Jordan Canzeri took the handoff, darted around right end and ran head-first into a defender. A pop of the pads later, the running back kept his balance, spun and gained a few more yards before being dragged down. It was just one play in Iowa’s 2-hour 20-minute football practice Sunday at Valley Stadium in West [...]
Too bad life isn’t like spring football where you can sort of just start over every March with a clean slate and with an overwhelming sense of optimism. Iowa assistant coach LeVar Woods said the word exciting, or a form of it, six times while addressing the media on Wednesday. And that was just in [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Mark Weisman and Damon Bullock, together — in the same backfield. It’s the sort of formation speculation that fuels Iowa’s spring football practices, but new running backs coach Chris White offers a practical explanation. “You have to put the best players on the field,” White said. “I think we can do [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Forget, for a moment, that Iowa’s football team is in search of a quarterback. The rest of the offense has coach Kirk Ferentz feeling fairly optimistic as spring practices begin. “To me, we had more questions last year,” Ferentz said Wednesday. “The good thing about last year is, there were some [...]
The worst thing about running back Greg Garmon quitting the Iowa football team is that it sends the wrong message at the wrong time. There’s never a good time to lose a former four-star recruit such as Garmon, who showed flashes as a true freshman this past season. But it’s horrible timing when it comes [...]
This isn’t the end of the world that another Iowa running back transferred. Losing Greg Garmon, a true freshman who even coach Kirk Ferentz said ran toward the sidelines a few too many times, doesn’t mean the Hawkeyes are destined for another 4-8 season in 2013. Perception aside, it could be a good thing. That [...]
This was written with the huge assumption that the Iowa running backs can stay healthy, can stay out of trouble and want to stay here. It’s time for Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz to start thinking out of the pro-style box with regard to his running backs, which under Ferentz is another word for tailback. It’s [...]
Iowa City, Ia. – Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz said Wednesday that a change in offensive coordinators isn’t the cure for an offense that this season ranked as one of the school’s worst during the past decade. “I think Greg (Davis) is an excellent football coach,” Ferentz said during a 45-minute season wrapup press conference. [...]
ANN ARBOR, MICH. – Iowa didn’t change its game plan or scheme any different. But tight ends ended up with 11 catches on Saturday, led by junior C.J. Fiedorowicz with a career-high eight catches for 99 yards. It was the most catches for an Iowa tight end since Scott Slutzker caught 8 for 165 against [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – What’s happening with Iowa football these days is hiding behind numbers that quarterback James Vandenberg just as well could use as a snap count Saturday at Michigan. Ready. . .set. . . . . .98. . . .94. . .106. . .102 . . .hut. The ensuing play could range from [...]
