Originally Posted by SouthernHawk 
Well, when a Senior has 3 years of experience over a talented freshman, I'd take the Senior. Also, Fletcher (Shada's replacement) showed a lot of promise last year, but he also had some Freshman mistakes.
Dude, if you do that you will be 500 or worse every year, Oh wait!!
Those fabulous 10 win seasons sure seem a long ways away, sustaining success is the hardest job a coach has, right now another 6 or seven win season and Kirky is feeling the heat.
Realistic Look at the Hawkeye Schedule
Aug. 30 Maine - W
Sep. 6th Florida Intl. W
Sep. 13th Iowa State W Close -- always go with home team - Hawk fans start make Pasadena reservations
Sep. 20 @ Pittsburgh L Program with lots of speed - Hawk Fans get drunk until Sunday night.
Sep. 27th Northwestern W A spread, but not a great one - Hawk Fans are happy but nervous -
Oct. 4th @ Michigan State W Close Game - W - Trailer courts across the state buy Wal Mart out of Hawkeye flags.
Oct. 11th @ Indiana L Spread Kills - Hawk Fans take down their shrines to Norm Parker in their garages.
Oct. 18th Wisconsin L Close Game but Wisconsin has too much - Hawk Fans start calling airlines to see if the tickets are transferrable
Nov. 1st at Illinois L Abused in Champagne - Hawk fans are now on prozac, just grunt when spoken too.
Nov. 8th Penn State W Joe's Last Year gets worse -- Hallelujah Hawk fans put their hawkeye hitch covers back on their trucks.
Nov. 15th Purdue TBA W Boilermakers in Tail Spin -- Hawk Fans now have tickets transferred to Florida, thinking Cap One
Nov. 22nd at Minnesota L Spread with speed kills you on the turf Hawk fans sells tickets on ebay, drive to Detroit Motor City bowl
Bowl season with 7 wins I could easily see 6 (Penn State would be an upset) - Maybe it turns out you get to 8, Hell San Antonio is not a bad place to be, unless you are supposed to be top 10 every year.
