Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - Is Kirk Ferentz Ready for a Change at Quarterback for the Hawkeyes?

Starting point is 00:00:00 Is a change finally happening at quarterback for the Iowa football team? Kirk Ferentz with some interesting comments today at the weekly Iowa football press conference. We break it all down today. Locked on Hawkeyes. You are locked on Hawkeyes, your daily podcast on the Iowa Hawkeyes. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. Hey, welcome in.

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Starting point is 00:00:54 Place your first $5 bet, and you'll get started with $200 in bonus bets guaranteed. Visit fanduel.com to get started. Well, the weekly press conference happened today. Kirk Ferentz in front of the assembled media in Iowa City. Iowa coming out of the heels of one of their worst losses in a long time. And it's not the final score that is indicative of that. Losing to a rebuilding Michigan State team.

Starting point is 00:01:18 Losing in the fashion that they did. Offense a no-show in the first half. Defense is poor as we've seen in a really long time. It was overall a house of horrors up at East Lansing for Iowa over the weekend. And what many people have been clamoring for, even before the season began, is a change in quarterback. After the season a year ago from Cade McNamara, what we saw from him in the early going. It wasn't good. We knew he was injured. He was playing through that quad injury that was much more substantial than many people were led to believe early in the season.

Starting point is 00:01:50 He was absolutely damaged at that time before eventually tearing his ACL in the home game a year ago against Michigan State. But this has been a quarterback controversy that has been happening for a long time at Iowa. And the frustrations continue to bubble up and build up within the fan base. It's different than it was a year ago. When your backup quarterback was Deacon Hill, a guy that because of injury, we saw out there that wasn't good enough, did not have the talent to be playing at this level. He did not have the ability to be a Big Ten quarterback.

Starting point is 00:02:25 You saw that. And nice guy aside, Cade McNamara, I'm sure, is a great kid. But come on. We're talking about big boy football here. This is Big Ten football. And now this is Big Ten football that also comes with NIL. Pay for play. This is a new reality.

Starting point is 00:02:42 And with it, the pressure ramps up. That's the reality. And we talk about reality here on Lockdown Hawkeyes. That's what we like to live in. Not the fantasy world that some people try to paint. No, let's live in the real world. And the real world is that Cade McNamara has not been good enough for this Iowa football team. This is a year that came in with big time expectations. Expectations. This is going to be Iowa's best chance to be a college football playoff path for the foreseeable future. A schedule that sets up incredibly well, coupled with a team that returned 19 starters from a year ago.

Starting point is 00:03:15 And they're 4-3. And they're 4-3 for a myriad of different reasons. The defense has been a huge disappointment. The kicking game has not been what it's been in the past. We see again another missed kick from Drew Stevens. has been a huge disappointment. The kicking game has not been what it's been in the past. We see again another missed kick from Drew Stevens. The putting game doesn't have an all-world punter in Torrey Taylor, and on and on and on. But eventually it comes back to the most important position

Starting point is 00:03:36 in all of sport. How many times do we have to say it? And we all know it's true. Yes, they're the one that gets the notoriety. Sometimes they get too much credit when things are going well. But when things are going poorly, a lot of the fingers go there. Normally, we've heard Kirk Ferentz.

Starting point is 00:03:52 And as I've said before, every dayers, you know the term, Kirk Ferentz's brain is broken by quarterback change. It just is. We have seen too many years now of his inability to make a change when everybody else can see that a change needs to happen. Well, his comments today paint a different type of picture, certainly different than we saw a year ago with the early struggles of Cade McNamara, going back in the Spencer Petras era, him and Alex Padilla, different than even Jake Rudak, CJ Beathard, or Jake Christensen,

Starting point is 00:04:23 Ricky Stanzi. These are different types of comments that are coming from Kirk Ferentz and gives me the belief that a change is very close to happening. Now, we also have to realize that Brandon Sullivan, the backup quarterback coming in for Northwestern, though he had a couple of good games at Northwestern, they weren't all rosy. There were also some duds in there too and Brendan Sullivan was the easy answer he would be the quarterback if there was not the gap that there appears to be we would have seen him already but that's not the case what you do get with Brendan Sullivan though is a guy that can move that has athletic ability and there's a reason that they continue to install him as that

Starting point is 00:05:02 quarterback inside the 10-yard line and now possibly even in short yardage situations because he can move and Cade McNamara at this point in his career can't yeah he can move but we're talking about a guy closer to the statuesque quarterback as opposed to a tuck and runner that's what you're going to get with Brandon Sullivan and even if Cade McNamara is more consistent throwing the football, and I believe from everything that I've heard, that is the case,

Starting point is 00:05:31 he's not great at it. This is not the guy we saw at Michigan. This is not the guy that he was before the injuries. And because of all that, the leash has to be short. And it feels like reading between the lines. So that's another thing you have to do with Kirk Ferentz. He's not going to come out and say things.

