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Both very good posts. At the risk of being accused of pushing a radical right-wing radical agenda (cause you know, intelligent discourse is no longer allowed in the age of hyper-reactive polarization...), I will push back on a couple of things here. 1. The conclusions of survey studies always...

To be clear, I wasn't referring to the Doyle situation specifically. As others have rightly pointed out, if he chose to exert his power in a bully fashion, he got what he deserved. Perception trumping facts is a much broader issue, but probably can be applied in his case. IIRC, one player...

Absolutely agree, and I'm definitely not defending people who essentially "make their bed" by being jerks. My take on whether times have changed for the "better" relates more to the current culture of, "If I perceive what you do or say as offensive, be it racist, sexist, homophobic...

The poor tackling is something I don't think any of us saw coming, and I'm sure it is driving Phil absolutely nuts. It's like a virus has infected the whole defense. Even Jackson's tackling has been off. He traditionally has made up for his lack of size with good pop and leg power, but this...

So, Elsbury's job on that play is to block........ nobody?

This is exactly right (though I'm not sure I entirely agree with your last sentence...). The old-school abusive types have been weeded out, in both sports and other vocations where that kind of behavior was rewarded, and that is definitely for the better. Where I give pause, is that in this...

Just to clarify, I don't know if I was being clear, but I was agreeing with you on Wallace. Just pointing out that if he is considered, someone undoubtedly will bring it to her attention.

When the time comes, my guess is that somewhere, somehow, someone will plant a bug in her ear about what happened with Wallace and Kallenberger. In this day and age of micro-vetting overkill, it will come to the forefront. How much significance she places on that information remains to be seen...

Yes. I'm sure that the thought from day one was that if QB didn't work out for whatever reason, WR and DB were very viable back-up plans. Obviously, a lot depends upon the recruit and how flexible they are. Still, it would have been quite interesting to see what he could have done with a few...

Yep. As was Kevin Kasper. Iowa has a long history of recruiting QBs, then converting them. Cooper DeJean also comes to mind.

I didn't think of it that way, but that's an interesting take.

Really awesome day to be at Kinnick. Perfect weather and a great home crowd. A few observations: Saw some real growth at a few spots today. Colby and Dunker probably played their best games as Hawks. For the most part, both were solid in both run and pass-pro. Stephens, however, struggled...

Not common knowledge yet but he has officially been moved to WR

Keep in mind that most of our best kickers have been walk-ons. Several scholly kickers over the years never panned out. I don't recall the name off the top of my head, but we had one on a full ride that was here for five years, probably about 8-10 years ago, and never did anything of note.

My favorite by The Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_SF6ZDvin4

Go back and watch each one. His protection broke down every time. It's easy to criticize the QB, but if his eyes are looking downfield (as they should be), and he's hit blindly while in the act of throwing or climbing the pocket, that's exactly what's going to happen. It's not like he stood in...

We were greatly overmatched athletically at literally every position yesterday. That wasn't a surprise. What surprised and disappointed me is that OSU also "out-attituded" us. It would be easy for a team with athletically gifted players across the board to play with a certain nonchalance, to...

I actually thought McNamara was one of the few bright spots yesterday. He really only had one poor throw that I can recall, when he was scrambling to his right in the first quarter and threw a terrible ball to an open receiver in a scrambling situation. Other than that, he was efficient and...

Does anyone know how off-sides is defined with the on-side kick attempt? Is it any body part crossing the "plane" or is it when the body part touches beyond the line? That distinction would be important if trying to use some type of sensor such as a laser. As far as reviewable calls, I agree...

Mitchell is a bit of a defensive liability, but her benefit to the team offensively more than balances that out. She hustles hard enough on D, but her size hurts her at times. Boston is solid and is high character. I do wish she was and inch or two taller, but it is what it is. I agree about...