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We're Talkin' Non-Answers: Kirk Ferentz Signing Day Press Conference Open Thread

Kirk Ferentz is speaking to the press for the first time since the Insight Bowl today and while the topic is ostensibly National Signing day and the crop of recruits Iowa harvested this year* there's sure to be a few questions about the Neverending Defensive Coordinator Search and the Marcus Coker, Mika'il McCall, and A.J. Derby transfers, too. Granted, Ferentz will almost certainly say nothing of interest or consequence in response to those questions, but still: they will be asked! (Maybe. Probably.) On the bright side? No rhabdo questions this year.

* See, I can make all kinds of Iowa farming references! Sign me up, mainstream media! I'm ready to graduate to the big leagues!

Anyway, the presser starts at 4pm CT and it's being streamed ($$$) on Hawkeye All-Access. Hawk Central is liveblogging the shindig as well and all your favorite Iowa media types (Morehouse, Dochterman, Hardy, Randy Peterson, etc.) will no doubt be Tweeting up a storm from there.

The usual rules of open threading apply: no links to illegal online streams, no porn, no religion, no politics, no slurs, no douchebaggery, etc.

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KF: "Wait, Derby transferred? When?"
"He was gonna be our starting tacklebacker next year! Nooooooo!"
A-ha
RT @sbatt79: Kirk Ferentz to talk Hawkeyes recruits in 30. He has news conference set for next Wed to discuss other topics
Breaking: Next weeks conference cancelled

KF to speak to reporters before Spring Practice.

mascasa saying thats when the DC will be announced
With the timing of it

it sure seems likely there’s a coach coaching in the Superbowl. Just pure conjecture.

#HOODIEFORDC

/not sure if i did that hashtag thing right

Belichick joining the staff

would make for fun press conferences.
“We cannot confirm nor deny the existence of an “Iowa Hawkeye” football team. If there were such a team, they may or may not be playing football this weekend."

And JVB would be probable on the injury report with a shoulder injury. Every. Damn. Week.

Whoa.. from MasCasa

“Jaleel is 320. Not making this up. "

That is a big boy. At 18. Wow.
He's a biggun.
When I asked my niece about him this was the conversation

Me: “Is there a large black kid in any of your classes who transferred in this year?”
Her: “umm, not that I can think of”
Me:“Is there a kid named Jaleel that you’ve seen at all”
Her:“Oh, Jaleel? Yeah he’s pretty legit in the large black guy department”.

She sounds nice.
She is

Except she’s going to Northern Illinois, so she’s dead to me.

Seriously though, all of my sister’s kids got into a Bucky Badger “thing” this year. They all wanted Bucky Badger shit for Christmas. This has nothing to do with Wisconsin, and they actually wanted stuff with Bucky that didn’t say “Wisconsin”. But still, I threatened to disown my mother if she ever did that again. Dad silently nodded and gave her a look that said “I told you you’d piss off one kid by pleasing your grandkids”.

Go Huskies!
In state tuition, foreign language immersion dorm close to home, blah blah blah

I’m still hoping she gets a sweet financial aid package so she can go to North Central.

The campus is pretty bleak.

I hope she likes getting blackout drunk.

I would approve this

Her mother would not.

Besides, her boyfriend is going to North Central so if she ends up in De Kalb I see a lot of time spent back in the Naper/Downer’s ish area anyways.

Ugh, Naperville.

Where Iowa’s sororities find their filler?

Naperville grads – being fleeced for exorbitant out of state tuition since 2002.

Since 2002?

Try since 1960.

True, but we really stepped it up in the early 2000s
My freshman roommate in 1988 was from Naperville

What a piece of work that guy was. And now I live there.

I am sorry, sir. Best of luck if you have children.
Nope, just me

It actually ain’t that bad, but of course I’m from Sioux City so I would say that…

Yeah, there were A LOT of Naperville people in my freshman gen ed classes in 2000.
I loved reading the reports after the etc fire

IIRC, there were no Iowa kids injured. And that stuff was definitely on fire in my era (in college 96-2000). All my friends complained about it

This. And the town is even worse.

De Kalb is maybe the worst town I’ve spent time in.

Just buy them a pet Badger. That will teach them.
The Badger would terrorize their St Bernard

before the Beagle-Korgi mix went into hardwired behavior mode and killed the Badger.

A sick part of me would love to see this go down (and I'm a dog lover)

People just don’t give beagles the correct level of respect, I suppose.

