By Mike Condon Correspondent CEDAR RAPIDS – The Bloomington Edge lived up to their nickname Friday night. The Edge defense came around the corner early and often, pressuring Cedar Rapids quarterback Kenneth Black Jr. into hurried throws and several sacks. When it was all over, the Edge went back to Bloomington with a 29-13 win [...]
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HIAWATHA — It’s still a long shot, but at 3-7 the Cedar Rapids Titans are in the race for a playoff spot. Cedar Rapids broke a six-game losing streak last Saturday, holding on for a 38-27 win over the Reading Express. And when all the results were in from last week, the Titans found themselves [...]
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By Mike Condon Correspondent CEDAR RAPIDS – It took just two plays for the Cedar Rapids Titans to take control and it took a big play by the defense in the final minute to seal the deal. The Titans scored on the first two snaps of the game, then got a 25-yard fumble return from [...]
continue »HIAWATHA — Kyle Moore-Brown is an indoor football lifer. After a 15-year career in the game, he turned to coaching and has not lost his passion for the sport. Not even a six-game losing streak can dull the enthusiasm of the Cedar Rapids Titans field boss. His team is 2-7 with five games remaining and [...]
continue »By Brian Rippey, Reading Eagle READING, Pa. — The winless Reading Express had allowed more points than any other team in the Indoor Football League. The team had also lost leading receiver Dominque Jones heading into last night’s game against the Cedar Rapids Titans. But the Titans were unable to take advantage. Despite five touchdowns [...]
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By Mike Condon Correspondent HIAWATHA — Corey Bethany saw an opportunity and jumped at it. The new Cedar Rapids Titans’ offensive coordinator hopes the team does the same thing Saturday night when it hits the road for an Indoor Football League game with the Reading Express. A month ago, Bethany was the offensive coordinator for [...]
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By Chad Cooper, community contributor CEDAR RAPIDS — It may be spring but football is in the air. Iowa and Iowa State recently held their final scrimmages of the spring and UNI’s finished drills last night. The Division III college also are wrapping things up. Coe finished its spring practice schedule Tuesday at Clark Field. [...]
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State regents today approved a University of Iowa plan for the $36.6 million phase two of the UI Football Operations Facility. No general university dollars or increased student fees would be used as a revenue source. Construction is scheduled to start in spring 2013, with completion in summer 2014. The building will be immediately [...]
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The Northern Iowa football team spent the spring trying to figure out who will play quarterback once the 2012 season kicks off Sept. 1 at Wisconsin. Picking a starter, however, was not a priority. The Panthers tweaked their offense around the running and gunning Tirrell Rennie the past two years. Now they will build around [...]
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A lot more spring football games were played over the weekend, and we were reminded of something we already knew. Ohio State fans love their football. Urban Meyer’s first spring game at OSU drew 81,112 fans. That’s two-thirds or four-fifths of the population of Cedar Rapids. I’d be more precise, but what am I, [...]
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