2023 Iowa Season Thread

[Hawkinole]

Third strong QB Joey Labas gets the bowl game start as Petras had shoulder surgery. Labas regards himself a dual threat QB.

[FearlessF]

Cade isn't ready?

Can Cade show up for bowl practice?

[Hawkinole]

Cade is mot eligible until January and in any event is recovering from knee surgery 

[FearlessF]

thanks, I really haven't followed transfers to this point

I don't think Casey Thompson transferred to UNL before Jan 1st last year and UNL hasn't been to a bowl in years, so........

[Hawkinole]

Now LB Jestin Jacobs is transferring. Iowa is limping badly into 2023.

[Mdot21]

Now LB Jestin Jacobs is transferring. Iowa is limping badly into 2023.

he's a stud. everyone is going to be after him. portal giveth and portal taketh. 

[FearlessF]

Now LB Jestin Jacobs is transferring. Iowa is limping badly into 2023.

not enough NIL opportunities in Iowa City?

[Mdot21]

not enough NIL opportunities in Iowa City?

don't think that's the case. heard Cade got a bag going to Iowa. that programs boosters/fans have plenty of cash to spare. 

[Hawkinole]

he's a stud. everyone is going to be after him. portal giveth and portal taketh.

At Iowa post-2022, portal is mostly taketh away. Now Terry Roberts, a great CB injured most of the season (again) - is in the transfer portal. He projects to be a starter next year. This guy has quick feet, but subject to injury. Iowa loses Riley Moss CB to graduation, and why Terry Roberts who has opportunity at Iowa would leave, I don't know. (Iowa is recruiting a former 3* transfer student from Harvard - could that be why? - Cooper Dejean is the other CB). Terry Roberts would be a great pick-up for any FBS school.
Iowa 2023 is doomed now for more reasons, so far, than it was doomed at the outset of 2022 by reason of the offensive coordinator, who remains on staff. Ack!

[iahawk15]

Iowa 2023 is doomed now for more reasons, so far, than it was doomed at the outset of 2022 by reason of the offensive coordinator, who remains on staff. Ack!

? The transfer portal is a process, not a day. Iowa makes staff changes after the bowl game, or even after signing day at times. The wailing and gnashing of teeth among the fanbase is premature.

Keegan Johnson was a Nebraska legacy who came to Iowa because his dad hated Scott Frost. Frost got fired, and Keegan is transferring.

Jestin Jacobs is following his girlfriend to Georgia. Whether Georgia takes him remains to be seen, but he'll likely end up in that area.

Terry Roberts is a question mark. It seemed like he was in line to start at CB next year across from Jamari Harris, but maybe DeJean is staying at CB. They're also pursuing the Harvard DB, so maybe Terry doesn't trust that he'll get the opportunity. IDK, best of luck to him. He was fun to watch.

[Mdot21]

Doubt Georgia would even take Jacobs. They are loaded at the LB position. 

[LittlePig]

Sounds like Jestin Jacobs is going to Oregon and Isaac Bruce is going to Kansas State.

Jacobs father said that Jestin is graduating and looking for something different (meaning money)  and Oregon has plenty of money to throw around.

[Temp430]

Erik All, former Michigan TE said recently he's visiting Iowa.  He's close friends with Cade MacNamara.  He's also visiting elsewhere, Notre Dame and I think USC.

[FearlessF]

as bad as Brian's offense is...... it does showcase the TE