Starting point is 00:05:50 He's not going to throw guys under the bus. That's not what he does. That's not how this program is built. That's not going to happen. But the question comes out about this. First, he said this. I think they're both doing a good job at practice. That's important. It shouldn't be, I know in many people's eyes, but it's important to Kirk Barron.

Starting point is 00:06:10 So when he says that both guys are practicing well, take it at the surface level and run with that. We go back to some of those quarterback controversies that we've talked about in the past, and that's something that he didn't always say. Now, the former offensive coordinator, what's the upside, right? What it was between Spencer Petras and Alex Padilla. What's the upside? The upside here is a quarterback that can move,

Starting point is 00:06:37 a quarterback that maybe can make the makeables. And that's been the biggest issue with Cade McNamara. Is the makeable plays that have been there, he's been missing. He's not a good enough quarterback to afford that. He can't make enough plays down the field to be missing on the throws that are there. 0-5 and third down in the first half. I think it was close to happening against Michigan State. And if that first drive of the second half didn't go the way that it did,

Starting point is 00:07:01 I think we'd be having a different conversation today. Alas, here we are once again. I believe that the leash is short. And reading through these comments or reading what Kirk Ferentz had to say today, I think this says a whole lot. What he says that Kate has to play better. Certainly the first half in particular. Really nothing on offense was good enough for us to be. We dug a hole that was too deep, quite frankly, and everybody had a hand in particular. Really nothing on offense was good enough for us to be. We dug a hole that was too deep, quite frankly, and everybody had a hand in it. But the offense certainly has a responsibility. That's as close to Kirk Ferentz throwing somebody under the bus

Starting point is 00:07:35 as you're going to find, because it's not what he does. We're not talking Steve Alford here, right? We're talking about Kirk Ferentz, the two guys that could be polar opposites of the way that they run programs. We knew Steve Alford. It was never his fault. It was always the players throwing him under the bus. And at times it went too far. That's not Kirk Ferentz. Because Kirk Ferentz is a good person

Starting point is 00:07:58 as opposed to the guy I just mentioned. Kirk Ferentz is. Even with a broken brain as it pertains to quarterbacks. But he sees what we all see. And we know what's going to happen Saturday afternoon. If Cade McNamara struggles, the Boo Birds are going to be intense. You thought it was bad after that three and out to begin the Washington game? Look out.

Starting point is 00:08:18 They go three and out against Northwestern in the first drive. It is going to be loud inside Kinnick Stadium. And it's not going to be cheering. And it's not trying to lift up Cade McNamara. It is going to be anger. You will hear it. It will be there. And it will be substantial.

Starting point is 00:08:34 This is a fan base on edge. There's a fan base that understands the opportunity lost with this season and the future of this program and how concerning it is. As we talked about in yesterday's show, the future of Iowa football, there's some scary things. What I do believe is a change is as close as it's been in a long time. And if Cade McNamara does not play well, they got some big problems. Scott Dockerman from The Athletic covers the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Big Ten.

Starting point is 00:09:03 We'll talk a little Big Ten football with Doc and of course get into Iowa. What's going wrong in his mind? We'll get the conversation with Scott Dockerman from the Athletic. Always enjoy that one. Plus, we've got a little more coming up for you today. An updated look at the Iowa football stats. Well, we know the offense isn't great. The numbers are even more concerning, I believe, on the defensive side of the football.

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Starting point is 00:11:28 then took on another. But you know, Doc, come to think of it, you saw a couple of stinkers at the end of the day and then got home and watched Iowa as they stunk up the joint at East Lansing. How are you, Scott Dockerman? I'm good. You know what? I saw two games that were a combined score of 91-7,

Starting point is 00:11:46 and there were no field goals. Jeez. I guess that was a little bit different than the game in East Lansing. So, yeah, it was two different games that I was at, no question. I mean, the atmospheres were great in both spots. Oregon kind of went through the motions, I thought, comfortably, whereas I thought Indiana really had a statement win. No, by the sounds of things.

