 Scott DochtermanI'm originally from Burlington, and I'm a 1997 Western Illinois University graduate. I've worked in Burlington, Muscatine, Fort Dodge and St. Joseph, Mo., before coming to The Gazette in 2006 with my wife, Meredith, and our two children. I enjoy sports, politics and history.At The Gazette, I cover Iowa men’s basketball, Iowa's athletics department and assist with Iowa football. |
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Jarrod Uthoff still weighing options, considering Iowa
CEDAR RAPIDS — Jarrod Uthoff plans to visit two more colleges in the coming weeks, but the Cedar Rapids Jefferson graduate said Wednesday he hopes to make a decision fairly soon. Uthoff, a 6-foot-8 forward who red-shirted last season, left the Wisconsin basketball program in April and has made visits to Creighton and Iowa State. He [...]
SEC-Big 12 bowl game breaths new life into plus-one
Last week’s announcement of a Big 12-SEC “Champions” bowl game means the plus-one postseason system has risen from the ash heap of college football history. It also could render all four-team playoff talk moot by next month. The SEC and Big 12 agreed to place their champions/runners-ups in a bowl game after teams are selected [...]
Podcast: ‘On Iowa’ debates college football’s future with Mike Hlas
The “On Iowa” podcast with Marc Morehouse and Scott Dochterman breaks down the intense debate surrounding college football’s postseason, the current bowl structure and the potential for additional conference realignment with Gazette columnist Mike Hlas. We also answer your Twitter questions. To listen to this podcast, click on the side or below icon or download [...]
Illinois, Penn State rotate back on Iowa football schedule in 2015-16 (with full schedules)
Iowa and Illinois will reignite their border football rivalry in 2015-16, ending a six-year hiatus that began in 2009. The schools rotate back on to one another’s football schedule those seasons, which was released by the Big Ten this morning. Iowa also will play Penn State in 2015-16, while longtime rival Wisconsin and Ohio State [...]
Big Ten baseball coaches frustrated, seek changes to college baseball
CHICAGO — With a road schedule reminiscent of a trucking agency, the Purdue college baseball program has become a national aberration. In a sport where the best schools rarely leave home outside of conference play, the Big Ten champion Boilermakers rank No. 9 nationally despite playing their first 20 games on the road. Poor early-season [...]
Jim Delany: Big Ten not ‘active’ in expansion but monitoring college landscape
CHICAGO — Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said his league is “constantly aware” of recent realignment developments sweeping college athletics. “We continue to look at it, but we’re very comfortable with where we are,” Delany said at the Big Ten spring meetings. “There’s another reality that since we expanded to 12 and decided to not [...]
Big Ten wants bowls to change ticket distribution
CHICAGO — Fan bases at Iowa and Nebraska are known nationally to take over bowl sites and the turn the stadium into a pseudo-home environment for their football teams. Yet each school’s athletics department sold around half of its bowl ticket allotment last year, costing both the school and Big Ten significant revenue. Iowa was required [...]
Videos: Jim Delany’s opening statement, discusses uproar over Alabama comments
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany spoke for 34 minutes on Tuesday about the revamping of the bowl system, which includes a playoff structure. There were plenty of interesting anecdotes and few decisions but Delany confirmed the league is open to conference champions and at-large teams in a four-team event. Here’s what Delany said about the [...]
Podcast: ‘On Iowa’ talks college football playoff at B1G meetings
The “On Iowa” podcast with Marc Morehouse and Scott Dochterman talks about the revamped college football postseason at the Big Ten meetings in Chicago. We also answer your Twitter questions To listen to this podcast, click on side or below icon or download it at iTunes [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
