Stanzi was only getting respect after he was 8-0. Ferentz can’t win….Vandy just wasn’t ready and it shows how fragile ANY program can be….when Barkley went down at USC…they lost to Washington.

Unfortunately I have tickets for next week and I’m going to get blasted by OSU fan who now thinks they are awesome again. KOK called a good game, Vandy just wasn’t ready….

ftw

Is not with the program in this photo.

So perhaps between the Curse of Jake and the SI Jinx, we simply had no shot.

(I am kidding of course, in case it is not completely obvious.)

That said, from the Weird But True Department: Jake remains the last Iowa QB to beat jNWU since Brad Banks.

If only we had a highly-ranked recruit serving as back-up, like this guy. I mean, he’s filled in and it’s been smooth sailing, right?

I suppose this is why, even in the midst of five picks against Indiana, Ferentz said he never considered pulling Stanzi.

I was actually relieved by Vandy’s performance. A redshirt freshman with all of 3 snaps in in the BXI goes in with a 9-0 season on the line and did all we could hope for, he managed the game and really only made one fuck up. He didn’t freak out under the pressure. His decision making looked OK. His passing could have been better but he showed he has an arm on him, he just needs to learn the offense and work with the receivers…. he had a couple passes that would have won the game if they had been a yard closer to the receiver.

Once Stanzi is gone, it looks like we have a pretty good replacement waiting in the wings, and for Iowa that’s nothing to sneeze at.

….have forgotten how shaky such players as even Chuck Long and Matt Rodgers looked when they first saw the field. VERY few QB’s can come in unexpectedly in the middle of a tight game and perform well.

Give Vandenberg some time with the 1st team in practice and some game experience and I think he’s going to be very good. But to expect him to light up the field yesterday is to expect too much.

I thought that perhaps we could’ve run the ball a bit more—-still can’t believe Vandy threw 27 (!) pass attempts—but then again, all it would’ve taken was Marvin pulling down one of those balls and it’s a new ballgame.

Yesterday was a perfect shit-storm, the only one that makes us lose to NW. And it happened.

 be alright once he gets some reps with the big boys this week. What would really help(helped all damn year!) is if we had healthy running backs. The lack of a serious run threat or even a time killing smashmouth threat eliminates the possible game managing talent of Vandy. He could check down to Moeaki, hit Wegher/Robinson in the flat, wildcat with McNutt, etc. We need a running game like it’s no one’s business. I can’t say anything bad about Wegher cuz the kid has been thrown in the fire FAST. I’m not completely writing us off for the year, but think about next year. Jewel starting with Robinson as a back up, oh my god it brings a tear to my eye how sweet that will be. Also, we will have Ricky AND Robinson back 100% for the bowl game!

A running game averaging 2.4 YPC combined with a young quarterback, combined with a -3 turnover margin will get you beat.

Every. Single. Fucking. Time.

who really has depth in college. There is no pre-season if you play UNI down to the wire and are scared shitless against Iowa State (we got those subs in late in that game). So we had no chance to devlop a back-up QB.

Most teams lose that game yesterday. Most pro style offenses that goes from an experienced QB to a redshirt FR. with three snaps lose. In the spread a QB can just use his feet. The spread conceals inferior intellect and experience. The QB just runs around trying to make plays. Persa was a great example of this. The back-up at Cinncy did this at South Florida when Pike went down.

In a way, our offense is a high risk offense. You lose an experienced player and your fucked. But, there are things that have been weird this year. Namely, I can’t figure out the game plan. We had a double tights at one point. Then we had a five wides at one point. We ran stretch plays then we did not. We had screens and dump offs and then we were the Oakland Raiders of he 70s.

We played basically all of the second quarter on yesterday with the second string QB (redshirt freshman – with three reps total in his college career) and the fourth string tailback (true freshman). This in accordance with the depth chart at the beginning of the season. So we are undefeated in a BXI game with a lot of fans and media talking about a shot at a national championship game with the total age of our backfield at 37 years old – no pressure there. This is not good. Then consider the game was the fifth incarnation of our offensive line with our mid-season all-American out.

I have no doubt that our first stringers could play with almost anyone in the country but I doubt very much there is a team out there that could piece together not just a competitive unit but a winning unit with this situation. One of the biggest difference between us and teams like Florida, Alabama USC and Texas is the shorter drop off from first to second string – not that there is anything wrong with our second string but in those other cases their second string could start at 95% of other schools without an issue. I love our second string and our program. We are going nuts celebrating because we were 9-0! I have a co-worker from LSU who told me they won’t watch another game because they lost to Alabama and the season is over – WTF?!?! If you expect a national title every year become a Patriots fan.

Again, I love where we are, I hope people aren’t giving up on this season, a healthy Stanzi would make all things better but we are not in a bad position when you look at the season. Who would have chewed one of their thumbs off in August for a 9-1 start? We win one of the next two games and it is a 10 win season!!!!!! We win two and we have won the Big XI. Lose two and we have a better record than last year and will kick the shit out of our opponent in our NY’s Day bowl game. Granted OSU is looking a little more daunting but get Vandenburg some reps and who knows? No one gave us a much of a chance at PSU and we bitch-made Clarke, leaned on the defense and won that going away. Pryor looked good yesterday but one quarterback had to win, he lofts passes like a pussy and hasn’t been defended by Tyler Motherfuckin’ Sash at safety.

It is one historic year an it isn’t over – lets sit back and ENJOY the fucking ride.

Arvell Nelson was supposed to be the stud of his class not Stanzi. I guess i didn’t see the harm in putting McNutt back there and seeing what would happen. We ran the option with Banks so the plays are in the playbook and McNutt knows the call through and through having play’d both WR and QB. Any thoughts on this and why o why this wouldn’t happen? What do we owe Vandy? I think McNutt gives us the best option because he can scramble if all goes to hell/knowledge of the playbook. Don’t give me the he hasn’t taken reps all season crap, neither has Vandy with the first team and do you really want him under center in the shoe? I say grow some balls KF and KOK and go McNutt and run the plays we ran with Banks.

was wondering if I would have stayed, I could be quarterback for a top ten team and help win a Big Ten championship.