Starting point is 00:12:09 So was it more this Nebraska just not ready for just going back to Nebraska like they've been over the last better part of almost a decade now? Or, I mean, is Indiana truly this good, Doc? Indiana is truly that good. I mean, I know people are looking at their schedule and looking at them and saying, oh, they haven't played anybody. They're this. Oh, Nebraska's not that good.

Starting point is 00:12:32 They are that good. And now Curtis Work is out for an undetermined amount of time after ripping the thumbnail off of his thumb. And I don't know if, you know, must have done something more to it because he's definitely out this week. But they are legitimate. The passes, the execution in the passing game, the crispness in which they attacked. I mean, you know, Nebraska made a lot of mistakes on defense. Special teams.

Starting point is 00:12:59 Yeah. But overrunning lanes, allowing running backs to cut back and do some good things there. But the passing game is crisp and efficient and well put together, and the defense plays really well. I mean, they may not have a superstar, but they have a lot of really good players, and they play it really well. So I think Indiana is terrific.

Starting point is 00:13:19 I mean, they are clearly in the top four in the Big Ten, and they're not number four for me. That's interesting. No doubt. Now, the likelihood that this is going to happen is incredibly, incredibly small. But there is a path where Penn State, Oregon, and Indiana are undefeated, and one doesn't get to go to the championship game. We've talked about tiebreakers in the past and four teams five teams tied at 72

Starting point is 00:13:45 for that second spot that's going to be a mess this is a mess though of epic proportions if we get that oh sure i mean you know but it's it's too way too early to determine tiebreakers just because we don't know it goes down kind of the list on which team is number four and how does that pan out as to who plays who and what. We don't know who's going to rise and who's going to fall. I guess right now I would look at they all are good. I think there's four, maybe five teams that are competitive for the playoffs. I think Illinois should be in that category as well.

Starting point is 00:14:28 But right now, yeah, all three could win out. But I would caution any of you who bet on that from happening, unless you lay a dollar and you get back $100,000. I think Ohio State's going to pick off at least one of those teams. Yeah, seemingly so. Well, Doc, let's get to Iowa again. You weren't there. You watched it like we did on television.

Starting point is 00:14:48 I think for – I don't want to put words in Trent's mouth. We knew Cade McNamara had been struggling all year, so we're kind of used to that. But the five-alarm fire, at least after this past Saturday night, was the defense and the missed tackles. And one side of the field, you know,'s a side of the field or nestor when he's in there for hall it's that second cornerback we haven't seen a phil parker defense play as poorly collectively uh as they did on saturday night in a long long time doc uh true there they

Starting point is 00:15:20 had a lot of missed tackles uh i thought that some of their weaknesses have been exposed. I've been banging this drum for a long time that I just don't see enough out of the edge. And they just aren't, you know, in a combination of getting, you know, blocked down on and which allowed a lot of runs, but also just, you know, not enough pass rush from the edge. But also the second cornerback has not been great. Now, I'll say this, Nick Marsh is fantastic. He really is.

Starting point is 00:15:50 He's like Keon Coleman was a few years ago before he transferred to Florida State. But that said, you've got to do a better job, and whether it's Hall, I mean, it was kind of like what it was on that position like in 2017 where they were going through Manny Rugamba and Michael Ojemudia and then ended up with Matt Hankins. So, I mean, they still had some pretty good players there. It's just I think they're still young and inexperienced and struggling with how to play that position.

Starting point is 00:16:18 But the defense, the way they did not stop the run, that was the biggest surprise for me. That was a whole-scale breakdown of which I haven't seen for a while from Iowa since maybe Penn State in 16 when they gave up almost 600 yards there. But I didn't see Saquon Barkley out there either. So, you know, I think this is a wake-up moment for this team. You know, we said it a few weeks ago with Ohio State, but I think this is more truly a wake-up moment for this team. You know, we said it a few weeks ago with Ohio State, but I think this is more truly a wake-up

Starting point is 00:16:47 because you can kind of rationalize Ohio State by saying, well, they're just better than everybody else and they're going to beat everybody like that and move on. But with Michigan State, this is a team that's really in flux. You know, it's a lot of change in East Lansing, a lot of talent. I thought Aiden Childs played not even close, his best game ever. But Iowa now has a lot of reflection to do from the number of missed tackles to being blown off the ball out of position.

