Spring Football 2026

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

I know basketball is all the headlines right now but spring ball has kicked off...any early enrollments or transfers of note for the spring? Does Dailey have a year left or is QB1 wide open?

[Blue42]

Per Stepsis Dailey is QB1 going into spring

[pantherclaw]

I for one am SUPER thrilled with the amount of videos, hype, and publicity coming out of spring camp, it is refreashing.

[LoafInIowa]

I am excited for the 2nd year of Coach Stepsis & seeing what a full offseason of him being around the players & coaches, does for the excitement surrounding the team & staff. There is for sure more hype & video coverage, and from what I hear, the players are really buying into the workout program that Coach Jones has implemented. There should be a huge difference in energy on & off the field this spring & into fall.

[kochrab]

My connection to UNI football insider info, being our kids' dentist (lol), has said there's a huge mindset shift with the guys on the team this year. They're all unanimously bought into Stepsis's philosophy and are putting in the work much more than last year's team.

[nonstopoffense]

Anyone see the spring game?

[kochrab]

Anyone see the spring game?

All I've seen is that the defense was really challenging for the offense, lol.

[BCPanther]

I did

Cale McThenia is the best quarterback on the roster and it's not close. Hope Todd sees that

We're noticeably bigger and faster than last year. I think the defense has some potential.

We're better, let's hope that leads to some more Ws this fall.

[06panther10]

I did

Cale McThenia is the best quarterback on the roster and it's not close. Hope Todd sees that

We're noticeably bigger and faster than last year. I think the defense has some potential.

We're better, let's hope that leads to some more Ws this fall.

Good to hear. Incremental improvement is all we can ask for.

[achrist70]

The problem is Jaxon Dailey was named the starter.

[BCPanther]

The problem is Jaxon Dailey was named the starter.

Yeah, I'm VERY concerned about that. He looked flat bad.

[Wxcpanther]

Yeah, I'm VERY concerned about that. He looked flat bad.

Tbf, Stepsis has already shown himself willing to make a change at quarterback if things aren't going well. Even in an instance where there was a firmly entrenched incumbent from the season before. If Dailey doesn't play well this fall, I have no doubt they will sit him.

[LoafInIowa]

Two more months until we are close to seeing what this new team will start to look like. Will be interesting to see who wins some of the position battles & how the line up on both offense & defense will look. Really excited to see the difference in attitude & excitement from the fellas, from all of the weight room work & explosive movements they have been working on.