Regardless, those kids would fucking hate Badgers.

We grew up with a beagle

Much respect for them. And her St Bernard is the biggest baby/wuss big dog I’ve ever met. He gets pushed around by the Puggle.

Our dog is convinced

that everybody loves him and wants to pet him. He wouldn’t last ten minutes in the wild.

Mine too

Although he was a stray who obviously survived in the wild somehow. I think it was in the city so he scavenged and begged. When he flushes a critter while we’re walking or hiking he just kind of looks at it surprised and goes back to whatever he was sniffing at. I have seen him eat a dead squirrel, but it froze in my tree during an ice storm so he basically just sniffed out a Squirrelcicle.

Grew up with mostly Labradors

They’re tough enough in the wild, especially when you hunt train them, but man they’re a pushover in the house. Our neighbors cocker spaniel used to just bite my last yellow’s neck and get carried around. A beagle/Terrier/annoying small dog would never stand for that.

I have 2 Wheaton terriers. The older one would happily take on any dog on earth and rip it’s throat open if only she were given the chance. The younger one is mystified by this behavior. To be fair, the younger one is extremely stupid.

Yup, it's all personality

I had a female that had to be isolated in social situations because she was the Alpha female, period. Picked her up from the kennel once and they told me she frightened the huge Rottweilers. I was so proud. She was very smart.

I'm on #TeamBeagle
#Team Beagle FTW
I grew up with a Daschund

It killed a badger once…proudest moment of his life.

#TeamGoldenRetriever
I miss my heeler

She was so ornery.

Legit in the pants?

/went there
/sorry

You should be

Although my sister and I shared a sideways glance at that response.

As a freshman my neighbor dated several Iowa basketball players

And when I read this I couldn’t help but picture her saying it.
Those dudes were certainly “legit”. Hey, it’s college, people, um, experiment?

From Mas Casa
@marcmorehouse Kevin Buford and Greg Mabin drew raves from recruiting coordinator Eric Johnson.
Raves? Like this?

Don’t even ask what’s going on here. Just accept that it’s awesome.

I think I got a contact high just from looking at that photo.
I wanted to use a gif...

But all of the gifs either:
1) Got me high;
2) Gave me motion sickness; or
3) Got me high and gave me motion sickness.

This makes me want to go get some Vicks VapoRub
Chris Jericho? Is that you?
I am looking forward to hearing full, detailed explanations on the McCall and Coker suspensions
I think you'll be waiting a while for that

A looooong while.

Morehouse
They are not bringing Connor Kornbrath in to learn how to punt.
Are they bringing him in to teach Mullings how to punt then?
Marshall Koehn as the punter?

We have WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many kickers on scholarship

I asked Mas Casa on Twitter

He said they expect Kornbrath to compete for the starting punter job. Basically he’s already good at punting – they don’t need to teach him. (Maybe that’s a dig at Mullings, I’m not sure.)

get a get a get a Garmon

U MAD, BB?
@AdamHogeCBS Bret Bielema just said he had some issues with Urban Meyer’s recruiting and used word "illegal". Said he called Urban and worked it out.

Worked it out? So Urban gave him some money too or what?

I have heard people go on and on about Ward for months

Hope he’s as good as they say. At 6’6, 270, I don’t see how he can fail.

We need someone to pick up the phenom OL baton from Bulaga and Reiff.
RT @sbatt79 The 24 recruits Iowa is announcing come from 12 states. Illinois is the home of five, one more than Illinois inked.
Awesome.

Suck it, Beckman!

pipeline state, yes

YAIS!

Fewer recruiting points to spend now!

spend ten dollars and buy the "every state is pipeline" add on!

do it nao!

Illinois sucking

is the best thing that could possibly happen to Iowa, no joke

they like to suck to the west?

From my understanding, the Zooker didn't work as hard for the Illinois blue chippers

As out of state schools did. He just sort of expected them to come.

@sbatt79 #qctimes #hawkmaniaqc New Hawkeyes Barkley Hill and Drew Ott were Gatorade players of the year in their home states
Great

So they’re greeen, sticky and end up spilled on the turf.

@sbatt79 #qctimes #hawkmaniaqc Iowa’s class includes five state champs, Jaleel Johnson, Ruben Lile, Laron Taylor, Nate Meier and Anthony Gair
BTW, Stanford signed THREE 5* OL guys today.

