**Official 2022 Iowa Football Season Thread**

[ivan_drago]

JUST CHANGE THE SHITTY QB YOU MOTHER FUCKER. DO IT AND DO IT NOW.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU????

iowa won 10 games clam down

 

[CleteyColgate]

JUST CHANGE THE SHITTY QB YOU MOTHER FUCKER. DO IT AND DO IT NOW.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU????

Bring up the special needs kid to be our varsity starting quarterback?

 

[HzzzHawk]

The other glaring, gigantic difference is that Saban will hire the absolute best talent in coaching available to him. It doesn't matter if he really knows you that well or if you are a dumpster fire, he will work with you if you can help his team.

Sark and Kiffin were dumpster fires. Saban didn't give a shit. Bill O'Brien and an endless amount of other names have come into that Alabama program and gone on their way when it was time.

Kirk is just the complete opposite. He keeps the same guys around for decades. Loads the staff with former players he knows are 1000% loyal to him. Hires his own son and son in law for major positions. Iowa Football is a family business in every sense of the word. If and when he has gone outside the program, he hires the oldest white milquetoast safest most boring mother fucker ever like Greg Davis.

For the love of fuck, he essentially handed the entire day to day operations of the program over to Chris Doyle, and that was after he got pissed off and nearly maimed for life a bunch of players because they played shitty in a bowl game. The fucking asshole nearly burned the entire program to the ground.

I get that at Iowa the stability and family atmosphere is part of the necessary "evil" to keep a smaller Power 5 school this consistent, but what Kirk doesn't get is you can still have that and hire just a few guys outside the box.

i’m addicted to mouse bader hot takes

 

[Revolver]

Heard on the radio the other day that analytics now say the biggest factor in winning games is number of explosive plays (I think that definition is plays of 20+ yards but might be slightly off on that). Anyway, I guess it’s the first time in forever that turnovers aren’t the biggest factor. No idea if whoever was saying it was accurate or not, but if true I would like someone to tell KF and see if his head explodes.

Does the end around to Arland Bruce on 2nd and short that blew up in their faces count as an “explosive play”?

 

[newsbreaker]

The fan reaction, which is different than we’ve ever seen before, is because almost everything about Iowa is ready to supplant Wisconsin as the near-elite program from the West. The defense is there. The special teams is there. The recruiting has improved to the point it’s close enough.

An average offense, with a slightly below average quarterback, and Iowa is there.

Instead, this.

 

[Gushawk]

I also think Petrus is uniquely shitty and unpleasant to watch relative to the prior QB controversy incumbents, with the possible exception of JC. But even he didn’t look this out of place as a Division 1 athlete

 

[CamelTones]

They were talking about it on the Andy Staples show about how average the Iowa offense has to be for them to walk away with the west and they all agreed they only had to be top 80.

FUCK

(I’m clam)

 

[Westside Ray Ray]

Bring up the special needs kid to be our varsity starting quarterback?

I didn’t know you had eligibility. In that case, sure.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

Brian, the meat headed retarded OC that he is, at least seems like he wants Padilla. It seems to me that he's completely catering to Petras pants shitting. Rolling him out to stay away from pressure even though he's the LEAST mobile qb in the country. Taking ZERO shots downfield. Quick 4 yard hitters that Petras can't complete. I think he understands if there's any pressure at all, Petras will shit himself.

This is not an endorsement of Brian. Huge indictment of KF's arrogance and stubbornness.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

Also stating last week the Petras had enough time to make competent throws.

 

[BluesHawk]

Spencer is going to need years of therapy after his time at Iowa.

 

[Alan Lomax]

Brian, the meat headed retarded OC that he is, at least seems like he wants Padilla. It seems to me that he's completely catering to Petras pants shitting. Rolling him out to stay away from pressure even though he's the LEAST mobile qb in the country. Taking ZERO shots downfield. Quick 4 yard hitters that Petras can't complete. I think he understands if there's any pressure at all, Petras will shit himself.

This is not an endorsement of Brian. Huge indictment of KF's arrogance and stubbornness.

