Cade… what have you gotten yourself into? Epic PSU-Iowa stats

Eagerly awaiting Iowatch. or I0watch for this game

Isn't he armed with a "scoring defense"?

I get the Cade criticism, but it made a lot of sense. A game managing QB with that defense should work. But there's little talent on that offense. 

So what you are saying, OP, is that Iowa's offense is improving?

He's not WAYYYY behind. He's at 22.5 

Granted the true cupcake portion of the schedule is over but the B1G west is still pretty cupcake-ish

One observation from watching last night.  In the 2nd half, especially once PSU scored to start the half, it appeared to me that the Iowa defense quit.

Iowa's lost some games by big scores before.  It happens.  But I've never, not even once, seen their defense sort of fold up shop.

Ferentz really has a mess to deal with.  The offense, everyone knows about that.  But if the defense starts to develop a "eh, what's even the point anymore?" attitude, things could spiral downhill fairly quickly.

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One other observation: MSU @ Iowa is NBC's Prime Time Game next week!!!  Good God.

It's possible that Cade McNamara is the highest rated QB that Iowa has had in a very long time.

Like many posters, I don't have an issue with All and McNamara leaving to find playing time: its a short window and kids need to maximize that time.

How they left is what rubs many of us the wrong way, moreso with McNamara than All. Based on some of the stories, McNamara wasn't a particularly good team mate based on some of his alledged actions...

I appreciate his contributions to helping bring the program back, but at the same time, believe the program is much healthier without him in the building.

Holy crap all those “Rutger”s

I can only wonder how frustrating it must be to play for Iowa’s defense. Because you actually have a good system and philosophy on that side of the ball, you’ve created good results, and all of your efforts are wasted by an offense that is completely inept and unwilling to evolve. 

I feel like PSU is actually pretty good this year (still don’t trust a big game coached by Franklin) and Iowa is decent with no WRs. 
 

Going to be a tough game later this year. 

Would have been better to stay at Michigan as a back-up.  Get your degree and a chance at 3x B1G champion and possibly pay for a National Championship!

Greg Harden leaves, QB's start losing their minds.

Dude did not appear to be enjoying himself...damn

how many punting yards did they have ?

This is what cade looks like without all-world talent around him. I've been crucified for saying this since 2021. 
 

His numbers since the UGA game: 57-110 (52%) 682 yards, 5 tds, 4 ints.  

against non p5 teams: 40 - 74 (54%) 517 yards, 5 tds, 3 ints 

The simple reality is that this is who Cade is...and why he is at Iowa. This was his decision-his choice-pretty much end of story. Cade was successful at Michigan because of the talent that surrounded him...and he was, mostly, able to stay out of the way of said talent. 

I hope everyone got to see that throw Mahomes just made at about the 8 minute mark of the second quarter-holy cow!

I hope Cade survives the season and prospers, but we did well to get Rudock.

Oops, misfire.

I don't want to say a bunch of bad stuff about Cade, he was the QB for the 2021 Game. But stuff's come out that makes you uncomfortable and he made some comments that I hope he now regrets. He made a really bad decision on where to transfer and he's going to have to live with that bad choice. 

Anyone who looked out on the sea of college football and thought entrusting your career to that senile old man and his worthless son was a good idea is a fool. 

Iowa got a taste of their own turnover medicine. Had All not fumbled at the PSU 18 it would have been at least 3-0 Iowa early. Then another turnover on a punt return as well as a horrid missed call on a PSU 4th & 1 and that was ballgame. I thought Iowa would be able to only lose by something like 24-9, which would have won me a ton of money. Instead those things happened above and the game got out of hand, and I lost a lot of money.

I'm probably alone in this, but I still think Iowa will have a decent season/ probably win the West. No team that fumbles the ball 6 times is going to look good.

It was a bad day at the office for Iowa, but I'm not completely writing them off, and that game may be more of a testament to how good PSU is than an indictment of Iowa.

Iowa was playing decently through the first half or so, 2 key turnovers and the defense never getting off the field as a result were sort of where the dam broke.

Harsh, from 247sports: 

A broken clock is right twice a day, which would be an upgrade in comparison to the Iowa offense. Saturday's opportunity to quiet the rightful narrative surrounding Iowa's offense was destroyed with 11:09 remaining when Erick All fumbled inside the red zone. After that, if it were a boxing match, the bell would have sounded early in the second round. Iowa repeatedly was jabbed in the face with their hands down and refusing to punch back. A pacifist in a boxing ring.

Funny how quickly people are to characterize Cade as an average (at best) quarterback, who only did well because of the team around him.

I remember the jolt of energy he injected into the team when he replaced Joe Milton in that 2020 Rutgers game, in a season that had already turned disastrous, and the suggestion that Joe Milton (for instance) could have had the same success as Cade in 2021 is ... well, it's not one I agree with.

Nobody claims he's the best quarterback in the world. But just as he benefited from the team around him in 2021, the team also benefited from his particular set of skills. And we're doing him a serious injustice to dismiss him as, somehow, irrelevant to Michigan's success that year.

I'm glad JJ was able to take over last year, and I'm a big fan of our current quarterback. But you can like JJ and be grateful for what Cade was able to achieve. 

And as for his conduct last year, yeah, that was unfortunate, but he's a young man who was disappointed and felt misused. He didn't handle it as well as he should have. No doubt. But it's good to know everyone here is so forgiving, and would never allow a young man's poor impulse management and PR skills to cloud the incredible significance of what we were able to achieve in 2021.