2009 Iowa Hawkeyes

[Colonel_Reb]

I figured we'd start the 2009 team preview threads with a past favorite. Iowa had 11 white starters in 2005, 13 in 2006, 15 in 2007, and 15 in 2008.

Offense
QB Ricky Stanzi
RB Brandon Wegher-splits carries
FB Brett Morse
WR Trey Stross
LT Bryan Bulaga
LG Riley Reiff
C Rafael Eubanks
RG Julian Vandervelde
RT Kyle Calloway

Defense
DT Karl Klug
OLB A.J. Edds
MLB Pat Angerer
SS Tyler Sash
FS Brett Greenwood

Edited by: Colonel_Reb

 

[green fire317]

i am really looking forward to watching tyler sash this year. if you go to youtube and type in "tyler sash 2008" you will see some great plays.

 

[celticdb15]

Nice find Green fire, pretty impressive highlight vid

 

[Jimmy Chitwood]

another player to keep in mind is tailback Brandon Wegher. he'll be a true freshman this fall, and is arguably the most talented running back to sign with Iowa in a looooooooong time.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Kyle Calloway arrested for driving moped while drunk

I had to post this for no other reason than Kyle was on a moped!

<div>DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa offensive lineman Kyle Calloway has
been arrested and charged with operating a moped while intoxicated.</div>


Iowa City police say Calloway was arrested early Saturday
after officers stopped him while he was driving into a barricaded area.

Police say the 22-year-old senior was given a breath test, which registered 0.106. The legal limit in Iowa is 0.08.

Iowa City Police Sgt. Mike Lord says Calloway cooperated and acknowledged he drank seven or eight beers.

Iowa
coach Kirk Ferentz said in a statement released by the university that
he was "disappointed to learn of (Calloway's) poor judgment."

Calloway
has started 25 straight games for Iowa. Ferentz said Calloway's
discipline will include a "game suspension," counseling and community
service.http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/9707966/Iowa-OL-Calloway-charged-with-driving-drunk

 

[Jack Lambert]

OGs Dan Doering and Andy Kuempel have a decent chance to start at Right Guard this season, they are in a fight with Dace Richardson (black). So Iowa should increase their white starters to 12 this year.

Also, look for Brandon Wegher to start the season as possibly 2nd team RB, maybe even starting if Hampton gets injured or struggles. Wegher could start the season returning kicks as well.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Thanks Jack. I'm not sure if Brandon will see much playing time at RB early on, but I hope I'm wrong.

 

[celticdb15]

Iowa left tackle Bryan Bulaga is Polish, powerful, proud and could be a future top 5 pick.

 

[Riddlewire]

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2009/08/15/news/breaking_news/doc4a87468571448343915822.txt
Hampton reinjures knee. Might miss first game.
Paki O'Meara mentioned as #1 backup by other sources.
Wegher presumably not in the running for the job. Their board says Ferentz listed the candidates for replacement and didn't mention Brandon.

 

[green fire317]

Jewel Hampton out for the season.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Here's the actual blurb about it. These things aren't hard to copy and paste.

IOWA CITY, Iowa -


Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says sophomore
running back Jewel Hampton is out for the season with a knee injury
that will require surgery.


Hampton was projected to the Hawkeyes' starter. He rushed for
463 yards and seven touchdowns last season as Shonn Greene's
backup.


Ferentz says Hampton, who tweaked a prior knee injury early last
month, will have surgery by the end of this week and should be back
to full strength by next summer.


Ferentz says Hampton will redshirt this season and have three
years of eligibility remaining.


Junior Paki O'Meara will start Saturday's game at running back,
followed by redshirt freshman Adam Robinson. Freshmen Jeff Brinson
and Brandon Wegher could also see action.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/wire/chi-ap-fbc-t25-iowa-replaci,0,1074220.story

 

[celticdb15]

To go along with Jewel Hampton's injury, draftdaddy posted this:


Iowa Hawkeyes' starting tailback Jewel Hampton will miss the entire season following a knee injury.


DD.Comment: We'd like to thank Ryan, who has sent us dozens of <A style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -2px; : http://s.adbrite.com/mb/s/green-double-underline-006600.gif repeat-x 50% bottom; COLOR: #006600; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-DECORATION: none" id=AdBriteInlineAd_university name=AdBriteInlineAd_university target=_top keyword="university" display="inline">University</A> of Iowa and Northern Iowa links over the years. Here's the comment he sent us with this link: "As of now former walk-on Paki O'Meara and redshirt freshman Adam Robinson are one and two on the depth charts. However, most believe true freshman Brandon Wegher -- said to be starting to get a lot of quality reps in practice -- and redshirt freshman Jeff Brinson (battling ankle injury out wk. 1) will take over the bulk of the load.

 

[Freethinker]

Great news for Brandon!!

Does anyone know Paki O'Meara's racial breakdown? Looks majority white to me.

Edited by: Freethinker

 

[Colonel_Reb]

His mother is Polynesian.

 

[Freethinker]

Thank you Col Reb for the info!

 

[celticdb15]

Yes Irish\Polynesian i remember his name being brought up a while back when the same question was asked.

 

[jared]

Great day for the Hawkeyes today. Brandon Wegher led the team in rushing with 101 YDS and 1 TD on 15 attempts and Trey Stross led in receiving with 4 for 69. Iowa State's two black QBs combined to throw 5 interceptions. Iowa SS Tyler Sash had 3 INTs, 2 TFL, 1 FF, and a team-leading 9 tackles!

 

[Kaptain]

Looks like we have a starting white RB in the big ten! Tyler Sash will be the Big Ten's defensive player of the week - no doubt. The few plays I saw of Iowa had Wegher as Tailback and a white FB.

 

[backrow]

noone mentioned Iowa's FS, Brett Greenwood. he picked off two passes, according to this article. of course draftdaddy.com was what brought my attention to that!

grats to Iowa

 

[ToughJ.Riggins]

Colonel, I think you'll be able to go ahead and edit the starters for Iowa after this next game. Adam Robinson might still be listed technically as the starter for much of this season, but Wegher and him are going to split carries. I will be shocked if by the end of this season, Wegher isn't the leading rusher for the Hawkeyes. I think he'll end up leading the team in carries as well.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Tough, I just updated the white starters. Thanks.

 

[white lightning]

It will be tough to root against Iowa but I just love my U of A Wildcats too much. I was hoping our stud tightend Rob Gronkowski would be back this weekend but he will probably be held out for one more game. Watch out for David Douglas at wide receiver. He is one of our 2 or 3 best receivers along with Gronk!

I hope Wegher has a big game and it's close but I have to pull for my Cats in this one. I will root for Iowa the rest of the season however. I have always liked Iowa since the Tim Dwight days.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

white lightning, I gotta work harder to get you out of that team fan mentality!

 

[celticdb15]

For some reason White RB Wegher was doubted before coming into the Big Ten to play his college ball at Iowa? I'm pretty sure why and you guys are too. Here's the article http://gazetteonline.com/sports/iowa-hawkeyes/hawkeye-football/2009/09/16/some-doubted-brandon-wegher

 

[Jack Lambert]

I can't wait to watch this game tonight between Iowa and Penn State.

Update to Iowa's depth chart, Colin Sandeman has passed Marvin McNutt as the No. 2 WR for the Hawkeyess, giving them two starting white WRs, two starting white safeties, and a white RB who gets carries.

Also, Penn State has a white WR, and two white safeties. Edited by: Jack Lambert