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  1. PlatypusMessiah

    Will Caitlin Clark be the most famous Iowan ever?

    You know, a week ago, I was 100% in agreement with this post. But, I'm starting to wonder if The Show is just moving on. Indiana Fever sold out their season tickets. Well that was a bit a a yo! to me because my family has been to WNBA games and many a time they are lucky to have 200 fans in...
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    WNBA draft guide

    I definitely agree that the WNBA needs Clark more than Clark needs the WNBA. Though I haven't done research too deep into the financial workings of the WNBA, here are things I've heard in passing about them. They are still owned by the NBA. The NBA runs them at a loss for a variety of...
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    WNBA draft guide

    https://herhoopstats.com/salary-cap-sheet/wnba/team/2024/indiana-fever-11eaecc7-3565-c004-b611-2362f5011b0b/ This site provided an excellent breakdown of the Indiana Fever and their player payroll and restrictions. The WNBA has a TEAM salary cap of $1.46 million. A super max contract in the...
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    Washington 2024 schedule

    I just don't see how good things can happen to Washington in 2024. Not only did they somehow end up with a road schedule of games to Autzen, Happy Valley, and Kinnick, but now they are down to 4 starters returning. Their schedule is just brutal with so many new faces. I know Jedd Fisch did a...
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    Kirk vs. National Championship Coaches

    Also... 8 is an exceptionally high number. I really doubt anyone else is near 8. Though there were a bevy of SEC coaches to win one, their carriers were short and the coaches that coached against them for the most part even had shorter careers.
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    Kirk vs. National Championship Coaches

    Steve Spurrier at the Outback Bowl is one I forgot about. Lloyd Carr was definitely beat in 2002. And I already have Tressel. I refuse to acknowledge the Frost "championship." I'll modify my original post.
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    Kirk vs. National Championship Coaches

    You can tell it's February because here comes some boring trivia. I count Kirk as having wins against 8 coaches that won a national championship: Harbaugh, Sabin, Meyer, Chizik, Tressel, Spurrier, Carr and Paterno. First off, did I miss anyone and am I accurate in the 8 I listed? Second...
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    Candidates for the OC position

    I really don't see how Scott Frost fits into the decades long amount of complementary football that KF has preached. Frost's offense has miles of penalty yards, turns over the ball at an alarming rate, has mountains of players in the portal every year, and is seemingly incapable of winning a...
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    Phil Parker wins the Broyles award

    The easy hire for Riley is Leonard.
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    Social media sites reporting rumors DeJean is out for the season

    The thing I was looking forward to the most of the 2024 off season was watching Cooper DeJean absolutely slay the Underwear Olympics in Indianapolis. It's just hard not to be proud of the 2023 team. Just about every team would have mailed in this season long ago. I hope they can pull it...
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    ILLINOIS `23

    It's real hard for me to evaluate the Northwestern game. These baseball stadiums are just awful. Both Iowa and Northwestern left with a ton of lineman injuries. Even Tory Taylor can't punt there. It's not like Northwestern and Iowa are offensive juggernauts to start with, but when you make...
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    With 3 games left - lets speculate

    Well, who knew that the back-up Center and Guards were going to be able to not give up chunks of negative plays? Who knew that we were going to finally get Kaleb Brown involved in the offense? Who knew that there would be a massive focus on play stealing in the B1G and that all of a sudden...
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    Unranked in the AP Poll

    There are just a lot of haters in the media about Iowa. Some examples of teams ranked in the AP poll: Utah: 7-3. doesn't have a win against a current top 25 team. Tulane 9-1. has beaten their last 3 opponents (Rice, East Carolina, Tulsa) by a combined 7 points James Madison 10-0. Does have...
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    2023 College Football Survival Pool

    Good luck fellas!! NC loosing was just icing on my Saturday cake!
  15. PlatypusMessiah

    Questionable Call

    There is the bit in the refs pre-game meeting where Kirk clarified the motion. I really don’t know how you can say this is a letter of the law event when the head coach sought clarification before the game.
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    Questionable Call

    Yeah, we are all Covid experts too.
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    Questionable Call

    I’m still confused because the ball bounced. I’ve seen multiple games where an obvious fair catch call was advanced once the ball bounce. The other part I’m confused about is I’ve never seen a fair catch wave reviewed. The line on this game moved 2 points in 12 hours to kickoff. Just sayin’….
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    Kaden Wetjen

    I'm in favor of any receiver getting involved in the offense. I refuse to believe that not a one of them can get open in 3 years. And if they did, they all drop the ball. I don't know if it's the route selection, or the possibility that they don't know how to plant their feet and drive to...
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    Bowl Game 2023

    I was at the White Out game in PSU and ended up sitting next to a Citrus Bowl rep in a bar. He did seem liked a junior member of the Citrus Bowl reps. And he said that both Iowa and PSU were eligible. That kind of confused me about Jerry Palm's reporting (who I normally think is on top of...
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    2023 College Football Survival Pool

    Week 8: North Carolina.... If the ACC ever exploded, the biggest fight between the SEC and the B1G would be for North Carolina. So, I'm counting them as a future B1G team.
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