**Official Iowa vs. Northwestern Football Thread - 6:00pm - BTN**

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One thing we noticed as a bunch of high snaps all game.
 

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I re-watched the 1st half last night specifically watching Tyler and the Oline play. I did not see any instances of hesitation or dancing in the 1st half with one exception where he had to juke a D lineman in the backfield as soon as he received the handoff. He actually got positive yardage on that play which could have easily been a loss. It was the only the 1st half but I could not find fault with anything he did during that time.
 

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I re-watched the 1st half last night specifically watching Tyler and the Oline play. I did not see any instances of hesitation or dancing in the 1st half with one exception where he had to juke a D lineman in the backfield as soon as he received the handoff. He actually got positive yardage on that play which could have easily been a loss. It was the only the 1st half but I could not find fault with anything he did during that time.
Wut?
 

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Anyone have a link for this replay? The BTN appears to have said fuck off with a FB in 60 version. I can’t find the full game on an app.
 
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Kittle, Sanders, and Kasper were pretty crazy as well.

I have some doubts about the quality of the data though, Keith Duncan is probably not the all-time Iowa leader in broad jump. :roll:
 

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Sanders ran a 4.4 at the combine? Damn. That is not a small man to be moving at such velocity.

 

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Holy shit. You weren't kidding about Nick Bell.

6'2, 250 lbs and ran a 4.52 40 time. How did this guy not get drafted higher or have a better NFL career?
He got hurt.

I remember when I got his autograph when he was a senior at Iowa. I had it framed. It was my prized possession for years.
 
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Sanders ran a 4.4 at the combine? Damn. That is not a small man to be moving at such velocity.

They might even be listing the average of his two times because I remember at the time it being reported that he ran a 4.36.

Not bad for a kid who ran a 4.6 when he arrived at Iowa.
 
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I wonder if Bell would be playing running back if he enrolled this fall? I would think you'd look at him, but it did take until his 3rd year on campus before he started playing- as a fullback. It was year 4 before he was a tailback. Would they- and he- have the patience now?

There was a big RB called Jim Jensen in the 70s. 6-3+, 230. Good speed, but stiff, wth slow acceleration. Although he did have one amazingly good year for Denver, I can't imagine him playing RB now. TE-DE all the way, one would think. Jon Lazar was a decent 70s fullback, but probably a SS-LB candidate now. What do you do with a Lew Montgomery now? Norm Granger was arguably Hayden's best fullback, but not a tailback today, and at 5-9 and 215-20, not the size of a current fullback. David Hudson?

(Apologies to the yutes who haven't seen some of these guys.)
 
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My memory was that they got Bell to come to Iowa because they told him they would let him play RB. IIRC, other schools wanted him as a defensive lineman.

David Hudson was a really talented guy, though injuries seemed to take their toll on him over time. He averaged a whopping 7 yards a carry as a sophomore, but then 4.1 and 3.8 his last two years. He was a hell of a blocker, so I can see him still being a fullback--or maybe a Tony Jackson/Erik Jensen kind of a tight end.

Montgomery was too small to play fullback now and not fast enough to be a tailback. I think he would be a linebacker if he were coming into Iowa now.
 

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My memory was that they got Bell to come to Iowa because they told him they would let him play RB. IIRC, other schools wanted him as a defensive lineman.

David Hudson was a really talented guy, though injuries seemed to take their toll on him over time. He averaged a whopping 7 yards a carry as a sophomore, but then 4.1 and 3.8 his last two years. He was a hell of a blocker, so I can see him still being a fullback--or maybe a Tony Jackson/Erik Jensen kind of a tight end.

Montgomery was too small to play fullback now and not fast enough to be a tailback. I think he would be a linebacker if he were coming into Iowa now.
Yeah, I think that's correct on Bell's recruitment. It could be a false memory, but it seems like Hudson exploded a quad making a long run against UTEP as a soph. He had been looking like a poor man's Earl Campbell early that year, but never showed that again.

I miss the old fashioned fullback who had ball skills. Most of those guys are just tweeners now, but they were terrific overall players. Having a small guard in that spot now doesn't seem like progress. But they didn't have 325 pound DL then.
 

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Holy shit. You weren't kidding about Nick Bell.

6'2, 250 lbs and ran a 4.52 40 time. How did this guy not get drafted higher or have a better NFL career?
One of my prized possessions is my VHS to DVD transfer of the 1990 Iowa-Illinois game where Nick Bell and the boyz steamrolled them with Keith Jackson on the call.
 

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Yeah, I think that's correct on Bell's recruitment. It could be a false memory, but it seems like Hudson exploded a quad making a long run against UTEP as a soph. He had been looking like a poor man's Earl Campbell early that year, but never showed that again.

I miss the old fashioned fullback who had ball skills. Most of those guys are just tweeners now, but they were terrific overall players. Having a small guard in that spot now doesn't seem like progress. But they didn't have 325 pound DL then.
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Whenever I go back and watch 85 Iowa-Michigan I’m always surprised how much of a role Hudson played. Picked up a huge first down on the last drive. Ten year old me doesn’t remember much of him from that season/game, but I do remember Scott Helverson gettin screwed out of a touchdown.
 

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Whenever I go back and watch 85 Iowa-Michigan I’m always surprised how much of a role Hudson played. Picked up a huge first down on the last drive. Ten year old me doesn’t remember much of him from that season/game, but I do remember Scott Helverson gettin screwed out of a touchdown.
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I wonder if Bell would be playing running back if he enrolled this fall? I would think you'd look at him, but it did take until his 3rd year on campus before he started playing- as a fullback. It was year 4 before he was a tailback. Would they- and he- have the patience now?

There was a big RB called Jim Jensen in the 70s. 6-3+, 230. Good speed, but stiff, wth slow acceleration. Although he did have one amazingly good year for Denver, I can't imagine him playing RB now. TE-DE all the way, one would think. Jon Lazar was a decent 70s fullback, but probably a SS-LB candidate now. What do you do with a Lew Montgomery now? Norm Granger was arguably Hayden's best fullback, but not a tailback today, and at 5-9 and 215-20, not the size of a current fullback. David Hudson?

(Apologies to the yutes who haven't seen some of these guys.)
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