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I remember when he coached at Iowa. I believe he was encouraged to seek other opportunities here as well. From having family in the coaching business, this usually is a case of a coach not seen as either 1)hard working 2)Competent 3)Detrimental to team cutlure MSU cuts ties with assistant Ted...

Saw this on ProFootballTalk: The league leader in special teams playing time was Baltimore’s Sean Considine, who played 415 special teams plays this season. As a 31-year-old who has bounced around the league for years and always managed to find a spot on an NFL roster despite rarely being a...

Hayden was an innovator on offense and also focused on great defense, leading Iowa to success in breaking up the "big two, little ten" in the 80s. Kirk came in with the same focus on defense and a relatively innovative approach on offense: the zone blocking run game. Correct me if I'm wrong...

Losing Coker is not good news for the bowl game, for sure. But it could be helpful for the '12 season. Since Iowa coaches are risk-averse and loathe to play new guys to any great extent, this could help for next season as they have had to play these guys in practice and perhaps that plus how...

Read article here Those in the know: who are current Hawks who play with that chip on their shoulder, with true grit? Seems I've heard Ferentz at Center and Bernstein was laying the wood all season. Another aspect that perhaps has slipped over the years is the toughness/hitting of the Hawks...

Don't think he'd see Iowa as much of a step up, but his teams are a lot of fun to watch. He's done a great job at Houston and Baylor. Very innovative offense and good recruiter. Maybe we could at least steal one of his offense assistants. haha, right I know...

What is so sad to me is knowing Iowa has weapons on offense but is so incompetent on coaching them up and scheming to use them. Okie St has defensive struggles. Their solution was to max out on O. Sad how pathetic the Iowa offense is. Even when they come back its not b/c of coaching or...

I enjoyed seeing the pics when it reopened and wondered how experience was for those who went yesterday. For those who have been to other Big10 arenas, how does it compare now?

Every week is a giant clusterf*$% We play down to our competition because of the inherent fear the program breeds in making mistakes. Becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. They will play tough against Michigan and MIchigan St but that misses the point. Risk takers are success makers and Ferentz...

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I think running the ace package as we have and as it looks will continue to run this season will open the door for more running plays from that formation. We will really miss having a solid fb however, as the lead draw would be dynamite. furthermore, I don't think Coker is suited for draws in...

Well, I was last in memorial stadium 20 years ago to see Washington beat Nebby. Unfortunately, it didn't happen again - though we should be encouraged that #1: there defenese is not that good and #2: Make Martinez throw the ball. He can not do that very well. That said, as a lifelong Hawk fan...

If anyone has it, I would love to watch as I was stuck in Lincoln doing recon work.

That was some fun game to watch. It is interesting too, b/c TCU's defense I believe is a model that many teams - Iowa included - are taking clues from in dealing with spread based attacks. Now, they did not look that way last night obviously after losing so much talent to graduation, but TCU and...

Fishing for any info as we make it through these last couple weeks...

I was looking for info on who has the best facilities in the Big Ten. Stadium itself is good, but I was thinking more about weight room, practice facility, student center. How do the Hawks stack up now and when the new practice facility is up? From what I could find, OSU, MSU, Neb and Mich are...

Football season can't get here fast enough, right? I was reading the ESPN/Blue Ribbon preview of the Hawks and it got me thinking about which positions Iowa has real depth of talent and where it may be questionable or clearly lacking. It was thinking about CB that inspired this post. I do...

We lost out on Gayle Sayers when idiot Jerry Burns didn't have time to meet with him on Sayers' campus visit. Now we have to stop coaches from twittering recruits or calling during a dead period. Oh, and also covering up their misdeeds while on the roster.

In reading Jon's writeup on Big10 schedule next year he eludes to "payback" for MSU's recruiting tactics this past year. Could someone elaborate on this, I'd love to hear.

Great post from Smart Football on keys to underdogs leveling the playing field with superior teams. Explains why Iowa chose philosophy of bend but dont break defense, methodicl offense that shortens games, strong special teams and opting to receive the ball first (chance to get 1 more...