JonDMiller
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ICYMI is internet acronym speak for 'In Case You Missed It'. There are Hawkeye related items you might have missed from over the weekend and we'll try to put them all together each Monday.
ODDS: BetOnline.com has released their odds for the Big Ten West and East Divisions
EAST
Ohio State -750
Wisconsin +400
Purdue +1200
Illinois +1300
Indiana +1700
WEST
Michigan State +200
Nebraska +200
Michigan +250
Northwestern +400
Iowa +600
Minnesota +900
I am not a better so I am not certain as to exactly what those numbers represent, but I do know the lower the number, the more they like your team. Ohio State is the only team where if you wanted to wager on them, a $10 bet would yield less than $10 (I think). Also per the link, Michigan State is the favorite in the West from BetOnline.com. I find that a bit interesting as they have some retooling to do, but then I took a look at their conference schedule which includes games against Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Purdue and Indiana. They host Michigan then travel to Nebraska and Northwestern while avoiding Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin. This is a pretty good slate.
As it stands for Iowa, you say 'Hey, at least they are not picking the Hawkeyes last.' It's going to be an 'off the radar' year, not under it.
WE'RE BACK: This has been a saying on the message boards the last several months as it relates to the Iowa basketball program. It actually dates back to when Adam Woodbury verbally committed to Iowa in September of 2011. One of the our board users posted 'You Guys are Back' as the subject line for a post, saying he was on the train riding to work when an Illini fan friend of his learned of the Woodbury get and said 'You guys are back'.
Since then, we have seen 'We're Back' posts on the board once a week or so during the basketball season and it's become a bit of a running gag. However, someone over in the University of Iowa athletic department put together a nice photoshop of the past hoops season and underneath, it's titled 'We're Back'.
That may become the marketing slogan for this coming season. It would be a bold step for sure, but my guess is Fran McCaffery would green light something along those lines and embrace it. This team isn't going to sneak up on anyone next year. Iowa was 2-7 in games decided by four-points or less, and all seven of those losses came in Big Ten play. Two were against Michigan State, one each against Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Purdue and Nebraska. Of those six teams, the first four made the NCAA tournament and one of the losses to MSU was a Ted Valentine special. Iowa returns all its players save Eric May and this team may be ranked to start the year. Go with it.
TOP 10 UNDER FRY: Pat Harty follows up his column last week about his Top Ten Ferentz era players with his top 10 Hayden Fry players. I just saw the headline and am linking it here but want to add my own comments before I read it since I began following Iowa football in 1981 as a ten year old so I recall all of the great Fry era players. If I were to make a list, my Top 10 would likely come from this list in no particular order:
Tim Dwight
Chuck Long
Ronnie Harmon
Larry Station
Andre Tippett
Marv Cook
Sedrick Shaw
Reggie Roby
Chuck Hartlieb
Jared Devries
Leroy Smith
I sort of stopped at 10 and then remembered Leroy Smith's 1991 season where he recorded 18 sacks for a 10 win team. I stopped typing here and then I read Pat's list and was a bit surprised to see that we had 9 of the 10 same names. He had Smith listed 11th on his list and had Dave Haight in his Top 10. What's yours look like?
ODDS: BetOnline.com has released their odds for the Big Ten West and East Divisions
EAST
Ohio State -750
Wisconsin +400
Purdue +1200
Illinois +1300
Indiana +1700
WEST
Michigan State +200
Nebraska +200
Michigan +250
Northwestern +400
Iowa +600
Minnesota +900
I am not a better so I am not certain as to exactly what those numbers represent, but I do know the lower the number, the more they like your team. Ohio State is the only team where if you wanted to wager on them, a $10 bet would yield less than $10 (I think). Also per the link, Michigan State is the favorite in the West from BetOnline.com. I find that a bit interesting as they have some retooling to do, but then I took a look at their conference schedule which includes games against Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Purdue and Indiana. They host Michigan then travel to Nebraska and Northwestern while avoiding Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin. This is a pretty good slate.
As it stands for Iowa, you say 'Hey, at least they are not picking the Hawkeyes last.' It's going to be an 'off the radar' year, not under it.
WE'RE BACK: This has been a saying on the message boards the last several months as it relates to the Iowa basketball program. It actually dates back to when Adam Woodbury verbally committed to Iowa in September of 2011. One of the our board users posted 'You Guys are Back' as the subject line for a post, saying he was on the train riding to work when an Illini fan friend of his learned of the Woodbury get and said 'You guys are back'.
Since then, we have seen 'We're Back' posts on the board once a week or so during the basketball season and it's become a bit of a running gag. However, someone over in the University of Iowa athletic department put together a nice photoshop of the past hoops season and underneath, it's titled 'We're Back'.
That may become the marketing slogan for this coming season. It would be a bold step for sure, but my guess is Fran McCaffery would green light something along those lines and embrace it. This team isn't going to sneak up on anyone next year. Iowa was 2-7 in games decided by four-points or less, and all seven of those losses came in Big Ten play. Two were against Michigan State, one each against Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Purdue and Nebraska. Of those six teams, the first four made the NCAA tournament and one of the losses to MSU was a Ted Valentine special. Iowa returns all its players save Eric May and this team may be ranked to start the year. Go with it.
TOP 10 UNDER FRY: Pat Harty follows up his column last week about his Top Ten Ferentz era players with his top 10 Hayden Fry players. I just saw the headline and am linking it here but want to add my own comments before I read it since I began following Iowa football in 1981 as a ten year old so I recall all of the great Fry era players. If I were to make a list, my Top 10 would likely come from this list in no particular order:
Tim Dwight
Chuck Long
Ronnie Harmon
Larry Station
Andre Tippett
Marv Cook
Sedrick Shaw
Reggie Roby
Chuck Hartlieb
Jared Devries
Leroy Smith
I sort of stopped at 10 and then remembered Leroy Smith's 1991 season where he recorded 18 sacks for a 10 win team. I stopped typing here and then I read Pat's list and was a bit surprised to see that we had 9 of the 10 same names. He had Smith listed 11th on his list and had Dave Haight in his Top 10. What's yours look like?
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