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I hate blaming the refs for a loss, because if Iowa had perimeter players who could consistently hit open shoots the Hawks win last night comfortably. However, that call was horrible. Even Harper turned around not knowing why the whistle was blown. While it may be funny to joke that the ref...

No, but the same fans that bitch about standing up and cheering would probably be the same ones bitching if they thought you didn't "belong" in their section. So if Iowa encouraged and authorized people to move down to better seats then people would do it more.

Iowa fans have proven that you can easily sell out football (7 Saturday games) and Wrestling (mostly Friday nights and Sunday's), but basketball hasn't been consistently sold out for the last 15-20 years. I think the biggest issue is that a good percentage of season ticket holders (first 20 or...

I think Iowa is in good shape with skill position players (Goodson, LaPorta, Johnson, Bruce) but really need a playmaking QB. I just don't think Petras/Padilla are going to be that QB, and I assume maybe one of them transfers this winter. Sounds like true freshman Labas is generating a lot...

The best way to balance the league would be to move Michigan & Michigan St to the "west", and Purdue & Illinois to the "east". Annual crossover games could maintain the rivalries (Mich vs OSU, MSU vs PSU, Ill vs NW) At a minimum, swapping Michigan St for Purdue would help also, and you could...

I think Michigan "looks" better than Iowa, but a couple of things I hope serve as motivation to the Hawkeyes on Saturday: 1. If someone had said last Friday morning that the BIG Championship would be Michigan vs Iowa, everyone, even nationally would think that would be a fairly even matchup...

Just had this same discussion with a co-worker. If Georgia and OK State win Saturday, and Cincy & Oregon lose, who would be #3 & #4? 1 loss ND is probably in. 1 loss Cincy would be out. But then a 2 loss team would be #4. Candidates would be: Iowa - BIG champ Pitt - ACC champ Bama Ole...

The weird thing about college football this year is that it's hard to tell how good people are based upon who they played. For example, Nebraska has 3 close losses, which would seem like they are close to turning the corner, but how good are the teams they lost to; Oklahoma, Mich & Mich St...

Franklin is very media savvy. He knows if he goes off in his press conference about Iowa fans and coaches mocking his poor "injured" players, then it gets his media and fans pissed at Iowa. They focus on how "bad" Iowa fans are, and they overlook that this offensive "genius" coach had a 4 star...

With the announcement that the college football playoffs are going to expand to 12 teams, I think this is great for a program like Iowa. Under the current structure, being top 4 was going to be tough, but top 12 is very doable. I assume in the Ferentz era, Iowa would have made the playoffs 5...

I feel like I'm watching the Zapruder film here. But right after the guy walks in front of the picture, if you look at the guy on Jordan's left, it looks like his head twitches backwards then the melee starts. So it's hard to know if it was a sucker punch, or if that guy in the gray shirt and...

Can Caitlin Clark play for both the women's and men's teams? She is now the best 3-point shooter in Iowa City.

I get the argument that college athletes want to be able to benefit from their own name & likeness. If selling t-shirts, or signing autographs, or even appearing in commercials for local businesses puts some money in their pocket, then that is great. The part that worries me, selfishly as an...

Looks like season ticket holders have an option to buy an all session pass. Has anyone purchased these in the past? Curious if you were able to buy 1 could you sell off the sessions you don't want and only go to the Iowa games? Or are you stuck with paying for 13 games even if Iowa only plays...

With this year being a free year of eligibility for all players, I wonder if this winter will see a large number of transfers across all of college football. For example the seniors who are not expected to be early round draft picks, could they be tempted to transfer somewhere else for this...

This is why I place most of the blame on Brian Ferentz. After the Koerner INT, the first play was a 9 yard run. So Iowa had it 2nd and 1 on the 26 yard line down 1 point. You have an All American kicker and you are in his range, even with the wind. All Iowa had to do was not lose yards and...

Bielema. He had success at Wisco, and is an Iowa alum. After failing at Arkansas, maybe he could recreate the success he had in Madison at Iowa. Also I would make a run at Luke Fickell. He could recruit well in the Ohio/Pennsylvania area and he may be ready for a bigger job if Cincy is left...

If local High Schools, NFL and SEC/ACC/Big12 all end up finishing seasons and crowning champions, this will forever be a massive screw up for the BIG Ten. AD's, Coaches, Players, Fans, Media will all point to him and the 11 Presidents as the villians in this mess. And the Presidents will hide...

Only problem with putting private schools in the same conference/class is that there are not enough of them to make it work. If you look by class now: 4A (1) - Dowling 3A (4) - CR Xavier, Assumption, Dubuque Wahlert, SC Heelen 2A (2) - DM Christian, Burlington ND 1A (5) - Dyersville Beckman...

If the Commissioner and University Presidents think Covid risk is too high to play football games, then why are they allowing tens of thousands of kids to move back into campus dormitories, fraternities, sororities, etc.? Football players, like any college kids, are not going to self-isolate in...