So, there’s the tweet. Kirk Bohls has covered Texas for the Austin American-Statesman for several years. He tweeted that Greg Davis, who served as the Longhorns’ offensive coordinator for 12 seasons before resigning in 2010, has accepted the offensive coordinator position at Iowa. Officially from the University of Iowa, coach Kirk Ferentz is on [...]

  Here’s the list as far as I know. Remember walk-ons are a little different. Iowa can’t announce they’re on the team because nothing is signed. Preferred walk-ons are allowed to practice during August camp. The regular sort of walk-on isn’t allowed to practice until school begins (last week of August this year?). Jalen Chambers [...]

  By any measure, Cameron Wilson is a good get. He had 14 offers, including West Virginia, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Purdue and Illinois. BC and Illinois were the other two finalists. No, Ohio State didn’t offer the Ohio native. The 6-1, 195-pounder picked the Hawkeyes in June and didn’t look back. “Certain schools made me feel more [...]

  Ryan Ward’s commitment might end up being the most meaningful for the 2012 class. Iowa beat several direct competitors (Michigan State, Northwestern) to get the 6-5, 275-pounder from Providence Catholic (New Lenox, Ill.), a school that also produced Iowa all-American OL Eric Steinbach. Northwestern had an in, too, with Ward’s brother, Patrick, has started 26 [...]

  DOE-mahn-tis VINS-koos koo-CHAR-uh. That’s what will appear in the pronunciation guide for the next four or five years at Iowa. This one might give radio guys around the Big Ten a stroke. Daumantas Venckus-Cucchiara is a 6-4, 220-pound defensive end from Cypress Bay, Fla. He’s already made ESPN.com’s Big Ten recruiting all-name team. So, [...]

  The Hawkeyes picked up a pair of commitments from Detroit’s Cass Tech High School — safety Ruben Lile and linebacker Laron Taylor. Cass Tech won the school’s first Division I state championship with a landslide 49-13 victory over Detroit Catholic Central. Cass Tech was just the second team from the Detroit Public School League to [...]

  Winter hit Iowa just as the new junior-college quarterback and former Fighting Artichoke landed in Iowa City in mid-January. But it’s OK, Cody Sokol was born in Des Moines and lived there through elementary school. Plus, he’s signed his national letter of intent and will begin his career with the Hawkeyes this semester, so [...]

  Tevaun Smith attended Chaminade College High School in Toronto before attending Kent, a prep school, last season hoping to gain more attention from FBS schools. It worked. Smith, 6-0, 185 pounds, picked the Hawkeyes over Connecticut and Temple. He’s also the second player in the 2012 class with origins in Canada. Defensive lineman Faith Ekakitie also [...]

The “On Iowa” podcast with Marc Morehouse and Scott Dochterman discusses the football program’s new coaching hires of Brian Ferentz and LeVar Woods and hits on Matt Gatens’ 30-point performance in a basketball win against Indiana. To submit a Twitter question, use the hashtag #oniowapod To listen to this podcast, click on the below icon [...]

  Iowa wasn’t in the market for a junior college offensive lineman. Eric Simmons just completed his freshman season at Iowa Western Community College, so he was sort of on the market but not totally. Iowa assistant coach Reese Morgan offered a scholarship in December, Simmons accepted and signed and is now on the UI campus. “I [...]