**Official 2022 Iowa Football Season Thread**

[Debit One]

He was being a truth teller, but I don’t think it helps the situation. Those were the words of a hopeless man. The only path to better WR recruiting is a new OC who Kirk allows to do his job.

Agreed.

I don’t see how Copeland stays at Iowa if he has an equivalent opportunity at a more WR friendly school.

 

[Gushawk]

So, any P5 program basically

 

[Debit One]

So, any P5 program basically

 

[Revolver]

He was being a truth teller, but I don’t think it helps the situation. Those were the words of a hopeless man. The only path to better WR recruiting is a new OC who Kirk allows to do his job.

It is extremely difficult to imagine that happening.

 

[Stu Beagle]

We want to run the ball and throw to tight ends. We ask WRs to block. No WR with a decent offer is coming here.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

We want to run the ball and throw to tight ends. We ask WRs to block. No WR with a decent offer is coming here.

We often throw to the slot receiver but yeah.

 

[Gushawk]

I think our best hope is to find underrated studs who want to play on a big stage and don’t have other options (Mo Brown, Tevaun. ISM, Brandon Smith), although Peej likely keeps ISM if that te recruitment is today as we’ve steadily become less attractive and Minnesota has had some standout studs

 

[Gushawk]

I think what we will get is mostly white walk on types

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Doom and gloom.

 

[Shawneemicks]

Toxic

 

[Wanderer]

From Scott's article in the Athletic I thought his comments were fine. Outside of Kasper's kid going to Oregon...was David Bell the last high profile WR they tried to recruit?

Seems like lately it's been a bunch of middle of the road kids that will take 3 years to see the field.

Keagan Johnson was a big recruit.

 

[Whatever]

Keagan Johnson was a big recruit.

He was a four star but his offer list was pretty underwhelming.

 

[ddevries]

Am I dumb to be hoping he comes back for 3 games this season and takes a redshirt…and then is back at Iowa next year?

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

Am I dumb to be hoping he comes back for 3 games this season and takes a redshirt…and then is back at Iowa next year?

Having him, Vines and Brecht next year would be a great start. It seems like a big if.

 

[Bob Sanders]

I think our best hope is to find underrated studs who want to play on a big stage and don’t have other options (Mo Brown, Tevaun. ISM, Brandon Smith), although Peej likely keeps ISM if that te recruitment is today as we’ve steadily become less attractive and Minnesota has had some standout studs

Minnesota and Rutgers were both recruiting ISM at CB and he wanted to be a WR. He was forced into committing to Minnesota against his will on his visit and the decommit rumors started as soon as he announced the commit.

 

[Fair and Balanced]

Just have Phil recruit eight corners every year and flip half of them to WRs.

 

[rodg12]

I think our best hope is to find underrated studs who want to play on a big stage and don’t have other options (Mo Brown, Tevaun. ISM, Brandon Smith), although Peej likely keeps ISM if that te recruitment is today as we’ve steadily become less attractive and Minnesota has had some standout studs

We've tried that with Hutson and Vines. Just hasn't worked out like ISM and Smith.

 

[snips]

No WR with a decent offer is coming here.

 

[Alan Lomax]

Just have Phil recruit eight corners every year and flip half of them to WRs.

Just needs to start with 1!

 

[The Full Monte]

 

[Alan Lomax]

That’s fun

 

[snips]

that was cool as hell

 

[cloudhawk]

Awesome, now do Offense

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Just have Phil recruit eight corners every year and flip half of them to WRs.

and then have him throw to them

 

[CamelTones]

I think our best hope is to find underrated studs who want to play on a big stage and don’t have other options (Mo Brown, Tevaun. ISM, Brandon Smith), although Peej likely keeps ISM if that te recruitment is today as we’ve steadily become less attractive and Minnesota has had some standout studs

Minnesota is currently dead last in the conference in pass attempts and have the fewest amount of completions in the conference. They average 36 more passing yards per game than Iowa.

For reference Iowa is tied with Michigan for 11th in the conference in attempts, Ohio State is 9th with only 3 more attempts per game than Iowa. Indiana, Purdue and NW lead the conference in pass attempts.

Minnesotas leading receiver has 28 catches for 358 yards. Iowas leading receiver has 21 catches for 279 yards…but that’s in 7 games. Based on averages of Ragaini has played 9 games he would be at (drum roll) 27 catches for exactly 358 yards. What I failed to mention is that leading receiver for the Gophers is their TE. Their leading receiver on the year has 22 catches for 338 yards which on average is 2 yards per game less than Nico.

Would Minnesotas look different if they still had Autman-Bell? Probably. Would Iowas look different with a healthy Keagan Johnson? Honestly no idea.

The point is, Minnesota is basically Iowa out of the shotgun. They just didn’t have a completely shitty start to the year offensively. Their shit came later.

 

[ddevries]

Hopefully 12 hours from now, Iowa is 2 wins away from miraculously winning the West! HAWK HAWK HAWK!

