Comments on: 2009 Opponent Preview: Iowa

By: Bellanca

Bellanca — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:39:06 +0000

A pretty lame analysis, I would say.

Donohue will be in an NFL camp. As noted, there were two Praters, and one of them (the wideout) is now in juco. You can’t play a zone blocking O with a center who isn’t smarter than the QB — so Eubanks is looking like a guard, unless he doesn’t play at all. Iowa doesn’t look to have big DTs, so people like Klug play there by design. We don’t assign bonus points to black kids, so the noise on Greenwood is just that. Reisner will be in an NFL camp, because schools like UM, with their spread-lust, don’t produce real tight ends.

The most cursory review of Iowa would note, as has been noted above, that Brinson will carry the ball before Murphy.

I don’t think Iowa is a legit contender for the Big Ten title. Their nonconference schedule, and road Big Ten schedule, is painful to contemplate. We might be the best 7-5, 8-4 team in the league, but we aren’t running the table on the league this year. The schedule is tough, and we’re from Iowa.

That said, I can’t wait for the Michigan game, and Clayborn, Binns, and Ballard hitting whichever crash dummy is at quarterback on EVERY SINGLE PLAY. Norm is old school, and in old school option football, which is what the spread is plus wideouts, you pound the sh*t out of the QB every play, whether or not he has the ball. We play NFL style ball, and any QB who wants to carry the ball, and pretend to carry the ball, had better be prepared to be pancaked 40x per game.

By: JRyanSims

JRyanSims — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:37:46 +0000

To be fair, every punter is mediocre compared to Zoltan.

By: TexasHawk21

TexasHawk21 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:40:56 +0000

…just one other thing to add to Iowa Guy, who is pretty much spot on with the corrections.

Ryan Donahue is quite a bit better than mediocre and was a Ray Guy finalist last year. His average was low(ish) due to our offensive proficiency, but he was outstanding in placement, with several punts downed inside the 20.

He has a chance to be Iowa’s best punter since Reggie Roby (my apologies to Jason Baker who is still enjoying his NFL career).

By: Iowa Guy

Iowa Guy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Hmm, Some good some bad. I will correct your errors. James Vandenburg will back up Stanzi, John Weinke is 3rd string and they’re both RS Freshman. Jayme Murphy will not carry the football more than 10 times all season unless there is a terrible string of injuries. It will be 1) Jewell Hampton So. 2) Jeff Brinson RS Fr. 3) Paki O’meara/Brandon Wegher Sr./Fr. If Moeaki goes down at TE Allen Reisner a Jr. showed potential last year. The OL could be right but I’d guess left to right B. Bulaga, D. Richardson, J. Vandervelde, D. Doering, K. Calloway. On the DL Ballard and Clayborn will likely both play some DT to get Binns in the game more but Mike Daniels will start opposite K. Klug as long as he holds of Cody Hundertmark. The starting linebackers are correct but J. Tarpinian could beat out Hunter and J. Coleman will redshirt this year. David Cato will be staying at safety. Shaun Prater is staying at cornerback and will be competing with J. Bernstine for a starting spot. Shane Prater, Shaun’s twin was a Wr and has transferred to a JUCO to get his grades up. Colin Sandeman should return punts and Brandon Wegher is likely to return kicks. Oh and some white people can actually run, what a shock.