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I work with a guy who's a Kentucky grad. I asked him his take on this today. He said in Kentucky, if a player wasn't playing well, the announcers wouldn't rip the player in a commercial break; they'd do it right on the air.

This certainly looks to be the biggest I can remember. The 1985 game against Michigan was pretty big in that Iowa was ranked #1 and Michigan was #2, and it was won at the end in dramatic fashion. Still, that was mid season. The 1981 game against Michigan State was big as it put them in the Rose...

Oklahoma certainly punched their ticket tonight. It's a great story, and it's interesting how much their story this year mirrors Iowa's. They had a coach hired the same year that Kirk was; after a disappointing year where they went 8-5 and the fan-base questioned whether Stoops could still be...

I like Pitt. Football-wise, they're kinda the ACC version of Iowa. Outstanding academics; world renowned medical school, research university, etc. Usually a solid team that goes to bowl games most years and has had great success, albeit not in recent years. I'd rather see them (and Notre Dame)...

UNI has some big shoes to fill. They're still trying to figure things out. I expect them to be a much better team at the end of the year. Iowa State's passing game was impressive, however, and I think Richardson has improved greatly in the last year now that Mangino has had a year to implement...

I remember it well. It set the stage for Bobby's "Season on the Brink," which John Feinstein wrote about. Not even 6 months before that, Bobby had coached Team USA to Olympic gold (back when we still used college players instead of pros) This, along with his national championship in 1981 had him...

It is difficult to win in Iowa for any school. There is not, nor has been that much football talent in the State of Iowa. Trivia question: How many native born Iowans are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame? Answer: Zero. When Kurt Warner gets in (and he should) he will be the first, and he didn't...

That's basketball.... Oops. Too soon?

Johnny has a long history with the state of Iowa. In his brief time in the NBA, he played for the Waterloo Hawks. One of his first coaching jobs he ever had was in Dubuque at Dubuque Senior. He actually applied for the job at the University of Iowa and interviewed for it in 1958 but didn't get...

Nebby loses at UCLA. Looks like the B1G will go 0-3 against the Pac 12 today....

I get that. The thing is, it happened halfway through the 2nd half after they were already down by 18. Maybe he should have used this coaching technique earlier? But then again, given the final score and the fact that they lost by 34, maybe this coaching technique had the opposite effect than...

If he's getting a T and slamming a chair and getting in players faces, showing a lot of emotion, and being animated, it can be looked at in one of two ways depending on the context. If he's trying to get his players fired up, and is screaming at the officials on the player's behalf, and has the...

I think that this Iowa team on any given day can play with anyone. However, on any given day, they can also lose to anyone. I'm going to probably go against the grain here, but I think Iowa wins this one. The defense will need to be better than they've been since the Michigan game. The...

In my opinion, I think Ferentz is gone. This is too good of a fit, for both him and the Chiefs. However, I think that if he doesn't take this job, he'll never go to the NFL at all, and probably retire in Iowa.

Been a UNI Panther fan since I went there. That being said, I'll root for all of the Iowa schools as it's easy to do; they play in different conferences. And, the smart fans of Iowa or Iowa State, or UNI would want the other schools to be good as it helps them indirectly with strength of...