Hawkeye Report Podcast 812

With the season nearly upon us, it's time to really start talking Iowa football and breaking things down. We are pleased to have Hawkeye great Chuck Long back with us this year and we begin this year by talking about the quarterback battle between Hank Brown and Jeremy Hecklinski. 

One quarterback is the classic style of a signal caller at 6-foot-4 and the other is a bit more mobile, but only standing 5-foot-10. We talk to Long about the two quarterbacks and how as an offenisve coordinator you build a game plan to a pair of quarterbacks who are built differently. Do you build a game plan specifically for both?

We talk about the challenge for Tim Lester and how we think he might just want to see what both quarterbacks can do in front of packed stands and how they react to it. We also talk about how two different quarterbacks might means cadence being different and could result in some penalties, particularly with a new center making his first start. 

How long can this race go? How long to do we think it will go? What do you look for as a coach in evaluating both players, beyond just completing passes?