Clemson, Michigan State, and Pitt All Look to Improve in '09
Sports Page Atlanta — ... Michigan State Spartans: Once you get past the Ohio State Buckeyes, you find a power vacuum in the Big Ten. (Insert your "giant sucking sound" jokes here.) The Penn State Nittany Lions will take a step back from last year, the Iowa Hawkeyes and ...

The Great Debate: The Iowa Hawkeyes
Maize n Brew — ... So, without furhter ado: The Great Debate: The Iowa Hawkeyes 1. Shonn Greene is thankfully gone, but Ricki Stanzi returns... thoughts on the Iowa signal caller? ...

3 Words: Matt Roth
Black Heart Gold Pants — ... Time to dial the Wayback Machine to where the Legend of Matt Roth really took off: this pitch-perfect Kenny Mayne report about the Iowa Hawkeyes, Ben Roethlisberger, and numbers of words. We would apologize for the video quality, but we didin't upload the thing. Therefore, we demand an immediate and sincere apology from Mr. "ICCSnaredrummer," if that even is his real name. ...

Previewin': Iowa
Maize n Brew — ... Maize n' Brew mercilessly drifts through yet another preview; this one long overdue.  Ladies and Gentlemen, the Iowa Hawkeyes. ...

Why the SEC Should Scrap the Outback to Get the Gator Back On Board
Sports Page Atlanta — ... the Outback Bowl (preferably) or the Capital One Bowl (if necessary). Lose the Big Ten tie-ins with which neither league is pleased and get us back into the business of playing teams with which we share some history. Be honest, now. From the standpoint of history and interest, wouldn’t you rather play the Clemson Tigers than the Michigan St. Spartans? Wouldn’t you prefer to take on the North Carolina Tar Heels than the Iowa Hawkeyes? Wouldn’t you derive more enjoyment from beating the N.C. ...

A First Look at Nos. 11 Through 25 on My Preseason BlogPoll Ballot
Sports Page Atlanta — ... BlogPoll ballot every year. I will continue to do so until the drumbeat for ousting me from the poll becomes too noisy to endure. Don’t worry; USM will be gone after Labor Day weekend . . . although, with games upcoming against Central Florida, Virginia, Kansas, and Louisville, they’re not entirely off the radar screen as far as chances to earn some poll love are concerned. Others receiving consideration: Arkansas Razorbacks, Iowa Hawkeyes, and Nebraska Cornhuskers. Teams I ...

Poll Dancing: Coaches Preseason Edition
Rakes Of Mallow — ... 506 18 Oregon St. Beavers 467 19 Missouri Tigers 435 20 Iowa Hawkeyes 317 21 Florida St. Seminoles 246 ...

Alamo Bowl May Be In The Offing
Building The Dam — ... 12 and the No. 4 Big Ten team, and the Alamo Bowl is interested in an upgrade as much as the PAC-10 is. The Alamo bowl is scheduled to move to Jan. 2, after spending the previous 17 seasons on December dates. The change will also give the PAC-10 a second bowl date on or after New Year's Day, another conference goal in elevating their bowl profile. PAC-10 teams won the first two Alamo Bowl games played, in 1993 and 1994. The California Golden Bears destroyed the Iowa Hawkeyes 37-3 in the inaugural game, and the Washington St. ...

Dawg Sports Preseason BlogPoll Ballot Submitted . . . and Submitted for Your Feedback
Sports Page Atlanta — ... I ranked the Iowa Hawkeyes because they appeared to be the dog with the fewest fleas from my "others receiving consideration." ...

BlogPoll Calling: Preseason Top 25 - #15-#25
Roll 'Bama Roll — ... 22. Iowa Hawkeyes - Without Shonn Greene I'm a little nervous on including the Hawkeyes, but 8 of 11 starters are back on defense, ...

BlogPoll Preseason Ballot: Last Call
Rocky Top Talk — ... Golden Bears Virginia Tech Hokies Oklahoma St. Cowboys Oregon Ducks Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Georgia Bulldogs TCU Horned Frogs BYU Cougars Boise St. Broncos North Carolina Tar Heels Florida St. Seminoles Utah Utes Nebraska Cornhuskers Iowa Hawkeyes Oregon St. Beavers Notre ...

