https://youtu.be/ rV72P5gKqgc - Iowa at Michigan - 09-26-2026
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Showing posts with label Football. Show all posts
Saturday, September 26, 2026
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Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Rapid Reaction: Iowa collapses in 2nd half in Music City Bowl
Sigh.
I was really REALLY hoping that Nashville and the Music City Bowl would be an exclamation point for the 2024 Iowa Hawkeyes. Given the chance to end the season with 10 wins was a great opportunity and they fell short.
I'm not one of those Facebook "fans" who wants Kirk Ferentz fired or for him to be kicked out the door, never to coach in Kinnick Stadium again. Am I "satisfied" with the loss? Of course not! However, I have to say there's a reality to football games, which is "two teams can't win."
It's that simple.
Someone has to win and someone has to lose. Unfortunately, Iowa was the team that lost in Nashville, TN, on 12-30-2024.
Was it a game that Iowa could have won if one or two plays not played out the way that they did?
Absolutely!
Iowa committed a terrible penalty (supposedly) which allowed Missouri to go from a 3rd and 24 to a 1st and 10. Had Iowa not done that? Well, Missouri was on the ropes at that point in the game. If Iowa had gone for a 1st down on a 4th and 2 instead of punting and successfully went 2 yards, the game outcome might not have been the same. As it turned out, Missouri went 3 and out and kicked it back to Iowa. Iowa started marching down the field until it got to be 4th and 1, and, with time running out, Sullivan's QB sneak was stuffed prior to gaining the necessary yardage to get a 1st down and that was how the game ended, with the football returning to Missouri with a 27-24 lead and Iowa not having the football to score. Missouri did two snaps of the football in what is called the "Victory" formation and that ate up the last minute of the clock.
For the next 242 days (7 months, 4 weeks, 2 days), which is when Iowa will take the field at Kinnick Stadium against Ualbany (per https://hawkeyesports.com/sports/football/schedule/season/2025-26) for the first time in the 2025 season, there will be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth as fans complain about Coach Kirk Ferentz and the direction of the program. A lot of armchair quarterbacks will proclaim that they could have coached the team better than Coach KF did last night - I actually read that comment on Facebook after the game. Coach Kirk Ferentz has been the coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes for as long as my son Alex has been alive as Coach Kirk Ferentz took over the program in 1998 and that's the year Alex was born which means that the 2026 season will be the 26th season for Coach Kirk Ferentz.
As far as whether Coach Kirk Ferentz should retire - he is 70 years old as I write this - I am going to say, "Yes, he should retire" but not because of yesterday's loss or anything to do with his coaching record.
I think Coach Kirk Ferentz should retire because life doesn't have a known expiration date and I want Coach Kirk Ferentz to be able to sit down on a Saturday afternoon in his home and watch a NCAA football game on TV, perhaps with a cold beer or some other beverage in his hand. I think Coach Kirk Ferentz should enjoy life before he is pushed up against his mortality.
And I'm typically the person that openly says I want to work until I turn 66 in December of 2035 and still work until Friday, March 28, 2036, just so I can reach 20 years in my current role as a Senior Technical Writer. I say that because I'm not the person that typically thinks about the calm after a career that I am encouraging Coach Kirk Ferentz to enjoy.
I wrote all of this post without watching any of the video embedded below.
https://youtu.be/ X3RwTLCavJQ - Rapid Reaction: Iowa collapses in 2nd half in Music City Bowl
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Expiring Soon
November 24, 2024 marks the 3000 day anniversary of the announcement that Kirk Ferentz signed a contract extension to be Iowa's football coach through the 2024 season. based upon this article. I'm hoping there will be a long and winding dissertation published about Ferentz's accomplishments that I can link to HERE. I chose this date to publish this post because, at least in 2016, Iowa plays Nebraska on the Friday after Thanksgiving and since Thanksgiving is this Thursday, well, I thought it'd be appropriate. I'm not saying it will be his final game. After all, how could I possibly know in 2016 if Iowa will be eligible for a bowl game in 2024?
Editor's Note: prhmusic will be alive 20079 days - 54 years, 11 months, 2 weeks, 6 days - when this post is published, a mere 10 days before turning 55. Here are some assumptions about this post:
Editor's Note: prhmusic will be alive 20079 days - 54 years, 11 months, 2 weeks, 6 days - when this post is published, a mere 10 days before turning 55. Here are some assumptions about this post:
- Kirk Ferentz didn't leave coaching prior to the 2024 season
- The Cedar Rapids Gazette exists as that is the destination of the link above
- prhmusic is alive
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Poor Clock Management
I created this clip from a longer video because it shows the Iowa Hawkeyes losing to the Wisconsin Badgers in Kinnick Stadium due to poor clock management:
Monday, January 1, 2024
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Sunday, November 5, 2023
Sunday, October 1, 2023
Monday, September 18, 2023
Football Hits
Sorry, you have to click the link to see the awesome video of football players hitting each other. It's worth the click!
https://ifunny.co/video/NQU4mmmoA?s=cl - Football Hits
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Monday, December 5, 2022
No Petras for Iowa Hawkeyes Bowl Game
From No Petras for Iowa Hawkeyes Bowl Game:
I think He will be joining the Hawkeye program in January and is expected to the starting quarterback in 2023.
should have been
He will be joining the Hawkeye program in January and is expected to be the starting quarterback in 2023.
The expectation is that redshirt freshman Joe Labas or Carson May will be Iowa's starting quarterback in the bowl game. Kirk Ferentz said that they will battle it out this month.
This past week, Iowa received a commitment from graduate transfer Cade McNamara from Michigan. He will be joining the Hawkeye program in January and is expected to the starting quarterback in 2023.
I think He will be joining the Hawkeye program in January and is expected to the starting quarterback in 2023.
should have been
He will be joining the Hawkeye program in January and is expected to be the starting quarterback in 2023.
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