Stanford.

as they say, OL are typically the smartest players on the field

There recent OL track record is very good

But not really better than Iowa’s. Maybe they’re interested in academics? Oh, and fucking good weather.

I was going to make a joke about the diversity of the Stanford campus, but am having a tough time figuring out how to talk about the predominance of the Pacific Rim-er’s without someone being offended.

Something about how an OL recruit is only 50th percentile in weight, height, and calf diameter in their classes? I still don’t know why 50% of OLs in the NFL aren’t Pacific Islanders. Dudes have a mean streak as well.

Welcome to the Bay Area - Gang Banger Central

Its not as nice as people think

I live in Oakland

And its not as bad as you think either. There’s good and bad areas just like everywhere else. You just got to be “street wise”. There’s nowhere else I want to live except maybe Vancouver.

Excited by the idea of blocking for Barry Sanders Jr, I guess.
Oh my.

A bunch of 5-star OLs blocking for Barry Sanders Jr? I have my new second-favorite CFB team.

Don't forget all the TEs.

I bet dad is super-proud.

If you're smart enough to get in...

not dumb enough to say no.

Stanford is doing a good job

filling the void left by USC

Not much of a void anymore.

USC finished in top the 10, signed a top 10 recruiting class, and will be preseason top 5 in 2012…

They signed a top 10 recruiting THIS year?

I thought this year was the first year the scholarship reductions (30 over 3 years) started to take hold

I think I saw that on Twitter.

It’s basically all 4-5* talent, I think, which helps w/ rankings.

Using ESPN's rankings

No 5 stars, but 8 4 stars with a total of 17

Whoops

10 four-stars

Guess they made the most of it
Both.

They got the top 10 class even without the 10 schollies.

And probably a preseason top 3.

Plus Robert Woods is still only a sophomore and may be the best WR in the country. That’s going to be a terrifying team next year.

They're still coached by Kiffin
Which may not be the limiting factor

I thought it was a couple of years ago.

Did pretty well this year.

Maybe he’s figuring out how to keep his head out of his ass.

Wear a large stocking cap
Next year is the problem for them.

Barkley, Lee, Woods, Holmes, McDonald, and several other key defensive players either graduate or hit 3 years, pls they’ll be down to 65 schollies.

Nate Meier comes in as an RB. He also comes in bigger than King and Kroul.

he also comes in looking older than kirk ferentz

They really want that truckback they couldn't get with Coe last year, I guess.

Coe is still planning on coming next year right?

I think so, yeah.

So, does Coe fall under Iowaback now, or linebackerback?

Defensivetackleback
bowlingballback
Well that didn't take long...

There’s already a billboard in Missouri congratulating Dorial Green-Beckham on choosing Mizzou.

That is creepy

Even if he is signed.

Mizz-DAH-gub?

That’s how I’m pronouncing that anyways.

Sokol
In Cody Sokol’s case, it was like the Brad Banks situation, where they weren’t really looking at him per se, and research showed that he has some Iowa ties (born here, has family here).
Sokol is open to redshirting. They wanted him to be open to that, and he was. Doesn’t mean he will, but he’s open to that.
Beathard
CJ Breathard is a diff. situation. he was in a sitch where there was a coaching change and he wanted something different. He visited this weekend with his dad and they were impressed.
They didn’t start out looking for two QBs, but they’re happy they got em.
RBs
Also excited about getting Barkley Hill out of Cedar Falls. RB was a position of need. Considered signing three RBs, but just got those two. Jason White has decided to stay with the team rather than graduating, so they feel better about that position.

Question about ISU and Barkley and how that happened. Ferentz says they just continued to recruit him…“kept a line in the water”
I am imagining KG now.
@marcmorehouse Garmon or Hill start? Anything’s possible, KF said. Jason White will return.
So does this mean white

Will rb1 all season long?

On the depth chart, sure.

But he won’t actually start any games.

Or play in any where we're up by less than 30
DL guyz
Right now, got four DL guys, all four have great upside, and Jaleel and Faith have an opportunity to contribute next year more likely because of their greater physical development.
Dang, that's kind of bold to say
Must be what those guys wanted to hear in their recruiting pitch

Because no way do we see a true Frosh start at DT. That’s strictly a man’s position.

"Contribute" could mean rotate in.
Fleming
PJR:
Talking about Maurice Fleming. Said that he helped a lot with bringing in some of the other guys from the Chicago area.

