2020 Iowa Hawkeyes

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Since 2005, Iowa has started 11, 13, 15, 15, 13, 12, 11, 12, 16, 13, 14, 14, 16, 15 and 9 white athletes. They are projected to start 14 in 2020.

This is the type of team racial composition all Big Ten and MAC teams should have. A breath of fresh air. Iowa has been the only team since I became aware of the caste system I could fully support.

QB Spencer Petras gets the first shot at replacing Nate Stanley. CB Riley Moss is the only white CB on a major college football team. Depth galore everywhere. Hopefully WR Charlie Jones gets to play - he was great at the University of Buffalo.

Players to look out for listed on the two deep depth chart include QB Alex Padilla, FB Turner Pallissard, WR Charlie Jones, WR Max Cooper (PR), TE Shaun Beyer DE Logan Lee, DE Joe Evans (former QB), DT Jack Heflin (N. Illinois transfer - NFL potential), DT John Waggoner, LB Seth Benson

Offense -
QB - Spencer Petras
FB - Monte Pottebaum
WR - Nico Ragaini **slot
TE - Sam Laporta
LG - Cody Ince
C - Tyler Linderbaum
RG - Kyler Schott
RT - Mark Kallenberger


Defense -
DE - Zach Vanvalkenburg (JUCO transfer in 2019 - dominant D-II player)
DT - Austin Schulte
LB - Jack Campbell
LB - Nick Niemann
S - Jack Koerner
CB - Riley Moss
 
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They had an article out today saying Charlie Jones is crazy fast and tearing it up in practice. The secret is already out on Laporta’s potential ( should have been a WR anyways). Logan Lee is under the radar but that will change shortly as well. Heflin should see starter reps. They have 2 senior hyped up affletes at WR. Hoping theu get drafted, and next year sets up a massive CF favorite team.
 
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Aside from last year's painful anomaly Iowa has been one of the most consistent teams with regard to treating athletes fairly.
 
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La France Blanche said:
Aside from last year's painful anomaly Iowa has been one of the most consistent teams with regard to treating athletes fairly.
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There were a ton of young whites playing last year as well with a loaded 2020 and 2021 class. A lot of times what we have on here is only projected first week starters. If there were somehow a breakdown of snaps played by whites throughout the year it would look completely different.
 
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Yeah, there's been big changes in playing time and starter status in the NFL already this season due mainly to injuries but also because of players underperforming. I know we don't have the volunteer manpower to do it, but it would be interesting to do the breakdown of the college teams at the end of the season and compare it to the projected lineups.
 
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Iowa’s receiving corps (minus tight end LaPorta, who may be the real deal) were abysmal versus Purdue, and numerous fumbles in scoring territory by the affletic running blacks *trademarked* more than nullified the impressive rushing totals. combined with 7 penalties by the offense alone, and you can understand why the Hawkeyes lost their opener.

on defense, frequent miscommunication by the linebackers and secondary repeatedly left Purdue’s best wideout wide open, and it also made a formerly unknown player into a frequently called name by the play-by-play announcer. Koerner and Moss appear to be the highest graded players in the secondary, although Koerner was on the receiving end of a Leonard Leap by Purdue’s Horvath, though neither were tested much. was it because they played well or were hidden? i guess time will tell.

Moss doesn’t seem to have the “confidence” of Iowa’s media coverage folks, but it’s hard to say if that’s because of the usual reasons or if he simply isn’t as good as the other corner who “looks the part” (but was repeatedly rang by Bell for 13 catches, over 100 yards, and 3 scores ... albeit in zone/blown coverage part of the time).

against Northwestern, there will be a new name in the secondary to be on the lookout for. redshirt freshman free safety Quinn Schultte (sp?) is listed on the 2-deep for the first time, behind Koerner.
 
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Bucky said:
Lol it's one of life's grand mysteries.
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15 years of reading these types of articles...they journalists always reach the same conclusion. Looks like this author has a way to contact him so I may shoot an email to him.
 
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