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Watching Iowa basketball (offense, action, and a coach like Fran) are palate cleansing for hawk fans who sit through the football season and then transition to basketball. With rare exceptions, all Iowa basketball games are pretty fun to watch, in my opinion. The same cannot be said for...

I'm hearing the old modem sound in my head as a read your post!

That makes sense. I tend to agree about the dismissal issue. It seemed really unfortunate at best. I'm not sure I agree with coaches willingly abusing him by putting him out there to catch passes and run into the line of scrimmage. I think we both agree that the root cause is the sport of...

Not disagreeing with you here, but you have mentioned that KF systematically and intentionally abused A Rob. Do we actually know what he thinks, or is this a theory of yours?

I'm also part of that insanely loyal fan base, and appreciate his posts (InGoodCo). I'm also, at least historically, very positive about KF and the program. Having said that, major changes are definitely needed on offense, and I'm concerned those changes won't be forthcoming. ugh.

One of the things that frustrates me the most is Iowa's ongoing inability to exploit defenses who throw the kitchen sink at the line of scrimmage. I think we saw Michigan blow up anOSU last week when OSU did it. I was like "huh", interesting.... it can be done.

I agree. Iowa has some challenges (recruiting in a low population state is one), but it also has huge advantages (insanely loyal fan base, finance, history of solid program). They should be able to pivot and make changes but it's almost like KF says "FU" and does what he wants. So, I'm not...

Keagan is gone. Dang! Lots of changes need to happen. I'm not renewing season tickets if BF stays. I know my feelings and minimal investment of time and money don't matter, but I won't travel to see the complete de-evolution of this depressing coaching situation.

I would think it would be really challenging for folks to make weeknight games unless they live within an hour, no? Iowa City alone likely can't support an ongoing 15,500 attendance against non-conference teams, I would think. Perhaps I'm wrong but it's also a different era. Everyone has a...

I'd like to invite you to be a Nebraska fan. I love Fran and his teams. I really enjoy watching his teams play. Player development is great. They encourage each other. This board, hopefully, will not be "headed in that same direction" as the football trolls. Are you one of the...

Great point. That building doesn't take up much space.

Good points. I don't know. Sometimes it's really expensive to gut and remodel a really old building, perhaps. I actually have no idea if there is any appetite at all to do this, except for folks like us on message boards. Carver doesn't have any huge issues other than possibly being lame...

I lived in Madision, WI for a long time, and when I was there, they constructed the Kohl Center. When I heard about the location at first, I didn't think there was space. Sometimes it's amazing what they can shoehorn into an area. A central location, with a "fieldhouse" type environment...

I think being better than ISU and Nebby matters in recruiting Iowa players. Here's a look ahead at in-state verbal commitments from Iowa. Iowa is owning Iowa in this example. Why? We're better than ISU, Nebby, Minn.

Iowa recruits generally anywhere between 25th-45th nationally. Other teams in that range include NW, Wisc, Minny, Neb, Purdue, ISU, etc. We certainly compete against those schools for good players, and when those better players go to Iowa it certainly doesn't hurt. Jack Campbell, anyone...

Yes, let's start with winning the Big and then talk about beating Georgia. I'd be thrilled, but pigs are likely to depart from LAX before I can see Iowa getting through the winner of "The game" and then beating a Georgia or someone in the playoffs.

Exactly. There is just such a difference in talent level (and sheer population) in some of these states. I now live in So Cal, and despite the fact that maybe 20 people show up for UCLA games, there is some serious talent in HS fball here. Just looking at a FEW Southern California...

OMG yes. Ugh. Seeing that guy get the corner and fly by people. ugh.

Is Beau Stephens also out?

This is why Nebby, ISU, Minny, NW, ILL, and Wisconsin all need to be mediocre if possible. Iowa needs to take recruits from all of these states to be where we want to be. We can augment with good players from Indiana, FL, etc but our bread and butter is midwestern athletes.