Recruiting Football Talk VII

[I4Jay]

Thank you for letting us secure our future.

 

[SSVol]

CJH wouldn't let a 6th year Senior QB call audibles, he isn't going to let a Freshmen QB either...

So yes ,Nico will be looking towards sidelines as much as Joe did...

"let"

Eh.

 

[knoxvol52]

"let"

Eh.

What's the proper word? Professor

 

[Vols4us]

I am beyond excited to see Nico take over and play.

Made the bowl game a lot more meaningful for me.

Same here.

We have more that most programs - a real running game to go with the passing. That takes some of the pressure off Nico along with the low scoring ability of Iowa. He gets time to work on things.

 

[VolArtillery]

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Headed home today! Wife is much improved.

 

[Playdo]

 

[jakez4ut]

Am I the only one that cares more about winning than just an exhibition of players? Yeah, excited to see them but really want to win.

No.I want to win this game. But I do think in this day and age with opt outs and pay off bowl games, other bowl games hold little weight for anyone outside the respective fanbases.

Had anyone opted out out transferred from Iowa? Serious question.

we're definitely in more of an exhibition mode than Iowa just based on the difference in our roster.

 

[KptVFL]

Am I the only one that cares more about winning than just an exhibition of players? Yeah, excited to see them but really want to win.

No. You're definitely not.

 

[drvenner]

Iowa played two teams worth a damn this year and scored a combined zero points. Vols by 21. Nico goes ham (300+). A random WR's coming out party (my bet Nimrod--145 yards 2 td's). Seldon goes for 115 and 2. Sampson does his thing. We get reasonably excited for 2024. Can't wait.

yep, outscored 57-0 by PSU and Michigan. Also lost to a woeful Minnesota team 12-10.

 

[drvenner]

They are still a good defense. FPI has efficiency numbers for offense, defense and special teams and it is opponent adjusted. Opponent adjusted doesn’t necessarily tell the whole story.. it just means they tried to compensate for it in the numbers the best they could. Either way, Iowa is still 5th in the nation for defensive efficiency. Their Offense is 121st in the nation and the worst out of P5 teams

As for how they play, if they were a keep away offense that was skewing their defensive numbers than you’d expect to see their TOP a little higher but they are in 101st in the nation in TOP. To be fair though, it’s hard to keep your TOP up too high when your offense is terrible. Either way, they aren’t playing keep away and instead of the defense playing less they are having to play more and yet they still have the efficiency metrics they do. So yeah, they are impressive.

Doesn't mean they will shut us down though. I’m still confident in being able to move the ball on them.

This definitely means a 63 -52 game is incoming.

 

[knoxvol52]

No.I want to win this game. But I do think in this day and age with opt outs and pay off bowl games, other bowl games hold little weight for anyone outside the respective fanbases.

Had anyone opted out out transferred from Iowa? Serious question.

we're definitely in more of an exhibition mode than Iowa just based on the difference in our roster.

Iowa starting QB transfered to Utah State, Cade McNamara is injured and out...

There starting QB is Deacon Hill, top DB is injured and out...

 

[MarcoVol]

No.I want to win this game. But I do think in this day and age with opt outs and pay off bowl games, other bowl games hold little weight for anyone outside the respective fanbases.

Had anyone opted out out transferred from Iowa? Serious question.

we're definitely in more of an exhibition mode than Iowa just based on the difference in our roster.

We win or we riot

 

[drvenner]

Are they more of a running team? Passing? Both?

More like floundering and wounded duck slinging.

 

[drvenner]

Who will be getting hurt on our extra point kicks?

@you will

 

[drvenner]

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Headed home today! Wife is much improved.

Best news of the day!!

 

[Orangeburst]

Non playoff Bowl games are much about motivation. Having new starters can only help as they want to show they belong and would seem to help us imo.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Completely agree. He is as dedicated and committed to this program as anyone who has ever been through here.
He also won us some football games while he was at it.

And the dude is sticking around to help Nico through the bowl game

Best case scenario!

 

[BearCat204]

I will just pronounce it “high ssss man”

 

[UpstateVol613]

 

[Glitch]

Iowa starting QB transfered to Utah State, Cade McNamara is injured and out...

There starting QB is Deacon Hill, top DB is injured and out...

The same Cade McNamara that beat out our Joe Milton at UM was the back up at Iomeh? Yeah. I am not worried about this game.

 

[Christian Lowe]

The people here who think iowa is going to get blown out by us are in for a disappointment. Will likely be a 17-14 type game

 

[StoVol]

Not gonna believe it til @Jimmy Football does an edit stating Nico is starting

 

[Enki_Amenra]

The people here who think iowa is going to get blown out by us are in for a disappointment. Will likely be a 17-14 type game

We're gonna beat Iowa 45-9

 

[jave36]

I will just pronounce it “high ssss man”

You put the emphasis on two syllables?

 

[volbeast33]