desihawk said:

i will have what you are smoking.
iowa has exactly 1 weapon, the rb you mentioned. NU on the other hand has at least 4 weapons who ostensibly play for iowa.

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hdhntr1 said:

I never said he was an A+ recruiter. OL is unique in that it takes five guys working together. It takes not just getting top guys but also getting them solid in fundamentals and working together. We were definitely bringing in a higher level of recruit over the last few years including 4 stars in Skoronsky and Tiernan and several other high rated guys. But they never got the blending together part. More recently we have also had a mass exodus after the firing of Fitz

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corbi296 said:

That’s right. We had neither great talent nor a talent deficit on defense with either of those two coordinators. What that transition and the subsequent transition to Braun showed is that a very good coach can take a unit with average talent and make them look very good and that a very bad coordinator can make that same unit with average talent look very bad. About 75% players and 25% coaching.

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corbi296 said:

When are people going to realize that it’s mostly about the Jimmys and the Joes, not the Xs and Os. Great talent can overcome bad coaching most of the time but a great coach is rarely enough to overcome a meaningful talent deficit.

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Figrating said:

Sometimes bad is bad. It LOOKED like NU was getting an OC that would make them more competitive. Many NU fans had stars in their eyes, as I did. Maybe Coach Braun still has stars in his eyes. If this is all Coach Lujan has, here's hoping it doesn't take Coach Braun two seasons to realize it.

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NJCat said:

To my surprise, Torvik also had Mullins #4 at 9.7 PPG. If that happens Cats will be strong.

He projects 18-12, 10-10 in the BiG. I'd take that in a heartbeat.

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desihawk said:

i will have what you are smoking.
iowa has exactly 1 weapon, the rb you mentioned. NU on the other hand has at least 4 weapons who ostensibly play for iowa.

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wocka said:

Torvik (who was pretty dead-on preseason about us last year) has Berry at #2 with 13.4PPG and Martinelli #3 at 11.6PPG, which reflects the vote count here pretty closely.

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peatymeanis said:

Why was our OL so bad if Fitz was an A+ recruiter in all positions except for QB?

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TheC said:

Iowa 31
NU 13

Iowa has some weapons including that RB who is capable of scoring on any play

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peatymeanis said:

Why was our OL so bad if Fitz was an A+ recruiter in all positions except for QB?

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curdog said:

Not sure it was recruiting misses, poor evaluation, poor development, poor coaching or some combo.

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