I think Rudock does end up starting. But, I hope — unlike last year — Kirk keeps an open mind about things. Rudock’s arm is not dynamic and he appeared to be the least rushed of the three and this skewed things considerably for me. He’s the worst athlete of the three to me. Beathard [...]

He’s a great kid and a great representative of the state and the school. But, if you look closely at his numbers — even excluding last year — his production is against terrible teams. The second half of his junior season he was, with the exception of the Purdue game, the player you saw last [...]

They actually did a study on this. In states where people read for pleasure they are less likely to attend a college football spring game. In all seriousness, attending a spring game is great as long as you have absolutely nothing better to do. And by absolutely nothing better to do, I mean, of [...]

When I was kid everyone wanted to play at Pete Pedoni’s house. I mean everyone.

Why? Because his mom and dad were cool.

Get my drift.

I think Brian misses the point, to a certain degree. I don’t think the issue is whether or not Kirk has a Twitter account or an iPad. This is more about Kirk understanding and accepting the generational shift that has occurred recently, with which his players value forms of communication that he does not. As [...]

People like Nick Faldo and those who think the best possible result would be for Tiger to withdraw are from the dark ages of golf. And, it is worth mentioning that in the dark ages of golf players did not know all the rules and when they broke them if their playing partner didn’t know [...]

Mike, Iowans are not a revengeful sort. Never have been. Even though the two coaches prior to Fran systematically dismantled a basketball program that had years of reliable, almost automatic basketball success built-up, each in his own distinctive way and have each experienced a bit of hardship since leaving, I would not go so far [...]

The problems on offense last year, to me, came out of Ferentz and his inability to forego his run first mindset. If you track the offense from game 1 to the end, you will see that outside of 3/4 of the first game, the offense looked very much like a base of the pro set [...]

Cal, I was mocking the comments made above by Tom Izzo, who basically said Iowa had little to do with the play of his team. I know it is coach-speak, but save it for the team Tom. A fan knows better. MSU played as they did because of the opposition, and that was the case [...]

I guess they didn’t show up in the first half in Iowa City either. They’re so good they just decide when they will be bad, and the other team never has anything to do with it. Must be nice.

Fran forgot about interior defense once the 10 min. mark of the second half came. He went for offense, which is a mirage on this team. That he staples Woodbury to the bench, especially in this one, is beyond me. I love his rotation until that 10 min. mark. From that moment on, he went [...]

Why does Fran pull Woody with 10 mins to play and allow MSU to feel like they can go haywire inside, which they did on about 5 tips and a couple of lobs. I love Fran but going with McCabe there was a flop. I think Fran kind of blinked tonight. Woody was awesome and [...]

Subjectivity and being an official/referee is part of the game. Holding is the biggest subjectivity call in all of sports. Line up 20 officials to view the same block and half will call it a hold, and half will not. This trying to decapitate players who are clearly not in a hitting position has to [...]

I know it is fashionable to say that fans today are more overzealous than in the past but I am not sure. For example, that non-call last night was the second worst call I have seen reported on this year in college basketball (Arizona v. Colorado replay review being the worst). That non-call went against [...]

When I was at Iowa (many years ago…Hayden era) we had guys from California, Texas, Colorado, NJ/NY, Penn, and of course throughout the Midwest. Recruiting was different then though. Generationally speaking, I find going to school far away is less and less likely with young people today. I don’t know if it is because they [...]

The commitment to Oglesby is a function of roster. There just isn’t much depth at guard, but having said that I think Fran’s also saying he provides fewer mistakes than might come out of playing Ingram more. Next year, for all those dying to see less of him, you will likely get your wish when [...]

Basabe is being underutilized. He just is.

This teams is missing a playmaking point guard, but so are a lot of teams. Clemmons is a year away right now from that. THey also lack leadership. When you lose in your own building with the game right there (now Indiana and MSU) you have to have someone put the team on their shoulders [...]

He’s weighing two offers. One to become the EMU offensive coordinator and another to be a WR coach in the NFL. Sounds like he is going to be the OC to me. I read he might have interviewed with Tampa Bay Bucs for the WR coach job. They just lost PJ Fleck to become head [...]

Honestly? Terrible loss.