I’m not sure if you’re serious or not about your first point. As for the second point = all home games benefit the sports programs of both schools.

Marc, you jest, yet in reality IT WILL HAPPEN in the next year. Just keep watching ESPN – betcha it’s on by next summer. It’ll start in Texas (the origin of 7-on-7, mostly by Drew Tate’s stepdad Dick Olin) and then move to California and come back to the east in Georgia and finish in [...]

Easy answer Joe: ISU is Iowa’s “premier” non-conference game.

Max: When was the program “rebuilt” the second time? That season and half (2nd half of ’08, all of ’09) doesn’t strike me as a rebuilt program considering that it’s been far downhill since then – it almost looks like a hiccup (of success) if you go back to 2005. For all those that blame [...]

ISU isn’t a premier game, though there’s some passion by some of the Iowa base towards the game (all of ISU’s base if for it). I’d rather replace them with someone else from a major conference that will do a home and home. The only way to keep ISU is if they don’t insist on [...]

I’m aware of all of it Paul. Not all Texans wear cowboy boots and hats and ride horses either; not all Iowans wear fertilizer/seed/John Deere caps with overalls with straw in their mouths. Just having a little fun….but be careful about the Auburn boast. Still a lot of new smoke coming out about Chizik’s reign [...]

Wow, I had no idea that so many Alabamians knew how to use computers – I thought they were just getting the hang of using cordless telephones to call sports talk radio shows!

That’s right – let’s just execute at a high rate of success and then we’ll get a night game!

OK, so who was his favorite coach to work for and why?

This isn’t really a big deal. If Iowa stays after it and continues to improve, it will be just a matter of time before we’re able to catch Indiana, Purdue and maybe even Northwestern in the standings AND in terms of getting at least one night game. After all, it’s not a matter of schemes, [...]

Mike: I appreciate your response. I understand that perhaps some may feel offended by my comments (players, coaches, etc.), but that’s not the point of my statements. To be more specific, I fully understand that all games are important to Iowa players. However, under Fry, the ISU game was given more than the standard level [...]

I don’t care if the football series continues or not. The more people I talk to and more stories I read seem to indicate that the excitement for continuing the series is clearly rooted in Ames and NOT the hearts of Hawkeye fans/players/coaches. Say what you want, but Ferentz’s mantra since he got here was [...]

Todd:

(gulp) We agree on pretty everything you wrote save the slow-play penalty. (looking for lighting)

Max, you must not know that they key success is not about scheme, players’ abilities, opponents schemes/players or anything like that: it’s just about execution. According to some, it doesn’t matter what the opponent is doing, if Iowa (or any team) simply executes its own plan then nothing else matters and victory will ensue. Who [...]

Quick question for consideration: Had gold had the popularity and TV coverage back in the 50′s until today, how many players would have been disqualified over a situation like this one? How many times would have Hogan, Palmer, Nicklaus, Trevino, Rodriguez, etc. been penalized and/or disqualified? Were they ALWAYS “above it all” in all the [...]

First of all, it’s preseason and unlike college football and the BCS points, these polls don’t matter none. Secondly, Seth Davis is a longtime Alfordian-loving “journalist” that has propped him up throughout his coaching career – always blaming the school/facilities/administration/football school for the Golden Boy’s shortcomings. He’s been strangely silent about Alford ever since the [...]

Something I never thought I’d hear an Iowa coach say about playing TE at Iowa: “hard to the position in such a small box”.

Really, really, REALLY hope that Uthoff can be that outside shooter that the Hawks need SO badly = especially when they go into their second-half scoreless ruts. A three here or there does wonders to maintain confidence levels – not to mention a guy that can drive and get to the line. Between him, Jok [...]

It’s not a matter of effort, which I’ve never had an issue with regarding Morris. It’s production – which can’t all be blamed on the DL. I appreciate his dedication to film study and everything, but for all the time he’s been on the field he stills seems to be out of position more than [...]

(Scared to comment.) I agree with you again Todd. (Now petrified.)