PJR is the initials of the Hawk Central blogger.

Patrick J. Riepe

Online editor and general know-it-all.

Interesting

Says they looked at Simmons (JUCO OL) because Reiff jumped to NFL.

Hmm. Maybe they do intend to find a spot for him early.
Coker

4:13

PJR:
Q on Coker
4:13

PJR:
Obviously he has left school. He’s a tremendous guy and we wish him the best of luck.
4:14

PJR:
That’s it on Coker.

That's funny in its simplicity.
Meier
PJR:
Says Meier will start out at RB and will see how it goes.

intereresting, so he will play running back for aboud a day

Just morning practice.
I would love someone

to ask KF, “So which of these guys do you think is most likely to have left Iowa City by January 2013?”

I would laugh if he named a RB.
I wouldn't

I would just nod in sad agreement

To be fair, it would be a sad laugh.
Yeah

“Well, we knew that we needed the 2 star RB recruit because there is no way that Greg Garmon will be here come next Spring. I mean, let’s be honest, he’s easy pickings for AIRBHG.”

The kid was marked from an early age.

Hopefully AIRBHG lets him complete a few years before messing with him.

Random Super Bowl factoid
RT @jordangarretson: Sunday marks 9th straight Super Bowl that includes a former Hawkeye playing in it
Interesting stat, if not entirely meaningful

But hey, if it turns out that’s the best streak going, let’s pump up that stat!

Kittle
PJR:
Not sure if he’s fast enough to be a receiver, not sure if he isn’t. But has a frame for being an outside LB or perhaps TE.
Expect him to start at LG in 2014
At which point he'll also be collecting social security.
That joke is too tall for me.
KF on rankings
PJR:
KF: I don’t really pay too close attention. I was entertained watching ESPNU and it seemed like it was draft coverage. Draft is a celebration of college career, and signing day is celebration of high schoool career.

PJR:
All you can do is try to project what you think a player is capable of doing.

PJR:
As far as the rankings go, they don’t mean a whole lot.

PJR:
He did recognize that the best teams seem to get the highest ranked players.
Punting iz winning
PJR:
Q about Connor Kornbrath perhaps being the starting punter. KF says no, someone (Wienke or Owens) will win it in the spring, but this fall, that could change.
Wait, who the hell is Owens?

IS T.O. WALKING ON?!

Wait, did Ferentz actually say Owens?

Or was that PJR that inferred that? If Ferentz said it, it’s interesting that there was no mention of Mullings, a scholarship player.

Unclear.

I still have no idea who Owens is.

I could see how you could mishear Mullings as Owens.
Quick look at the roster makes me believe the name was Koehn

And PJR just didn’t hear it correctly.

I think Koehn is a placekicker, though.
Oh, that's my bad.

I sorted by position and completely looked past the punters position. I just assumed they listed all the kickers & punters as PK.

Hmm

The Rivals transcript says Mullings and Wienke.

Which would make a LOT more sense.

Was John Wienke doing some practice punting last year?

Or are we talking about a different Wienke?

Wienke was the back-up punter last year.

And it sounds like he’ll contend for the starting job this year.

Um... okay.
PJR:
Question about whether they gave four or five-year scholarships, but KF says he doesn’t know anything about those NCAA rule changes.
he lies to us because he loves us

is what im hoping here

About the DC elephant in the room...
PJR:
Q: Anyone express concern that you don’t have a Def Coord yet?

PJR:
Yes, it came up couple times last week, but he doesn’t think that it’s something to worry about. Coach Fry was always able to bring in good coaches, and KF says they’ll always be able to bring in good coaches. Recruits seemed to understand.
I love this reasoning

He has never had to replace a coordinator to test this theory

Very true.

But on a position coach level, he did very well with the Soup hire and the Kaz hire was pretty solid. The Morgan hire has helped in-state recruiting, although it’s fair to question how the OL has performed under him at times.

Still a pretty small sample size, though, and DC is a big deal hire (especially for us).

True

My dad went to Wartburg with Morgan. Reese actually threw my dad over a car once.

This sounds like a true story

and I like it.

Obligatory "fuck Wartburg"

Fuck Wartburg

This comment is the closest thing to a lay a Luther guy will ever get
Deets.
I don't know a lot of the details from that event. My dad has some fucked up stories

from Wartburg in the 60’s.

