Duck Dive: Iowa Football 2024 Preview

Going deep with the Hawkeyes’ scheme, returning personnel, and unknowns

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Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORKSpecial thanks to Trent Condon of KXNO Radio and Locked on Hawkeyes for joining me on the Quack 12 Podcast to discuss Iowa’s roster. LISTEN HERE

Offense

Iowa has fielded one of the worst offenses in the country the last three seasons that I charted, and 2023 was the worst iteration yet. This is the product of both ephemeral factors – the wrong person at certain key spots, some bad injury luck, poor in-game decision-making — that could be resolved in a single offseason but simply hadn’t been,…