Football Recruiting Class

Today was national signing day in College Football. Kirk Ferentz and staff signed 19 kids today as expected. There was no "Cedric Everson" surprises today like a few years ago. We were waiting to here from Chris Watt (who stayed with Notre Dame) and Glaud (who flipped a coin and went with Rutgers.

I will give you some studs, sleepers, and solid guys to keep your eye on in this class.

Studs:

Brandon Wegher, who is a 4 star kid from Sioux City. Looks like an excellent runnig back. Look for him to come in and be a contributor at Kick Returner in his freshman year.

Keenan Davis, who is a 4 star WR from Cedar Rapids who brings big play ability to the field right away.

Nolan MacMillan, who is a 3 star Offensive Lineman who choose Iowa over Michigan St. Another one of those big nasty Olineman that Iowa is use to.

Brad Rodgers, who is a 3 star RB from Ohio. You could look at him and Whegher as thunder and lighting. Kid runs tough.

Solid recruits:

Jordan Cotton, who is a 3 star WR from Mount Pleasant,IA. Another playmaker in the slot with blazing speed. Played running back in high school but will play WR in college.

Conor Boffeli, who is a 3 star tight end from Des Moines who was originally committed to Iowa State until Chizek left for Auburn. Boffeli will end up playing offensive line for the hawks.

Drew Clark, big offensive lineman from Marion, Ia. Choose Iowa over Iowa st. Will fit right in at guard for Iowa in the coming years.

Sleepers:

Stephane Ngoumou, who is a 2 star wr from Maryland. Stephane bursted onto the scene in his senior year after not playing football before that. He is a guy that can make plays downfield. Athletic and tall receiver.

Dakota Getz, who is a 2 star tight end from Illinois. Athletic kid who played QB in high school. Will be another player to watch for at tight end for the hawks.

Other players signed today:
Joshua Brown DB
Scott Covert DT
Shane Dibona LB
Tyler Harrell DL
Martin Hopkins DL
Micah Hyde CB
Matt Murphy OL
Jake Reisen LB
Anthony Schiavone TE
Brett Van Sloten OL

Iowa fans need to be reasonable

Many people who post on Hawkeyereport.com already think Lick is doing a horrible job and want him fired. These people need to step back from the ledge and realize the situation. We just got beat by 3 top 25 teams, 2 of them on the road. Did you expect to beat them?

Lickliter was basically left with nothing, and his first class at Iowa is only half way into their freshman season. Let the man get the players that he needs to play in his system before we fire the guy.

Honestly, people who want to fire him... what coach would you hire? and tell me why they would want to come to Iowa where if they don't win in their first year they will be fired?

I know we are frustrating to watch right now, but we have played some good basketball in stretches this year. Right now we are without our best player and our next best players, Jeff and Jake both have bad hands.

Come to Carver and support these kids and the coaching staff.

Sad day In Iowa athletics

Ed Podolak will announce his retirement today from broadcasting at the University of Iowa. Podolak has been calling games since 1982. Ed also played tailback for Iowa and had a successful NFL career. It was no secret to any hawk fan that Ed likes his alcohol after Iowa wins. In all honesty these pictures were nothing to get fired over He wasn't doing anything illegal. Make no mistake about it, Ed didn't just retire, he waas forced out. It is really a shame that this happened. Ed will be missed!


Thanks for all the great years Ed!

So now we have to replace him?

Anthony Herron? Marv Cook? It's going to be a former player... thoughts?

Ed Podolak

The color commentator for the Iowa Hawkeye football team Ed Podolak had his usual fun in Tampa on new years. These photos were taken of him while he was intoxicated. What do you guys think? Is this acceptable behavior for a guy who is supposed to be representing the University of Iowa?
Should he be fired?

Patience

Manny Harris and Deshawn Sims led the Michigan Wolverines to a 15 point win today at Crisler Arena against the Hawks. Michigan controlled the game from the tip and never looked back. The Hawkeyes were lead by freshman Matt Gatens who had 11 points. Once Iowa got down early they could not find a way to score aganist John Beliens 1-3-1 press. Iowa had 18 turnovers and shot 39% from the field while Michigan only turned it over 11 times and shot 42% from the field.


Anthony Tucker looks to be a bit more healthy. He scored 8 points and logged 11 minutes. Jarryd Cole also scored 8 points filling in for the injured Cyrus Tate. Jeff Peterson logged 34 mins scoring only 4 points and turning the ball over 5 times.

If you are an Iowa fan, you have to feel awfully frustrated watching today's game. Iowa seemed overmatched, outhustled, and outcoached. Michigan is no doubt the better team, but I expected a better effort from our guys today. Michigan got every offensive rebound and ever loose ball. Iowa didn't play with any fire out there today.

One thing is for sure, in order for Iowa to have success they are going to need a healthy Anthony Tucker and Cyrus Tate.

Hopefully some people will read this blog. I will have some recruiting stuff on here and some other thoughts. I think Lickliter has this program going in the right direction, lets just be a little patient! Go Hawks!