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I am an out-of-state season ticket holder with a 3-hour drive to Iowa City and I love 11:00 a.m. kickoffs. Yes, I have to leave early, before dawn, but its a beautiful drive as I get to see the sunrise. I get to tailgate, watch the game, listen the 2:30 games on satellite radio on the drive...

What Harpo said. There are a lot of fantastic restaurants and bars on State Street and downtown. Also, if you are into running, rollerblading or biking, there are great trails around the lakes. The scenery is beautiful.

I believe the original deal was a four game deal that extended a long time (2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016 IIRC). I would love to see Pitt (and Missouri) in the B1G but Iowa's future schedules have nothing to do with it.

You are correct that Beebe pushed hard for Missouri to the Insight but you are making it way too complicated. The leverage point the Big 12 has is not with the Insight Bowl, it is with the Fiesta Bowl, which is run by the same committee that runs the Insight Bowl. The Fiesta Bowl does not want...

The Outback is in play, not because they want Iowa over Penn State but because of what may happen on the SEC side. If Auburn wins today, there is a 90%+ chance the Outback Bowl will be Penn State vs. South Carolina as projected. However, if South Carolina beats Auburn (very possible since...

I would love to see Iowa play Wisconsin at the end of the year. It is a natural rival and both teams are usually good so it would almost always be a meaningful game. If expansion occurs to the West, I also would not mind seeing Iowa vs. Nebraska as the final game of the year.

The Dallas Football Classic rotates between the Big 12 and Conference USA. This year and the 2012 season, the Big Ten will face the Big 12 and after the 2011 and 2013 seasons the Big Ten will face Conference USA.

Great article. Thanks for posting. Margaret will be a tremendous asset in marketing the basketball program, both internally and externally. Also, as I have said before, I don't believe Iowa would have landed Fran without Margaret. As a Dad of two small kids whose career keeps him away from...

Morgan would be a good hire, especially if Mitch B stays with Siena. Morgan would provide the experienced veteran coach and solid recruiter (which was missing from the initial staffs of the two former coaches).

Not true. I only went back the last six years but here are the Conference RPI rankings for the MVC, CUSA and Horizon leagues (in reverse chronological order): MVC: 9, 8, 6, 4, 6, 7 CUSA: 11, 10, 11, 14, 15, 9 Horizon: 14, 11, 9, 10, 14, 18 The MVC is clearly far better than CUSA and...

Oh great. Barbee's profile is similar to our last two hires (young, mid-major, flavor of the week, Indiana native, first DI school) without the Sweet 16 appearances. [sarcasm off] Seriously, I would be fine with Barbee if he is the best overall fit for Iowa. However, it is crazy to say...

That is about the only comparison between Marshall and Alford/Lickliter. Marshall has been a head coach for 12 years at two Division I universities, a career 247-129 record and 7 NCAA appearances. Alford/Lickliter combined did not come close to those numbers when they were hired at Iowa.

I have no idea if Marshall is the guy but I am perplexed on the negative reaction to him. I was first exposed to Marshall when he was at Winthrop and I watched them play Wisconsin at the Kohl Center. I and the 17,000+ fans at the Kohl Center were expecting a blowout but Winthrop played...

Craig Robinson -- Oregon State IMO, it is important that Iowa get a coach that is used to recruiting and coaching for a BCS school, preferably as a head coach but an strong assistant would be OK. In that vein, I am surprised that Craig Robinson of Oregon State has not been more prominently...

I can't comment on Keno but Buzz was an assistant at Marquette prior to being named HC so he recruited a majority of the players there. Plus, he has had two very strong recruiting classes as HC. It may not be realistic to get Williams but I am highly confident he would be extremely...

As I have said on other Boards, Buzz Williams would be an absolute home run hire. He is #1B on my list (with pipe dream Bruce Pearl being #1A) and everyone else a distant second. The question is not whether Iowa would consider Williams; it is whether Williams would consider Iowa. I live in...

Buzz Williams -- Marquette

10-2. We sweep the Kinnick games and lose @ Arizona and @ Michigan.

Arizona controls their own destiny. If Arizona wins out, they go to the Rose Bowl. Unfortunately for them, their schedule is brutal: Washington State (the only gimme) @ California Oregon @ Arizona State @ USC The could finish 1-4 which would put them at 6-6 for the season.