PEOSTA — Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz remains committed to an open competition at quarterback, nearly one month after spring practice concluded. Ferentz, who talked to The Gazette before speaking Tuesday at an I-Club banquet at Thunder Hills Country Club, said red-shirt sophomore Jake Rudock has a slight advantage over junior Cody Sokol and red-shirt freshman [...]
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University of Iowa’s Mike Evans possesses brains and brawn. The Hawkeyes’ 174-pound sophomore added an honor for his work in the classroom to his sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships in March. Evans was named to the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division I All-Academic Team, according to a news release from the UI sports information [...]
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Kurt Backes faced a dilemma that led to a tough decision, but it was one he said he had to make. Backes confirmed Tuesday that he will be leaving his position as volunteer assistant after three seasons with the University of Iowa wrestling program to pursue another career option. His last day on staff is May [...]
continue »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 [...]
continue »Iowa associate head wrestling coach Terry Brands is on this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast to talk about the progress wrestling has made in trying to get reinstated for the 2020 Summer Olympics when the International Olympic Committee votes in September. Brands has a long, continuing involvement with international wrestling. He talks about recent rule-changes FILA, [...]
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There is no correlation between assistant coaches salaries and where your team sits in the Big Ten pecking order. It just kind of works out that way. I’d lean to the fact that there are schools that have money and there are schools that don’t have as much money. Ohio State and Michigan are the [...]
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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 [...]
continue »Nebraska beat Northern Iowa 4-0 in the NCAA softball regional tournament on Friday. The Panthers play Tulsa Saturday in an elimination game.
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FORT DODGE — The I-Club annual spring banquet tour made a stop in Webster County Thursday night. Here is audio from Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery. Here is audio from Iowa assistant football coach Brian Ferentz. Here is audio from Hawkeyes head wrestling coach Tom Brands. “We’re going Star Trek!” Brands said. You’ll see [...]
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