I agree with all this. It isn’t like Petras has ever been really accurate nailing throws in games, he has never been that. We think he throws good deep balls, but realistically see what, 15 attempts at deep balls from him in a season? It’s been obvious Brian is trying to get him easy throws to get in rhythm, Spencer struggles on those too. If this really is OC vs head coach, son vs father, woof, here be dragons.

 

[Shawneemicks]

There isn’t a single player other than maaaaybe LaPorta I’d want on my offense that plays on the current Hawkeyes offense.
Id sure as shit find ways to use DeJean & Nwankpa so there’s at least some explosive players. But there’s no chance of that.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

I agree with all this. It isn’t like Petras has ever been really accurate nailing throws in games, he has never been that. We think he throws good deep balls, but realistically see what, 15 attempts at deep balls from him in a season? It’s been obvious Brian is trying to get him easy throws to get in rhythm, Spencer struggles on those too. If this really is OC vs head coach, son vs father, woof, here be dragons.

Has he thrown a deep ball this year?

 

[The Dad]

I agree with all this. It isn’t like Petras has ever been really accurate nailing throws in games, he has never been that. We think he throws good deep balls, but realistically see what, 15 attempts at deep balls from him in a season? It’s been obvious Brian is trying to get him easy throws to get in rhythm, Spencer struggles on those too. If this really is OC vs head coach, son vs father, woof, here be dragons.

He throws a good deep ball? For every on-time, on-the-money deep ball there are 5-6 that are painfully short or not even in the correct ZIP code.

 

[Alan Lomax]

Any defense with a pulse will absolutely butt fuck the Iowa offense. Remember all those short fields they settled for field goals last season? It’s worse now.

 

[Hawkstrat]

He doesn't throw a good deep ball, he can throw a ball really far though.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

We all have to hope and pray that Petras completely shits his pants in the first half this weekend.

 

[The Dad]

We all have to hope and pray that Petras completely shits his pants in the first half this weekend.

I don’t even know what it’ll take, Frodo.

 

[BluesHawk]

He throws a good deep ball? For every on-time, on-the-money deep ball there are 5-6 that are painfully short or not even in the correct ZIP code.

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[CleteyColgate]

Brian, the meat headed retarded OC that he is, at least seems like he wants Padilla. It seems to me that he's completely catering to Petras pants shitting. Rolling him out to stay away from pressure even though he's the LEAST mobile qb in the country. Taking ZERO shots downfield. Quick 4 yard hitters that Petras can't complete. I think he understands if there's any pressure at all, Petras will shit himself.

This is not an endorsement of Brian. Huge indictment of KF's arrogance and stubbornness.

"Kirk is making Brian look bad."
-Halo

 

[Gushawk]

Has he thrown a deep ball this year?

no

 

[Gushawk]

I’m still not convinced Brian really wants a change at QB, Cletey. He’ll need to say it for me to believe it.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

How does Clete not have a Spencer Petras' Dad tagline?

 

[newsbreaker]

I’m still not convinced Brian really wants a change at QB, Cletey. He’ll need to say it for me to believe it.

Im not, either.

I’m certain Phil is over this shit, and making it known, but that’s another matter.

 

[CleteyColgate]

I’m still not convinced Brian really wants a change at QB, Cletey. He’ll need to say it for me to believe it.

I can get behind the notion that Brian's arrogance leads him to believe that Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz has nothing to do with the offensive ineptness.

 

[Gushawk]

The excuse seems to be that we don’t have Nico Ragaini for Spencer to throw some shitty passes to when he isn’t locked in on a blanketed Sam LaPorta.

 

[CleteyColgate]

How does Clete not have a Spencer Petras' Dad tagline?

Iowa has no good quarterbacks on the active roster. I'd rather see Tory Taylor punt on first down.

 

[Gushawk]

Glad to see your growth, Clete

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

Iowa has no good quarterbacks on the active roster. I'd rather see Tory Taylor punt on first down.

You've changed your tune on Spencer quite a bit. People don't forget.

 

[HzzzHawk]

The fan reaction, which is different than we’ve ever seen before, is because almost everything about Iowa is ready to supplant Wisconsin as the near-elite program from the West. The defense is there. The special teams is there. The recruiting has improved to the point it’s close enough.

