TXHoosierDaddy

Agree. It seems like about 5 or 6 guys competing, a total carousel of players. Haven't heard much about who is the favorite

Outside of QB, what position are people most interested/concerned with heading into the season? I think it's safe to say the linebacker and secondary cores are pretty strong. Would also seem the starting WR's are as well along with special teams. I would say OL and DL seem to have the most questions. Thoughts?

Huge commitment. Wonder if this sways any other in-state recruits? From the looks of it, most of the top 10 either are committed elsewhere or don't have us listed as their favorite. I'm excited to have this kid though.

Thanks! Allen had a lot of praise for Covington. Man that's a scary LB corps if he improved a lot when you consider Scales and Ball. Also, I just read he mentioned Dameon Willis as someone needing to step up to provide depth on the LB front.

Hopefully this will be the good news this week that keeps the commit train rolling along!

If we have a really solid year I bet it completely changes things. Plus, we are going to be sending some DB's to the pros soon, which will be a nice sell. I would be more worried if this was Mich or Ohio State but with it being Iowa not overly worried.

Anyone know who is likely to step in? I know we returned 9 of the 11 starters outside of Oliver and a DL. I guess this now makes 8 of 11. If there is any weakness now it has to be on the line with losing two guys.

Interesting I didn't think he read any of the responses to his tweets. Now that he is back on twitter and posting all of these coaching messages, I see a common response to his tweets saying "that didn't happen when you coached IU" or "where was that the last 9 years". Kind of entertaining so it's worth a follow imo.

Would be surprised if one or both ever suit up. They still have to sit out a year. This is now the third altercation I have heard about them. First being KJ going on a profanity laced tired against Tubby on snapchat. Then the brothers getting into some kind of an altercation with an ex-Memphis player during a pickup game and now this. These guys are trouble!

New commit today - Micah McFadden - LB from Plant, FL. We have gotten a number of commitments from this school and apparently Allen's son plays here. http://247sports.com/player/micah-mcfadden-89824 . - Not the most impressive offer list but overall I've been pleasantly surprised with a number of the recruits we have been in on.

I wouldn't say he's a good runner either so maybe somewhere in between. I want to root for this kid but I just didn't see it last year. I guess you can't teach arm strength but he seemed to lack a lot of the skills you like to see in a QB (pocket awareness and feeling the pressure, decision making, seeing the play before it develops). It should make for an interesting fall camp and given the new OC and coach it wouldn't surprise me if IU goes in another direction IF one of the other QB's shines. Otherwise, Lagow definitely gets the first crack.

Great. Well everyone else might not. You bash people for continuing to bring him up and saying anything remotely negative (sorry but that's going to happen to any coach that gets fired because obviously not everyone wanted him here). I have no doubt TC is a good guy. But I also agree he comes off as something different than what he really is. Knew a few folks in the athletic department that didn't think as highly as him as you did.

The amount of undeserving scholarships Crean gave out was ridiculous. From Jobe, Bawa, Gelon, Priller, Guy Marc Michel and I'm sure i am missing more. Part of it is he didn't assemble an ace recruiting staff but the strategy to give out 50+ scholarships seemed to hurt with the higher ranked players. Everything about Archie is refreshing from his recruiting, to the staff he put together, to seeing the players conditioning program to scheduling better opponents. Thank you Tom for all you did to help us get back on our feet as a program but so glad you are gone!

^^This^^ As I mentioned, this defense is special and if RL struggles out of the gate you can't afford to let him play out the season while you hope he corrects his mistakes. He's a senior. Have to see what else you have. I hope he does well. Same goes for other guys on offense as well.

The criticism is fair during the season. He killed us in a lot of games when our defense held strong. He wasn't the only one though. Play calling by the coaches, a decline from the running game and losing Simmie hurt. However, I can remember a few games where he would just air it out and be incredibly late on throws resulting in INT's. Also, took forever to get the ball out resulting in too many sacks. However, I don't see anyone attacking him in the offseason other than just hoping there is an improvement. The leash won't be particularly long if one of these other kids isn't far behind RL. The defense is just too good to waste mediocre QB play.

Was this surprising? Think we have depth there. Really disappointed on the Patrick front. So much hype each year and never got to see him do anything.

Top Louisiana safety Isreal Mukuamu to FSU. We had made his final 4. Would have been a huge get but based on the offers he had not surprised we didn't land him. Still impressive to be in his top 4 with the likes of FSU and USC.

Forgot Max he would be a great addition. That's honestly not a bad team right there.

i think we could field a decent team starting with these guys: Sheehey Hulls Watford DJ White Rod Wilmont Earl Calloway Nick Zeisloft Mo Creek I think most of them are still playing or if not have recently retired. Probably missing a big and maybe after this year you could add a Rob Johnson.

the basketball program didn't prioritize Jallow. I'm sure Allen would love to have Pechac though.

That would be a monster get. The type that draws other big name guys to commit as well.

He had a lot of great offers. Really impressed so far with Allen and coaching staff's recruiting efforts. Allen might not have the name/accolades of Kevin Wilson but he seems like such a likable, high energy guy. So many parallels to Hep. Keep the recruiting train rolling coach!

Wow we are on a roll! Let the dominoes keep falling.