Published on: 28th October, 2010
After losing to Wisconsin by the slimmest of margins, the No. 18 Iowa Hawkeyes have assumed a quieter position in the Big Ten.Iowa's loss to the Badgers crushed their hopes for a national championship run from the No. 15 spot in the BCS standings. The Hawkeyes no longer control their ...Published on: 29th September, 2010
Iowa isn't used to playing Penn State as a favorite, but that's how the stage will be set when the Nittany Lions come to Iowa City Saturday night when the Hawkeyes will go for their third-straight victory over Penn State. This year a win for the Hawkeyes would mean they took ...Published on: 21st September, 2010
Head coach Kirk Ferentz was not pleased with the Iowa Hawkeyes' special team effort Saturday night."Our special teams play was terrible," Ferentz told the ESPN reporter at the end of the second quarter. "We'll go into the locker room and talk about how we can play better in the last ...Published on: 20th September, 2010
Expectations can be a heavy burden. The Iowa Hawkeyes collapsed under the weight in their 34-27 loss to the Arizona Wildcats Saturday. Down a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, in a situation that brought back hopeful reminders of last season, the Iowa Hawkeyes failed to live up to expectations after ...Published on: 3rd September, 2010
In terms of expectations laid out for the Iowa Hawkeyes football team, this is undoubtedly one of the most enormous seasons in the university's history. Iowa is ranked in the top 10 by the AP (9th), USA Today's Coaches Poll (10th), and Lindy's Sports' preseason poll (10th). As if those rankings ...Published on: 22nd March, 2010
Cliches are often unavoidable in sports, so forgive me. The Iowa Hawkeyes are no different from many other teams, as they will be dealing with the old "too many guys for one spot" problem. This fall, it's the running back position that has people wondering who the starter will be in ...Published on: 11th March, 2010
If the Iowa Hawkeyes are to live up to the increasing expectations for 2010, the offensive line needs to mature quickly. Iowa features only sophomore left tackle Riley Reiff and senior right guard Julian Vandervelde returning with experience. Reiff started in 11 of the Hawkeyes' 13 games and Vandervelde started in nine, ...Published on: 8th March, 2010
Tanner Miller's recruitment ride started out slow. The 6'2", 200-pound basketball, track, and football athlete out of Mid Prairie High School (Wellman, Iowa) was holding on to preferred walk-on offers from Iowa State and Nebraska, an 80-percent scholarship offer from Northern Iowa, and full ride offers from South Dakota and South ...Published on: 19th February, 2010
James Morris' passion for sports extends beyond the gridiron. Though he'll lend the University of Iowa his linebacking skills for the next four years, Morris has made a statement in this year's Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament as well. While Morris may have had a tad more success on the football field, ...Published on: 8th January, 2010
Most recruiting services have written off the Iowa Hawkeyes as a possible choice for the nation's top prospect, offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson. Henderson, a five-star prep out of Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul, Minnesota), has drawn interest from many schools, including Iowa. Lately, however, talk of the 6-foot-8, 300-pound monster landing in ...