QUICK LOOK BACK: Iowa’s offense fought so hard for that one thing that could make it work and right when it found something — an offensive line that could run block — everything imploded in a matter of three plays. Against Penn State, on a first down reverse call, left tackle Brandon Scherff (6-5, 315) had [...]
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AMES — West Des Moines Valley Coach Gary Swenson’s phone beeped almost immediately when top football recruit Jake Campos committed to Missouri. The text was from Swenson’s son, but it wasn’t about family business. It was about football. “My youngest son lives in Minneapolis, and he graduated from Iowa and he’s a huge Iowa fan,” [...]
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OL CONOR BOFFELI Arrival: The 6-5, 290-pound junior initially committed to Iowa State, but made the switch to Iowa in January ’09. ISU went through the Gene Chizik-Paul Rhoads transition and that was part of it, but mostly Boffeli, a West Des Moines Valley grad, felt more comfortable at Iowa. He graduated Valley with something [...]
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QUICK LOOK BACK: If you measure offensive line production by rush yards per game and sacks allowed, Iowa was representative in 2011. Sacks are an iffy measure. It’s hard to pin any given sack on one thing, with the quarterback’s decision making and wide receiver’s blitz recognition also on the table. But just for [...]
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FOUR DOWNS WITH THE OFFENSIVE LINE DEPTH CHART (No. 1 and then probables) LT — Riley Reiff, jr., 6-6, 300; Matt Tobin, jr., 6-6, 290; Andrew Donnel, RS fr., 6-7, 302 *LG — Brandon Scherff, RS fr., 6-5, 310; Matt Tobin, jr., 6-6, 290; Drew Clark, so., 6-4, 288 C — James Ferentz, jr., 6-2, 284; Conor Boffeli, [...]
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QUICK LOOK BACK: The Iowa O-line was supposed to be the shaky group in 2009. It wasn’t. In fact, Iowa’s average yards per carry went from 3.27 in 2009 to 4.30 last season. Some of that was Adam Robinson and, at the end, Marcus Coker, but a lot of that was the offensive line, which [...]
continue »This is sort of a “bill is due” season for the Iowa offensive line. Kirk Ferentz pretty much admitted that when spring practice opened Wednesday. In 2008, center Rob Bruggeman and guard Seth Olsen landed in the NFL. This April, tackles Bryan Bulaga, Kyle Calloway and Dace Richardson could end up in the league. That’s [...]
continue »QUICK LOOK BACK: Rob Bruggeman went from walk-on to torn ACL/MCL to “who’s that guy” to all-Big Ten center and possible NFL draft pick. Seth Olsen became a fully matured 310-pound fifth-year senior and found a true home at right guard. Bryan Bulaga made a quiet and extremely successful transition from left guard to left tackle, [...]
continue »Here are the 19 links to the stories with mugshots on this site. This might be easier than ripping through a couple pages to find a recruit you’re interested in. Conor Boffeli http://marcmwm.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/ferentz-on-boffeli/ Josh Brown http://marcmwm.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/ferentz-on-brown/ Drew Clark http://marcmwm.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/ferentz-on-clark/ Jordan Cotton http://marcmwm.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/ferentz-on-cotton/ Scott Covert http://marcmwm.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/ferentz-on-covert/ Keenan Davis http://marcmwm.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/ferentz-on-davis/ Shane DiBona http://marcmwm.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/ferentz-on-dibona/ Dakota Getz http://marcmwm.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/ferentz-on-getz/ Tyler [...]
continue »When West Des Moines Valley’s Conor Boffeli committed to Iowa State back in July, he wanted to play tight end in college. And why not? He was a three-time Central Iowa Metro League first-team pick. Over his career, he caught 31 passes for 402 yards and two TDs. Tight end probably felt right with the [...]
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