i’ve asked before, but no one has the answer…. the fans will run off a basketball coach that can’t get the program over the hump and into national prominence, but allow a football coach to have so-so seasons, and are perfectly OK with that.

Thanks Zach, you brought up many of the things i would have. 10-2 looks nice on paper, but look at the quality of ‘pre-season’ opponents. It’s not like Iowa has knocked off Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, Louisville, etc in the ‘pre-season’. let’s see how it looks in mid april.

gee todd. i was wondering when you or some other ‘fan’ would circle the wagons around your hero. Rub the stars out of your eyes and come down to Earth and look at this thing we call “reality”.. Why is it when you so-called “true fans” don’t like the mirror held in front of the [...]

Let’s see…..Is there something else the city can do to prevent fires? Sure. It’s called TEARING DOWN the eyesores, clearing the land, thus removing the “fuel” that causes the fires (i.o.w. the decaying lumber). If there is nothing there but an empty lot – then there isn’t much to burn. It has been almost FIVE [...]

Ken: 100% agree. place the individual(s) responsible for the murders of these young girls in general population, and natural selection will run its course.

John: the ‘pro-kill’ crowd argue that having capital punishment either WOULD SERVE as, or IS a deterrent to committing the crime….that the would-be felon might NOT do the crime because he or she didn’t want to face “the drip”. There is just no evidence whatsoever that suggests the ‘fear’ of being put to death has [...]

let them rot. i can’t imagine a WORSE punishment than being in a cell (say even solitary confinement – no one talks or responds to you) for 23 to 23.5 hours a day. Can’t go for a walk, can’t enjoy a sunny day, can’t go to a movie, can’t order take out or delivery, can’t [...]

you would think with that revenue generators, errr, “speed safety cameras”, they’d have more than enough money to buy these things?

“Beating up on bottom feeders doesn’t make him a competitor. It makes him someone who’s doing what he’s supposed to be doing and getting millions for it. If you look at his winning percentage against ranked teams (significantly below .500), Arkansas is getting an average coach at best. ” you can make this argument about [...]

Mike, Mike, Mike….

“…Jay talks about Bret Bielema’s jump from Minnesota to Arkansas, coaches’ contracts….”. I never knew Bret Bielema coached at MINNESOTA!

I hope Jay makes a better ‘wizard’ of odds….

you made me smile

congratulations, but – big whop!

“Ferentz: “I’m comfortable with everything right now.”" – ladies and gentlemen – a new ‘king’ of denial! someone has lost total vision of reality. should we expect Iowa to go no worse than 10-2 each season? i would argue that we SHOULD. TOP FIVE pay in the nation should have TOP FIVE results. period. Look [...]

speaking of comments not making it to the blog…anyone get THIS error when trying to log in with facebook?: Error: Failed to get the Facebook user session. This is usually due to a temporary problem with Facebook’s servers; please try again later. folks, there is no problem with Facebook servers (since i can log in [...]

tax dollars should not be used for this. it would be one thing if Amtrack turned a profit ANYWHERE, but it never has, never will. as for Lake Delhi, tax money should not go there either. If you want a lake to add to your tax base, then the county should sell bonds, and pay [...]

This is getting out of hand. “Storied rivalries” haven’t mattered in years. the B1G would be happy to do away with all of them except Michigan vs Ohio State. After all, the B1G still thinks that is THE only game that matters each year and that winner will be the Rose Bowl Rep…. as for [...]

“Big Ten member-to-be Maryland is 4-44-1 against current Big Ten teams”

you mean we’re getting a team even IOWA might be able to beat? I’m in!

Jim Duh-laney really dropped the ball earlier and figured this was the best we could do. Maryland nad Rutgers. REALLY? Too bad you didn’t throw out he monster bone and offer membership to ND, Texas, and the Oklahoma Schools, then THAT would be something and a conference that would have relevance in college football today. [...]