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Orange Bowl Sunday -- The video show
Marc Morehouse
Jan. 3, 2010 3:54 pm
This appears to be Iowa's O-line for the Orange Bowl on Tuesday. From left to right: freshman right tackle Riley Reiff, right guard Kyle Calloway, center Rafael Eubanks, left guard Julian Vandervelde and left tackle Bryan Bulaga.
Here's that O-line in action.
And again.
And here.
And one more time, in case you don't believe me.
Listen, you can hear Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz stressing detail and sharpness. I wanted to joke with DT Karl Klug but he was locked in. There were a whole lot of guys in OL jerseys that I didn't know, including No. 65. Also, Cody Hundertmark now appears to be an OL, wearing No. 71. That could be a home for him.
Running back Adam Robinson took off his red "no-contact" jersey for this drill. Iowa RBs haven't been tackled since December or maybe even the last game, per the way Iowa does things, Kirk Ferentz said. Ferentz said he hopes to have two healthy running backs for Tuesday's Orange Bowl. I'm not sure what that means. Robinson has been wearing the red jersey all week. Brandon Wegher has been fine. We'll see.
Iowa's wide receivers warm up. It doesn't look good for senior WR Trey Stross. He was wearing one of those bulky OL braces on his right knee Sunday and has been wearing something on it all week. Ferentz says there's hope that he plays. This is just what I've seen. Also, WR Marvin McNutt and DB Jordan Bernstine talk about a catch they saw in a bowl game yesterday.
I don't know if this is a clever ruse or if Kirk Ferentz is really messing with the lineup, but this is the first-team OL from Sunday with freshman Riley Reiff in the right tackle spot and Kyle Calloway in at right guard. The rest is the same. Ferentz said after practice that Reiff has played as well as any OL all season long. That makes me think this might be more of a move to recognize Reiff's skills at tackle rather than to fight Georgia Tech's giant tackle T.J. Barnes (6-7, 341).