<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#002060;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>I think that an all-world quarterback would make even the sorriest offense look better than terrible just because of the position and the talent. We may have a good quarterback. Who knows? We do know that he is not all world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>But this presser, and most comments by the great unwashed like me, just tend to harp and harp and harp on QB play. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>How can we go downfield when the O Line can’t hold the defense for more than about 1.5 seconds? How can a receiver get downfield? How can a running back look all world without speed and blocking? How can the QB be blamed for poor routes? How can the QB be blamed for sorry play design and calling?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>This is a BAD offense (so far), and not the QB’s fault totally. Why change when there is no support and no all world QB waiting in the wings?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Yes SP misses targets. Most college QB’s do. That’s on him. But it’s a small portion of the reason this offense stinks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>This whole farce goes back more than just a year or two. It must be bad recruiting, bad development, bad play design. Coaches determine a lot of the good and bad. The school has given the program great facilities, the school pays the coaches well, the fans show up and contribute to the many requests for funds. All is in place for the coaches to execute over a long term period of time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Good success has occurred most of the tenure of Kfz. He has really done well with the circumstances he operates under over the years. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Unfortunately, the trend is in the down arrow position. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Firing everyone and starting over probably is not a good short term solution. We fans want to win now, not four years from now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Like I said, I’m among the great unwashed, so don’t ask me for a solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'>Keith Voigts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></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> Tuesday, September 13, 2022 4:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> herky <herky@lists.herky.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Herky] Everything Kirk Ferentz said during Tuesday's press conference that included heavy QB questioning<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://hawkfanatic.com/2022/09/13/hf-tv-hawkeye-player-interview-highlights-9-13-22/">https://hawkfanatic.com/2022/09/13/hf-tv-hawkeye-player-interview-highlights-9-13-22/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>