**Official 2020 Iowa Hawkeye Football Offseason Thread**

[Bob Sanders]

I'm pretty sure he is mocking you for your "cutting edge rugby tackling" or whatever it was from the Clemson vs. Ohio State game.

Ya think?

 

[Bob Sanders]

For anyone who gives a shit about the future of the game and how tackling is changing, here is a good read from 2015.

How Pete Carroll's rugby-style tackle is changing college football

A new form of tackling -- the rugby-style Hawk Tackle -- is all the rage at Ohio State and could spread across the country. Oklahoma, Nebrantska and others are hoping to learn more about it.

www.cbssports.com

Iowa bought fully into this around the time of the article and it’s no coincidence that almost no Iowa players have been ejected for targeting in the last few years.

The OSU targeting call was a discipline breakdown. Period. He decided that the enjoyment of celebrating a big hit was more important than tackling using the technique he was taught. You can waste your time bitching about the rule, but he made the decision.

 

[Geese]

For anyone who gives a shit about the future of the game and how tackling is changing, here is a good read from 2015.

How Pete Carroll's rugby-style tackle is changing college football

A new form of tackling -- the rugby-style Hawk Tackle -- is all the rage at Ohio State and could spread across the country. Oklahoma, Nebrantska and others are hoping to learn more about it.

www.cbssports.com

Iowa bought fully into this around the time of the article and it’s no coincidence that almost no Iowa players have been ejected for targeting in the last few years.

The OSU targeting call was a discipline breakdown. Period. He decided that the enjoyment of celebrating a big hit was more important than tackling using the technique he was taught. You can waste your time bitching about the rule, but he made the decision.

@AZmess thought Geno should have been ejected from a game this year for targeting. Can't remember which game it was though.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Nope that was you. You’re misremembering

 

[KitKatApples]

What a bird brain

 

[CurdMan]

I know a dude who is well connected. Epenesa and Wirfs are strongly considering returning. Both guys love Iowa and feel like they can be top 5 next year. We’ll see what happens

 

[AZmessDAWG]

I know a dude who is well connected. Expenesa and Wirfs are strongly considering returning. Both guys love Iowa and feel like they can be top 5 next year. We’ll see what happens

 

[Truant]

The longer this takes the more I like the chances of one or both staying.

 

[cloudhawk]

I know a dude who is well connected. Epenesa and Wirfs are strongly considering returning. Both guys love Iowa and feel like they can be top 5 next year. We’ll see what happens

I know how they feel, except for playing football at Iowa and top 5 pick part

 

[Jim]

The longer this takes the more I like the chances of one or both staying.

I may be misremembering, but didn’t Hochenson wait until last minute to announce?

 

[douglasbader]

I may be misremembering, but didn’t Hochenson wait until last minute to announce?

He did.

 

[Gushawk]

@AZmess thought Geno should have been ejected from a game this year for targeting. Can't remember which game it was though.

Illinois. Messdawg was right. Happened 25 feet from me.

 

[KitKatApples]

Are you Jack Koerner?

 

[Geese]

Illinois. Messdawg was right. Happened 25 feet from me.

I saw a closeup on TV. He was wrong and so are you.

 

[KitKatApples]

Have a birds eye view did ya?

 

[Geese]

Have a birds eye view did ya?

I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS AT THE GAME

 

[KitKatApples]

I was at the game and I side with AZ and Gus just to spite you.

 

[Hawk4Life94]

Running a lot of zone aren't they.

Inside/Outside zone with tons of motion.

The 49ers are cutting edge.

 

[Hawk4Life94]

I know a dude who is well connected. Epenesa and Wirfs are strongly considering returning. Both guys love Iowa and feel like they can be top 5 next year. We’ll see what happens

AJ....not coming back.

Wirfs...???

I don't think AJ will even be enrolled 2nd semester.

 

[Bob]

I'd be more surprised by Wirfs than AJ

 

[Thanksgiving Dinner]

I was at the game and I side with AZ and Gus just to spite you.

 

[KitKatApples]

Lol

 

[douglasbader]

AJ....not coming back.

Wirfs...???

I don't think AJ will even be enrolled 2nd semester.

INSIDER!!!!!!!!

 

[Tugboat]

Neither guy is coming back.

 

[thrawn]

If bowing wasn’t such a mess I would be lighting up everyone pretending to be an insider

 

[Orestes]

If bowing wasn’t such a mess I would be lighting up everyone pretending to be an insider

Seems to work on my end.

 

[Fair and Balanced]

If bowing wasn’t such a mess I would be lighting up everyone pretending to be an insider

Amen.

 

[fossilhawk]

FWIWSIAPINSIDERpeace.

 

[HerkyHopeful]

Anyone holding out hope they're staying needs to wake up. They're gone and deservedly so. They were great while they were here

 

[CurdMan]

Anyone holding out hope they're staying needs to wake up. They're gone and deservedly so. They were great while they were here

Morehouse “reported” like the day after the holiday bowl that two guys for sure were leaving early and they were “the two you would expect.” While I do think they both go it is a bit interesting that neither has announced yet if they really have known all along.

 

[CurdMan]

But here’s the deal. It’s not about “waking up.” Good players and even first round draft picks do occasionally decide to stay in college. God forbid fans hold out hope that their two best players come back, especially when there is credible chatter around the program that they are strongly considering it.

 

[HerkyHopeful]

Get over it TurdMan. They're gone

 

[CurdMan]

The TurdMan thing is so original!! And lol at “get over it”

 

[douglasbader]

Get over it TurdMan. They're gone

HerkyHopeful says to give up hope.

 

[HerkyHopeful]

HerkyHopeful says to give up hope.

More like, come to grips with reality.

 

[HerkyHopeful]

You got it TurdMan

 

[HerkyHopeful]

I don't like Halo 4.0, but I'll get over it.

 

[foxhawks]

Enough.

 

[ivan_drago]

Cedrick Lattimore just posted on Instagram that he’s going pro.

What?

 

[douglasbader]

Cedrick Lattimore just posted on Instagram that he’s going pro.

What?

Lol. He's a Senior, I would bet he is joking.

 

[douglasbader]

I read it now. He is simply doing his "thank you" post after his Senior year.

 

[ivan_drago]

Lol. He's a Senior, I would bet he is joking.

I get that. It was funny that he ended it with “I’m ready for the NFL” like he was announcing and he probably had a few people double taking after a few beers into the NC.

 

[CamelTones]

Would have been nice if they would have been able to redshirt him.

Lattimore, Gholston, Nixon would have looked nice returning up front.

 

[Monster]

A pretty shitty FCS team too. They were one of his only offers coming out of high school though. Not to play the "we didn't want him anyway" game but he really wasn't much of a recruit. Petras, Padilla, and Hogan weren't necessarily all world recruits or anything but the difference in offer list is pretty stark. He was barely getting FBS interest much less P5.

Hogan is a 4 star with 12 offers including Georgia, Tennessee, and Baylor. And he pretty much stopped getting offers when he committed super early.

 

[Thanksgiving Dinner]

Hogan is a 4 star with 12 offers including Georgia, Tennessee, and Baylor. And he pretty much stopped getting offers when he committed super early.

I would've sworn I read somewhere that Hogan got a Clemson offer after he committed.

 

[HawkLax6]

Finished #15 in the AP poll.

NCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football Poll | AP News

Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State were the top four in the final Associated Press college football poll of the regular season.

apnews.com

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

Good season.

 

[hawkeyealum]

Is that higher than the bear?

 

[douglasbader]

Good season.

Great season.

 

[Herky823]

Iowa was ranked start to finish, right? How often has that happened for the Hawks?