I really want to be postive, but I am having a hard time. As stated above, our defense returns 9 starters, and that is good, but the unit has to improve to be truly good. We are currently 45th in total defense (42 against Pass, 64 against the run). My main concern on the defense [...]

I would like to agree that Iowa has hit bottom this year, but I don’t think that is remotely true. This is a terrible football team, with very limited talent, being directed by a very incompetent coaching staff. Go look at the 2013 schedule, and identify for me the games we will win, particularly in [...]

Mike, I agree, I want to hope. But here is the problem. We are the worst team in the Big Ten, and we play a much toughter schedule next year with Ohio State and Wisconsin replacing Indiana and Penn State. Also, ISU is on the road. Even if we improve a lot, we will still [...]

I think what really should concern all Iowa fans is that we are not buliding towards anything. I listened to the post game interview with James VandenBerg, and it was pathetic. James said, “We are always build towards the next championship”. Really? This is a pathetic team and there is nothing positive relative to the [...]

I think what really should concern all Iowa fans is that we are not buliding towards anything. I listened to the post game interview with James VandenBerg, and it was pathetic. James said, “We are always build towards the next championship”. Really? This is a pathetic team and there is nothing positive relative to the [...]

Your comment is awaiting moderation. Now that we officially have the bowl possibility removed, let’s focus on next year. We obviously have very limited talent on the field. I think it is also very reasonable to assume we have less then nothing at QB. We also won’t get the benefit of practicing for a bowl [...]

Now that we officially have the bowl possibility removed, let’s focus on next year. We obviously have very limited talent on the field. I think it is also very reasonable to assume we have less then nothing at QB. We also won’t get the benefit of practicing for a bowl like our opponents from next [...]

Mike, I don’t even understand why you would write this article. Who cares how many close games we have lost? The reality is that Iowa is 27-27 in the Big Ten over the last 7 seasons. After we lose to Michigan and Nebraska, we will be 27-29. We had 2 seasons in those 7 that [...]

Sorry, in my last post I said “list price for season tickets. That is not correct. It should be “the listed price” per game, which to be honest with you, I am not sure how “the listed price” is calculated. Read the ESPN article for clarity.

The price rankings come diectly from an ESPN article on the most expensive games in NCAA FBS. Here is the link. It is based on list price for season tickets.
http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/dollars/post/_/id/984/the-most-expensive-college-football-games

Obviously this is a very poor team in all aspects, and I have read a few comments that say we have “hit bottom”. We will see about that, but let’s look at the bigger picture. From 2006-2012 (7 years), we are currently 27-27 in Big Ten play. So if things go to form, we will [...]

Praise be that we don’t have to play Ohio State this year. I am starting to have flashbacks to the 1970s. Back to the Cummings era and beyond!!!

I am a Hawk season ticket holder in Omaha, and I would not consider selling my tickets to Husker fans, but I definitely can understand those who would. This is a program that is on a down bound train. We don’t have the athletes to be relevant at the FBS level, that is obvious. But [...]

There are so many things wrong here, but Kirk Ferentz has to be accountable. It is clear that we do not have the players to be relevant at the FBS level. That is ths coaches fault. But let’s be honest, that is the least of the woes of our coaching staff. We clearly don’t know [...]

It certainly does not help me to know that Iowa is a bad team in a bad conference. The defense was certainly opportunistic on Saturday, but I think we have to be honest with ourselves. We could have easily have been looking at a 35-6 ISU win. I thnk Lee Barfknect in his Omaha World [...]

I definitely agree that the interview with Bo on Mike and Mike is pathetic. He is all over the place with his justification, and it is hard to clearly sort out the issue from his rambling. The fact is that this could have/should have been very straight forward. It is clear that Jarrod either: 1) [...]

It is not fair or accurate to describe Iowa’s defensive woes only in terms of effort. This is a team that is not fundamentally sound on defense. They are not good “on ball” defenders. They are not sure where they should be from a positioning point of view. They don’t react well to help and [...]

This is unreal. This team is so bad defensively, it is embarrassing. They simply can’t stop anything, and they can’t rebound. I just wonder what they work on in practice, because it can’t be the fundamentals of defense.

This is really disappointing. You want to start believing that Iowa can get this turned around, but we are so bad defensively and on the boards. We can’t stop any level of dribble penetration and we can’t guard on the perimeter. People will see that Richardson shot the ball well for the Huskers, but it [...]

Mike, I would like to keep hope, but watching that first half as a Hawk fan was really difficult. We continue to be so poor fundamentally, particularly on the defensive end, that it is hard to see how we will compete when we get to the Big Ten. You can’t avoid/stop big runs by other [...]