Recent content by hawk2012

Rob is a reporter. He is not a guardian of the Hawkeyes. I would never want a press core like at Nebraska. Blaming the press for these issues is sad. This forum mocked Penn State relentlessly for its denialism after its scandal. While the issues here obviously aren’t nearly equivalent, it’s...

Butler punching out the ball and recovering the fumble was probably the best play of the game. It was worth 7 points. Butler has picked up some key first downs this year. He has also got stopped behind the LOS a few too many times. He does seem hesitant at times, like Jon Miller has noted...

I think this was a pretty solid analysis. Moss was already a starter and solidified it. Bohannon is in no risk of losing his job. Cook and Baer seemed to play well enough; they are both starters as well. Garza played the best and had the most to gain, i.e., the fifth position in the starting...

Your wife will lose the movies. And Vue will not have a replacement. You want a library of streaming movies you need Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBO, Starz, something like that. Vue is for TV, not an on demand streaming service. There is some on demand content, but its more tv. Personally, the...

Actually, if you're talking about the last shot, that was a 2. He dribbled in and shot an 18 footer. So it would have just sent the game to overtime as opposed to the Hawks losing.

But only 1 NCAA tournament game. Fran has doubled his total there.

ISU is not as good this year as last year. They are definitely having a dropoff. They just haven't fallen off a cliff like Iowa. But it doesn't mean they won't They are starting 4 seniors this year. We started 4 seniors last year. They will likely have the same issues next year that we had...

This just isn't true. Fran has aggressively offered high level players since he got here. As you would expect, we usually lose those battles. But we have won a few, most notably with Woodbury, Cook, and Garza. Fran was able to get Cook and Garza because he offered before anyone else and...

No, Fran doesn't get a free pass because he followed Lickliter. But he does get a free pass for the first two or three years after he arrived. We should have made it in his third year if not for terrible officiating against MSU. So when you say we've only had made the NCAA tournament 3...

The turnaround in recruiting that Fran has accomplished in amazing. Iowa was really in the doldrums recruiting wise under Lickliter. Fran has done everything right. First, he has locked down top the in-state talent: Woodbury, Jok, Uthoff, Gessel (close enough), McCaffrey brothers (this one...

On another site, someone is saying that Wagner started not Jones. It appears Jones (not Wagner) passes it to CW before he dunks on the video that was posted. So unless Jones immediately subbed in for Wagner, I tend to believe that it was Jones. If true, hopefully that means he is healthy...

I don't see the need for a complete staff overhaul. Our defense has been good enough this year to win most games. It is the offense that is sputtering. There have more injuries on that side of the ball, which have hurt. But I certainly don't think Phil Parker deserves to lose his job. And I...

Fran has a good eye for talent. He constantly offers players early that later blow up like Luke Garza, Tyler Ullis, and Tyler Cook. Sometimes we win those battles and sometimes we do not. We've had a lot of good 3* in the past few years: Aaron White, Dev Marble, Gabe Oleseni, Peter Jok...

I would think that Fran plans to pay for Connor's education if necessary and have him walk-on. I'm guessing being able to sign another 4-star prospect is worth a lot more to him than $20,000 or whatever in-station tuition and room and board costs at Iowa. In fact, signing another 4-star...

I'm not saying it's impossible Jones moves on, however, why bother to apply for a sixth year unless the plan is to use it? I guess it could depend on what type of role he has this season. If he's a role player, maybe he will want to move on to other things or even do a graduate transfer to a...