Official Dawg Sports Glib and Flippant Conference Championship Forecasts
Sports Page Atlanta — ... have learned how to win again, the Iowa Hawkeyes should field a stout defense, Mark Dantonio has the ...

Week One BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Sports Page Atlanta — ... were never more than a placeholder at No. 25, whereas a weak performance in victory by the Iowa Hawkeyes and weak performances in defeat by the ...

Arizona 34 vs. NAU 17: Quick React
Fanster.com — ... kind of like this) I'm happy with the outcome, disappointed in the way we got there. NAU may turn out to be pretty good in their division, but going in at halftime with a 21-10 lead doesn't make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I'm glad Foles got in and looked sharp and there is no question Grigsby is a monster rushing the ball.  I'll be able to watch this one on All Access and come back with some more details and better grades this week. 2-0. Next up: Iowa Hawkeyes. BOX SCORE ...

Week Three BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Sports Page Atlanta — ... and the Iowa Hawkeyes received consideration for inclusion, and the former’s omission had nothing to do with the fact that I hate Auburn, although I do, in point of fact, hate Auburn. (I hate Auburn. See?) ...

BlogpLOL Week Three: The Aftershock
Black Heart Gold Pants — ... I am unflinchingly strict in my application of the rules -- this poll has taken enough heat that its intellectual foundation must be preserved -- but I had to make one exception this week, because the one 3-0 team whose opponents are otherwise undefeated is the Iowa Hawkeyes.  Their 6-3 strength of schedule, even with the discount for a lower-division opponent, was enough to vault Iowa to #11.  Had they not given up the last-minute garbage score to Arizona (and before you even say it: I know this shows some of the absurdity of using margin of ...

Don't Bet On It!: National Games of Interest
Sports Page Atlanta — ... or, perhaps, party like it’s 1994?) Although the Ducks are playing better football after a disastrous opening leg of the campaign, I doubt whether Chip Kelly will be making any more money-back guarantees this week. Southern California’s stumble opened the door for the Berkeley Bears, who will lend credence to the false notion that any team other than USC is going to win the Pac-10 by registering a Cal victory in Eugene. Iowa Hawkeyes at Penn St. Nittany Lions: I was going to pick ...

Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Penn State By The Numbers
Black Shoe Diaries — ... Penn State Value (Nat'l Rank) Value (Nat'l Rank) Iowa Hawkeyes Advantage ...

BlogpLOL Week Four: Rage Against the Machine
Black Heart Gold Pants — ... Which brings us to the #4 Iowa Hawkeyes.  As I said last week, if we were ignoring victory margin Iowa would almost certainly be the top team in the poll.  They remain the only undefeated team in the country whose opponents are 12-0 against other opposition.  They are one of only two undefeated teams (along with LSU) to have defeated three BCS conference opponents.  They have won two of their four games on the road, including the only road win ever in a Happy Valley whiteout.  If you take out the preseason rankings and look solely ...

It's Not Plagiarism If You Link to It Can't Help That It's Custom Made
Black Heart Gold Pants — ... For the second straight season, the Iowa Hawkeyes have upset Penn State. And for the second straight season, college football fans outside of Iowa City are asking the same question: How? ...

CBS Sports Blogpoll Week 6 Draft Ballot
Tomahawk Nation — ... 2 Miami Hurricanes  I don't see anyone with a more impressive body of work to date, outside Alabama. 3 Iowa Hawkeyes Penn State win is more impressive after Buckeye's thump ...

It's Not Plagiarism If You Link to It Is a Parody Except I'm Not Joking
Maize n Brew — ... UNDER "WORLD'S FATTEST TWINS."   Hey look Iowa's kind of nationally relevent for the first time in years.  It's cute when they get all riled up like that. What the hell is a "hawkeye" anyways?  Do they literally mean "a hawk's eye?"  Because a noun called a "hawkeye" does not exist otherwise.  And finally, because it's still funny even though it bares no relevance to the current Iowa Hawkeyes: via 2.bp.blogspot.com ...

Don't Bet On It!: National Games of Interest
Sports Page Atlanta — ... at Iowa Hawkeyes: Believe it or not, there is no meaningless trinket on the line in this matchup. No one dredged up a mildewed steamer trunk out of the hulk of a sunken vessel raised from the bottom of some riverbed or poured brackish water into a leaky mason jar with a warped lid and called it "John Henry’s Canteen" or tried to pass off a grimy oil lamp with some of the pieces missing and others clumsily glued back on in the wrong places that the Big Ten commissioner bought at a yard sale in Kenosha before being beset by ...

