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Look at this from Gary Barta's perspective. If Fran has a decent year, which everyone expects will happen, then some bigger program may come calling for Fran. Without an extension, Fran would be foolish not to listen. With wins, attendance and program interest increasing, the last thing...

I'm sure Bobby Petrino would completely agree with coach Franklin.

Agree, that coaching tree was pretty weak. The asst's are at low mid-majors and the Head coaches are at schools that are not any good.

How long before Bielema starts contacting Rees?

Any guy that will go into a fight with Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips at the same time has to be tough.

Re: Decision on Uthoff tomorrow I know we just look at this from a basketball perspective, but from an academic perspective, he'd be better off transferring straight to the university he wants to attend and give up the year of eligibility to continue his studies. This way he can continue on...

I agree that the only option Wisconsin has, unless they want to continue receiveing the negative press, is to grant a complete unrestricted release. The compromise will probably be something along the lines of: Uthoff can transfer to any school he wants, and receive a scholarship, but he still...

Re: Uthoff update I think the restrictions are excessive, but I do like the idea that you cannot transfer within the conference and be on athletic scholarship. This rule helps maintain a little civility among the schools. However, if Uthoff wanted to come to Iowa or Indiana he'd have to be a...

I hope the team comes ready to play tonight, because I believe the crowd is going to be fantastic. May not be a sellout, but the fans that are there will be engaged and loud. Hopefully Barta and the Athletic dept is taking good care of the ticket office staff. Sounds like that team has...

Maybe the same way Forrest Gump's mom got him a spot in the local public school. (No inside sources, just a guess).

Iowa football and basketball are a lot like the movie Casino. Gary Barta is the Kevin Pollack character, meaning on paper he has the title for everyone to assume he's in charge. But in reality, Ferentz, Fran and unfortunately Jim Delany make all of the important decisions. Barta is just the...

True, it looked like they had a brief cordial conversation after the game in Champaign. I'm sure today was more that Weber probably realized he had just lost a job that pays a couple milliion per year, I know I'd be a little disappointed to lose that kind of cash. Fran may rub coaches the...

If the Hawks win at ILL and at NEB, then I would hope any remaining tickets would be purchased as there may be a tournament berth on the line, and it will be Senior Day. However, by next Thursday or Friday, any remaining tickets should be given to the students for free. Fill the place against...

I think rushing the court/field after a win is usually a little cheesy. However, these players, and most importantly, this program needs to experience these moments (and it's a great moment to show potential recruits too). That scene towards the end of the game when the student section was...

A name I haven't seen speculated yet, but what about Frank Verducci (sp) as the OL coach? He also coached OL under Hayden and has NFL and major college OL experience (recently with Charlie Weis at ND and Florida). Plus, I think his family is still living in Iowa City.

I also think the CBI/CIT tournaments require teams to guarantee a certain amount of revenue/ticket sales to enter. So it you're a big ten team hovering around 0.500 you probably don't think you can sell enough tickets to break even. But this year Iowa should absolutely pay to play, simply...

I seem to remember that Sally Mason really mis-handled the alledged assualt by the two FB players a couple years ago. She was even "punished" by the Board of Regents over the issue. So to protect her own job, she is going to take a more strict stance on any alledged sexual assault by athletes...

Good. If Big Ten stays with the current 8 game schedule, then Iowa gets to preserve its historical crossover rivalry with Purdue.:)

Interesting idea, but this pretty much ends any other significant out of conference games. With 9 Big Ten games and 1 PAC 12 game, that will already be 5 home/5 away each year. Meaning all Big Ten teams will schedule their 2 cupcakes (I-AA, MAC, Sunbelt, etc.) to get their 7 home games per...

Another possibility is that Iowa is waiting until after the Bowl games, and after Penn State hires a new head coach, then Ferentz hires Tom Bradley as his new DC? (Remember the mysterious private plane from IC to Pennsylvania). And maybe their clearing out some asst space so Bradley can bring...