Football SquareOffs

Fran McCaffery seems to be willing to adjust to the players he has. The team has continued to get better since he was hired when the program had hit rock bottom. Kirk Ferentz does not change anything, he just moves assistants around. The offense has been in a rut for too many years.

They are building teams that have talent inside and out. I actually like the 2016-2017 more than any of the prior Fran Mc teams. This group is very athletic and plays like it belongs, even though they are presently starting 4 freshmen. They don't rattle or panic and keep coming after you.

Much better head coach-better recruiter- better game day coach- will not settle for slightly above average.

Freshman class without precedent. Fun team excites recruits.

Amazing Freshmen/ Sophmore Talent.

I think it's pretty obvious but with 11 underclassmen on the roster the future looks bright. As long as Greg Davis is in town, I have no hope for the future of the football team.

Football success is mostly schedule and loghtening in a bottle situations. Bball steady rise in talent.

Its simple math really. Fran just has to recruit a couple stars, 3 good players, and the rest role players. Ferentz has to recruit 50+ players on both sides of the ball and develop them. Few football players come into the college game ready to immediately contribute, the same is not true for bb

young talent, a coach who's still got something to prove

very strong young team. Jordan Bohannon is the real deal at point guard

Talent level

This one shouldnt even be close. Until the Iowa football program changes its offense up we are doomed. The defense is going to regress and wont be able to hold us in close games anymore

Much younger team with a coach who has proven he and his staff can develop talent. I think the young talent on the basketball team exceeds that of the football team as well. If Cook/Bohannon/Pemsl progress as expected, could be a deep March threat in the next few years. No such aspirations with FB.

Traditional match ups are lacking. Too many bowl games. Mediocrity us rewarded. Attendance is horrible. Most bigger games nit on anew Year's anymore

I think it'll get worse. In fact what if a kid has a minor injury that's in the playoffs/championship game. Last time I checked kids don't get paid for being in those games either. So why's the 'profile' of it matter? Once you see studs sit those out the snow ball won't stop..