Iowa Hawkeyes

Ferentz inks new deal

Kirk Ferentz will be at Iowa until 2015, unless he or the university decide he won’t be. Ferentz put his John Hancock on a new 7 year deal last week that will keep paying him $3.02 million/year.
One new wrinkle, gives Ferentz access to private plane transportation for up to 35 hours of personal use [...]


Jewel Hampton a “GO” for 09

The Register is reporting that WHO AM is reporting that Gary Dolphin is reporting that Kirk Ferentz said Jewel Hampton ok to play this year and will not have surgery on his knee.
Gary Dolphin, radio voice for the Hawkeyes, talked to coach Kirk Ferentz on Thursday night and reported this morning that “all parties involved” [...]


Jewel Hampton update….no update

ie. IDEK = “I don’t even know”.


More trouble in Iowa City

Anybody else tired of this?
Iowa defensive end Adrian Clayborn has pled not guilty to a charge of assault causing bodily injury, university officials confirmed today.
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The charge resulted from an incident in January involving Clayborn and an Iowa City taxi driver.
[via the Register.com]


Addition by subtraction

Attitude is everything and since his arrest in December Anthony Tucker seems to have a pretty bad one.
He came off the bench to play against Drake and seemed to have a chip on his shoulder. Coach Lickliter sat Tucker for the next three games and Wednesday he was declared academically ineligible.
This kid is [...]


I believe Stuart Mandel at CNNSi.com is the first

Stuart has taken a crack at projecting College Football’s Top 25 for next year. He has Iowa pulling in at #21.
21. Iowa (9-4)
Who’s back: QB Ricky Stanzi, T Bryan Bulaga, LB Pat Angerer, CB Amari Spievey.
Who’s not: RB Shonn Greene*, G Seth Olsen, DTs Mitch King and Matt Kroul.
Skinny: The upstart Hawkeyes are fairly set [...]


Iowa & ISU should have been 2009 FB Champs

This is pretty amazing.
The College Football Transitive Property can mathematically prove that Iowa and Iowa State should have been crowned Div 1-A Champions for the 2009 college football season.
Iowa

Iowa
beat
South Carolina
on
01/01/2009
by a score of
31-10 (on the road!)

South Carolina
beat
Mississippi
on
10/04/2008
by a score of
31-24 (on the road!)

Mississippi
beat
Florida
on
09/27/2008
by a score of
31-30 (on the road!)

Florida
is the 2009 Div 1-A champion

Iowa [...]


KXNO reporting Ed Podolak to step down today

KXNO radio is reporting that University of Iowa football color analyst Ed Podolak will step down today. Podolak has come under fire after photos of him partying at the Outback Bowl in Tampa were posted on the web.
I am not condoning Eddie’s actions, you have to take responsibility for yourself especially when you have had [...]