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The imbalance in the division is actually a really good thing for every team in the West. If you're looking to improve your lot in life, this is the place to be. Wisconsin already had a well-established brand and it has increased in value since 2014 when the divisions split. Since 2014, the...

Where I think they are right: -This is a no brainer, but the Wisconsin Offense will be really really good and I think they are underselling how good Wisconsin will be at WR. In terms of talent, it's probably as deep of a group as they've had in recent memory with Quintez Cephus, AJ Taylor, and...

... were legitimately going to go to the bowl game if it were in Nashville or somewhere with better December weather? I'm just wondering because there are a ton of people that are disappointed with the Pinstripe Bowl. Considering the weather in NYC, I understand. But lets say this was a more...

I don’t like losses at the time, but usually I’m pretty level headed later that night or the following day. For instance, I expected Iowa to be able to at least split NW and MSU. They lost both and it was frustrating to watch as Iowa struggled to move the ball for large chunks of the game...

The game was simply the best game Iowa has ever played considering the opponent. We were all expecting to lose at best and get smoked at worst, yet this team crushed the #6 team in the country. This wasn't beating a top 10 team on a last second FG, this was a beat down. I was born in 1984 so...

I'm not a fire Kirk guy, but if there is one glaring criticism in regards to the results of the team in the last 5-6 years, it's our noticeable absence from the top 25. The team was unranked every week during the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons. The 2015 season the Hawkeyes were ranked in the...

I'm not sure of the exact terms of Ferentz's buyout are, I just know that the buyout is substantial. It is a major obstacle when it comes to making a coaching change in the short term. So if you really want a regime change, you need to root hard for one or both of these things to happen... 1)...

"When I was a young coach, Frank Broyles told me that you can only count on getting the most out of your team about 4 times a year. I didn't believe him then, but it's true" -Mack Brown

We have a tendency to look back at the beginning of the 2008 season and think "why did it take so long for Stanzi to become the full time starter?" And we tend to blame the coaching staff for sticking with Christensen way too long and that the coaching staff was resisting the notion of starting...

Here is a 6 and half minute video breaking down a little bit of CJ Beathard. Within in it, there is some footage that is noteworthy. It is going to seem like I'm critical of CJ here which isn't my intent. My intent is to show that not all of Iowa's shortcomings come at the feet of the coaches...

It's a frequent talking point about the Iowa football program under Kirk Ferentz is a developmental program. We can debate the strengths and weaknesses of Kirk Ferentz, but even his harshest critics would have to concede that the coaching staff does a solid job of developing lightly recruited...

Part two has most of the substance in regards to Iowa football. http://thehuddlenetwork.com/iowa-derrell-johnson-koulianos-interview/

After listening to one of Miller and Deace's podcasts, I think the recipe to getting back on track is to run run run. Simply put, it's what this roster is designed to do. It's easy to want to use the "shiny toy" that is CJ Beathard, but the receivers have not grown up enough yet and the...

ACC: Most of the teams here did what they were supposed to do. I'd be a little nervous about Clemson though. I didn't think much of it when they didn't look great at Auburn, but they did not look very crisp against Troy. This has me wondering where their heads are at right now. With that said...

ACC: I'd consider this week a positive overall for the ACC. The conferences two main giants came away with wins against challenging opponents. However, the big victory for the conference is that with the exception of Virginia, the conferences other teams avoided the ugly early season upsets that...

Reasons to be a fan of a football team... 1) Connection to your youth. In the sport of football, the 49ers led by Steve Young and Jerry Rice were my favorite team in all of sports. They were an entertaining team that was for nearly a decade during my youth on the short list of Super Bowl...

The Badgers will look at themselves and think "whew, what a win" and breathe a sigh of relief. The Spartans will look at themselves and think "how in the hell did we lose?" The Badgers are good and if these two teams played 10 times they would pry split or go 6-4 either way. Tonight was...

It's been a disaster for the Big 10 this bowl season but the expectations weren't very high. I'm not sure that any of the teams aside from Illinois were favored to win there games. Believe it or not, TCU was favored to beat Wisconsin. Losing to TCU doesn't make the Badgers frauds. If a couple of...