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Not surprising. I think I would be miffed if I were a Hawkeye player too.
Ferentz and the Iowa staff got bullied by CJ Beathard and his dad threatening a transfer. Why should Rudock stick around and fight for the job when the deck is stacked against him?
If I were on that team, I would a lot more disgusted with that. Rudock at least left quietly and showing respect the Iowa program. His teammates should probably do the same considering the circumstances.
Who is Marge Schott? I don't know a damn thing about her.
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the field an upgrade over a cooler? I can't tell if you're saying the dog is of higher pedigree than most Ohioians, or lower...and does that make Marge Schott the Ohio upper class because her dog doesn't use a cooler?? So many questions here.
April 16th, 2015 at 12:04 AM ^
So what exactly happened here? It looks to me like Rudock started all but two games last year - a random game against Purdue like 5 games into the season and the bowl game (where they got trounced). When did they get bullied? Between the last game and the bowl?
April 15th, 2015 at 11:30 PM ^
Until a spring depth chart was publicly released Jan. 8 – a program-changing move that led to Rudock exploring a transfer to Michigan that is all but done – Beathard's status was a swirling source of speculation. Rumors that he would transfer gained steam when his father, Casey, floated to his hometown newspaper in Tennessee that his son would consider transferring, depending how things played out in the bowl game.
Here is a link to the original article before the bowl where Beathard's dad talks about him potentially transferring:
After the bowl game, Ferentz made Beathard the #1 QB on the depth chart before spring practice even though Beathard has only one start under his belt. You would think there would at least be an open competition in the spring...unless Beathard was going transfer if he wasn't #1.
April 16th, 2015 at 12:26 AM ^
Rudock was injured for the Purdue game and did actually start the bowl game, but he and the other QB alternated series.
Worse yet, how can anyone be stupid enough to think that anyone who would sign to play for Harbaugh is lacking "fight?"
They open with the spartans AT western, i bet we row that mfing boat and beat them!
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Have you ever been to Iowa City? It's a pretty cool town. I wouldn't mind living there.
Honest question: what makes it cool? I'm not trying to be snarky, just wondering. I've never been to Iowa (unless you count the times I've been to Kansas*).
*ok that part was snark, but really, I am interested in hearing about the good points of Iowa City
Appreciate the info. Will keep in mind.
April 16th, 2015 at 10:20 AM ^
and actually teach at the University of Iowa. This article was published in the local paper this morning, and it is basically a "non-story."
Ott loses credibility (or the journalist is incredibly lazy) when he couldn't speak to Rudock's leadership.
Iowa isn't all bad. Iowa City certainly isn't Ann Arbor, but outside of the Metropolitan Detroit area, the two states are very similar... Lots of farms.
April 17th, 2015 at 11:16 AM ^
I suppose it's been discussed but I'll just leave this here...
http://livability.com/best-places/top-100-best-places-to-live/2015
Iowa City #10
Ann Arbor #13
To touch on the quote, I didn't think it was that big of a deal. Being someone who watched every Iowa game this year, Rudock doens't have a lot of fight. Half the year he was on the sideline looking dejected.
Beathard is a more exciting QB and with a bit of seasoning could be much better. Ferentz trusted him to throw downfield. Rudock is more of a Malzone with less accuracy and similar arm strength. I've watched the kid play for 2 years, his stats are not representative of his contribution to the team. IE he got benched with those stats because the team had a better chance to win without him.
He opted to come to Michigan where he has to compete with like 4 other QBs for the starting job. Yep, guy definitely has no fight in him.
This would be more of a "shots fired" situation if we were actually still in the same conference with Iowa and ever played them.
No, you missed it. Whooosh!
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since Ferentz was cool with it.
Maybe he just wanted to be coached by a competent offensive coordinator.
Any thoughts of non-play action aggression were long ago choked out of Davis by Ferentz.
April 15th, 2015 at 10:54 PM ^
PJ will be a hot commodity soon. I hope he stays at WMU for a while, but I think he is on the fast track to run a Big 5 program soon.
Go Broncos!
at UM after football if he doesn't make it to the NFL (as he probably won't). He was All-Academic B1G, so this is win/win for him. Compete for starting QB under the best QB coach in the world and enroll in a top-flight graduate studies program.
Michigan is probably one of the best places in the country to pursue football and medicine. I am guessing he is probably going to work toward getting admitted to Michigan for med school if the NFL doesn't come calling after next year.
I dunno, I thought Ott seemed relatively diplomatic. I'm sure the reporter was giving everything they had to get something nasty, but this didn't amount to much in my opinion.
players, stirrin' up the big Michigan/Iowa rivalry!
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I would think Iowa RB ACL's had more fight
It reminds me of how 90% of the Michigan State grads I encounter tell me that they got into Michigan but thought students there were too arrogant so they went MSU instead.