Starting quarterback Spencer Petras has been a lightning rod among Iowa fans through the first two weeks of the season. Petras came to Iowa City with a lot of pedigree and you can’t make it through a Hawkeye broadcast without being reminded that Petras broke all of Los Angeles Rams QB Jared Goff.
But his first two games have resulted in just 20 points for the Iowa offense and the numbers for Petras haven’t been great. Worse yet has been what the human eye tells you. Petras has missed wide open receivers, rocketed passes off their hands and made some highly questionable reads.