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I don't think so, no.

Two things:

1.) No. I do think this was a bowl capable team and failed to make a bowl due to coaching. I don't think Iowa will ever go to the NC game under KF (if Bill Synder can do it at KState, a coach can do it at Iowa). The thing is though, there's a lot of young talent on this team and we could have a nice run coming up. If KF leaves the program on consistent successful note, the next coach will have a great chance at bringing us to that next level. If KF leaves today, we lose our recruiting class after building 2 nice ones and having déjà vu all over again.

2.) Why do you care about downvotes? Do you really care about what random interweb people think of your opinion? Are you going to take your VOH rating with you when you die or are you leaving it to someone in your will? Does your rating impress your wife? Does it make your d*** look bigger?

If you answered yes to any of those questions I feel sorry for you and you probably shouldn't have posted this thread knowing you'd probably get downvoted. If you answer no, grab a beer put in a chew and do something manly while promising to never complain about downvotes again cause ppl that complain about downvotes wear skirts. Post what you wanna post and who gives a _____ what ppl rate you, it's your opinion and if they don't like it _____ them.

I think that's a fair assessment. I think everyone in the program - from the coaches on down - has a role in Iowa being 4-7. And especially with this schedule, this has been an extremely disappointing year.

fuisu, thanks for the laugh. My wife hates football, but does like the Iowa tailgates, as she has been to many (ask BBR).

Living in NYC all these (23) years does make one's skin thick and also full of sarcasm, so a few donwvotes are hardly offensive,

Last I checked, the size is still the same, but is not getting any bigger the way the BB game is going tonight.

I can certainly blame the coaches for our loss to CMU. But the losing streak all came about from one MSU helmet on Weisman's ankle. Point blank.

No Weisman against PSU? And that changed the dynamics of our offense. Then our 2 biggest and best OL go down within 3 plays of each other and are lost for the year. Our EXCELLENT OL becomes an AVERAGE to below average OL. What does that do? Forces our less than stellar D stay on the field longer.

'Nuff said.

(Was interesting to hear the commentators from today's game, when one tells the other that Iowa has had 18 players drafted, and the one was just so flabbergasted by that fact. Bundle that with the players who have left either thru leaving or graduation, and the margin of error for this team was low. Its not "bad coaching"...but maybe bad recruiting.)

Much like this years starter at QB, I wouldn't be saddened to see him leave....

Don't get me wrong, I don't think Weisman is the 2nd coming of Bo Jackson, far from it. What he had going for him is he just ran the ball. He bulled his way, always kept his feet moving and was a nightmare for Defensive players. He was simply effective.

As for Scherff, hes still fairly young, as is all our OL, with the exception of Ferentz. His pass blocking wasn't the best, especially against the speed edge rushers, but if you can lean on the DL in run blocking play after play, and use the play action, the DL aren't as frisky at they might have been.

As for Donnal, I guess I am bit biased, but once Blythe went down, Iowa replaced a 6'3 280 lb kid with a 6'7 310 lb kid and the OL played that much better. Donnal natural position is LOT, not ROG. When Scherff got hurt, I was stunned that they did not flip him over, since he has been the back up LOT on the 2-deeps all season. The chose to bring in Nolan MacMillan who as a freshman was a Big Ten All-American at ROG to play Donnal's natural position, and left Donnal at his.

All I know is that when the 3 of them went down, so did our season. Call it what you want, but its more than just coincidence.

Just meant that Bullock especially, and even Garmon as the game slows down for him, are just as dangerous as Weisman is. They all do it in different ways, but I think the end result would be pretty similar.

The injuries definitely didn't help, but Iowa had already lost to Iowa State and CMU at home, so it wasn't like this team was playing great ball at any point before the injuries. The Michigan State game was an impressive, gritty win on the road, but subsequent opponents have done a much better job of capitalizing on Iowa's weaknesses. It's definitely possible that Scherff, Donnal and/or Weisman would have made the difference against Northwestern, Indiana or Purdue, but I think it's just as possible that Iowa loses those games anyway, especially since none of them play defense.

Back to the offensive line, I thought Tobin was playing pretty well at guard. He's obviously not a tackle, so it's tough to get an accurate evaluation of him at this point. But him moving out to tackle really revealed how little quality depth Iowa had/has at guard.