<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>He was not an average defensive lineman. He would have been a star there too. His high school coach saw him as a star at center and so did Iowa's offensive line coach. </div><div>High School coach:</div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;">"He said with conviction, and on the record, that Linderbaum would be a star at whatever position he played in college."</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;">"<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;">The position switch hardly came as a surprise to Miller because he was convinced that Linderbaum had all the skills and intangibles to be a great center."</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;"><a href="https://hawkfanatic.com/2020/11/24/kevin-miller-was-spot-on-with-his-bold-prediction-about-tyler-linderbaum/">https://hawkfanatic.com/2020/11/24/kevin-miller-was-spot-on-with-his-bold-prediction-about-tyler-linderbaum/</a></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Offensive line coach Tim Polasek:</span></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 27px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 27px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">"Offensive line coach Tim Polasek has frequently looked at his team’s defensive linemen and thought about them on his unit. He did that with Linderbaum last fall.</p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;"></span></span></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 27px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 27px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">“You want to work with that type of aggressive athlete that can obviously run and move his feet the way he does being an inside-, outside-zone kind of team. From that standpoint, he is a good fit,” he said."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 27px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 27px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;"><a href="https://www.hawkeyenation.com/news/new-hawkeye-center-tyler-linderbaum-a-rare-breed/article_c2daca7e-1e90-5bb8-8e71-4d8017354b5e.html">https://www.hawkeyenation.com/news/new-hawkeye-center-tyler-linderbaum-a-rare-breed/article_c2daca7e-1e90-5bb8-8e71-4d8017354b5e.html</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 27px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: #444444; line-height: 27px; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;"><br></p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;"></span></span></span><div><br></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;" data-mce-style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: #f7f7f7;"></span></span></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>kvoigts@wisemanengine.com<br><b>To: </b>herky@lists.herky.net<br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, January 11, 2021 12:06:16 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Herky] Iowa Football: Tyler Linderbaum, Zach VanValkenburg Returning to Hawkeyes in 2021<br><div><br></div><style><!--
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Somebody remind me again who is responsible for the genius move that brought Linderbaum from an average defensive lineman to the OL as center. What did they see in him that indicated stardom at center? Stuff like that really intrigues me since I am a total idiot regarding such things.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Keith Voigts</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Herky <herky-bounces@lists.herky.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Larry Edwards<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 1, 2021 9:22 AM<br><b>To:</b> herky <herky@lists.herky.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Herky] Iowa Football: Tyler Linderbaum, Zach VanValkenburg Returning to Hawkeyes in 2021</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2020/12/31/22208378/iowa-football-tyler-linderbaum-zach-vanvalkenburg-returning-to-hawkeyes-in-2021-nfl-draft-bhgp" target="_blank">https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2020/12/31/22208378/iowa-football-tyler-linderbaum-zach-vanvalkenburg-returning-to-hawkeyes-in-2021-nfl-draft-bhgp</a></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></p></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Herky mailing list<br>Herky@lists.herky.net<br>http://lists.herky.net/listinfo.cgi/herky-herky.net<br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>