Recent content by AlmaMaterIowa

2005 was to set to be a huge year, and they fell short (although they were 2 plays away from winning a Big Ten Championship that year). And then, 2010, don't even get me started. I think this year will be different, history will not repeat itself, and they build on last year's success, and...

While I feel your pain, this type of stuff has been going on for a long time. It's part of the landscape - it doesn't make it any less frustrating, but it is the reality of college football. And, there's no real push to excise it, either, not on any serious basis. My unsolicited advice -...

Daniels has been beset by the injury bug, just enough to keep him below his full potential. I suspect Wadley will see a lot of time in the fall.

Yes, they can repeat. Schedule is favorable in that the toughest games are at home. They still have to do it, but it can be done. Health is always an issue for Iowa.

Not sure the Hawks win the Wisconsin game without Ott - big sack/strip of Stave, a couple of big stops on runs, plus his general presence shuts off part of the field. Sucks for 2016, but he was key to the Hawks going 12-0.

Too late. He's hired an agent. He's now ineligible. Even if he hadn't, as much as Drew liked being a Hawkeye, I doubt staying an amateur for the next 18 months just to test whether he has a case for a medical redshirt would be worth the wait. You think the NCAA strung this out - wait...

I think having an appeal process when you've articulated a bright line standard is frivolous. It creates an appearance of being magnaminous. I can't blame Drew or the UI for availing itself of the process. Can anyone recite the cases that another year was granted where the player exceeded...

Two things. 1) Why did the NCAA take this long? 2) Why have an appeal process? If they want to set a standard of 30%, then either you're within the standard or not, and be done with it. A great waste of time for Ott (and any one else who cared, which did not include those at the NCAA).

My question is how do any of us know he was going to be that good or a contributor? Not speaking ill of the kid, because he always appeared (based on my limited observations of him on the sidelines) that he was always a supportive teammate and engaged during the games. Maybe he just wasn't...

Agreed, it's all relative. But, he's probably secretly being inducted due to his stellar 6-6 record against the Hawkeyes, including 5 straight. That trumps all in Cyclone land.

The Ten Commandments was on tv last weekend. It's time to invoke some famine, pestilence, river of blood, locusts type scourge on the NCAA. So Let It Be Written, So Let It Be Done.

Before that would happen, there would be some hare-brained legislation proposed by some ISU supporter assemblyman that would necessarily link ISU joining whatever superconference Iowa was scheduled to be in. Not saying it would ever pass, but I bet we'd see something.

A quote attributed to Grantland Rice. A little Hawkeye history lesson: This quote reminds me of the story of the Iowa - Notre Dame 1953, the fainting Irish game. After faking 2 injuries to stop the clock, ND scored to steal the game from the Hawks (it ended in a tie). Some argue it led to...

So, to recap, if conference expansion were to occur, and it might, but we're not sure, it could be Texas, or Notre Dame, or Virginia, or Georgia Tech, or Pittsburgh, or Oklahoma, or North Carolina, or someone else, of that we're pretty sure. I only ask one thing, please don't call it the Big...

The whole thing about Fran not allowing Gesell to answer the question about the out of bounds play, I interpreted as Fran protecting Mike from having to take the bullet for the play, not that he was particularly upset by the question. His sometimes curt manner of speaking can be off-putting to...