Doc's Office by Scott Dochterman

Scott Dochterman
I'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.

Blog Posts

Podcast: ‘On Iowa’ talks B1G schedule, ISU rivalry

The “On Iowa” podcast with Marc Morehouse and Scott Dochterman breaks down all topics from the Big Ten meetings, from the bowl picture and expansion to future football schedules. We also discuss the Iowa-Iowa State football series and Iowa basketball news. To listen to this podcast, click on the below icon, download it at iTunes [...]

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Sioux City East's Adam Woodbury collides with West Des Moines Valley's Peter Jok during the second half of their class 4A quarter final game at Wells Fargo Arena on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. Sioux City East won, 66-60. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)

Iowa hoops boasts All-American

Incoming Iowa freshman Peter Jok was one of 40 players named to the Parade All-American team, which was released on Saturday. Jok, a 6-foot-6 combo guard, led Class 4A in scoring average with a 23.6 points a game at West Des Moines Valley. Jok hit 42 percent from 3-point range and sank 92.6 percent from [...]

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Iowa State Cyclones defensive end Pierre Aka (91) and teammate defensive end David Irving (87) celebrate with the Cy-Hawk trophy following their 9-6 victory over Iowa Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

Iowa makes final Cy-Hawk football payment 5

IOWA CITY — Iowa sent Iowa State a check for $609,775 earlier this year, the final payment under an old provision in the annual Cy-Hawk series. In 2008, the non-conference rivals agreed on a 10-year deal where through 2012, the host school paid the visitor 20 percent of gate receipts after taxes. Beginning in 2013 through [...]

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From left: Iowa's Pat Angerer, Amari Spievey, and Adrian Clayborn take down Wisconsin's John Clay during the second half of their game Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, Oct.  17, 2009, in Madison, Wis. Iowa won, 20-10. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Ghost schedules of Iowa football past

Hawkeyes were slated to open 2011 B1G season at Wisconsin; Nebraska instead took the date

The Big Ten’s seemingly perpetual wheel of expansion has decimated the league’s football scheduling process. The 2011 and 2012 schedules vanished with the addition of Nebraska. Three seasons worth of schedules, two of which were released with great interest last spring, also went up in smoke when the league chose to add Rutgers and Maryland [...]

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Michigan State Coach Mark Dantonio walks the sidelines in the second half of Iowa's 19-16 overtime win at Spartan Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in East Lansing, Mich. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)

Rivalry weekend to end B1G slate in 2014

Big Ten expansion has brought rivalry football back to its final weekend. Each school received a season-ending rivalry assignment for the 2014 league schedule, which was released today by the league office. The schedule was revamped to accommodate newcomers Rutgers and Maryland, who join the Big Ten in 2014. The league also shifted into East [...]

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Iowa’s Barnes lands with Vanderbilt

Iowa football administrative assistant Tyler Barnes has accepted a position with Vanderbilt University, Iowa associate sports information director Matt Weitzel confirmed Wednesday. The Gazette reported on March 6 that Barnes, who is engaged to coach Kirk Ferentz’s daughter Joanne, had been working as an administrative assistant for the football program since January 2012. The Iowa Athletic Department reassigned Barnes [...]

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Indiana AD: Everyone has ‘expansion fatigue’

With videos of Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, Ohio State Athletics Director Gene Smith

CHICAGO — Expansion talk has dulled to a whisper at the Big Ten meetings, a complete flip from the recent past. After adding Nebraska in 2011 and accepting Maryland and Rutgers as new members in 2014, the Big Ten appears content at the moment to stay at 14 members. It’s possible the rest of the [...]

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Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany

B1G meetings: No divisions, 18 games for hoops

CHICAGO — Any changes to the Big Ten’s basketball foundation will be subtle, not forceful, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said Wednesday. “There’s no appetite for regional divisions in basketball,” Delany said. “I think 18 games is about right. I thought this year, as enjoyable as the season was, as competitive it was and as [...]

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Iowa baseball coach Jack Dahm claps after one of Iowa's innings at bat during their game against Western Illinois at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City on Saturday, March 27, 2010.   Iowa won, 10-9. (Julie Koehn/The Gazette)

Iowa AD won’t speculate on baseball coach’s future

CHICAGO — Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta won’t discuss the future of Iowa baseball coach Jack Dahm until the season is completed. Dahm, who is in his 10th season as head coach, has compiled a 232-302 record. He has two winning seasons in his tenure: 31-23 (2007) and 30-28 (2010). “I think my common response, [...]

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Iowa Hawkeye Football History. Iowa's David Hudson (#20, left) maneuvers around Arizona defender Eugene Hardy (#22) during the first quarter in Tucson to help set up a successful field goal attempt. The Hawkeyes edged the Wildcats, 15-14. Iowa finished the 1987 season at 10-3 overall, 6-2 in the Big Ten and defeated Wyoming, 20-19, in the 1987 Holiday Bowl on (12-30-87). Running back Hudson carried the ball 340 times for 1,629 yards and 24 touchdowns in his Hawkeye career from 1985-1988. Note the "ANF" (America Needs Farmers) decal on Hudson's helmet---a Hawkeye football practice since 1985. Photo September 12, 1987.

Source: B1G to send 3rd pick to Holiday

CHICAGO — The Jell-O mold of the Big Ten’s future football lineup is taking formation by the minute. An industry source said the Holiday Bowl and Big Ten are close to finishing a six-year agreement. The bowl will pick second in the Pac-12 and third in the Big Ten after the playoff and access bowls make [...]

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