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Sam McKewon said...
Iowa will be better overall in 2012 than it was in 2011. The 2011 team was lucky not to finish 5-7.
How much better, we'll see. Aside from 2009, Iowa's not been a good pass rushing team, because it wasn't the Norm Parker scheme. Where Iowa was hideous in 2010/2011 was in pass defense. Hideous. 62% completion rate the last two years? That'll improve.
8-4. Maybe 9-3.
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Sam McKewon said...
I don't think Iowa lost as many good players (respective to some of the guys who were recruited 1-2 years ago) as people have suggested. And before you proceed to list off all the players and give me a pop quiz on who replaces them, yes, I know who was lost. And I have a good idea of who will replace them. If I turn out to be wrong, I'll say it, but I think you'll see a better team, and not just in record.
The RB doesn't bother me in the least. Easiest position to replace. Heck, Iowa's done it. Again and again.
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Sam McKewon said...
Iowa got an upgrade at OC. Don't buy that "it's all Greg Davis' fault" with Texas. (And Texas will try to sell you on it.) And Ferentz's kid is a rising star in the business. He'll be an OC in 5 years.
On defense, I mean, it's not a new staff. It's a guy who's been there for years now calling the defense.
If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. It's not like it'll be worth a ton if I'm right. But last year, when some suggested Iowa would contend for the league title, I said fourth/fifth in the Legends.
Let me add this, too: Minnesota has more talent than Kill's let on. That whole "we need better players" stuff last year was a sandbag. Now that he's in better health, that team will punk somebody next year. NW. Purdue. Somebody. They'll make a bowl game.
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Sam McKewon said...
Iowa got an upgrade at OC. Don't buy that "it's all Greg Davis' fault" with Texas. (And Texas will try to sell you on it.) And Ferentz's kid is a rising star in the business. He'll be an OC in 5 years.
On defense, I mean, it's not a new staff. It's a guy who's been there for years now calling the defense.
If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. It's not like it'll be worth a ton if I'm right. But last year, when some suggested Iowa would contend for the league title, I said fourth/fifth in the Legends.
Let me add this, too: Minnesota has more talent than Kill's let on. That whole "we need better players" stuff last year was a sandbag. Now that he's in better health, that team will punk somebody next year. NW. Purdue. Somebody. They'll make a bowl game.
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Iowa got an upgrade at OC. Don't buy that "it's all Greg Davis' fault" with Texas. (And Texas will try to sell you on it.) And Ferentz's kid is a rising star in the business. He'll be an OC in 5 years.
On defense, I mean, it's not a new staff. It's a guy who's been there for years now calling the defense.
If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. It's not like it'll be worth a ton if I'm right. But last year, when some suggested Iowa would contend for the league title, I said fourth/fifth in the Legends.
Let me add this, too: Minnesota has more talent than Kill's let on. That whole "we need better players" stuff last year was a sandbag. Now that he's in better health, that team will punk somebody next year. NW. Purdue. Somebody. They'll make a bowl game.
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klein12 said...
I see all those points... just think it will take a year or two for them to find their footing. I see them anywhere between 8-4 and 6-6 next year. I see them losing to Michigan State, Penn State, Northwestern, Purdue, Michigan and Nebraska. If they can take care of Penn State, Northwestern and Purdue they could go 9-3 but I don't see it happening.
In any case even if they go 9-3 I doubt they beat a team in the Top 25. If they had our schedule they would easily be going 6-6 or 5-7.
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Uh………Minnesota is a bottom half of the division team, period. Over the past fifteen years, and three coaches, the best record MN has posted in the B1G is 5-3. They did that once under Glen Mason, who gave MN the appearance of a bowl team by scheduling four of the worst teams he could find in the ooc, and managing to scrape out three wins in conference.
Their normal in-conference record is 3-5. The years when they have managed to scrap together four or five B1G wins were those in which they played most of the rest of the crapy teams like IN, IL, PU, NW, etc.
They are simply not going to get much better, period.
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daddyact said...
Uh………Minnesota is a bottom half of the division team, period. Over the past fifteen years, and three coaches, the best record MN has posted in the B1G is 5-3. They did that once under Glen Mason, who gave MN the appearance of a bowl team by scheduling four of the worst teams he could find in the ooc, and managing to scrape out three wins in conference.
Their normal in-conference record is 3-5. The years when they have managed to scrap together four or five B1G wins were those in which they played most of the rest of the crapy teams like IN, IL, PU, NW, etc.
They are simply not going to get much better, period.
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Sam McKewon said...
Minnesota has the size. You walk down on the field and look at their guys, they measure up just fine. That's a big team. Some strong guys.
It's not a particularly fast team. Minny had one dude last year - McKnight - who could get over Nebraska vertically.
I do think they'll make a bowl game, going 4-0 in non-conference, beating Northwestern at home and somebody else in the Big Ten.
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