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My feelings if KOK leaves: 1. Nothing changes on offense and then it doesn't matter whether he was here or not because it's the same story so no loss if he goes since it will be the same thing, new face. 2. Improvements happen and then it could be tied to either KOK being the problem, or the new...

From an ISU fan, but Gatens has hardly been the catalyst he was supposed to be when he was brought it. Part of that is coaching carousel, etc, but the point is Iowa is a young team and is building their talent base. These signings help that. Losing Cartwright was a bandaid as a JUCO transfer to...

on the topic of Ferentz though, his decision making regarding handling the clock is by far his biggest shortcoming as a coach. How he thought kicking a FG and the D would hold ISU after giving up all those points is beyond me and why he didn't take a shot at the end of the 4th is another call to...

I don't know if 8 Hawks will get drafted, but McNutt, Rieff, Prater are locks to get drafted (assuming Rieff goes like Bulaga). Daniels is probably close as well to a lock. Nielsen, Binns, Zusevics, Gettis (NFL loves Iowa lineman) will get looks as well. Even with Iowa's youth they will get for...

It's actually worse than that...He's basically taking a $60-70M lottery ticket, of which $50M min is guarenteed (based on Bradford contract) and riping it up saying "I'll probably win the lottery next year too if I want the money" except by next year new rules will limit the $ of the lottery so...

#1 This thread is BS, but I had an issue with this synopsis of Bulaga and Spievey. The Lions have a poor secondary and they need playmakers to be on the field. They have 1 good safety (Delmas) and then no one. Spievey has 46 tackles, 1 INT, and really has only been playing since their bye in...

Can someone post a link to the new logo? Having trouble finding. Also, not a huge fan of the names...legends is kind of cool, but leaders...eh.

Don't agree with the arm sock, but the 6' UNI white guy with tattoos completely covering his arms almost made me gag. Wait 'til you're in the NBA to get those Mr. Big shot UNI basketball player! :). Plus the O'Rear guy not cutting the back of his hair? UNI's guys have some issues. Iowa's I can...

At worst Cully could be the next Brody Boyd if Iowa gets someone like Paige to come in and he can beat out Cully. I think Cully could be a good weapon off the bench. If nothing else, Cully showed he has value from his play last year as a true freshman. I'm willing to give him a mulligan for his...

Pretty tough to make that claim at this point. I'm happy with the progress Cartwright and Basabe are making as the season progresses, but Larson hasn't played yet this year and Brust is only averaging 4 minutes a game and it's all in garbage time so there really is nothing to compare them.

Acie Earl would be nice, but I'd settle for another Erik Hansen former B10 Defensive POTY. Someone who's 6'10", blocks shots and can just own the paint on defense. We have enough guys who can rebound, but if we had a defensive big guy to check other teams bigs I think the team could really take...

Sad day for us Packer fans...doesn't compare to how sad I was when the Bears fired Dave Wannestadt, but still.

Luke was also at the season opener for basketball against SDSU which I attended. I wasn't sure if it was him so I introduced myself and jokingly asked if he had any eligibility left to help us out. He said that it wasn't a good game, but he likes the changes he's seen. I could really tell that...

I think we are seeing that last year was a fluke season similar to 2002. Losing all of these close games this year and in '08 shows that it is more consistent for this staff/scheme/whatever, to lose close games than to win them. I also don't like how Ferentz is never willing to admit that maybe...

Ok, I misunderstood what you were saying. It's obviously pretty early to know this, but there have been some Kobe comparisons especially with his ability to score from Chad Ford the ESPN.com NBA draft "expert". Idk if he can reach that type of career achievement since that's pretty lofty, but I...

I would disagree somewhat because unlike with Heinrich, Collison, and Lafrentz, ISU and Iowa basketball are in much worse shape than they were then. Also, none of those guys was hyped nearly as much as Barnes who has been talked about as the #1 pick in the 2011 draft since he got to high school...

Totally agree. An example of this is the Penn State game this year. We put up 150 yards of offense in the 1st quarter to 1 yard by PSU, but rather than go for the juggular, we sit back and let Penn State hang in the game. Why not keep dominating and put up 30 in the first half ala MSU and let...

Player development also plays a key role in this. Iowa basketball is still a ways away from attracting a recruit on the level of Harrison Barnes so the big way to get that level of talent is to develop the guys you invest in. Having a system in place, letting guys learn, gain experience in it...

I think losing Vandevelde will be an underrated loss as well. Maybe someone can help me out here, but idk a single other guy on the team who will be able to passably sing The National Anthem for the President next time he is in town! Seriously though, he will be missed, but the biggest thing...

I also get tired of the "everyone's doubting us" line. Having played sports, it is a motivator if you are a weak or middling team, but for good teams the "everyone's doubting us" just doesn't make sense. You know you're good, so no one's doubting you unless you give them a reason to doubt you...