**Official 2022 Iowa Football Season Thread**

[Dr. Zaius]

Running threat isn’t even absolutely necessary, but mobile enough to have some evasive ability more than flat footed sacks every time a defender squirts through would be nice

 

[Alan Lomax]

Running threat isn’t even absolutely necessary, but mobile enough to have some evasive ability more than flat footed sacks every time a defender squirts through would be nice

This is what drives me crazy, and makes me wonder about Kirk’s sanity. They watch film of Spencer playing. They watch film of the line. How can you watch both those things and conclude Spencer playing gives your offense the best chance of success? It’s nonsense.

 

[Alan Lomax]

Slight counterpoint. 4 of the last 5 QBs have been drafted. Not a lot of schools can say that.

I’ve been too hard on their quarterback’s generally, but what is happening now is, ummmm, a fucking disaster.

 

[The Full Monte]

Running threat isn’t even absolutely necessary, but mobile enough to have some evasive ability more than flat footed sacks every time a defender squirts through would be nice

I’ve never seen a QB get taken down in so many comical ways like Spencer. It’s like a bad knock off Segal karate movie where a slight brush to the shoulder sends him spinning in three circles

 

[The Full Monte]

I wish CJ had stayed healthy and continued to be a running threat. That might have convinced Iowa to actually pursue mobile QBs instead of sticking with statues since CJ became one.

Ol Kirk saw that injury and immediately tore all of those plays out of the playbook. “Too risky! QB gets hurt” was furiously scribbled in his notebook.

 

[BBK]

Running threat isn’t even absolutely necessary, but mobile enough to have some evasive ability more than flat footed sacks every time a defender squirts through would be nice

Nate wasn't exactly Denard back there, but had good pocket awareness and could give a mfer a 5 yard QB sneak every now and then.

I ain't asking for much.
Mmmhmmm

 

[Hawkstrat]

Petras rarely steps up in the pocket, but when he does, a defender gets a finger on his ankle and down he goes.

 

[Debit One]

While Spencer's #s are horrible, they grossly understate his negative impact on the team.

1. He has poor pocket presence/awareness, so takes more sacks than he should
2. He has terrible athleticism, so takes more sacks than he should and doesn't put pressure on the defense
3. He's a indecisive pants shitter, so takes more sacks than he should
4. By ignoring his WRs and all deep routes he makes it easy for DBs and LBs to focus their efforts on the relatively few places where he will throw the ball.
5. Because he won't throw the ball deep a defense can crowd the line of scrimmage. This hurts the run game.

 

[The Incredible Hawk]

Running threat isn’t even absolutely necessary, but mobile enough to have some evasive ability more than flat footed sacks every time a defender squirts through would be nice

Spencer had a nice side step in the game where he actually adjusted and avoided a defender. He then tried to do it again later in the game, did it too early and in the wrong direction, and then I believe he was tackled shortly thereafter.

 

[Pedro]

This is what drives me crazy, and makes me wonder about Kirk’s sanity. They watch film of Spencer playing. They watch film of the line. How can you watch both those things and conclude Spencer playing gives your offense the best chance of success? It’s nonsense.

I'm no football coach, but it seems clear that Petras isn't good. From game management to footwork to accuracy to decision making, etc., it appears he doesn't do anything well. Add on top of that he's a gigantic pussy and you have one of the worst QBs in the league. The current coaches can say whatever they want to defend Spencer, but the empirical evidence shows that he's just absolutely terrible.

Why they don't just move on is beyond me.

 

[Bob Sanders]

Forgot about him coming in as QB.

That's because he wasn't recruited as a QB and thus didn't come here as a QB. BBK is a dumbfuck.

 

[Kamala]

I'm no football coach, but it seems clear that Petras isn't good. From game management to footwork to accuracy to decision making, etc., it appears he doesn't do anything well. Add on top of that he's a gigantic pussy and you have one of the worst QBs in the league. The current coaches can say whatever they want to defend Spencer, but the empirical evidence shows that he's just absolutely terrible.

Why they don't just move on is beyond me.

Because they don’t want to. Their motivation isn’t playing the QB that gives them the best chance to win. I don’t know what their motivation is, but it’s clear what it isn’t.

 

[Gushawk]

I’ve never seen a QB get taken down in so many comical ways like Spencer. It’s like a bad knock off Segal karate movie where a slight brush to the shoulder sends him spinning in three circles

Spencer is uniquely sturdy for as huge of a pussy he is, which is quite the unfortunate contradiction.