Don't Bet On It!: National Games of Interest
Sports Page Atlanta — ... eye-rollingly reminiscent of an IHOP, Division I-AA Texas Southern (which isn’t the team from "Necessary Roughness"; it’s the team that lost to the team from "Necessary Roughness"), and some guy named Howard. I somehow doubt that 4-1 record is going to hold up against the Panthers. (Obligatory photograph of Rutgers alumna Kristin Davis.) Iowa Hawkeyes at Wisconsin Badgers: If you want to know why I ...

Apparently Iowa is IKEA Furniture
Black Heart Gold Pants —   Check out Mark Hasty's Pickin' on the Big Ten on Fanhouse.com.   I guess our 6-0 #11 Iowa Hawkeyes are only comparible to furniture. Iowa is IKEA furniture. Not many things are both trendy and popular, but IKEA and the Hawkeyes both are right now. IKEA because it's cheap; Iowa because a weary football nation sees the Hawkeyes as the last best hope for a Buckeye-free BCS. Thus millions are willing to overlook the common flaws of each: They're kind of ...

The Takeaway: Wisconsin
Black Heart Gold Pants — ... 5) The mental frailty missing from the Iowa Hawkeyes, from the top down: For as much as Wisconsin's success depended on the health of Clay and consistency from Tolzien or smart calls from Bielema, Iowa never wavered, never panicked, never abandoned the aspects of their gameplan--well, unless we're talking about going for it on the 31-yard line. Let's keep going to ...

Do The Harris Poll Voters Even Watch Football?
Mountain West Connection — ... down.  The real travesty is this weeks poll that actually counts toward deciding who plays in the BCS bowl games.  Boise State received a first place vote after they soundly defeated San Jose State, besides that being ridiculous just as it was last year with Utah getting a first place vote through the regular season but due to contractual obligations that vote went to Florida after their bowl win. Then there is the computer lovin' Iowa Hawkeyes performed their greatest Houdini impressesion by ...

Week Nine BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Sports Page Atlanta — ... The Iowa Hawkeyes remained unbeaten but dropped to fourth after trailing the four-win ...

3k's 2010 Mock Draft, v2.0 (Nov. 4th)
Turf Show Times — ... and Justin Tuck. 24.) Arizona Cardinals (12-4) - Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma   The Cardinals drafted a solid RT in Levi Brown in 2007; they can get their other tackle in Williams and solidify their O-line for the good of their running duo - Hightower and Wells.  Now about that QB issue... 25.) Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4) - Brian Bulaga, OT, Iowa   The Curtain has gotten mixed results from RT Willie ...

Oregon's chances at a national title: Let's not get ahead of ourselves. No, wait. Let's.
Addicted To Quack — ... break down the scenarios. First of all, we have to assume the Ducks win out. If they don't, this is all a moot point. We should also assume the loser of the SEC championship game will subsequently fall below the Ducks in the standings. It's highly likely this will happen, but when it comes to the BCS, you never know. Oregon currently has seven teams standing in its way: Florida (.9918 average rating), Texas (.9227), Alabama  (.9166), Iowa Hawkeyes (.8407), Cincinnati (.8033), TCU Horned ...

Don't Bet On It!: National Games of Interest
Sports Page Atlanta — ... at Iowa Hawkeyes: While I have, from time to time, been put out with our Big Ten brethren, ...

Don't Bet On It!: National Games of Interest
Dawg Sports — ... I feel it is my duty to remind Bulldog Nation at every opportunity that, yes, it can be done. There’s no reason in the world why we ought to provide the Yellow Jackets pride of place at the end of our slate and we would do well to follow the lead of such local foes as the Jayhawks and the Wildcats. As for which one will win this game, oh, heck, let’s say . . . Kansas. If I’m wrong, I’ll just say I accidentally left off the "State." Northwestern Wildcats at Iowa Hawkeyes: While I have, from time to time, been put out with our ...

RTT BlogPoll Computer Rankings: Week 10 Draft
Rocky Top Talk — ... , and Iowa Hawkeyes  These four teams are clustered together in a virtual tie.  In fact, the difference between Ohio State at #7 and Iowa at #10 is roughly half that between TCU and Alabama.  Talk to me.  I'm listening. ...

