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And all this time I've been thinking that Nostradamus died about four hundred years ago. What happened? You dig up his ouija board? Sure hop you didn't get taken by the old conterfeit Tarot cards scam...

The first three comments relate to the ambiguities of the term "athletic" as so used and abused by those fans who consider quickness, speed, jumping, etc as the true criteria of the definition of athlete. In that usage, the Hawkeyes probably are not going to play another team all season any...

Ramirez had two good seasons until his chronic shoulder problem mas made his contract a very bad one. He missed half the third year, 2009 of the contract, and had a poor year this past 2010 season both with the bat and in the field. If he were a free agent now he would do well to get a one year...

Bizarre. As openers, Illinois has NEVER won a National Championship in basketball--either men or women, or in Football...and probably never will. (in the modern era, until Alford & Lickliter ran our program into the ground, the Hawkeye men had a slight edge on the Ilwhinney in head-to-head...

The NY Times article is just the transcript of his press conference opening statement. It does not deal with his responses to questions, or any of the many reports & media discussions of the negotiations over the five days from the time he was first interviewed and when he accepted a much...

Actually they were. He had numerous offers, most notably from the wealthiest, most successful organizations in baseball including the Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Mets, Giants & Texas as well as Philadelphia. He not only received multiple years assurance on tenure, and assurance that he will be...

Ryne Sandberg has returned to the organization where he started his basebal career. He begins his new life as a Philadelphia Phillie by managing their Triple A farm team in Allentown (Lehigh Valley)...with rampant speculation that he becomes the heir-apparent to Charlie Manual as the next...

Refer him to the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. He will learn that there has been NO football games between Iowa & Misery in the past 100 years (The U of Iowa was the first university to admit African-Americans on equal standards, and was the first Midwest school to have A-A players--Mizzou...

Clay was still around Iowa City a few years ago, might still be. He was still playing at Lee Community Center...not unusual, as so were Brad Lohaus & Les Jepsen among others. And for an old-timer, no one could outboard him. True, he led the BT in rebounding..before he got hurt. But he didn't...

True, the Hawkeyes were NOT a good defensive team last year; maybe worse than appearances because one consequence of keeping the ball for 30 seconds every possession was that it helped hold down opponents scoring. BUT, acknowledging that we should also keep in mind that Iowa lost at least four...

No need to be confused. Check ESPN, Sporting News, Gazette, Press Citizen, Google. You will find beyond the offers that a number of schools including Texas & Wisconsin went to watch him later in the summer when he began to get a lot of notice, but found it too late. What you are confusing is...

Cannot fathom why there is angst about Bruce Weber. Self had the Illannoy program on top, winning the BT, getting to the Final 4---and Weber quickly put an end to that kind of quality performances. All that Weber has shown he can do well in sell himself & his program to 14 & 15 year old...

Quote IAJay: "I was really hopeful that Fran was going to put an end to the Lick like recruits but I guess that was wishful thinking. I know people like to say that other offers don't matter, but they really do in basketball. This sounds harsh but you do not build NCAA teams with offers like...

You're wrong. Very wrong.Besabe comparable level, different skills. Marble a long way to go to get to the level of McCabe's game

"Leaving the door open" is not a new development. The door has long been open to the U of Texas; what is new is that the Big Ten is mving toward agreeing to accept TX A&M as well (the killer to TX joining the BT twenty years ago, when the BT turned to Penn State afterwards). There is still some...

Other than that this kid from another state expressed some interest in Iowa months ago--which he didn't continue, why would you term him an "Iowa BB recruit target". His own father has been quoted for weeks now that his son has Vandy as a strong favorite. As far as I can tell, any mutual...

Don't overlook Thierra Taylor. Healthy, she is the best athlete on the team other than Alexander, and will take over Kash's role at SF next year without any real fall-off iin performance. Add in Virginia Johnson, the 6-1 Iowa City High incoming Hawkeye--one of the top 50 seniors in the nation...

No, Greenfield is NOT more highly rated than Stokes. Except by ESPN, which notoriously is not considered to be authoritative in rating womens hoops. As for those whose opinions actually MATTER, the coaches of UConn, Tennessee, Maryland, Duke, Michigan State, Purdue, Stanford, Rutgers, Baylor...

Taylor Greenfield is NOT from Ames. She is from Huxley, played HS ball for Ballard-Huxley. Close, no cigar. And it isn't a safe assumption that she would have gone to Moo U if she had stayed closer to home. A lot of indications that Bluder is more the kind of coach that she was looking for than...

Yes. Not complicated. Not complicated at all. Just so rare in college athletics that it defies probability that the U of Iowa could end up with two of the last of the species in Ferentz & Bluder. What would prove beyond all doubt that Moses was wrong, that the TRUE Chosen People are Iowans is if...