 

[BBK]

That's because he wasn't recruited as a QB and thus didn't come here as a QB. BBK is a dumbfuck.

He was a QB in high school you incel closeted faggot

 

[Hawkstrat]

He was a QB in high school you incel closeted faggot

So was Cooper DeJean, but he wasn't recruited as a QB. A guy like McNutt was.

 

[Hawkstrat]

It doesn't really matter about DJK or specific recruits, the main point remains. After having great success with Banks, they looked at athleticism in a QB as low priority.

With the last three QB recruits, maybe that is changing.

 

[BBK]

So was Cooper DeJean, but he wasn't recruited as a QB. A guy like McNutt was.

If your aunt had a dick she'd be your mom

 

[Bob Sanders]

He was a QB in high school you incel closeted faggot

That isn't a rebuttal. You're just just too stupid to realize that putting your best athlete at QB and having him run around is a viable HS strategy. Arland Bruce was a QB in Kansas before he transferred to Ankeny too. Same deal with Dejean despite the dumbfucks who think he should be a QB here.

 

[BBK]

Oh?

 

[Hawkstrat]

If your aunt had a dick she'd be your mom

I do not believe that to be true.

 

[Brad Wesley]

Kakert says he believes next year's starter is not on the roster. Lol, hopelessness sucks. What QB is going to transfer to this offense?

Kakert made a comment a few weeks ago about Iowa hitting the portal hard in the off season looking for receivers. Now Kakert is saying they’ll get a transfer QB. Kakert is drunk and/or just making shit up at this point.

 

[Gushawk]

I imagine the Iowa offense would have more points and yards had Cooper taken every snap for it.

 

[cloudhawk]

I may be too hard on Spencer, but I don't think that being the worst QB in the nation, or even 1 of the worst, should be tolerated at a program like IOWA.

 

[Bob Sanders]

I imagine the Iowa offense would have more points and yards had Cooper taken every snap for it.

And you think that is a coaching decision, dumbfuck? Cooper came here to become an NFL DB and all of the village idiots are excited to ruin that for him by moving him to QB.

 

[Alan Lomax]

And you think that is a coaching decision, dumbfuck? Cooper came here to become an NFL DB and all of the village idiots are excited to ruin that for him by moving him to QB.

You’re showing your ass Bob.

 

[Debit One]

Let’s move on from 2022.

Who do we expect to be the 2023 starting QB?

COVID Petras?
Padilla?
Labas?
May?
Lainez?
Transfer?

I don’t see it being Padilla or Lainez.

Have heard nothing about May, despite my desire to see that be so.

Cannot imagine a transfer, as Iowa’s offense is too complex to comprehend in one year.

I guess that I’m on Labas.

 

[Mr. Hawk]

This thread is going full Thunderdome.

 

[Brad Wesley]

And you think that is a coaching decision, dumbfuck? Cooper came here to become an NFL DB and all of the village idiots are excited to ruin that for him by moving him to QB.

Relax Bob. Spencer is so fucking horrible any alternative would be better at this point.

 

[Hawkstrat]

Let’s move on from 2022.

Who do we expect to be the 2023 starting QB?

COVID Petras?
Padilla?
Labas?
May?
Lainez?
Transfer?

I don’t see it being Padilla or Lainez.

Have heard nothing about May, despite my desire to see that be so.

Cannot imagine a transfer, as Iowa’s offense is too complex to comprehend in one year.

I guess that I’m on Labas.

It's important to note that all the people pretending to know shit about the QB situation have been consistently wrong.

But according to some posters in the Lounge, Labas is dumb, Padilla is lazy, and this will be Petras' last season.

 

[Alan Lomax]

It's important to note that all the people pretending to know shit about the QB situation have been consistently wrong.

But according to some posters in the Lounge, Labas is dumb, Padilla is lazy, and this will be Petras' last season.

Great, three things I’d like to believe, and now can’t. Thanks.

 

[Debit One]

This thread is going full Thunderdome.

 

[HiG 2.0]

Iowa has a long history under Kirk of recruiting guys who are QB for their high school teams to play other positions at Iowa (Greenway comes to mind) . I do believe DJK was recruited as a receiver/athlete.

 

[hawkeyealum]

Let’s move on from 2022.

Who do we expect to be the 2023 starting QB?

COVID Petras?
Padilla?
Labas?
May?
Lainez?
Transfer?

I don’t see it being Padilla or Lainez.

Have heard nothing about May, despite my desire to see that be so.

