Kirk Ferentz Ready to Make-or-Break Iowa Football With Risky Transfer Portal Strategy

Kirk Ferentz Ready to Make-or-Break Iowa Football With Risky Transfer Portal Strategy

Consecutive sixth-place finishes in the Big Ten aren’t good enough for Iowa, and Kirk Ferentz is now making a high-stakes gamble in the transfer portal to turn his team’s fortunes around. Instead of recruiting every talent from FBS, Ferentz decided to try something innovative. Ferentz’s strategy is raising eyebrows because he’s leaning heavily on the FCS, a subdivision where talent is generally considered a step below the powerhouse FBS, to fill…