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15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Iowa RBs: Three better... · 0 replies · +1 points

But do you get a guy reps vs. EIU so he's not coming into a B10 game cold turkey? That's about what happened to Brad Rogers last year. I'm assuming injuries of course, which at the RB position isn't too huge of an assumption.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Iowa RBs: Three better... · 3 replies · +1 points

Marc- Really appreciate your coverage of the Wegher situation. There's been info when available but you haven't allowed things to get out of hand in the comments section.

Moving on to the RBs, it will be very interesting to see how KF and Erb handle the RB situation vs. EIU. ARob is there of course, but he's carried 20+ times in a game only twice. That means there will be a need for an RB2...hopefully in mop up time, but maybe when the game is still early. Do you go the "loyalty" route w/ no burned redshirts and play Paki? Or do you burn a redshirt w/ Johnson without knowing how much PT he'll get once Jewel is back?

The staff has certainly become more liberal in playing true freshman, so it wouldn't surprise me one bit. Plus, Paki has had his opportuinty to show what he can do w/ meaningful reps and that didn't go well. I think Paki will be #2 on the depth chart going into EIU but I'm not sure that's how it will play out. 10 more days!

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Wegher remains absent · 1 reply · 0 points

I agree w/ you Marc. The clock is certainly running out on Wegher's "welcome mat" back to the team. That's not w/ any inside knowledge, but when the days start to turn into weeks, it's just not fair to the rest of the team.

Hopefully he makes the best decision for himself and his family. If he's no longer a Hawk, so be it. Iowa will be fine at RB unless the injury bug hits again.

In the short term, I think that you have to get one of the freshman RBs enough reps in practice to be ready. I don't think EIU will be an issue, but there's 11 games after that where I won't be comfortable with Paki as the #2 back if Jewel or ARob goes down.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - The Contingency -- Off... · 2 replies · +1 points

The contingency plan at tackle worries me a bit. A lot of young inexperience in the 2 deeps, rather than the seasoned inexperience of a guy like Zusevics. It will be interesting to see who makes a jump to become that 7th or 8th guy during fall camp.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - The Contingency -- Run... · 1 reply · +2 points

At the beginning of the season, one of these guys is going to be left out. However, as we are all very familiar with, injuries happen at RB, and I fully expect all 3 of these guys to get meaningful carries as the season goes on. Hopefully 3 deep will be all Iowa needs this year.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Readers' No. 2 -- 2008... · 2 replies · +1 points

Since I was 4 years old when Iowa beat Michigan in 1985, I am glad that this game became my generation's "1985" game. Certainly a game I'll never forget.

I had an extra ticket to this game and couldn't find anyone to take it back home. The Hawks were having a disappointing season w/ the close losses, it was going to be cold, and on paper there was chance that this game could have been an easy win for Penn St. I ended up selling the ticket on Melrose for around $15.

Needless to say, some of my friends are still kicking themselves over their decision.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Readers' No. 7 -- 2004... · 2 replies · +1 points

Gotta love that play from Drew Tate right before the half. That guy had some wizardry in him. Some of those pass rushers must have thought that he just disappeared.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Florida QB loves Iowa's O · 1 reply · 0 points

Kid plays for one of the best high school programs in the country. He plays against some of the best competiion in the country. I'm thrilled with this pickup. His highlights confirm the fact that you have to be pretty good to play at Aquinas.

The Hawks are still in on a lot of good players, guys that are highly recruited that they offered early in the process. It has the potential to be a very good class on paper.

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - With Vincent, Hawkeyes... · 0 replies · +1 points

Maybe it's because they moved Shumpert to WR in the 2011 class. There's quite a few young WR in 2011 but hardly any upperclassmen on scholarship.

WR on scholarship in 2011

Seniors: McNutt
Juniors: Davis
Sophomore: Cotton, Shumpert (maybe)
Freshman: Martin-Manley, Shepherd, Grant, Vincent

Certainly thin w/ the upperclassmen. Would be a great place for a JUCO WR, but I realize that the Hawkeye staff doesn't look at that route very often.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - ISUtoBig10.com · 1 reply · +1 points

Let's just say Notre Dame feels a little more comfortable right now than Iowa St. That was kind of hard to read.

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