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Hate to say this, folks, but as someone who's worked on the inside of state and federal politics, until we have public financing of campaigns, outlaw PACs, and have tight caps on individual and corporate donations, the entirety of this discussion is just pissin' in the wind.

Interestingly, Peyton and Pryce both played in about the same number of games as Freshmen (34 and 32). Peyton doubled up pretty much everything over Pryce from a stat standpoint, and Peyton shot FTs at a 94% clip -- Pryce 66%.

"Lainez is #2 and we don't know what that looks like, down 13-10, with 7 minutes left in the 4th quarter." I gotta pretty good idea: hand off to Kaleb left tackle. Next play a pitch to Kaleb left tackle. Next play a straight drop-back into the pocket, Lainez can't find anyone, tucks the ball...

This post gave me a good chuckle. Change a few names and this post could easily have been written to describe any of Iowa's past 10 seasons! Especially the part about guards not stopping dribble drives and rebounding. Ha. Same as it ever was, I guess. (Am I the only person in Iowa who feels...

Agree with DieHard. Iowa's coaches liked Tracy and he started out with promise. But his last year in Iowa City was a real struggle -- I remember numerous routes where the ball was put on his numbers and he simply couldn't catch the ball. He had every chance to succeed but just couldn't get...

You're correct that inexperienced throwers tend to bail out earlier than experienced QBs. But frankly, after the past 3 years I don't care if Iowa's QB throws, runs, or crawls. If he can hold onto the ball, move the chains, and put points on the board, that's all I care about. And according...

Didn't see the 1st half of the Wisky-Penn St. game, but in the 2nd half the Nits showed exactly how to move the ball against the Badger D. Hope Lester takes a lesson...

Ouch! Down in Flames on a Wednesday night! I wonder how many times in the last 30 years an 0-6 team has beaten a 5-0 team? Well, as someone once said: 'that's football'! Happy pickin' to y'all during the remainder of the season -- I'll be checkin' in to see how it plays out.

There have been some questions about my Week 9 pick of Liberty, who play tomorrow night (Wednesday). This is their Week 9 game, as they had a Bye week last weekend...there's even a funny vignette on their website featuring their mascot, called the 'Bye Blues'. While some may suggest Kennesaw...

Week 9: Liberty (vs. Kennesaw State -- whose enrollment, oddly enough, is 50% larger than the Univ. of Iowa.)

I'm not buying that perspective. Lester has 5 returning and experienced OLinemen, an NFL TE with competent depth at that position, one of the best RBs in the nation, and 2 QBs with BTen experience, to work with NOW. Add in a game-breaking kickoff/punt returner to use on offense, plus two new...

This is a really odd post. The idea that if the #2 person in an organization is removed due to being literally the worst performing person out of 130 similar jobs in the country, that is somehow damaging to the organization as a whole....well, that's just a bizarre perspective, whether you're...

Lester has had a good year thus far, considering the QBs he's had to work with, moving the offense's national ranking from the 120s to the 60s in both yards and scoring. But his 1st half play calling was attrocious on Sat in E.Lansing. Two 3rd and 1s in the 1st half, both simple off-tackle...

#2 Hall looked like he had potential last season, but this year he's just looked lost, overmatched due to his small size, or both. Sat night he had coverage on a guy, and even after the guy caught a crossing route pass in front of him, Hall kept retreating -- he's truly in over his head...

My nomination is #21 Wetjer. Versus Ohio St. I don't think he touched the ball once on offense. Versus Sparty he carried the ball once on the first play of the 2nd half and gained 11 yds. After that, nothing. We all know he's one of the best -- if not THE best -- kickoff and punt returner in...

Oh man, that's hilarious...I've been picking teams this entire season completely forgetting the team I pick has to be undefeated. I was just picking the team in all of college football I thought had the best chance to win that week! Thanks for the REMINDER. Fully informed, I change my pick...

Week 8: Vanderbilt (CANCEL THIS PICK!)

Sparty's punter is good too. Iowa will go from facing the worst kicking team in the BTen (Wash.) to one of the best. Unlike last week, the Hawks are going to have to earn all their yards the old-fashioned way -- on offense. Similar with the OLine...the Husky DLine was undersized and got pushed...

True, but the slightly scary thing is that the Hawks often start out rather high in these recruiting rankings, then gradually slide down into the #30-40 range. I can't remember a year when they've been ranked this low as a group.

If the Cyclones run the table, including the B12 championship game, they'll be a Top 6 team nationally. Ohio St. ain't going to lose again, they'll be Top 4. If the Hawks run the table, they'll be 10-2, with their only losses to the #4 and #6 teams. I'm going to be an ISU fan the rest of the...