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I see all these threads about late collapses, and whether it's poor toughness or coaching. But, really, I think it's because we lack isolation players, and with the exception of Marble have for sometime. Groce didn't outcoach Fran on Thursday. He just isolated Nunn against Uthoff at the top...

People complain that we are not "tough," when, really, I think it is a lack of athleticism that we are seeing. We have to bring in a few more explosive athletes, especially at the wings. Other than Marble, we lack a true wing capable of playing BIG. MSU just bullied us with their superior...

I live down in St. Louis and will not be able to make the trip to Iowa City for the game this weekend as planned. I got two tickets - around the 5 yardline about 20 rows up - for sale. Tickets were $67 face if I recall, but I'll sell them both for $110. I can email the tickets. Shoot me a...

There has been a lot of chatter about Phil Parker making the defense a little more aggressive with more man coverage. But I haven't seen very much discussion of schemes. I was wondering if any astute football fan that observed the open practices could elaborate a little. I'm particularly...

How important do you think play calling experience should be in searching for the OC? Offensive play calling seems more delicate to me than defensive play calling (maybe that is a misperception). Things move fast during the game. There are adjustments to be made. Setting up future plays...

KF always talks about he "reevaluates" things yearly in the off-season. I wonder if he made some conscience change to how we recruit after the 2009 signing class. We recruited very poorly in 2008 and 2009. Granted we didn't have great teams, but we were coming off a nice 5-6 year streak. We...

It has struck me watching this tournament, just how much pure talent matters. Teams like Kentucky and Arizona are 4 and 5 seeds but they are just loaded with top recruits and future pros. They get a lower seed because they are young and lose focus at during the season, but they are loaded...

Sometimes I think we fans forget the amount of personal sacrifice it takes to play football at Iowa. Certainly there are perks, but it take diligence to do early morning, year-round conditioning, film study, intense in-season practice schedule, spring ball, and I'm sure other commitments fans...

All this talk of firing coaches, wholesale philosophy changes, ect... is a bit over the top and not realistic. But I think we will see some schematic adjustments next year. Not philosophical changes, we will still play with TEs/FBs and zone blocking and we will still be conservative on defense...

Today was my first look at the Hawks and it struck me how badly we need talented post players. To my surprise, Fran's offense almost always starts with an entry pass to the post. We really fed the big guys, a big difference from last year. Unfortunately, our post players are mediocre and not...

He seemed to be getting a little emotional, in a happy way. Then he like took off sprinting after talking with Rich Rod, kind of unusual. Anybody else notice this?

Anyone catch which true freshman got in the game and any other personnel moves of interest? I saw Lowery, Morris, and Miller playing with the 2's on defense. Also, Bernstein was playing safety not corner with the 2's. I didn't catch much on offense or special teams. It seemed Derby and...

Good Lord. They have to play MI, Iowa, WI, PSU, OSU for the first two years. Welcome to the Big 10.

It sounds like we played a lot of nickel yesterday. Also, it seems like Bernstien is going to be the nickel back, playing over the slot WR as sort of a safety/cb hybrid. Bernstien's health/emergence combined with our personnel changes at LB might mean we are going to see this package more often...

I think one of the positives of Nebraska to the Big 10 is the chance to establish a nationally relevant rival game. MN, ISU, and Wisconsin do very little on the national stage. But If both programs (IA & NE) continue to be Top 20 programs, I think we got a chance to really increase our...

Every year MSU is an above-average team that competes for a Big 10 championship, but they always look very mortal. They usually get blown out by some big-name teams in the non-conference and for some inexplicable reason have a tough time with our crappy teams. Yet every March they make a...

I guess after watching last night's game I came away satisfied. Yes the outcome wasn't great but this was the best the team has looked in awhile. Last night we were organized, had an offensive plan, attacked in the paint, pushed the ball at times, and limited turnovers. This wasn't MSU, OSU, IL...

From my (admittedly distant) perception of Lick's interaction with his point guards, his treatment seems paradoxical. First, Lick needs a good point guard to run his offense. The point guard is in large part responsible for the dribble penetration needed to initiate his offense. The point...

As this season has progressed it seems our players have really seperated themselves into groups as far as talent. Right now I see 5 legitimate players we can win with (Cole, Fuller, Gatens, May, Payne) and then a bunch fringe players (Winks, Cougill, Brommer, Lick). However, our nucleus of...

Even before they beat OSU I was happy they were not on the schedule. I certainly think we are the better team, but I don't trust this team to beat them. PU strikes me as one of those teams that could beat or lose to anyone on any given day. They have a senior QB who is slinging the ball around...