IOWA CITY — Urban Meyer arrived at Ohio State 14 months ago with a national title pedigree and a penchant for recruiting excellence. As expected, the two-time national championship coach has shook up the Big Ten’s football culture, and the league’s recruiting costs have skyrocketed. Meyer has turned the Buckeyes from a regional powerhouse into [...]
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CHICAGO — Ohio State’s goals usually start and end with championships. From 2005 through 2010, the Buckeyes hoisted a Big Ten championship trophy at the end of a football season. Last year that trend ended in infamy. Ohio State, the Big Ten’s gold standard of football excellence, was taken down by the NCAA. Players received tattoos [...]
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Per the Associated Press: COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State has hired Iowa State assistant Tom Herman as its new quarterbacks coach under Urban Meyer. Athletic director Gene Smith confirmed the hiring this morning. The 35-year-old Herman has served as Iowa State’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach the past two seasons. Herman favors a spread attack, [...]
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Ten Big Ten schools will compete in postseason bowl games this year, a first in league history. The league gained two Bowl Championship Series selections for 10th time in 14 seasons. No. 9 Wisconsin (11-2), which beat Michigan State 42-39 to win the inaugural league title game, advances to the Rose Bowl for the second [...]
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IOWA CITY — Iowa and Iowa State remain in play for a potential Insight Bowl berth and potentially could play one another in the game, an Insight Bowl official said Tuesday. Kristen Pflipsen, director of public relations for both the Insight and Fiesta bowls, said she has received feedback from fans from both teams touting [...]
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“Houston means that I’m one day closer to you.” — Larry Gatlin The Gator Bowl must have something deep against the Iowa Hawkeyes. Maybe it was the intense cold that traveled with Iowa back in 1983 when the Hawkeyes lost 14-6 to Florida. The Gator Bowl plans to jump Iowa with a different Big Ten team yet [...]
continue »A low level, that is. The University of Florida football coach has suspended standout linebacker Brandon Spikes for the first half of the Gators’ game Saturday against Vanderbilt because Spikes intentionally tried to gouge the eyes of a Georgia running back after a tackle in last week’s game. “I don’t condone that,” Meyer said. “I [...]
continue »Ah, don’t you just love Southeastern Conference football? The running feud between Florida head coach Urban Meyer and Tennessee’s Lane Kiffin just got extended Monday when Meyer accused Kiffin and Tennessee of playing not to win but to keep last Saturday’s game close. Florida won, 23-13, but by all accounts was not very impressive. Meyer [...]
continue »POLL QUESTION AT THE END OF THIS POST, VOTE OR FOREVER WITHHOLD YOUR CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT According to Matt Humphrey of the Orlando Sentinel, the best pot-stirrers among college football coaches work in the Southeastern Conference. His top four controversy-inducers are all SEC guys: Steve Spurrier of South Carolina, Lane Kiffin of Tennessee, Mark [...]
continue »Every college football program in America got much better this week. The headlines tell the tales. Cardinal crop is as deep, talented as any in years — San Francisco Chronicle Spartans excited about recruiting class — Detroit Free Press UCLA joins USC among nation’s top recruiting classes — Los Angeles Times Then I read [...]
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