**Official Iowa vs. Minnesota Football Thread - 2:30pm - FS1**

[Stomper15]

He traveled for the first time, yesterday.

He was a 4-star.

Let's see it (it will never happen in a billion years...but what if it did?).

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

 

[Hawk&Balls]

 

[cloudhawk]

1. Arrive At Complex
2. Get on Offense teamBus
3. Go to room- 346
4. Team meal- Ballroom C
5. QB Meeting - Lake Superior room A
4. Go to room- lights out 11 pm coach room checks
5 Breakfast Ballroom C
6. QB meeting Lake Superior Room A
7. Offense meetings Ballroom B
8. Get on Offense Team Bus
9. PRE-GAME Preperation
10. Special Teams
11. Position warm-ups
12. Team meeting
13. GAME
14. Post-Game
15. Get on Offense Team Bus

 

[Silky Johnson]

They should get a guy or two who can run (like Brendan Sullivan), then try to make it work with Jimmy Sullivan or Bessinger..

Get another Gronowski type and just become a triple option team. It would be preferable to whatever this Groundhog Day we’ve been living through is. I wish I was kidding more than I am.

 

[SteadyEddy]

I've seen it said several times...but Gronowski has been floating around the NFL and has (briefly) made it on active rosters.

He isn't a total bum and finding another person like him is probably not easy. He is a big, talented runner who is also a capable passer. Had he been fully healthy at the start of his tenure at Iowa we'd likely be talking about him as the best QB at Iowa since Beathard. Maybe before.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

I've seen it said several times...but Gronowski has been floating around the NFL and has (briefly) made it on active rosters.

He isn't a total bum and finding another person like him is probably not easy. He is a big, talented runner who is also a capable passer. Had he been fully healthy at the start of his tenure at Iowa we'd likely be talking about him as the best QB at Iowa since Beathard. Maybe before.

They should try to get guys like him and Bessinger, but the fallback should prioritize mobility over arm. There are tons of those guys, and they raise the floor, and can be used in goal to go situations.

 

[The Dad]

I've seen it said several times...but Gronowski has been floating around the NFL and has (briefly) made it on active rosters.

He isn't a total bum and finding another person like him is probably not easy. He is a big, talented runner who is also a capable passer. Had he been fully healthy at the start of his tenure at Iowa we'd likely be talking about him as the best QB at Iowa since Beathard. Maybe before.

Right. People saying we should just try to get more like him forget he was one of the very top targets in the entire portal. We lucked out getting him.

 

[KitKatApples]

Had he not been injured we probably wouldn't have

 

[Shawneemicks]

He would have played all of Stirtz minutes I’d think

 

[rodg12]

He would have played all of Stirtz minutes I’d think

Not sure Gronowski is THAT talented.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Not sure Gronowski is THAT talented.

BILL BRASKY!!

 

[KitKatApples]

 

[Silky Johnson]

Right. People saying we should just try to get more like him forget he was one of the very top targets in the entire portal. We lucked out getting him.

Sure and he was a very good overall football player, but don’t forget how horrific of a passer he was the first 1/3 of the season. I’d take one of the Army/Navy types and go all in on running over whatever this is.

 

[KitKatApples]

Yes when his shoulder was still getting better

 

[DonnyDonovan]

Yes when his shoulder was still getting better

This. Had the version of Gronowski that played against a really good Vandy team in the bowl game been the version that played all season, Iowa would have made the playoff.

 

[Pinehawk]

We need a really mobile quarterback who is at least an average passer.
Because we already have qb’s that are average passers, but not mobile enough.
Gronowski’s ability to run is what drove last season’s offense and success.

 

[Stu Beagle]

No shit. We had one of the best Redzone efficiency in the country last year because of Gron. There was no way to replicate that this year. This year was always going to be a step back. But didn’t expect it to look this bad

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

No shit. We had one of the best Redzone efficiency in the country last year because of Gron. There was no way to replicate that this year. This year was always going to be a step back. But didn’t expect it to look this bad

The sad part is the WR are better. They just aren’t getting the ball enough

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Diaz has one touchdown against Northern Illinois the first week of the season.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

He has been open plenty. The QBs are just bad

 

[DonnyDonovan]

It just sucks that after thinking we had perhaps moved past this we're right fucking back here again, with QB play so bad at times it boggles the mind.

 

[kmurp]

I’m hoping one of the two qb’s improve to average. That would be great and it’s still possible.

 

[The Dad]

It just sucks that after thinking we had perhaps moved past this we're right fucking back here again, with QB play so bad at times it boggles the mind.

Same with the bball nepotism, Donny. Time is a flat circle in Hawkeye Land.

 

[Shawneemicks]

I’m hoping one of the two qb’s improve to average. That would be great and it’s still possible.

Nah dog, it’s not

 

[DonnyDonovan]

Same with the bball nepotism, Donny. Time is a flat circle in Hawkeye Land.

Sorry, I refuse to partake in the basketball negativity coming off an elite eight and after one exhibition game. Won't do it.

 

[Uff Da]

He has been open plenty. The QBs are just bad

This was obviously the case last December, yet here we are

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I mean the fact that they thought we could make the playoffs with any combination of these two quarterbacks is fireable.

 

[Iowa Whiner]

Also, Minnesota sucks. If Iowa runs that ball 90% of the game they win.

If Minnesota sucks, then Iowa obviously must swallow!!!

 

[Thrawn II]

If Minnesota sucks, then Iowa obviously must swallow!!!

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