 Marc MorehouseHi, I'm Marc Morehouse. I've covered sports for more than 15 years, mostly in Eastern Iowa. I've had Hayden Fry call me "Mike." I've had Chad Greenway call me "Mr." And Kirk Ferentz will occasionally call me "bleep." (Kidding, kidding.)||I have fun with the blog. I’ve made some great connections with a few readers and hope to continue that. Ultimately, I want to know what you want to know.||Thanks for reading. |
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Dallas Clark: Maybe the best story from the Ferentz era
Kirk Ferentz has been head coach for the Hawkeyes for 14 years now. That’s a long time and that’s a lot of great stories. Bob Sanders rings out. Robert Gallery isn’t bad, either. Certainly, Nate Kaeding, Colin Cole and Pat Angerer. I’m not going to go over them all (Abdul Hodge/Chad Greenway). There’s no [...]
Iowa’s future schedules
The Big Ten released football schedules for the 2015-16 seasons today. Here’s the release from Iowa with some thoughts following: 2015-16 BIG TEN FOOTBALL SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED IOWA CITY, IA – The University of Iowa’s Big Ten Conference football schedules have been announced for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Schedules for all 12 league schools [...]
Texas QB picks the Hawkeyes
Score one for Iowa offensive coordinator Greg Davis and his Texas connections. When the former University of Texas OC was hired at Iowa in February, he immediately heard from around 20 Texas prep coaches interested in his new ties. That appears to have helped the Hawkeyes land Corsicana (Texas) Mildred quarterback Nic Shimonek, who [...]
Re-seating coming to Kinnick in 2014
CHICAGO — Don’t get too comfortable in your seat at Kinnick Stadium. Iowa athletics director Gary Barta said Wednesday that Kinnick will once again be re-seated in 2014. The stadium was re-seated after a $90 million renovation project in 2006. Barta said Iowa told fans in ’06 that the process would happen again in [...]
Kickoffs are an endangered species
CHICAGO — The kickoff, as we know it, is in its final days. Since 2010, the NCAA has twice changed kickoff rules in an effort to improve player safety. The NFL has talked about some form of punting with a tighter space between teams as a replacement for the kickoff, which has been proven [...]
Big Ten, Rose Bowl remain in common law marriage, kind of
CHICAGO — The Big Ten’s relationship with the Rose Bowl is “critical.” It’s also “sensitive.” It has “sticking points.” It comes with “value.” As the college football world careens toward a playoff — be it a three-plus one or a two-two, whatever form it takes — the Big Ten’s relationship with the Rose Bowl [...]
Soldier Field tickets on sale for Iowa/NIU
Here are the details for tickets on the Hawkeyes’ game at Soldier Field against Northern Illinois. We might know about TV for this game by the end of the month or the first week of June. It’s a home game for Northern, so the TV rights belong to the Mid-American Conference, which hasn’t announced [...]
Quick lockerroom tours (Iowa’s and the Big Pink)
These videos were taken pretty quickly, so I apologize in advance for the cinéma vérité “Blair Witch Project” feel. (OK, it’s not that bad, but it was kind of quick.) Thought you might enjoy a look inside the lockerrooms, Iowa’s and the visitors’ famous pink lockerrooms, which were introduced by Hayden Fry back in the [...]
Camp Courageous Day: Video/photos/slideshow
Gazette photographer Cliff Jette put in a full day’s work covering the Camp Courageous Day event with Iowa football on Saturday. Here’s a slide show he put together from the day along with some videos I took. Uplifting event all the way around. Cornberback Micah Hyde Center James Ferentz QB James Vandenberg DL Steve [...]
