In recent years, Iowa football has been a dichotomy of two extremes. On one hand the defense under Phil Parker has been one of the nation’s best. It’s elite-level and quite possibly national championship worthy.
Then there’s the I*wa *ffense that’s an offense to modern college football. Almost satirically bad last season: 127th in passing offense, 129th in scoring offense and the absolute worst in total offense.
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Offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz (son of Kirk) was put on notice after a dismal 2022 season that the Hawkeyes needed to average 25 points per game last season.