Recent content by SeattleHawkeye

+1. It's not the f'ing GD system, either. JVB is repeatedly not seeing wide open WR's and TE's every game. As said above, he refuses to throw the deep ball and checks down everything he can. He also doesn't make the correct throws to utilize his pass catcher's skills - namely CJF. "The...

This is exactly how I see it. And I thought this was very obvious. Weisman and the OL are unquestionably the best offensive weapons IA has, though the WR's and TE's are also talented. JVB generally plays better at home, but until he starts seeing the entire field (specifically including his...

I still can't believe Tobin didn't get called for the leg whip / tripping of the LB filling against Weisman. Every time I see that play I can't believe they didn't flag Tobin b/c it was so obvious.

I'm w/ you on your timeline. Have to throw in Jay-Z and Nas, Eminem coming on in the mid to late '90's and early '00's, but since then rap and hip-hop have seriously declined. I'd generally take old school hip-hop / rap over newer stuff any day. Once they started rapping about their rims and...

I concur. I certainly don't think PSU are world beaters, but I'm really impressed w/ BOB as a coach - he figured out what his team was and wasn't good at, and he's trying to go w/ what works for them - namely a short, controlled passing game. It should be noted they lost their top RB Belton...

Definitely huge props to Morgan developing the DL and KF for nudging Kaz out the door (and hiring Brian, who many were whining about nepotism, but seems to clearly be a fantastic hire). I very, very incorrectly thought Kaz's drill sergeant demeanor would get the most out of his players...

The passing quality of QBs in the league has significantly diminished w/ the advent of the run-based spread. IA's safeties are not particularly good in pass D (and are average at best in run support). Hyde is the only DB I trust on a deep ball. Miller and Castillo both had picks in the Minny...

I'm w/ you on this one. PSU uses their short, controlled passing game w/ a power-running based ground game and a fairly standard, typical, hard-nosed PSU D that includes some talented LB's. I think their coach has them very much playing like a pro team (at least offensively) and he's done a...

I generally concur w/ this, but I can't get over JVB continually missing completely wide open receivers game after game, not to mention his mechanics starting to falter. I think GD's playcalling and design is light years ahead of KOK, but due to JVB, the execution is significantly lacking. If...

Agreed. People have known about this for weeks if not months, and now that Kaz is gone, I think IA is on the upswing on the DL. Throw in there are a number of underclassmen in the pipeline, and while it would have been great to get Kenney, no need losing sleep over this one. (I think just...

I'm dumbfounded how people can continue to make excuses for JVB's play. I did for numerous games this season and had been holding out hope he'd get things ironed out over the bye week, but I don't see him coming around. I'm to the point now of just hoping he doesn't lose this team games, and...

Concur 100%. I thought the first game was some jitters, a new scheme, new players, etc. 6 games in I'm done holding out hope JVB turns it around. It boggles my mind JVB has been so bad in so many ways, but specifically his mechanics failing brutally the past couple weeks (particularly not...

What's sad is a couple months ago I saw a poll from an elite camp or some other poll re some of the country's top recruits. The top 3 attributes (not necessarily in correct order) the polled recruits were looking for in a program: 1) Playing time 2) Program success 3) Uniforms Makes the...

If they can open the same type of holes tomorrow they've been opening the past couple games, you're going to see a lot of people on the Hawkeye and Weisman bandwagon. It can and may happen, but I think it's fair to take a wait-and-see approach. Everyone knows it's one thing bullying a...

I generally concur. I'd say the front 7 has been better than the back 7, though that is largely due to expectations. BJ got worked against CMU, and there was a deep route in particular he got toasted by a fantastic route. Castillo was also beat on the pick he got last week, but the ball was...