Need to see Heck in the 2nd half ... yay or nay

3-D_chess · Sep 12, 2026

??????????

Burghawk87 · Sep 12, 2026

Hank looks much more comfortable after the long completion to Diaz. Although he does appear to have a single read. I don't think you yank him just because. Next week you can let Heck have more snaps

2D · Sep 12, 2026

Not if Hank keeps hitting the long balls.

MeetTheFerentzes · Sep 12, 2026

Iowa needs to focus more on their running game and short-yardage situations than they do changing up the QB. No reason why we shouldn't be able to run it down the throats of this collection of G6 misfits....

3-D_chess · Sep 12, 2026

Burghawk87 said:
Hank looks much more comfortable after the long completion to Diaz. Although he does appear to have a single read. I don't think you yank him just because. Next week you can let Heck have more snaps

2D said:
Not if Hank keeps hitting the long balls.

1) Sincerely, explain to me "just because".
2) Plural ????

HAWKNESS · Sep 12, 2026

Can't pull him early now with Hank gaining momentum but if he starts 2nd half way he did 1st and Iowa gets behind you can't be afraid to put Heck in. This was an even competition supposedly but seems like Hank has been giving a lot of the opportunities.

MFinn · Sep 12, 2026

Don't count on it unless Hank throws multiple interceptions.

RagnarLothbrok · Sep 12, 2026

3-D_chess said:
??????????

If Hank Brown can be accurate, he is a slightly better quarterback than Heck, given that is elusive enough.

With that said, if the Iowa offense gets a spark from Heck, then why not?

Burghawk87 · Sep 12, 2026

3-D_chess said:
1) Sincerely, explain to me "just because".
2) Plural ????

I don't personally see a reason to have Heck enter right now so in my mind it would be a "just because" substitution. He hasn't turned the ball over (yet, did mishandle one sneak and then dribbled on a draw) and the game is essentially where it was when it started.

OhioHawk80 · Sep 12, 2026

If they didn't take Brown out after those first 4 garbage drives I don't see them doing it now...I feel like this competition is over unless he stumbles massively.

QChawks · Sep 12, 2026

Doesn’t matter

JerseyCityHawk · Sep 12, 2026

Don’t give a sheeet just WIN 55-10

3-D_chess · Sep 12, 2026

QChawks said:
Doesn’t matter

Au contraire ... the scoreboard begs to differ.

UndercoverHawk · Sep 12, 2026

He should’ve started the 2nd quarter. If not then, then he won’t now.

QChawks · Sep 12, 2026

I forgot RVZ was still on the team

TimmyD97 · Sep 12, 2026

QChawks said:
I forgot RVZ was still on the team

His false start wasn't a good enough reminder?

3-D_chess · Sep 12, 2026

HAWKNESS said:
Can't pull him early now with Hank gaining momentum but if he starts 2nd half way he did 1st and Iowa gets behind you can't be afraid to put Heck in. This was an even competition supposedly but seems like Hank has been giving a lot of the opportunities.

He had his moments, but his scrambling skillz seemed to regress.
He earned the start with his arm ... but, if the HC is listing them as co-starters and doesn't really mean it, I think that can hurt morale.
If they had lost that game without giving the "co-starter" a shot to salvage a win, that would be sending the wrong message imo.

DukeSlater · Sunday at 10:21 AM

Brown is fine, and he's KF's guy--the conservative game manager. Hecklinski will never play again unless Brown gets hurt or it's garbage time. Hecklinski has a much higher ceiling, is a much better athlete, and a much better runner which, as we saw last year with Gronowski, adds a huge dimension to the offense. But Hecklinski has that gunslinger, take-a-chance tag, and KF wants no part of it.

It was quite the QB competition. Brown looks horrible in the open scrimmage while Hecklinski looks great. Two weeks later Brown has miraculously passed Hecklinski and is given the start. Hecklinski plays and does well, but is hampered by dropped passes and questionable play calling by Lester. Then Brown gets most of the reps last week in practice, plays the whole game vs. ISU, competition over. And some people think Lester runs the offense and chooses the QB. LOL

This has KF's fingerprints ALL over it. Brown is adequate, probably. At least he's probably better than Jake Christensen. But then he was anointed by the same guy who started Deacon Hill and the same guy who named his son QB coach and offensive coordinator. You figure it out.

