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Was that the summer of the infamous Karrasvirus lockdown in Dickinson County?

Lost 60 pounds in three months. Now looking for something to do, thinking about staying involved in football. Hmm. Special assistant offensive line coach for the Hawkeyes? Sounds like a winner to me...

Submitted for your consideration: There's a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking going around.

He might have done some stupid stuff when he was at Iowa, but he was the one guy who showed up to play against Minnesota when most of the rest of the team just mailed it in that day. They lost to a team that was 1-6, 2-9 heading into that game.

After covering Iowa football for 20+ years under Kirk Ferentz, how would you describe to the outsider what Iowa is looking for in its starting quarterback? They've had success with Banks, Chandler, Tate, Stanzi, Beathard and Stanley, some with some similarities, but as a collection, they are...

Should Iowa offer this kid a scholarship? Is that a trick question? I'm leery of things that seem so obvious.

I agree with all those who say to give the kid some space. He's, what, 17 years old. I say it's good for Iowa that they made such an impression on him that he was inclined to sign up. Don't put it past other schools, particularly down south, to do their best to undermine Iowa. Why go...

Guarded? Yes, at times. Smug? I think that is a label that was laid on him in the past (and to some extent, for good reason, although I saw it more as him being a smart ass, but it's not worth the debate to argue the distinction), but is not true today. But it's hard to shake labels. I...

Does Iowa go after the one and done kids very hard? It seems to me that an occasional one year player could be disruptive to the continuity of the program versus a continual line of them like a Duke or Kentucky level program where the next class fills in for the prior year’s class. Is this...

Before putting this out, I wonder if anyone at Nebraska said, Do you really think putting panthers in a Nebraska recruiting photo is a good idea? And if they did, then it means someone overruled that guy. One can only imagine the stuff they vetoed. Hookers? Lines of coke? Teeth grills...

6'5" with a 36" vertical leap. He's practically at the rim without even extending his arms. He could take Pemsl's role this upcoming winter.

Iowa never loses to Iowa State. Some years they don't win, but they never lose to the Clones.

I think we are learning more about the minimal impact of this virus on young people, particularly healthy people. As the weeks go by, I am more confident there will be football this fall. How they'll handle fan attendance will need to be figured out.

From the article, "Payments to athletes will not be permitted to be used as recruiting inducements to high school athletes." Hysterical. Is this just to make the NCAA feel good about itself?

With this run of recent commitments, Iowa is currently tied for third most "committed" recruits in the country with 13, and ranked by at least one service as the No. 6 class, for whatever that's worth. OSU leads with 17 and North Carolina has 14. Without going back and comparing past years...

No. 3 is really unworkable. When would a guy be able to pull his name? No, I believe once the draft starts, you're in, for good or bad. NFL teams are making decisions based on who they think is left, and when they can get someone, based on who has been selected so far and how many teams...

Possibly, but I think it was more of a confidence thing. He was like Maverick in TopGun. After Goose died, he lost his mojo, and wouldn't take the shot when he had the opportunity. Joe can clear his head, and come back ready. Just like Maverick.

He gave up, figuratively speaking, on shooting the three towards the end of the season. That impacted his ability to get to the rim. If he regains his confidence in his outside shot, he'll be fine and a huge asset to the team next year. I think he will. He's too good not to.

I do enjoy the irony in your post. Intended or not.

Exactly. It was one play. That very drive Iowa had plenty of chances to stop Wisconsin and they didn't. Iowa's collective (players and coaches) handling of their last drive was abysmal, when all they needed was a field goal. On that punt, not one Iowa guy on the LOS looked into the...