2024 Iowa Season thread

[847badgerfan]

The search is over.

Tim Lester breaks silence after being named Iowa football OC (msn.com)

[Mdot21]

I could see myself living in Iowa (part time).

Best beef and pork in the country.

buncha Texans that'd fight you over that statement right there

[MrNubbz]

most folks really enjoy ice fishing
if they give it a try

Beer's always cold if when you get back to shore

[FearlessF]

buncha Texans that'd fight you over that statement right there

not the smart ones

but, the majority aren't so smart

[LittlePig]

Jon Budmayr has officially been named the new Iowa WR coach. 

https://www.si.com/college/iowa/football/jon-budmayr-named-iowa-wr-coach

I guess this means Tim Lester did not have much leverage to bring in his own guy. 

[FearlessF]

I'm guessing Tim doesn't have much leverage about any decisions

the biggest reason he got the job

[847badgerfan]

??

Buds was a QB and never coached wide receivers.

[LittlePig]

??

Buds was a QB and never coached wide receivers.

Well,  you either throw the pass or catch the pass.   It's all pretty much the same. 

[LittlePig]

It will be interesting how Lester and Budmayr work together.  Lester has stated he prefers sitting in the box upstairs when calling plays because it helps to see the entire field when you need to make constant adjustments.  Except at WMU he could not sit in  the box because he was the head coach.  So he needed a guy at WMU that thought exactly the same to sit in the box to feed him information.

Now If Lester sits in the box at Iowa,  he will need a guy on the field that thinks like him to feed information back and forth.  Budmayr is the logical choice  since he is an ex-QB and ex-OC.  But as far as I know they have never worked together before,  so it's no guarunteed they get along.

[Hawkinole]

Marvin McNutt on KCRG 9.2's "On Iowa Live," put his hat in the ring for the WR coach position, and since he has experience as both a WR, and a WR coach, I thought that would carry some weight.
He also previously stated he would accept the Analyst job if the WR job were not offered.

[LittlePig]

Marvin McNutt on KCRG 9.2's "On Iowa Live," put his hat in the ring for the WR coach position, and since he has experience as both a WR, and a WR coach, I thought that would carry some weight.
He also previously stated he would accept the Analyst job if the WR job were not offered.

Kirk definitely wants you to pay your dues.  You got to wait your turn and work your way up.  No butting in line. 

Well, except if... 

[Hawkinole]

There ought to be an exception for one of the half-dozen best wide receivers in Iowa football history.
That said, I often wondered why there was never an assistant coach position on the Iowa staff for Marv Cook, who ended his high school coaching career after the 2020 season, having won 7 state championships in 14 years of coaching. https://www.thegazette.com/iowa-prep-sports/marv-cook-steps-down-as-regina-football-coach/

[LittlePig]

Agree on Marvin McNutt.  If he would have been hired by Kirk,  that would have been an extremely popular hire for Iowa fans. 

[LittlePig]

I see that former Iowa WR Marvin McNutt has taken the head football coaching job for Keokuk High School. McNutt had been a candidate for the WR coaching job at Iowa that Jon Budmayr got.

Kekouk is an old river town sitting on the Mississippi River at the very most southern point of Iowa.  It peaked in the 1960's with 16,000 people and is now down to a little over 9000.  Keokuk's most famous graduate is former Iowa QB James Vandenburg.  JVB was the Iowa QB for McNutt's senior season at Iowa.