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No you're totally spot on and that could very much be the case. WIth me, and like I said nothing against Fran in any way, there was just no energy or excitement anymore. Regardless of how it plays out its nothing but excitement and buzz behind the program right now. Regardless of what happens...

Not sure about the score, or why I'm so optimistic about this, but I think we cover. With the preseason hype Gronowski and our revitalized passing game is generating under Lester I think we come out swinging for the fence. We have a good idea what's in the stables at the RB position, but with...

Honestly I think it will be. I'm not going to speak for anyone else but myself, but IMO it's a new excitement. An unknown, in which things could go well or they could go south. Either way I find myself looking forward more to Iowa Basketball then ever this year. Regardless of what happens.

Shame on you LOL. I felt terrible typing in Rutgers can't imagine how bad you were feeling.

Week 1: Rutgers (in the history of this pool I don't think I've ever said that before and probably never will)

Nothing against Fran, but this was absolutely the change we needed. It's different this year. The energy, the anticipation. With Fran it would have been just another August. Can't wait for the season to get here. It's just the new life and breath of fresh air a stale program needed.

I see it the same way the players do. If "the grass is greener on the other side" then so's my fandom once they leave. Not wishing them ill will by any means but if they can turn their backs on me as an Iowa fan (which I honestly don't blame them one bit), then we can do the very same thing to...

With the amount of bitching about the teams that made it into the playoffs last year I can't begin to imagine what kind of shitshow those arguments would be with a 32 team field.

I hate to say it, but what I'm looking for is the thought that if we have a truly great season (talking top 5 finish in conference play) we could see our recruiting take off to levels we never say with Fran simply because if Fran was around this season and managed to pull it off it would fall...

Was Sheduer number one on the list? Sorry, couldn't resist after all the preseason glazing he's getting.

Ok I lied, I finished reading, but confused. Steele's basing that prediction off the recent struggles of our offense, yet when we were absolutely atrocious we weren't that far down the ladder. If our defense doesn't take too big of step back and our offense (specifically the passing game)...

Sorry but I quit reading after "finishing in front of big name schools like Michigan, USC, and Nebraska". The moment he included Nebraska in that breath proved that he's going simply based on brand recognition and had nothing to do with talent level of "those big name schools". I'm sorry but...

The fact Harbaugh is even mentioned is laughable. There is/was nothing, and I mean nothing, they could hand down that affects him in any way shape or form. That POS is doing nothing but laughing about this as we speak.

Say that reported earlier this week. While the announcement didn't necessarily surprise me the timing of it did, as I wasn't expecting it to come during the preseason, albeit I may have simply missed it being announced earlier. Great Hawkeye. Great career. Great person.

While I'd argue that in the past "every game mattered" was applied equally across the board, that was what many felt made college football special. Still love the sport, but think everyone can agree that "every penny matters" replaced "every game matters" the moment they started planning the...

So with no more conference championships what's going to prevent the SEC from reducing their regular season to 7 games? Let's be honest, now that this is solely about playoff money, what conference (especially the SEC) is going to want its contenders or even top tier programs competing against...

Agree about the excitement. It's the same thing we said for years about Frans methodology. If the offense falls off a little bit and the defense improves a bit I think we're in a good position. Under Fran the offense had to be in the top 30 because they simply couldn't get it done on the...

What an absolute chode. The guy has no loyalty to anyone but himself and will throw anyone and everyone under the bus in a heart beat. I guess blaming everyone else though is much easier then admitting publicly that he was offered his dream job by a delusional program/fanbase that absolutely...

I'd love to see great things from Gronowski, but I'm sorry that I just couldn't put "Heisman contender" and "Iowa QB" in the same article, let alone sentence.

Very good point.