Okay, so today I’m gonna talk about something that I got into recently, tracking the injury report for the Iowa Hawkeye football team. It’s a bit of a wild ride, let me tell you.
First off, I started by checking out what games were coming up. You know, just getting a feel for the schedule and who they were playing. Then, I began digging into who was injured. I hit up a few different sports news sites to get the scoop.
One of the first things I noticed was the situation with their quarterback, Cade McNamara. He started for a bunch of games, but his performance was kinda “meh.” Then, he got a concussion in the ninth game. That’s when Brendan Sullivan stepped in. But guess what? Sullivan ended up with an ankle injury and missed the last two regular-season games.
- Quarterback Saga:
- McNamara: Started, then got a concussion.
- Sullivan: Took over, then got an ankle injury.
- Stratton: Walk-on, started in place of Sullivan.
So, they had this walk-on player, Jackson Stratton, start in place of Sullivan for two games. And the team actually won both! Against Maryland and Nebraska, no less. From what I gathered, Stratton will be the backup for their bowl game. I heard someone say, “He feels fully confident,” which is good, I guess.
More Injuries Popped Up
It wasn’t just the quarterbacks, though. I found out about a few other players who were out. There’s this defensive back, John Nestor, a wide receiver named Reece Vander Zee, and a tight end, Addison Ostrenga.
Then I saw that the head coach, Kirk Ferentz, confirmed the whole McNamara concussion thing and gave an update on the team’s injuries. Also, one of the websites I visited had this whole section dedicated to the Hawkeyes, with news, highlights, and some expert analysis. It was pretty helpful.
I kept digging and found out that on one of the Big Ten-mandated availability reports, Iowa had five players listed as out. Another time, it was six. And then, compared to the usual, there was this one report where a bunch more names popped up, like some linebackers and a wide receiver from another team.
I tried to organize all this info, you know, making notes of who was out, what their injury was, and when they got injured. It became a bit of a project, keeping track of all these updates. I put it all on one simple page, and kept updating it!
In the end, I managed to get a pretty good handle on the whole injury situation for the Iowa Hawkeyes. It was a lot of back-and-forth, checking different sources and putting the pieces together. But I gotta say, it was kinda interesting to see how it all played out and how the team dealt with it. And I have a full injury report, with all the details.
