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Replace McNamara with Gronkowski and the same sentence could be written. And McNamara's pedigree of leading his team to a BTen championship -- and looking good while doing it -- was a lot more impressive than Gronk's accomplishments up to this point. I've seen injuries negatively impact enough...

The first two possessions of the game: Fuerbach dribbles into nowhere land and creates a turnover. I think Affolter lost the ball or made a bad pass on the next possession. A 3rd turnover quickly followed. Down 6-0 before even getting a decent possession -- and you lose by 7. To Jensen's...

You gotta be kidding me.

I used to be really put-off by Fran's sideline antics, and his childish outbursts at the referees are inexcusable for a grown man. But at this point, I'd love for him to get back to his chair-slamming days during timeouts to get his players' attention. Maybe things came too easy for him last...

Dimbele was playing early, but was not hustling, was out of position on both defense and offense...he was out of sorts. Fran noticed and took him out and left him out -- a good decision. Not sure why Traore didn't play more tonight-- he's played well this year when given the chance. Totally...

The most baffling -- and troubling -- aspect of this team in BTen play has been Freeman's role. He's the reigning BTen Freshman of the Year. Tonight he caught the ball more times outside the 3pt line than he did inside the paint. And when he did catch the ball inside the FT line, wide open...

I'm well aware of Wisky's tradition at the RB position. But I asked about the past two years. Allen's last year for the Badgers was solid: 90/yds per game. Certainly not dominant. And for your description of him as 'big and glamorous', well, I guess if you consider getting picked in the 4th...

Worked for the Indiana coach this past season, when he brought 28 players with him from James Madison! (Granted, vs a powder-puff schedule.)

Off the top of your head, can you name two Wisconsin RBs on their team the past two years that fit the bill of "big, glamorous RBs that look ready for the NFL"? It's harder to project RBs than you think. Who would have guessed Jeanty at Boise State would turn out to be as talented as he is...

That's hilarious, and gave me a good laugh this Sunday afternoon!

Well, yes. You could tell KF really wanted that win vs Mizzou, to quiet any doubters. He wanted it...BAD. Also because he knows next year is going to be the toughest schedule the Hawks have faced in awhile. I'm no Vegas expert, but would guess the O/U for Iowa wins next season will be in the...

What Ferentz saw when he watched the ND game: * a team win with 90 yds of passing. * defenses that were dominant. * the team that got ahead was able to hold a lead. Never mind that... * the QB ran for 50-70 yds or so (which KF hates to see). * defenses brought extra pressure a...

Jensen made the best coaching decision in her young career today. Starter Fuerbach runs hot and cold from treyland, and when PSU came out in a zone to start the game, Fuerbach quickly went 0-3 from beyond the arc. Soon after the third miss Jensen inserted McCabe -- Iowa's zone buster. She...

I think the first sentence of your last paragraph is right on. His running ability is ahead of his passing ability at this point, but the first drive of the game -- which included a nice 20-30 yd touch pass, along with slant-route rifles over the middle -- gives me hope that he (and the...

I don't know. He was 10 yds away from getting to OT vs the #19 team in the nation just yesterday on a neutral field. He only had one truly bad play the entire game that I can think of: not hitting an open Lachey on 3rd and 4, and then scrambling and throwing the INT instead. Two bad...

Agreed. Sully was for all practical purposes 15-18 on the day, with 1 INT. Since a good number of snaps from Center were near ground level (and 100mph to boot), I thought Sullivan showed a lot yesterday -- especially in the 1st half. How many times in the 1st half did he buy time and/or gain...

Near the end of that game, the backup QB's stat line was 2 of 6, for 6 yards. Reminded me of Iowa's 1st half vs Nebraska!

My takes on today's bowl games: 1) Lester needs to take Miami's playbook from the 1st half of the Iowa St. game and work all off-season to have the Hawks recreate what the 'Canes did to ISU that first half. Wow. Can't figure out why gaining yards against the Clones is like pulling teeth for...

Apparently Colorado thought BYU was a pretender, too! :D

Yeah, that would have been a lot better.