After a down year performance-wise, and now only having one year of eligibility left, I would guess the demand for Rocco in the transfer market will be less than it was last year.
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I agree with Rocco's less than stellar performance 2nd half of the season but he's the leader on offense and I don't see anyone on the current roster changing that.
Why do you need a link when you have eyes?
Agree. Rocco was just plain not good the second half of the year. He has got to be better next year if we want a chance to contend for the conference.
Because insinuating that CMC played him concussed, like he wasn't cleared to play is a really stupid thing to post without a confirming link.
He could still transfer to Iowa and be QB1.
You could see the outline of some sort of brace under his long sleeve shirt today.
That’s a crazy thing to insinuate. Injured? Sure I think Rocco was playing injured for the second half of the season. Concussed? I won’t go that far without some corroboration by someone who actually knows. Not from someone with a weird vendetta against Matt Campbell.
Pretty sure it's been there since the Cinci game.
I guess it's harder to throw when that's going on. Someone will say 'but NIL and he should be perfect all the time!' but NIL doesn't make nagging shoulder injuries go away.
There are multiple P4 teams who would be willing to pay significant $s to get Rocco. That should give you your answer.
I wished we had seen Logan Manske more this year do something other than a designed QB run. Every time he came in they ran him, which upset me.
The more interesting question is if a team like Miami upped the offer for a one year deal for him, would we try to match? I would say no, let him walk, use the extra money for a defensive end.
That's really all it seems to be with posters like @LAClone
I said in the game thread: CMC's teams can make me batty and I wish some aspects were better but the overall results have been winning, so you take the 8 wins and enjoy it.
Alex Manske was coming off a UCL surgery (same injury that Purdy had against the Eagles in the playoffs) so I'm not overly surprised he really didn't sling it when he came in.
Strikes me as someone who was either an ex-player of CPR or a tie to him. The hate is illogical.
Alex Manske.
Also, we won’t up NIL if someone else bumps their offer because it’s irrelevant.
Nice try to cover your ass. Kid just led a team to an 8-4 record and a winning Big 12 record and you can’t wait to pile on him because 8-4 isn’t up to your standards. You’re either a Hawkeye, Big Red or just woefully out of touch. I’m sure CMC has you on speed dial for consultation.
If some of you think this is a “below average” WR group, you have a very short memory.
Below average in terms of Higgins and Noel, sure. The previous fifty years or so of Cyclone wideouts? Nah.
And Rocco’s injury(s?) and communication issues with new faces didn’t help any.
Still wasn’t on the same page with at least one pass today.