They kidnapped a couple of Luther guys, shaved their heads, and painted W’s on their heads with walnut stain. They kept the guys down there for a couple of days and only let them out when the state patrol started sniffing around.

They had a guy steal a car and park it in the dean’s driveway, while the dean was on vacation. He had to be called back from his vacation to deal with the problem.

Morgan, apparently, is really pale. To scare the shit out of prospective students, he used to give himself bloody noses and let the blood pour all over his chest. Then he would run into a room full of prospective students screaming holy hell.

Wow, the times have really changed

Though I wish they hadn’t. All of those sound hilarious.

KF to the Super Bowl

PJR:
KF says he is hoping to go to the Super Bowl. They are hosting a “junior day” that day, then will race to Indy for the game. Brian Ferentz is coaching for the Pats, Tyler Sash on the Giants.

I have no idea why they’re hosting a Junior Day on Sunday. Seems like awful timing.

Kirk is going to go hang out with the Mannings – and try to get on tv.

Peyton is our new DC

it all comes together…..

Smartest dude in the NFL

I would totally be ok with that hire. Of course, that falls into the category of “as likely as it being Tom Brady” but hey.

#KOK4RU

#PEYTON4OC

Kozan
@sbatt79 #qctimes #hawkmaniaqc Ferentz:“We still are waiting for one prospect to make a decision. We’ll see what happens there.”
WONDER WHO.
Lay off.

I’ve been looking for a blue pen all day, and the fax machine at the office is on the fritz.

Drew Ott
PJR:
Reese got on to Drew Ott kind of early. Was in one of Iowa’s one-day camps. They asked him to be a defensive lineman for a day, which wasn’t fair, he said. They think he’s got a real high upside. Got some growth to make, as does Daumantas Venckus, but Brian Mattison, Karl Klug, Iwebema, all were in that profile and ended up playing great.
Huh, that was kind of an awkward comment there about Coach K and Nebraska
I smell BS.
PJR:
Did recruiting get awkward with Kascenski moving to Nebraska?

PJR:
No, just need to keep going. Got to work with the ones you get, not worry about the ones you don’t
That's to be expected.

After his introduction PC at Nebraska, I wouldn’t be surprised at all to hear about him completely selling Iowa out.

I would never expect KF to dis him in public.

But I’m sure he wasn’t pleased about Kaz flipping to Nebraska and pursuing Curry hard for them after he’d been recruiting him hard at Iowa.

at least he probably didnt negative recruit against us

“you remember all the good things i said about Iowa? turns out i was lying, they suck. but im totally telling the truth when i say nebraska rules i swear!”

New DC?
PJR:
Sean Draper was one of the kids asking about the def. coord., and they got him. Ferentz says they will be fine.
KF "I'm just going to say that if you watch the Superbowl, you'll see the new DC"

NEW DC IS BRIAN FERENTZ!

/hot NFL assistant coup

Just means that Phil Parker's going to dress up like a referee and stop play for the lulz.
DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS

PJR:
Ferentz says he had some really good meals on the home visits.

Steven Ferentz
PJR:
Q about Steve Ferentz. KF says that he’s looking at Iowa, and they’ll support him in whatever he chooses to do.
Totally expect Auburn to put the hard sell on him, right up to signing day...

Gene Chizik: “Hey Steve-a-rino? You want to make more money this year than your dad? Come to Auburn!”

So, to recap:

1) We should know who the new DC is next Wednesday.
2) Jaleel Johnson is a very large man.
3) Kornbrath will compete for the starting punter job.

!!!
RT @bjmillican: #Auburn signee Cassanova McKinzy says lack of a @ChickfilA on campus played a factor in picking the Tigers over #Clemson"
hahahaha

At least he won’t have to worry about endorsements if he makes it to the NFL in 4 years.

Well, their chicken nuggets are amazing
The waffle fries are what I go there for.

And they have the sweet ketchup dipping packets.

that.is.awesome.
This kid has his priorities straight.
I hate to say it

but i completely understand. not having a ChickfilA here sucks

On Iowa Pod suggests there's one opening in IC

Meanwhile, there’s a Chik-Fil-A here at WCU. If only there was a football team to recruit for….

There's a Chick-Fil-A at the mall in Iowa City (or Coralville, if you want to be an asshole).

Would probably be nice to have an actual restaurant though, instead of a spot in the mall’s food court.

