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First off, Iowa was the dominate team even before the Dumus injury. With the Demus injury, Maryland's offense fell apart. They couldn't stop shooting themselves in the head. Turning the ball over 7 times put their defense in an impossible situation. Against a tired defense, Iowa's offense opened...

Kirk gone, Brian gone, Doyle gone. Dismantle a program that has taken years to build up because some things weren't right? Not to make light of this, because it is serious, but it's not Pedo gate. Institutions are not perfect. They will never meet all the wants or needs of all involved. Trust...

Looks like the offensive line is going have a boost by having Jackson for another year. So that helps. Losing Wirfs isn't good, but the cupboard would have been bare if Jackson left too. The defensive line takes a big hit losing AJ. There is no replacement for AJ .There's going to be a...

Listening to the USC faithful. they are not buying into Clay Helton's idea that USC is going to learn a lot from this horrific beat down (my words). Instant Analysis from Inside Troy gave a lot of credit to Iowa. They flat out slammed Clay Helton saying he didn't have the team ready. Iowa...

Wow! Can't believe I didn't think of this. Phil Parker as the next head coach!? Steve Deace floated this on their Nebraska/ Iowa game podcast. I think this is a great choice. But like Steve said it probably won't happen. You don't have to be a statistician to understand what kind of job...

Tough to get a read on Northwestern. Against Wisconsin they had some things not fall their way. Wisconsin didn't play their best game. Which may have been a hint of what was going to happen at Illinois. Against Ohio State the offense went 3 an out most of the time, which overburdened the...

After watching the butt whooping of Michigan and now Michigan State It's almost a foregone conclusion that Wisconsin will win the West. Their only possible loss will be to Ohio State.

It looks like unless Iowa beats Wisconsin, Wisconsin will win the West. The only challenge on Wisconsin's schedule other than Iowa is Ohio State. Iowa has three tough games to play. Michigan, Penn State and Wisconsin. Not to mention the other teams that can bite Iowa in the backside if they...

Rutgers is getting a jump on the coach search by firing Chris Ash early

So far two of the teams looking to contend for the West are not looking good. Minnesota didn't have the power house opening they expected. They've got some serious work to do. Purdue's defense looked bad. Real bad. Offensively they looked good in spots. Without a running game they are looking...

I was listening to a You tuber postulate that Iowa State would win 7-9 games this year. Sounds a bit high to me. Yes they return their entire offensive line, most of their defense but still 9 games? My response was 5-6 games.

So Ross got picked up in the 5th round by the Washington Redskins. Maybe if he went to Iowa he might have went in the 1st or second round?

Northwestern leads the West. For a little while Iowa looked like a contender. They faltered against Wisconsin and now at Penn State. We can say that Iowa should have won those games but in fact when it's a team game the better team wins. Iowa has a good collection of players that aren't ready...

The field gets smaller. Lets keep it at 2 for the week!

Before the season, I picked Iowa to go 10-2. With Iowa scoring near 30 points a game. Some people scoffed at that. Before you think I am blowing my own horn, let me say, that was more wishful thinking as much as real thought. I felt that with Hockenson would benefit from the increased coverage...

Iowa and Indiana are close in stats in most offensive categories. The stats may not tell the story however, since Indiana has played 6 games versus Iowa's 5. And Indiana has just come off a loss to Ohio State. Even so, Iowa is tenth and Indiana is 8th in total offense so neither team has...

What is up with Iowa blocking on run plays? Run blocking should be the bread an butter for an Iowa team. And this group includes two 320 pound tackles.

Minnesota and Iowa meet this week in Minnesota. Tough to get focused on this game after a bye week. Here it is. Both teams are coming off a bye. Both lost their games before the bye. Both teams have identical records at 3-1. That's pretty much where the similarities end. On offense I got both...

My assessment of Nate Stanley. Good quarterback with a lot of upside. He has the prototypical size you want in a college or NFL quarterback. Good arm. He can make the deep throws and the touch passes. Makes good decisions. Tendency to get flustered late in games. In short. He has all the...

Nebraska and Iowa State had their opening games canceled. Then they both lost their second game (actual opening game). So now they have to win 6 of their next 10 games to get a bowl bid. Unless the NCAA allows them to get bowl bids with 5 wins. But given their schedules even 5 wins is going to...