Starting point is 00:17:15 I thought some of the safeties played really well, though. I get overshadowed, but Xavier Wampa played. If the Washington game was his best game, this was number two, and it might be flipped. And I thought Brent Schulte was pretty decent too, but overall, not a very consistent effort for that defense. And I'm sure that's one that the film session was probably, I'm sure the pain has come off the wall. Doc, talking to you throughout the years, listening to you on other podcasts that you

Starting point is 00:17:42 do, I know you get annoyed at times with the Iowa fan base, just the wild fluctuations that are there. We're back to, all right, Kirk needs to go completely tear this thing down and not seeing the big picture. After a performance like Saturday night, sometimes it is hard to see the big picture just getting run off the field by a pretty average Michigan State team. But I know you like to bring up that Iowa, boy, they're in a spot that a lot of college programs certainly would be able to trade to, but we're also talking about a coach that's 69. As you look forward with this program, what's still to come?

Starting point is 00:18:14 A different roster that is going to be completely rebuilt, need to be completely rebuilt for next season, a much more difficult schedule. What do you see as you look into your crystal ball here the next couple of years? difficult schedule. What do you see as you look into your crystal ball here the next couple of years? Next year, it looks like rebuilding here, but I'd also caution people who get too crazy there because you look at what I saw in person in Indiana and what everybody saw against Michigan State and how quickly it could be rebuilt, that it's not a three-year type window or anything. And Iowa does get going in the portal. Iowa doesn't ignore the portal.

Starting point is 00:18:48 Look at their top two quarterbacks and that sort of thing. Well, you know, what I would say is that this one was the more disappointing loss that I've seen in a while. Because last year, the losses were to teams that you know were better than you. And this year, Iowa State was a coin flip game. We do it, and it came down to that. And then Ohio State, you knew they were better than you, and year iowa state was a coin flip game we do it and it came down to that and then ohio state you knew they were better than you and they came down to it this was a game where every single statistic said iowa is the better team this you know that they that michigan state could not run the football that they were 90th in penalties their turnover margin was like 118th in the country all the areas where iowa excels michigan state fails in

Starting point is 00:19:26 so this should be like turn the ball over a couple of times you know get a penalty um and instead it was just they dominated the line of scrimmage and so that was really i think that is um an eye jarring moment for for iowa it doesn't mean that they're a bad program and i think you know the wild overreactions are kind of uniquely to iowa's fan base that they aren't the same to everybody else. But I, overall, I can understand the frustration and some of the issues are just seem to be over and over and over again. And the reluctance to make any kind of changes is probably what frustrates people the most. I, I think in the future, depending on what happens to the quarterback, Iowa's still going to be okay. If Iowa decides, well, we're just going to stay with what we got

Starting point is 00:20:10 now, well, if what you got now isn't good enough now, how's it going to be better next year? So I think that's a question I have, is if they decide, well, Brendan Sullivan's our guy next year, well, he should be your guy now. Otherwise, go out to the portal and get somebody who's your guy. Doc, you certainly know Kirk Ferentz being in all the press conferences, et cetera, over the years and having one-on-one interviews, a lot better than Trent and I. Do you think at all the College Football Hall of Fame comes into his mind when he's determining how much longer he wants to do this.

Starting point is 00:20:45 Because he should get to that 60% threshold this year. But next year, if it does, you're going to lose all that talent. And Higgins is playing it at an all-world level. He's going to be gone. There's going to be a whole bunch of guys that move on from this program. Do you think that that pops into his mind ultimately whenever the time comes for him to make that decision? I don't know.

Starting point is 00:21:09 And he wouldn't ever say that. I don't know if that's something that, and I don't know that he would tell anybody, not even his wife. That's an issue for him because I'm sure he wants to be recognized and he deserves it. Absolutely does, yes. Absolutely does. Yes. you have the all-time wins record in Big Ten history, that would be an embarrassment to Hall of Fame. But for what I know of him and what he has said is he coaches because he absolutely loves it. And he loves working with people. He loves the game. He loves every aspect of it.

Starting point is 00:21:57 And I know it's hard today, and I know nobody really wants to hear it. Once you remove the emotion from it and you watch it, Nobody really wants to hear it. Once you remove the emotion from it and you watch it, then in some ways it was a little bit like Troy in that what we saw was, on defense anyway, was just it's correctable if they put their mind to it. But overall, there's just, you know, and offensively, I think they're improving.

Starting point is 00:22:22 It's just I thought it was quarterback that held them back the other day. There were open receivers in the first half. Cade McNamara missed them. He missed a lot of open receivers that would have changed the dynamic of the game. And that would have allowed Caleb Johnson to run freer because they were just inching forward every single time at the snap. So I don't think the game has passed him by like some people want to think. And I've had these discussions even with people in my family.

