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I see plenty of posts noting how the coaching staff or various fans don't want to burn the redshirt for Jordan Canzieri this season. While I get that Jordan may not be ready to play this season (don't have any insider information on how he practices), I just don't buy the argument that by...

As someone who has followed Iowa football since 1969, I would already rank 2010 as one of the more frustrating seasons I can remember. From my perspective, it is much more frustrating when the team has high expectations than say the 1970s when I knew going into each year that the team would...

What is the big deal about taking the redshirt off of freshmen running backs? I am puzzled that so many on this message board (as well as media members) get so protective about "burning" a redshirt for Coker or DeAndre Johnson. To some, it seems like burning a redshirt is like asking them to...

Finally, the decision on the NCAA investigation into the USC football/basketball programs will be announced this Friday. While I certainly hope USC gets nailed, I have my doubts whether they will get anything more than a slap on the wrist. Who cares if they take away a past championship-...

While I am in the group that has been frustrated with the past three years of Iowa baskeball under Todd Lickliter, Gary Barta has been publicly very supportive until this week. Why the sudden change? Perhaps, Barta was swayed by the Wisconsin and Minnesota games last week: 1) Hard for him to...

As those of us who still care about Iowa basketball watch how the program has regressed to an all time low during the three years that Todd Lickliter has been head coach, it actually reminds me of the Frank Lauterbur football era at Iowa in the early 1970s (when I was a kid growing up in Iowa...

Expanding on the other thread about some AP voter rankings, here are the final rankings that I saw in this morning's Los Angeles Daily News from their USC beat writer, Scott Wolf, who votes in the AP poll. 1) Alabama 2) Florida 3) Texas 4) Boise State 5) Virginia Tech 6) TCU 7) Nebraska 8)...