No. 25 Iowa will unveil what it hopes will be an improved offense when it opens against Illinois State in Iowa City on Saturday.
FILE - Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara throws a pass during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Western Michigan, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Iowa City, Iowa . FILE - Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz stands on the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Northwestern, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Based on his experience from knocking around the Big Ten as a defensive assistant in the 1990s and 2000s, Redbirds coach Brock Spack predicted even if the Hawkeyes’ offense is improved, there won’t necessarily be anything new about it.“Billy Jack says, ‘You know what, I’m going to put my right foot on the side of your face, and there’s nothing you can do about it,’” Spack said. “That’s Iowa football.
The Hawkeyes won 10 games and made it to the Big Ten championship game last year in spite of an offense that ranked at the bottom of the Bowl Subdivision. Brian Ferentz, coach Kirk Ferentz’s son, finished the season as coordinator after athletic director Beth Goetz announced in October he would not be back in 2024.spent last season as a senior analyst for the Green Bay Packers.
“I would say we want to for him, but at the end of the day, we’re also doing it for our teammates,” defensive back Sebastian Castro said.“We’ve got a good group of guys, and the staff will do a great job,” he said. “To me it’s almost a non-factor. It could be the same thing if I got hit by a truck or something like that.”“I’ve gotten over it,” he said. “My leg’s not injured. There’s no injury, there’s nothing. This is the best my body has felt, I’m fully confident of that.
“What I like about them is it’s a bus ride — you don’t spend a lot of money on an airplane — and the kids in the Big Ten , most of them are from the Midwest, if not Illinois and the Chicago area. They watched these teams and now get to play against them.”Olson is an Associated Press sports writer based in Omaha, Nebraska. He covers Nebraska, Creighton, the Big Ten and national college sports issues.
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