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I think this is probably one of the most interesting points that I hadn't thought of. But I don't look at it as necessarily about the University of Iowa having a small black population, but more so about the surrounding community of Iowa City and the area around it having a mainly white...

Two reasons why Iowa doesn't land a ton of big name recruits. As many have pointed out, the program isn't flashy. This isn't just playing style, but alternative uniforms as well. Kids love that stuff. But that's the smaller reason. The really big reason is the combination of demographics and...

The game was simply the best game Iowa has ever played considering the opponent. We were all expecting to lose at best and get smoked at worst, yet this team crushed the #6 team in the country. This wasn't beating a top 10 team on a last second FG, this was a beat down. I was born in 1984 so...

Well if you're Iowa lets look at what's coming back next year... -A starting QB with experience that has shown potential. -Every WR of note aside from Vandeburg. -Two TE's come back. -The OL will return 4 out of 5 starters including true freshman who will be in his first offseason in the...

I'm not a fire Kirk guy, but if there is one glaring criticism in regards to the results of the team in the last 5-6 years, it's our noticeable absence from the top 25. The team was unranked every week during the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons. The 2015 season the Hawkeyes were ranked in the...

Iowa was solid, but not great in the 1990's. There was one 10 win season and one 9 win season. The won 62% of their games if you take out 1998 and 1999 which is about where Iowa typically is in a 10 year stretch. While the early/mid 80's were certainly a bit of a hey day for the Hawkeyes...

Ohio State's offensive game plan will probably not differ much from what they usually do. Be aggressive early and build a lead to take the crowd out of the game and you'll likely be fine. On defense, Ohio State will probably do just fine handling the Iowa rushing attack with their front 7 much...

You're referring to Bobby Petrino, not Houston Nutt. As for Nebraska, their results for the past decade and half have been Iowa like, but they do have more historical prestige. Nebraska is or at least was the type of blue blood program that did or does fire winning coaches. Bo Pelini and Frank...

The scenarios I played out are the type of things that will make a wish come true if one were to really really want Ferentz gone. I never said either scenario were likely and I didn't say I was rooting for either scenario to play out. I never said I personally wanted Ferentz gone. Actually my...

I know what thread you're referring to. It was already 40 posts deep and I didn't feel like reading all of them and then posting on it. The only examples I can think of when a school like Iowa was more or less having winning seasons and fired their coach was Minnesota with Glen Mason and...

I'm not sure of the exact terms of Ferentz's buyout are, I just know that the buyout is substantial. It is a major obstacle when it comes to making a coaching change in the short term. So if you really want a regime change, you need to root hard for one or both of these things to happen... 1)...

I think the young WR's on the roster have a lot of promise. The only guy I can remember playing well as a true freshman WR here was Dominique Douglas. I'd be more concerned if they'd been in the program for a year or two and haven't shown improvement from technical and physical standpoints.

And that's the thing with football. In most games, you can point to 2-3 plays/situations that could have changed a win to a loss, a close game to a blowout, a blowout to a close game. Whether Iowa was 7-0 or 4-3 or something else, what we've seen is a team that is pretty good on defense and has...

1) Scott Frost Obviously he would be the ideal target. Being from Nebraska and part of that program, he would no doubt give it his all and he'd be able to sell recruits on his own story. But it's not a slam dunk that he would go there. He could have several other good options at the end of the...

It's the law of recency. This is always how the AP poll goes and probably always will be.

We have plenty of guys playing pretty early right here and now in 2017.

The good reason is that it adds a game for the fans to be excited about. Most fans aren't asking for Alabama on the schedule instead of UNI. Most fans that don't like seeing UNI on the schedule, including myself, would be happy to see a Missouri (who is bad this year) or NC State (who is good...

I know most people don't care to hear this, but it's mainly an issue of execution early in games. A dropped pass here, a missed block there, an errant pass here. The Hawks offense hasn't executed well early in games. Some of that is on the coaches, but most of it is on the players.

I don't think the loss of Carr has hurt them as much as bad play up front on offense. Thorson has been sacked 18 times already this season and they've been unable to pave the way for Justin Jackson in the ground game. With that said, their record might be a tad bit deceptive. Two of their three...