

[KitKatApples]

Don't answer that clete

He get you too?

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

You guys aren't giving me the warm fuzzies.

 

[Shawneemicks]

The hope really hasn’t changed for most of us I don’t think. Work out the kinks in the first 3 weeks and put a good team on the field in Ann Arbor

 

[brantshawks]

You guys aren't giving me the warm fuzzies.

I've got a warm fuzzy for you

 

[BngHawk]

I've got a warm fuzzy for you

Full bush. Just the way god made us.

 

[Stu Beagle]

Iowa had one of the best red zone efficiency in the country last season, mostly due to Gron. Im seeing a lot more field goals attempted this season

 

[RazHawk]

Which seems suboptimal given the early reports on the kicking game.

 

[RazHawk]

I do think the run game will be dominant, it's ashame if they completely waste it with horrid QB play again, but I should know better than the expect any different.

 

[3rd Generation Hawk]

Everyone else is naming starting QBs this week, and we're trying to go into the season with no answers

The alternative is he picks one to start the first game and then doesn't make a change until that individual thoroughly underwhelms, and he switches to a new starter, with no game reps, when we start conference play. Given the schedule, that would be less than ideal. Let's see who does what when the bullets are flying.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Everything is pointing at it being Brown. I'll be surprised if it isn't.

 

[BBK]

Dochterman said it was the best QB performance he's seen in 20 years of the Kid's Day open practice.

So naturally he somehow won't start

 

[The Dad]

We probably can’t afford to reward a talented portal WR with an absolute abomination of a passing game. Figure it out, Tim.

 

[CurdMan]

Dochterman said it was the best QB performance he's seen in 20 years of the Kid's Day open practice.

So naturally he somehow won't start

The somehow is you can’t win football games if your qb is a turnover machine. On the bright side, sounds like OL and secondary are going to be really, really good

 

[BBK]

The somehow is you can’t win football games if your qb is a turnover machine. On the bright side, sounds like OL and secondary are going to be really, really good

Whamo likes turnovers