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    Marble's Scoring has Grown Measurably by Some Mathematical Progression

    Hopefully everybody's satisfied now. For the sake of some real substance: I'd like to see White try several outside looks if we get a comfy lead against Coppin State. He was only 27% from three last year, but it was enough of a threat to bring his man to the perimeter. It would be nice if he...
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    Why hasn't the FCC prohibited Kay Jewelers Commercials?

    Those are much worse than loud commercials.
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    Kaczienski Moment in B1G Title Game Last Night?

    I don't know if anybody caught this last night, but the announcers were talking about one of Nebraska's DTs (kid named Chase Rome, I believe), and they mentioned how he quit mid-season, but Pelini talked him into coming back on the team. I don't know if it was Kaz-related, but I couldn't help...
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    Some Thoughts from Some Good Early-Ferentz-Era Game Highlights

    As a little break in my day here, I watched a couple of highlight clips on YouTube from some of Ferentz's better days. I found a few things about them interesting (meant to be Ferentz-neutral, by the way): 2002 @ Michigan: 2002 #14 Iowa at #8 Michigan Highlights - YouTube 1. At the end of...
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    It's a Long Season

    Tonight was pretty disappointing, but let's take it easy here. Wichita State is decent (ranked higher than the Hawks in KenPom). I'm not going to say what we said about Northern Illinois' defense in football and say this was one of the best teams we'll face. They're not, but they're decent. Like...
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    Let's Do Some Math

    I don't think we need to fire Kirk. In fact, I would say I even advocate for letting him have a shot to bounce back with the 2011 & 2012 recruits. But, just how prohibitive is his buyout? This is undoubtedly simplistic in some or many ways, but to get an idea: $20,000,000 / 70,585 seats in...
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    The Basketball Forum

    I'm loving the vibe over here, guys. Coming over here from the football forum is like heading to Buffalo Wild Wings from a scary biker bar. Can't wait to see the fellas back on the court today, and the Franimal on the sidelines!
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    Leftovers

    Consensus seems to be that we currently recruit Ohio State's leftovers from Ohio, and similar ideas like that. I'll concede that it's tough to recruit to Iowa, and that we'll always be getting someone's leftovers, but what happened to the Florida pipeline from the early Ferentz years? Was that a...
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    For those thinking the Big Ten is destined for permanent gloom and doom ...

    Someone on here recently made a good point that the conference has been similarly poor in the past, but has bounced back. Indeed, after looking up the 1981 standings to refute the idea that Hayden would have taken only one team to Pasadena under the conference tiebreaker rules circa 2002-2010, I...
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    Why not try a FG on that 4th-and-3?

    Hey all. I haven't seen this brought up anywhere, but one of the great virtues of the two-point conversion is that a team facing an 11-point deficit needs just a field goal to close a game to one possession. That said, why did we go for it with just under two minutes left? 4th & 3 is a shaky...
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    I know JVB isn't 'fast', but ...

    can't we sprint him out on some of these third-and-shorts we're not picking up? Iowa dug a hole by going three-and-out on its first two possessions tonight, failing to pick up 3rd and less than 5 each time. With Vandenberg sitting in the pocket there, it's like we're playing 10-on-11. Get him...
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    How many times does Iowa beat Wisconsin this year?

    Zero is not an option because we all know Fran owns Bo, and Fran has never lost at Kohl. Too many barriers for the Badgers to overcome there. Also, historically, (as seen in the ESPN 50 in 50 rankings), Wisconsin just doesn't have as good of a program. I think the Hawks' up-and-down tempo just...
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    Things I Found Encouraging

    In the past, I may have been considered part of the 'negative Nancy' crowd, always calling for changes in the Hawks' tactics, etc. Well, I actually saw a good deal of change yesterday, contrary to what many are suggesting: 1. The defense got a good deal of 3 & outs, especially in the last...
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    How likely are the 2012-13 Hawks to get 25 wins (incl. postseason)?

    Woodbury is quoted in an article in another thread as saying they could more than match the seven-game improvement seen between 2010-11 and 2011-12. The Hawks would have definitely won games last March that they did not win in November and December, but how likely is it that they net seven more...
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    How bad is 6-6? Does the 2000 team go 6-6 with our recent schedules?

    My conclusion from the epic novel below is to predict an 8-4 record for the 2012 Hawks, contrary to the 6-6 and 5-7 that some of our resident pessimists have proffered. I put this up front because I know very well the tendency to not read long posts in full. Last night, I watched...
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    Let's just temper the hyperbole (in both directions).

    Watching this game was about as fun as sitting on a handful of sharpened pencils. Fact. Nonetheless . . . Fran can coach. We've all seen the team's improvement. Was tonight his best night of coaching? Probably not. The Hawks can beat a 1-3-1 half-court trap. Michigan runs it predominantly...
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    OK4P: a Fran-coached Iowa team has never lost to Duke

    I just thought that bince Alford and Mr. Davis lost to the Dukies, and Fran never has, that we've finally found a TRULY elite coach in Fran. Sure, those guys held their own by never losing to Nebraska, but they couldn't take us to the next level of not losing to the best of the best.
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    I think the Hawks are closer than it may seem

    Yes, our defense was awful the other night; terribly so. But, Fran will right the ship, as this team already has shown it can bounce back from some ugly losses and cure its defects (over short stretches, at least). The thing that got lost from the other night is that, in spite of Indiana...
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    Who's on the ledge after losses? Football vs. Basketball

    Just curious. We have these 'factions' on HN, just trying to take a benign, objective inventory. I find that I am on the proverbial 'ledge' after football losses but not after basketball losses. I can think of a couple reasons for this seemingly involuntary/subconscious alignment. First, our...
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    Garmon's highlights remind me of Sedrick Shaw.

    I'm sure many on here saw Garmon's highlight videos long ago; I just watched one for the first time today after seeing him on a top 100 prospects list. His runs in the video below really remind me of Sed Shaw's running style. Fast and reasonably big, and a 'slasher' more than a 'juker'. Also...
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