Recent content by NorthKCHawk

You were making a lot of sense to me until I got to the end. If the premise of this paragraph is that Iowa is weaker this year than last, and you are pointing to WR and QB, you are dead wrong. First, yes, LB is much weaker. We had a couple of good ones last year for sure. But, we are...

I heard one of those professional gambler with the 1=800 number guys on the radio this morning in Omaha, and he said he thought the wrong team was favored and he has Iowa winning by 3. One dude's opinion, but I was happy to hear it!

Ferentz mentioned him during the presser as someone who consistently violates the no tackle in practice rule. Sounds like a beast of a kid with bad intentions. Hopefully he finds his way onto the field as a LB at some point.

Dayton Howard is listed as well. We have one WR over 6 ft tall! The way Williams ran, I would think he would be getting the rock the most, but it likely will remain a committee unless someone separates. Washington is explosive in the open field. Maybe Lester has a few plays in mind to get...

And to be clear, revenue is not profit. They have a lot of employees, security, vendors, parking lot attendants, etc. that are all getting paid to make a game day happen. The profit to the athletic department, however is clearly millions if not tens of millions per home game. But yes, at a...

Concessions, beer, parking, luxury boxes

I don't understand the point of the article. The game itself really doesn't have anything to do with it. Iowa has a better and bigger stadium, more fans, more boosters, and plays in a better conference. So yes, Iowa makes more money off football than ISU. So what? I am not aware of any...

This. Iowa State may blow Iowa out. Iowa may blow the Clowns out. History would say it will be a fun game and close. Either way, I am not speaking to my Cyclone graduate brother this week. He is dead to me for 6 days every year!!!

Stop making good points with facts and statistics. Anyone who watched the first quarter of that game knows that Iowa did not handle business, nothing has changed, MG is just the same as the other QBs the last 5 years, and KF calls all the plays and the game has passed him by. Iowa State by at...

I generally agree with your points. I will say that I don't think we know how good either one of these teams are. That KState win was not pretty and K-State's near loss to North Dakota at home calls into question how good they are. Both Iowa and Iowa State have veteran teams and should be...

Come on. They are not that good and we are not that bad. Although there was a slow start, Iowa handled its business against a crap opponent in workmanlike fashion. The Clowns barely beat a team on a nuetral site that damn near just lost to an FCS team at home. Vegas didn't build all those...

Well said. I am not sure that the Cade down hill slide was all that slow though. :) More to the point, he assuredly will get better. It may not show up Saturday against a ranked opponent on the road in a hostile environment, but he will get better. He didn't forget how to throw driving from...

Missing the WR badly in the endzone and short arming it out in the left flat were pretty bad, but other than that it was on par with Hill and Cade and crew. As others have mentioned, at least he can make plays with his feet. This kid is already the best QB we have had since Stanley, even if he...

This is a great point. Our punter and punt returner are a decided advantage for Iowa. If ISU is starting drives insider their 20, they will play conservatively and any turnovers will be killers. Turnovers and field position can dictate play calling and confidence. A lot. Iowa State does not...

They did a great Ted Lasso episode where one of the players on the soccer players got the yips after he killed the mascot during a penalty kick. They had to bring in the sports psychologist to fix him. I get the yips on 50% of my golf shots! :)