4 days to kickoff: 4 reasons for optimism in 2023

The offensive line. I really wanted to write that this group is another reason for optimism, but I need to see it to believe it. Not that they can’t return to what we associate Iowa football with, but it’s the one piece on this football team that I’m least confident about going in.

Transfer additions Rusty Feth and Daijon Parker weren’t listed as starters in the first depth chart. That doesn’t have to be a problem, and it also doesn’t have to be taken as a guarantee that both won’t factor in up front in a big way. Still, while this group has a lot in the way of collegiate starts under its belt, it’s time to put up or shut up.

Moving left to right, right now it’s Mason Richman at left tackle, Nick DeJong at left guard, center Logan Jones, right guard Connor Colby and right tackle Gennings Dunker.

If this group can be great, Iowa could be in for a historic season by Hawkeye standards.

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