Here’s what Kirk Ferentz said during his Week 4 press conference

Kirk Ferentz is mainly all positive after his team’s win over Kent State on Saturday.

That 30-7 win got the Hawkeyes to 3-0 as they look towards their last non-conference game of the season on Saturday against Colorado State.

Iowa comes in ranked No. 5 in the country and they’ll likely stay there if they take care of business as their schedule will shift towards conference play after that game.

Here’s what Ferentz said about his team after his Week 4 press conference, and yes, it includes his interesting thoughts on targeting calls.

Kirk Ferentz on the fake punt against Kent State: That's called bad coaching. It was dumb. That was a dumb sequence."

"That's on me."

— David Eickholt (@DavidEickholt) September 21, 2021

Kirk Ferentz said today's practice was the best of the year for the Iowa offense. Crisp, efficient.

— Chad Leistikow🆑 (@ChadLeistikow) September 21, 2021

Kirk Ferentz says that DL Ethan Hurkett will 'miss some time' after being injured in the 2nd half against Kent State.

— David Eickholt (@DavidEickholt) September 21, 2021

Kirk Ferentz on Ivory Kelly-Martin: He'll play well for us on Saturday, that I'm confident in.

— David Eickholt (@DavidEickholt) September 21, 2021

Kirk says he was pleased with the Kent State tape. Saw growth.

— Tom Kakert (@HawkeyeReport) September 21, 2021

“I don’t thank the NCAA much publicly, but you tee’d it up for me, I’ll thank them for allowing us to expand our coaching staff….I think LeVar has grown into that (special teams coach) role… Terry Roberts has grown into a good football player through special teams…” -Ferentz

— Leah Vann (@LVann_Sports) September 21, 2021

Ferentz on WR Tyrone Tracy Jr.

“We want to keep Tyrone involved — throwing it to him, handing it to him. He’s a really good football player.”

— Daily Iowan Pregame (@dipregame) September 21, 2021

Says they had their best offensive practice today. Says they look more cohesive. Last week coach Ferentz said concern would come if the unit didn’t improve. Seems to be pleased with the progress.

— Zack Winiecki (@zackwiniecki) September 21, 2021

Ferentz on OL Kyler Schott:

“He kinda knows how to play.”

— Daily Iowan Pregame (@dipregame) September 21, 2021

“If we have six that we can put in the game, that’d be great.” Coach Ferentz on narrowing the wide receiver rotation.

— Zack Winiecki (@zackwiniecki) September 21, 2021

Ferentz on targeting:

“Nah, nah. It’s such a hard call … it’s so hard. It’s hard to be a defensive guy going to the football and hitting the breaks. Maybe you can if you’re in a cartoon.”

— Daily Iowan Pregame (@dipregame) September 21, 2021

Kirk Ferentz talks about the targeting rule in college football pic.twitter.com/GW0QGPMMJk

— Tyler Devine (@devine_tyler) September 21, 2021