Iowa football: Five observations in blowout win vs Middle Tennessee State
By Andrew Wade
The depth chart isn’t exactly accurate
The current running back depth chart reads (in this order) Mekhi Sargent, Toren Young, and Ivory Kelly-Martin. Freshman phenom (yes, I’ll go there) Tyler Goodson is nowhere to be found, but I am calling bullcrap on that depth chart.
Goodson, in my opinion, is the 2B option at running back next to Toren Young’s 2A, and the game flow showed that as well.
The Iowa football team’s offense was dominant today, especially in the ground attack. Goodson finished the game with 12 carries for 97 yards while Kelly-Martin mustered just one carry for three yards. I know, I know. Some of Goodson’s carries came in garbage time with the second-team, but he was the third back off the bench behind Sargent and Young. Moreover, he came in during the second quarter with the game firmly in Iowa’s hands but not completely wrapped up.
Personally, I don’t care what the depth chart reads in this situation, but it is interesting that the Hawks continue to not list Goodson there despite his fantastic start to his Iowa football career.