 

[thrawn]

Minnesota is currently dead last in the conference in pass attempts and have the fewest amount of completions in the conference. They average 36 more passing yards per game than Iowa.

For reference Iowa is tied with Michigan for 11th in the conference in attempts, Ohio State is 9th with only 3 more attempts per game than Iowa. Indiana, Purdue and NW lead the conference in pass attempts.

Minnesotas leading receiver has 28 catches for 358 yards. Iowas leading receiver has 21 catches for 279 yards…but that’s in 7 games. Based on averages of Ragaini has played 9 games he would be at (drum roll) 27 catches for exactly 358 yards. What I failed to mention is that leading receiver for the Gophers is their TE. Their leading receiver on the year has 22 catches for 338 yards which on average is 2 yards per game less than Nico.

Would Minnesotas look different if they still had Autman-Bell? Probably. Would Iowas look different with a healthy Keagan Johnson? Honestly no idea.

The point is, Minnesota is basically Iowa out of the shotgun. They just didn’t have a completely shitty start to the year offensively. Their shit came later.

FWIW. Peace.

 

[Gushawk]

Well, Iowa out of shotgun with 2 fairly early round NFL receivers in their very recent past.

 

[Soda Popinski]

Hawkeyes are going to end the season in the top 25.

 

[douglasbader]

Hawkeyes are going to end the season in the top 25.

Regular season? Hell no. Zero chance.

 

[thrawn]

Either they or Illinois will need to pull a 25-point underdog upset for Iowa to finish ranked

 

[HawkBall23]

If the perception is “Iowa sucks at offense and what they do does not allow a receiver to be successful” then that perception is correct, and of course it would affect WR recruiting

But on the other hand, TE recruiting should be as strong as its ever been.

 

[HawkBall23]

Awesome, now do Offense

Why would you want to watch a couple minutes of Urban Meyer doing nothing but laughing?

 

[thrawn]

Minnesota is a 3 PM Fox game

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

 

[gable_guy]

This does not help at all

 

[douglasbader]

This does not help at all

It's pretty simple. Iowa is in control. They win out, they are in.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

This does not help at all

It would appear Iowa's chances are 50/50

 

[3rd Generation Hawk]

It's pretty simple. Iowa is in control. They win out, they are in.

That's not right. Illinois wins out, they are in over Iowa. Whether they can beat MI is a different issue.

 

[WCFHawkeye]

"Wisconsin generated 227 yards and Iowa managed just 146 — the lowest in a victory since at least 2000, but after considerable research, perhaps the lowest since World War I."

Dochterman: Kirk Ferentz’s Iowa players back up his belief with 3 straight wins

Once lifeless, Iowa sits in a four-way tie for first place in the Big Ten West Division with two games to play.

theathletic.com

 

[BngHawk]

"Wisconsin generated 227 yards and Iowa managed just 146 — the lowest in a victory since at least 2000, but after considerable research, perhaps the lowest since World War I."

Dochterman: Kirk Ferentz’s Iowa players back up his belief with 3 straight wins

Once lifeless, Iowa sits in a four-way tie for first place in the Big Ten West Division with two games to play.

theathletic.com

 

[Herky823]

That's not right. Illinois wins out, they are in over Iowa. Whether they can beat MI is a different issue.

That’s his point

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

"Wisconsin generated 227 yards and Iowa managed just 146 — the lowest in a victory since at least 2000, but after considerable research, perhaps the lowest since World War I."

Dochterman: Kirk Ferentz’s Iowa players back up his belief with 3 straight wins

Once lifeless, Iowa sits in a four-way tie for first place in the Big Ten West Division with two games to play.

theathletic.com

So still more recently than ISU's last conference title.

 

[CamelTones]

That’s his point

Purdue doesn’t control their own destiny but they have the easiest path if that makes sense.

 

[3rd Generation Hawk]

That’s his point

If so, I don't think he understands what "control" means.

 

[Gushawk]

I thought my season total over 7.5 was dead, but it lives!!

 

[douglasbader]

That's not right. Illinois wins out, they are in over Iowa. Whether they can beat MI is a different issue.

Illinois likely lost Chase Brown for the year, and they sort of suck and the game is at Michigan. They are going to get killed. Also, don't be shocked if Fats Titsgerald pulls off the stunner against Fat Bert.

 

[Rolo Tomassi]

That’s his point

Exactly. And Illinois' chance of winning at Michigan is about zero, which is why it looks like with that win over Wisconsin we somehow managed to win the Western Division.

 

[douglasbader]

Exactly. And Illinois' chance of winning at Michigan is about zero, which is why it looks like with that win over Wisconsin we somehow managed to win the Western Division.

Calm down on this. Minnesota isn't great, but the game is in the cold at Minnesota and Iowa is still led by Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz and Spencer Petras who managed 146 yards of total offense at home.

Iowa could still lose out if the ball bounces the wrong way.

 

[Gushawk]

We won’t lose to Nebrantska. We might lose to Minnesota due to Brian and Spencer. Phil won’t let what happened last year happen again.