Starting point is 00:22:50 But I understand and can share the frustration of what's transpired. What would it take on Saturday for Cade McNamara to be pulled out of the game? Because I don't think there's a shot in the world that we're going to see Brennan Sullivan take the first snap of the football game. What would it take for him to go out there and not be a red zone quarterback to be the real quarterback for the Hawkeyes Saturday against the Wildcats? For Cade to be left in Cedar Rapids. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:23:19 I mean, I honestly, I mean, you know, of all these guys, I would say that Deacon was the worst that I'd seen, and he still stayed in there. Joe Labus, you know, could not have been as bad, and yet they would refuse to play him over the years. And you just, you know, so you've asked me that question a lot, you know, when Spencer struggled a lot in the past. I just don't i just

Starting point is 00:23:45 don't see a scenario where kirk does that unless unless the coaches all collectively say we have to do this and here's why but you know if he if he didn't pull him after the first half or going three and nine you know he's not going to pull him now and he just that's got dr been from the athletic and uh well that tells you a lot of the perspective and what we've seen at the quarterback He's not going to pull them now. That's Scott Dockerman from The Athletic. And, well, that tells you a lot of the perspective and what we've seen at the quarterback position for Iowa football throughout the years. We continue.

Starting point is 00:24:13 Let's take a look at the numbers, the stats for this Iowa football team. As you know, the offensive numbers, not very good. Defensively, though, some surprising numbers for this Iowa football team. And I think an eye-opener for a lot of you out there. We continue. This is Locked on Hawkeyes. Today's episode of Locked on Hawkeyes is brought to you by FanDuel Sportsbook. NFL fans, get the season going with a big return on FanDuel.

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Starting point is 00:26:12 a season ago but we're not talking about a real high hurdle rush offense 17th in the country though those numbers have dwindled down certainly the performance last week outside of the 75 yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter from Caleb Johnson. Just not a whole lot of running room against Michigan State. Iowa, pass offense, 128th in the country. Pass efficiency, that's got to be better. It is still 110th, brutal. Scoring offense, 74th, but then we get to the defense, and this is where the major concern is because we've seen Iowa be able to win football games with just hideous offenses in the past. Well, the offense still isn't great by any means, but the defense is taking a major step back. Overall, total defense, 43rd in the country in total defense, giving up 337 yards per game.

Starting point is 00:27:00 The rush defense, pretty good, 29th in the country. How about this, though? yards per game. The rush defense, pretty good, 29th in the country. How about this though? Iowa currently 83rd in the country in passing yards allowed per game at 225 per contest. How about the pass efficiency? Normally you'll see Iowa from time to time. There's been some years where they give up some yards through the air, but the pass efficiency is good because they're picking off balls, they're making plays. Not the case this year. 81st in the country in pass efficiency defense. Scoring defense, 32nd in the country. That is brutal for the Iowa defense.

Starting point is 00:27:32 How about getting off the field? Third down, conversion defense, 34th. That's all right. Red zone defense, 118th. We've talked about this in the past. This has been a huge area of concern for this Iowa football team. It's ugly. And if the defense is not playing at an elite level,

Starting point is 00:27:49 this has been a concern for a long time. How Phil Parker, not getting five stars every year, is he going to be able to maintain this high level of defense year in and year out? He's done a great job. And I still believe in Phil Parker that he hasn't forgot how to coach. They haven't been able to figure out the second corner spot. There's been disappointments along some of the veterans. Deontay Craig has got to the quarterback on a two-point conversion.

Starting point is 00:28:15 That's it. It's not been a great year. I will take a look at the pre-FF numbers. Pro football focus from the game against Michigan State. They're not pretty for him. And not found the replacements that they needed from Joe Evans and Logan Lee on the defensive line from a year ago. It's been rough. It's been a rough season. Quinn Schulte has struggled at times this season.

Starting point is 00:28:35 It does not look like you thought a six-year senior was going to look in the back end of this defense. Offense, we know it's not pretty. The defense isn't good. Not playing at a high level, an elite level. You get a 4-3 football team. You are what your record says you are, right? Old Bill Parcells line. Iowa is a pretty average football team right now.

Starting point is 00:28:57 A lot of intrigue. Mitchell will get those PFF numbers. Biz is going to be able to join us this week, at least he says, unless work gets in the way. We'll have that for you. Tom Caker will join us as well later on this week. We got you covered. Your team every day talking a lot of Iowa football,

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Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - Is Kirk Ferentz Ready for a Change at Quarterback for the Hawkeyes?

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