IOWA CITY — The Big Ten has no current intention to expand beyond 14 schools and geography will play a major role in determining football divisions, Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta told The Gazette. “We’re going to make decisions based on 14 schools,” Barta said. “That’s what we are. And we’re going to base it [...]
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The Big Ten’s realignment process produced one key casualty among the league’s football rivalries: Iowa-Wisconsin. The schools had played 72 of 74 years before the Big Ten added Nebraska as its 12th member for the 2011 school year. When the league split into two divisions based not on geography but competitive equality, the Iowa-Wisconsin rivalry [...]
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U.S. Cellular plans the initial rollout of 4G LTE service in three Iowa markets, including Cedar Rapids, during the first quarter of 2012. The cellular provider has built out a 4G LTE (long-term evolution) network in conjunction with the King Street Wireless partnership, and is testing 4G LTE devices in advance of activating the network, [...]
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(NOTE: This is the ninth chapter in a multi-part series on how the Big Ten Conference divided into two football divisions) CHICAGO — The Big Ten wrapped up its football realignment process on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 over a conference call. The league’s 12 athletic directors and Big Ten officials organized the divisions that [...]
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IOWA CITY — Iowa’s annual rivalry with Wisconsin became one of the most-discussed topics this summer during Big Ten realignment meetings, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said. Nebraska joins the Big Ten in 2011, and league officials chose to divide the league based on competitive equity over a 17-year period rather than split the league geographically like [...]
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ESPN’s College Gameday has become a phenomenon to itself. Fans clamor for ESPN to choose their favorite team’s game that day as a recognition of respect and to validate their perception of their school. Iowa fans are no different. When ESPN chose the Clemson-Auburn game for the three-hour live show last week over Iowa-Arizona in Tucson, [...]
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