ConvenientParking · Sunday at 10:26 AM

DukeSlater said:
Brown is fine, and he's KF's guy--the conservative game manager. Hecklinski will never play again unless Brown gets hurt or it's garbage time. Hecklinski has a much higher ceiling, is a much better athlete, and a much better runner which, as we saw last year with Gronowski, adds a huge dimension to the offense. But Hecklinski has that gunslinger, take-a-chance tag, and KF wants no part of it.

It was quite the QB competition. Brown looks horrible in the open scrimmage while Hecklinski looks great. Two weeks later Brown has miraculously passed Hecklinski and is given the start. Hecklinski plays and does well, but is hampered by dropped passes and questionable play calling by Lester. Then Brown gets most of the reps last week in practice, plays the whole game vs. ISU, competition over. And some people think Lester runs the offense and chooses the QB. LOL

This has KF's fingerprints ALL over it. Brown is adequate, probably. At least he's probably better than Jake Christensen. But then he was anointed by the same guy who started Deacon Hill and the same guy who named his son QB coach and offensive coordinator. You figure it out.

I think I figured it out. You bet on Iowa to cover last night and you had your mind made up that Hecklinski is better based on one pratice. Hank played better last week and played well last night.

Burghawk87 · Sunday at 11:26 AM

DukeSlater said:
Brown is fine, and he's KF's guy--the conservative game manager. Hecklinski will never play again unless Brown gets hurt or it's garbage time. Hecklinski has a much higher ceiling, is a much better athlete, and a much better runner which, as we saw last year with Gronowski, adds a huge dimension to the offense. But Hecklinski has that gunslinger, take-a-chance tag, and KF wants no part of it.

It was quite the QB competition. Brown looks horrible in the open scrimmage while Hecklinski looks great. Two weeks later Brown has miraculously passed Hecklinski and is given the start. Hecklinski plays and does well, but is hampered by dropped passes and questionable play calling by Lester. Then Brown gets most of the reps last week in practice, plays the whole game vs. ISU, competition over. And some people think Lester runs the offense and chooses the QB. LOL

This has KF's fingerprints ALL over it. Brown is adequate, probably. At least he's probably better than Jake Christensen. But then he was anointed by the same guy who started Deacon Hill and the same guy who named his son QB coach and offensive coordinator. You figure it out.

How exactly do you know any of those claims about Heck? He has all of 18 pass attempts at Iowa and 2 rushes. From what I've seen he's very good at throwing off his back foot. I'm also not sure how the "gunslinger" tag came about but there's almost no evidence to support that claim either. You've seemed extra on edge last night/today. Iowa won, no one is seriously injured, and next week more things can be ironed out. It's all good.

Doctor Hawktagonapus · Sunday at 1:32 PM

DukeSlater said:
Hecklinski has a much higher ceiling

Except he really doesn't

MeetTheFerentzes · Sunday at 1:39 PM

DukeSlater said:
Brown is fine, and he's KF's guy--the conservative game manager. Hecklinski will never play again unless Brown gets hurt or it's garbage time. Hecklinski has a much higher ceiling, is a much better athlete, and a much better runner which, as we saw last year with Gronowski, adds a huge dimension to the offense. But Hecklinski has that gunslinger, take-a-chance tag, and KF wants no part of it.

It was quite the QB competition. Brown looks horrible in the open scrimmage while Hecklinski looks great. Two weeks later Brown has miraculously passed Hecklinski and is given the start. Hecklinski plays and does well, but is hampered by dropped passes and questionable play calling by Lester. Then Brown gets most of the reps last week in practice, plays the whole game vs. ISU, competition over. And some people think Lester runs the offense and chooses the QB. LOL

This has KF's fingerprints ALL over it. Brown is adequate, probably. At least he's probably better than Jake Christensen. But then he was anointed by the same guy who started Deacon Hill and the same guy who named his son QB coach and offensive coordinator. You figure it out.

Hecklinski did not look good against NIU. The offense operated much more smoothly when Brown was in the game. I don't disagree with everything you said, but it's clear why Brown is QB1. This is not as controversial as KF's previous QB dilemmas. But I do like Heck, and chances are we are going to need him at some point, so I hope he continues stay prepared and have the attitude that he may be going into a game at any moment...

rchawk · Sunday at 1:43 PM

It would be a bad coaching decision. The game was close, could go either way. Hank was playing okay and the offense was used to him. You want to put in a new QB with that situation? That would be very bad coaching.

eyesofhawk · Sunday at 1:57 PM

The staff didn't put him in, so evidently it wasn't needed

85Bears · Sunday at 2:00 PM

Need to see Heck in the 2nd half ... yay or nay

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