Ouch. What a bummer of a football season. Going 6-6 is disappointing but losing at home to Western Michigan kind of sucks.
Unlike Pat Harty, I’m not ready to turn into a complete cry baby and start saying that Ferentz better turn things around or else.
Check this out:
History shows that it’s hard enough turning around the fortunes of the Iowa football program once, but to do it twice with the same coaching staff is asking a lot, maybe too much.
Hayden Fry is probably the only Iowa coach to come close to rebuilding the program twice. The first time occurred in the early 1980s followed by another resurgence in the mid-1990s.
But it wasn’t as good the second time around under Fry.
Apparently it is time for Ferentz to accept one of those pro job offers and bring in a new Hawkeye coach. Whatever.
The team has a fair amount of extremely young talent. I think a summer of getting some practices in are going to result in a team that can score some points next year. Besides the crazy youth and inexperience at QB and WR, the offensive line was normally 1 JR, 2 SO, and 2 FR. They’ll be bigger, stronger, faster, and meaner next year.
The defense has been pretty solid for a while now as long as the offense can keep them off the field for more than 3 plays and a punt. The punter seems to be pretty solid after a season that saw him set the Iowa record for most punts in a season as a freshman.
One coach and position that I would like the team to really look at is whoever is in charge of the cornerbacks and safeties. It seems like when the opposing offensive line gives their QB any amount of time at all, he normally has no trouble throwing that ball about 10-20 yards down field which is a problem Iowa has had for several years now. I would love for Iowa to tighten down that area of their defense and really start making 3rd and long a punishment instead of an opportunity for the other team.
Anyway, hopefully there will be no bowl game and the team can head straight to the weight rooms and start watching game tape and the rest of us fans can move on to basketball.