Best offensive players you've seen the Hawks play?
Kirk's comments on prepping for Jeremiah Smith: "Different kind of players. Lemon just had a great game against us. But you talk about Smith, there are several guys over the last 20 plus years, first guy that comes to mind would be Saquon Barkley, just different guys. They're at a little different level" got me thinking about the best individual offensive talents Iowa has had to defend under Ferentz/Parker.
For me, Saquon and CMC immediately come to mind. Saquon put up 305 yards from scrimmage against us in 2017, and McCaffrey had 277 from scrimmage in the Rose Bowl. Those were against some damn good Hawkeye defenses too.
On the other hand, we've done well against some guys who went on to be names: Josh Allen, Michael Penix, etc.
I’m still pretty young though, so who am I missing, especially from early-Ferentz years, or even before? Who are the best talents you remember Iowa having to game plan for?
Sometimes I think even a coach as good as Phil Parker can only do so much when you run into one of those truly generational guys. I'm really nervous for Saturday.