An average offense, with a slightly below average quarterback, and Iowa is there.

Instead, this.

newsy hot takes are not very interesting to me

 

[The Dad]

Spencer has thrown a couple nice balls on deep posts this year. Two, maybe three. That’s the one throw he seems to do pretty well. I think we’ve only completed one of them.

It’s all so fucking depressing.

 

[MikeyJoe]

Fuck this fantasy where Brian wants to start Padilla but Kirk won’t let him.

Then fucking quit and go find a job somewhere else that pays you as well as your dad currently does.

Fuck.

 

[The Dad]

Fuck this fantasy where Brian wants to start Padilla but Kirk won’t let him.

Then fucking quit and go find a job somewhere else that pays you as well as your dad currently does.

Fuck.

Correct. Brian is not the voice of sanity and reason behind those walls. If that was true he’d be putting up a much bigger fuss because his dad’s stubbornness is ruining Brian’s career.

 

[MikeyJoe]

Correct. Brian is not the voice of sanity and reason behind those walls. If that was true he’d be putting up a much bigger fuss because his dad’s stubbornness is ruining Brian’s career.

Yeah. If Brian wants to start Padilla, then Kirk is making Brian the national scapegoat for complete offensive ineptitude. How does that work? Your son is the absolute laughing stock of college football and you won’t let him play the players he thinks he needs to play?

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Not buying it. Not for one gosh darn second.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

So it's far fetched to say that Kirk is steering this decision on who's playing qb even with all of the history of the OCs obviously wanting someone else? It's happened what, 3 other times? Why is this one all of a sudden different? Because we hate Brian?

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

 

[The Dad]

So it's far fetched to say that Kirk is steering this decision on who's playing qb even with all of the history of the OCs obviously wanting someone else? It's happened what, 3 other times? Why is this one all of a sudden different? Because we hate Brian?

I think Kirk is driving it. Brian is complicit. Some others are the voices of reason being rebuffed.

 

[The Dad]

If my dad was doing something I disagreed with that I felt was ruining my image and career prospects I’d be one leaking fuck. The entire world would know about each and every Petras practice interception and fuck up.

 

[6deuce]

Live look on the Ferentz Sunday dinner

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

I think Kirk is driving it. Brian is complicit. Some others are the voices of reason being rebuffed.

Conjecture of course but I'm honestly trying to find a silver lining of why that pussy still plays.

From game one to game two, they start rolling him out? Obviously to keep him away from any type of pressure.

And Brian's statement that protection wasn't great but was more than enough to give him time to make accurate throws was about as pointed of a criticism as you get from the staff.

He probably got spanked that night.

It's unfathomable to me that you wouldn't want the more mobile non- pants shitting qb that could open up the offense even remotely if you're anyone other than Kirk

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

If my dad was doing something I disagreed with that I felt was ruining my image and career prospects I’d be one leaking fuck. The entire world would know about each and every Petras practice interception and fuck up.

They're arrogantly operating, thinking and probably knowing they're untouchable and the reigns will be handed off to Brian no matter. They're wrong but that's the vibe they're putting out there. Not good.

 

[brantshawks]

This should be first post on every page going forward.

 

[Alan Lomax]

Just imagine Iowa’s defense forcing an opening 3 and out. Bri wanting to show the world and Spencer throwing an easy crossing route into the ground to open the game.

 

[Shawneemicks]

I don’t have to imagine it

 

[HawkeyeJonesEsq]

Just imagine Iowa’s defense forcing an opening 3 and out. Bri wanting to show the world and Spencer throwing an easy crossing route into the stands to open the game.

 

[CleteyColgate]

You've changed your tune on Spencer quite a bit. People don't forget.

Like Ferentz, I'll pull my support for Petras when I damn well please, not when you tell me to.

 

[Stu Beagle]

Has a coach ever had to explain to a fan base that it’s not an intentional derailment?

 

[CleteyColgate]

Fuck this fantasy where Brian wants to start Padilla but Kirk won’t let him.

Then fucking quit and go find a job somewhere else that pays you as well as your dad currently does.

Fuck.

There are plenty of high schools who would hire Brian to run their shitty offenses.