[Herky] Football 11/6/2017 Iowa Named FWAA Team of the Week

[patjudyo at sbcglobal.net]

Well stated.

I agree completely with this analysis.

Pat O’Rourke

Sent from my iPad

> On Nov 7, 2017, at 9:49 AM, Larry Edwards <larryed6124 at knology.net> wrote:
> 
> You replied to a football thread but your reference to depth leads me to believe you may be referring to basketball. I'll address both.
> 
> Basketball first: Outsiders look at Iowa and see a young team that missed the 68 team NCAA tournament  last year and loses the Big Ten's leading scorer from that team. They were the worse defensive team in the league last year. Iowa still relies heavily on sophomores and unproven freshmen and will not get the benefit of the doubt on improved defense until they show it.
> 
> Football: Iowa has an extremely unfavorable schedule with cross divisional opponents Penn State, Michigan State, and Ohio State while playing their toughest inter divisional opponents on the road. They started the least experienced, most unproven, quarterback in the Big Ten and were very questionable at wide receiver. On defense, Iowa had question marks at defensive tackle after losing two good ones to the pros and were unproven in the secondary after losing Desmond King and (apparently) Brandon Snyder. With that resume, it is easy to see why they were not ranked in the preseason.
> 
> From: "Keith Voigts" <kvoigts at wisemanengine.com>
> To: herky at lists.herky.net
> Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 7:57:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Herky] Football 11/6/2017  Iowa Named FWAA Team of the Week
> 
> So with all that depth and all the positive hype we are seeing, why did the Hawks not receive one vote in the preseason rankings?  Not one measly, little, insignificant vote?
>  
> Are we drinking cool aid?
>  
> Keith Voigts
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> From: Herky [mailto:herky-bounces at lists.herky.net] On Behalf Of Larry Edwards
> Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 6:39 PM
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> Subject: [Herky] Football 11/6/2017 Iowa Named FWAA Team of the Week
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> http://www.hawkeyesports.com/news/2017/11/6/football-iowa-named-fwaa-team-of-the-week.aspx?path=football
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