Well done indeed Hawkeyes!

awesome!

That's better than anything I've seen in a while. Heh.

Keep it up, Hawkeyes!

The Hawkeyes did not have the offseason they intended, but they did come out of the recruiting season with a good player or two, led by DL Phillip Massey. Massey will be an instant starter on a team that desperately needed help on the defensive line.

The Hawkeyes have had a rough first half of the season, going 3-5. However, 3 of the 5 losses were by 4 points or less and could have gone either way. The 3 wins were all by at least 7 points.


Here are the stats leaders for the first half of the season:



And team stats:


As the stats show, the run game has struggled, but the pass game has been pretty solid to this point. The Hawkeyes will look to improve the run game and continue their passing success in the second half of the season against a generally middling schedule:

The season has ended for this Hawkeyes team that surged in the second half of the season but came up a couple wins short of a bowl bid. It was a tough season for this group as they had a find a new identity when the run game just would not get going like it did last season. Unfortunately, it just took too long to discover this new identity.

However, the team is encouraged by what they did in the second half of the season and should look to build on that next season. They ended the season in spectacular fashion with a convincing over FSU in an unusual game. Here are some of those stats:



On the season, Iowa had a few players with very healthy stat lines:

To start, WR Steven Gartman had a terrific season, especially after Iowa decided to pass much more. He had 109 receptions for 1,814 yards and 19 TDs. This was good enough for MFN to name him a First Team All-American (not voted on by coaches). Interestingly, he also was 1/1 on XP tries and had 1 kickoff that went 58 yards.

Next we have QB Thomas Brown who was throwing to Gartman so much, and rightfully so. He ended the season 351 of 580 (60.5%) for 5,181 yards, 39 TDs, 17 INTs, and a rating of 99.93. It likely won't earn him any season awards, but it was a great season for him nonetheless.

On the defensive side, CB Joseph Lui had a strong season. He recorded 92 tackles, allowed a catch percentage of 43.2, and had 6 INTs.

LB James Barragan also had a solid season as he recorded 78 tackles, 4 sacks, allowed 39.7% pass completion,. and had 3 INTs.

As for pass rushers, Iowa had four players do pretty good in this department with three of them hitting double digits:
DT Robert Murphy: 62 tackles, 14 sacks, and 36 hurries
DE Jose Vickers: 39 tackles, 12 sacks, and 28 hurries
DT Steve Bass: 58 sacks, 10 sacks, and 29 hurries
DE Phillip Massey23 tackles, 8 sacks, and 8 hurries. Massey only played in 11 games.