Yeah, I know about that one

But oniowapod talked about a cow suit coming to their office with samples; not sure if that was the IC office or the CR office. I was thinking about the on campus c-f-a demo.

There used to be one in the Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids

but I assume that like everything else in that mall, it has gone out of business.

It's still there.

With the county offices still in the mall, they keep the food places busy.

Best thing ever
Um, I will totally be choosing a neighborhood to buy a house in

that is close to my favorite grocery stores. This seems like an entirely reasonable thought, even if it’s just a fast food joint.

The Chick-Fil-A is on Chicago Ave right downtown near Michigan Ave.

There’s a rumor that is one is going to open in Lincoln Park this summer, too!

Rich gettin' richer
@ourhonordefend B1G signed four 5* and 46 4*. tOSU and TTUN account for all four 5* and 24 of the 4*.
Those Terrorists Up North?
Life's a hustle
Danantonio, NO WAI
HawkeyeInsider Rob Howe
Ferentz hinted at some negative recruiting in reference to Jaleel Johnson
Dantonio pitched Jaleel

their play 2 plays, sit out 1 hurt defensive scheme.

What's the deal on Kozan?

Did he sign his LOI with you guys, or is he going to Michigan?

WHY MUST YOU RUB IT IN

Actually, we don’t know. I don’t think anybody knows, even him.

Wasn't doing that, promise

Just was checking all the B1G teams on Scout and he didn’t have the checkmark next to his name, then saw that he might be re-thinking going to Michigan.

If it’s any consolation, I hope you get him.

Totally up in the air.

Sounds like he’s deciding in the next few days, maybe.

The news here in the Queen City of the Plains is all Yuri Wright...

and Cyler Miles sticking with UDub. Not a peep about Kozan aside from the old article about him choosing Iowa from Sunday.

Big Ten recruiting recap from OTE

Off Tackle Empire

Wow

Im glad I don’t venture away from BHGP. I was tempted to troll somebody in that thread.

I believe I know who you're talking about.

I thought about it as well.

So who is the fucking coordinator????
Wednesday
Conditions are perfect.
I found KF's word choice regarding DC opening to be interesing...
"I think we’re on the right path, I feel pretty good," he said. "Just in a nutshell, we moved like a tortoise again, kind of like ’99 [when he hired his initial staff at Iowa]. There were a lot of different scenarios I wanted to run through my mind. . . . Unless you have to do something, why do something?"

The reliance on the word “scenarios” sounds like there may be moving parts to all this. In other words, KF did not sound as if he had hired a DC who would just come in and replace Norm, end of story. Herrmann is a LB coach, so in theory if anyone could just walk in and replace Norm’s roles one-for-one it would be him—-I would imagine he could cover the LBs and the DC responsibilities quite easily. Maybe KF is being coy, I don’t know but I found his word selection revealing.

Moreover, KF would NOT commit to who is the new DL coach and he would not commit to Levar Woods as that coach.

another thought

KF said while recruits did ask about the DC-to-be it was not an issue, so I am thinking he will be hiring a guy whose philosophy will be very compatible with that of what Norm ran. That seems more and more likely to me. Even though Iowa recruits players and molds them to positions (which on the face of it would mean they could hire any sort of DC) I think it is becoming more and more clear that the DC will not bring radical change to Iowa City—-and why should he? That is the one aspect of Iowa football that has been consistently excellent over the last decade and KF likely believes that it’s more than just scheme as to the reason why. That defensive philosophy works well within Iowa’s development model and commitment to interior superiority.

Again, the scenario comment has me thinking there will be a domino effect in place that might spill over to the offensive side of things. I also think KF’s comments mean Bradley is still very much a possibility.

I also think KF’s comments mean Bradley is still very much a possibility.

I hope so

Then, why wait so long? Bradley hasn’t been in the NFL playoffs. Oh well, other than frustrating those of us who are interested in this type of thing, from all appearances it didn’t negatively impact recruiting.

Not sure about waiting until next week.

But there’s no way that you hire him last week once JoePa died. They may have decided out of respect to PSU to not hire him until after signing day weeks ago. I guess we’ll all find out next Wednesday.

Here's a better video for RB recruit, Nate Meier

Something tells me that this kid was underrated in the obscurity of 8-man football, and that this will evolve into a huge get for Iowa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LbAP45ObT8&feature=share

The team he's playing has the same colors as Minny.

Maybe he’ll do the same thing to them, lol.

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