Gosh I really can't stand Dennis Dodd. What a huge tool. He has so much good analysis in this writeup that you won't see elsewhere (as in ripping apart VY, etc), but he then follows it up with ridiculous comments like this
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That means the Hawkeyes have developed into a legit powerhouse. Why fight it? Iowa is No. 2 in CBS SportsLine.com's pre-spring top 25. Makes sense, at least in early March, that the Hawks navigate a tough schedule and play in a "natural" Rose Bowl matchup against Southern California.
Ferentz added another top 10 recruiting class to a roster that went 10-2 and tied for the Big Ten title last year. Drew Tate was the bowl and conference player of the year. This is the signature program for a revitalized Big Ten. Enjoy it while all the running backs are healthy.
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2. Iowa: After losing seemingly every running back on the roster to injuries, Iowa is loaded with healthy RBs. The spring will be spent sorting out the new hoss. Look for a battle between junior Sam Brownlee and sophomore Albert Young. Oh, and there's Tate, the Big Ten offensive player of the year. The defensive line needs to be remade, but how hard can that be? Ferentz won with a sixth-string RB last year. Why they're ranked here: Three consecutive top 10 finishes. Three consecutive New Year's bowls. Eighteen consecutive home wins. Iowa won't go away, so why fight it? Warren Holloway left a calling card for the country not to forget the Hawkeyes. His game-winning touchdown catch in the dying seconds against LSU in the Capital One Bowl is being called the greatest in school history.
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First of all, wasn't Iowa's top10 recruiting finish (they weren't top10 in at least one of the big2 recruiting sites) a surprise? And where the heck does he get off calling it another top10 recruiting class? Maybe my memory is fuzzy, but this isn't a consistent recruitier or Kirk would not be praised for developing lesser talent.
Amen to the insult to the DL overlook. That's like saying, we have to replace our entire OL, how hard can that be? Does this guy realize that the lower classes in previous years are the ones that are gonna be filling the void left by the DL? Probably not, as he believes that they land top10 recruiting classes often.