Mike Hlas

I so don’t want this final Gazette column to be maudlin. There may be no way around it since there’s a lot of thanking to do. Starting with …

Iowa closes regular-season in good, familiar style, staying ahead of the Huskers and with a 6-3 Big Ten record.

A closer look at Iowa’s 40-16 win over Nebraska Friday at Memorial Stadium

Isaia Howard had season-high 19 points capped with late flurry to lead Hawkeyes to seventh win in as many games.

When Nebraska began Big Ten football play in 2011, the conference let the Huskers keep their annual Black Friday date and substituted Iowa for Colorado as their opponent.

Hawkeyes go for Acrisure Classic title against the Antelopes of Phoenix

Hawkeyes get 29 points from Bennett Stirtz, will play at 8:30 p.m. (CT) Wednesday against Utah or Grand Canyon in Palm Springs.

Away, we’re bound away, cross the wide Missouri.

It’s a clash of 5-0 clubs in Palm Springs, Calif., and both have senior point guards who are leading them.

Wetjen was more of his All-America self than ever in Iowa’s 20-17 comeback win over Michigan State, returning three punts for 40-plus yards and giving the Hawkeyes a fourth-quarter jolt of electricity.

Just get the final score, and move along. Enjoy the guaranteed winning season, exhale with relief over the Seniors Day ignominy that barely was dodged, look forward to the Black Friday game at Nebraska.

The journey really does matter more than the destination, and the people are more important than the scoreboard.

Iowa earned its fifth-straight men’s basketball win of 19 or more points with its 93-54 victory over Chicago State Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The 1984 Cherry Bowl MVP will be Iowa’s defensive coordinator in a better bowl this year.

This is the last game before things get serious for the Hawkeyes in a hurry and they begin what could be five straight games against high-major opponents.