Cannot imagine a transfer, as Iowa’s offense is too complex to comprehend in one year.

I guess that I’m on Labas.

I liked Mays highlight video the best.

lainez would be 2nd but fuck Tony

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Because they don’t want to. Their motivation isn’t playing the QB that gives them the best chance to win. I don’t know what their motivation is, but it’s clear what it isn’t.

Their motivation is being right, no matter how long it means they're wrong

 

[Pedro]

I liked Mays highlight video the best.

lainez would be 2nd but fuck Tony

I would be fully on board with giving any other QB on our team snaps for the remainder of the season if it meant Spencer is done and we aren't seriously going after anybody in the portal after this season (fucking HA!).

Spencer shouldn't even be the present, let alone the future of Iowa Football. It's well past the time to move on.

 

[Gushawk]

I’m not saying he should be playing quarterback Bob (although I think his other full ride college football scholarship offers were to do just that), but rather using him to make a point about just how fucking awful our QB recruiting, evaluation, and development has been. But by all means, you should get pissed.

 

[Pedro]

I mentioned the above to a fellow Hawkeye fan yesterday and he said we shouldn't tank the rest of the season. I told him keeping Spencer in the game was effectively tanking the rest of the season.

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

It would seem that Labas was able to learn someone else's offense pretty effectively.

Why Iowa freshman Joey Labas turned heads as scout-team QB and what it could mean for next season's depth chart

Labas, who has worked behind three older quarterbacks this season, got a chance to practice with the twos during bowl preparation.

theathletic.com

 

[The Full Monte]

Kakert made a comment a few weeks ago about Iowa hitting the portal hard in the off season looking for receivers. Now Kakert is saying they’ll get a transfer QB. Kakert is drunk and/or just making shit up at this point.

True story, I ran in to Tom a couple weeks ago. It was the day that Kendrick Raphael de committed, and decided to ask him about it.

sure as shit, he “two week’d” me in real life:

“yeah, we started hearing a couple weeks ago”

 

[The Full Monte]

It would seem that Labas was able to learn someone else's offense pretty effectively.

Why Iowa freshman Joey Labas turned heads as scout-team QB and what it could mean for next season's depth chart

Labas, who has worked behind three older quarterbacks this season, got a chance to practice with the twos during bowl preparation.

theathletic.com

It makes me irrationally angry to hear our coaches pontificate about how difficult the offense is to learn and condescendingly explain to us morons how there is no way that some RS Freshman could possibly pick this up in less than a couple years….then go on to suck more dick on Saturday’s than any other team on the country

It is the most mind bendingly stupid thing imaginable and it makes me want to hit them in the face with a shovel

 

[PAULA CLARK]

Whomever it is next season, he won't have any experience, cuz Spencer gets all the snaps.

 

[thrawn]

Iowa has a long history under Kirk of recruiting guys who are QB for their high school teams to play other positions at Iowa (Greenway comes to mind) . I do believe DJK was recruited as a receiver/athlete.

A lot of schools just play their best athlete at QB. It doesn’t mean anything. Iowa gets more than most because they have more small schools they recruit, and it’s more common with a small school.

 

[HiG 2.0]

A lot of schools just play their best athlete at QB. It doesn’t mean anything. Iowa gets more than most because they have more small schools they recruit, and it’s more common with a small school.

Yes. We are saying the same thing.

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

A lot of schools just play their best athlete at QB.

Kirk likes to play his worst athlete at QB.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Kirk likes to play his worst athlete at QB.

That’s why he kept CJ in the whole bowl game he got hurt. He thought “this is more like it.”

 

[Bob Sanders]

You’re showing your ass Bob.

No, there is a rash of stupid ass football opinions being spouted on here and I'm not tolerating it. Any reference to Dejean at QB for Iowa is one of those stupid ass opinions and will be dealt with as such.

Brian and Kirk being stupid is not an invitation for people on here to attempt to prove that they are even stupider. ERR, BBK and a bunch of others are completely off the rails of sanity at this point.

 

[Hawkstrat]

I think they should put DeJean at QB.

 

[Kamala]

I think they should put DeJean at QB.

I think they should put him at offensive coordinator. That way he’s not too tired to play defense.

 

[KitKatApples]

I’m not saying put him at QB. I’m saying play him mostly at QB but put him at WR for special plays

 

[Kamala]

I’m not saying put him at QB. I’m saying play him mostly at QB but put him at WR for special plays

Well, then who’s gonna quarterback those plays? Riley Moss?