Around the SB Nation: Iowa finally falls, Northwestern ecstatic
Rocky Top Talk — ... The Iowa Hawkeyes' first loss of the season has Black Heart Gold Pants taking a serious look at offensive coordinator Ken O'Keefe. Northwestern blog Sippin on Purple, though, is just celebrating a historic win: "It's not every year you even get to play a top five ranked team, let alone beat one. I mean, at NU, it's not every half-century you beat a top five ranked team." Buckeyes blog We Will Always Have Tempe is wondering whether Ohio State can trade stadiums with Penn State, and Black Shoe Diaries is lamenting ...

Week Ten BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Sports Page Atlanta — ... The Iowa Hawkeyes (9-1) checked in as the nation’s highest-ranked once-beaten team on the strength of wins over No. 17 Penn State, No. 18 Arizona, and No. 19 Wisconsin, none of which came by a narrow margin. Despite having two losses, Oregon still nailed down the No. 8 ranking by virtue of victories against the 14th-ranked ...

Week Ten BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Dawg Sports — ... The Iowa Hawkeyes (9-1) checked in as the nation’s highest-ranked once-beaten team on the strength of wins over No. 17 Penn State, No. 18 Arizona, and No. 19 Wisconsin, none of which came by a narrow margin. Despite having two losses, Oregon still nailed down the No. 8 ranking by virtue of victories against the 14th-ranked ...

Don't Bet On It!: National Games of Interest
Dawg Sports — ... team that Boise State beat handily. When Texas Christian wins at home because the Horned Frogs are the better team, we’ll see whether the Ute faithful grouse about wanting to break up the Bowl Championship Series after their club was given the benefit of the doubt heading into a clash with a TCU squad that gets only token respect despite having spent 73 of the last 87 seasons playing in a major conference and beaten an ACC division frontrunner earlier this autumn. Iowa Hawkeyes at Ohio St. Buckeyes: Don’t even ask. No, ...

Week Eleven BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Sports Page Atlanta — ... (9-2) edged the Iowa Hawkeyes (9-2). Because Ohio State won at home in overtime, I moved Jim Tressel’s crew one spot in front of Kirk Ferentz’s bunch. ...

Week Eleven BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Dawg Sports — ... (9-2) edged the Iowa Hawkeyes (9-2). Because Ohio State won at home in overtime, I moved Jim Tressel’s crew one spot in front of Kirk Ferentz’s bunch. ...

Great Moments in Gopher Football: Jordan Bernstine Is Unorthodox But Effective
Black Heart Gold Pants — ... The Gophers are reeling, down 27-0 early in the third quarter against the Iowa Hawkeyes. They need a stop, and they get one, forcing a punt against the Hawkeye offense. Everything is about to get turned around. ...

Iowa Bounces Back, Throttles Bowling Green, 68-46
Black Heart Gold Pants — ... Big win for the Iowa Hawkeyes tonight, as they shook off a sluggish start and dominated Bowling Green for Iowa's first win of the year. ...

Not the 12-0 We Wanted Most, But a 12-0 We'll Gladly Take
Black Heart Gold Pants — ... Really, this was as vintage a 2009 Iowa game as any this season. The offense struggled through injuries to key contributors but put up enough points to take a double-digit lead, and the defense choked the opposing offense to death long before the final whistle sounded. It's never been pretty, but at the end of the day, you cannot argue with this: it's another 10-win season for Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Well done, men.  Well done indeed. ...

Week Twelve BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Sports Page Atlanta — ... The Iowa Hawkeyes (10-2) appear at No. 11 on my ballot, one notch behind a Buckeye club with an identical record that beat Iowa by a narrow margin in Columbus. The ...

Week Twelve BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Dawg Sports — ... The Iowa Hawkeyes (10-2) appear at No. 11 on my ballot, one notch behind a Buckeye club with an identical record that beat Iowa by a narrow margin in Columbus. The ...

Week Thirteen BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Sports Page Atlanta — ... The Iowa Hawkeyes (10-2) landed one notch behind an Ohio State team to which they lost a close contest on the road. Iowa ended up ahead of the ...

Week Thirteen BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Dawg Sports — ... The Iowa Hawkeyes (10-2) landed one notch behind an Ohio State team to which they lost a close contest on the road. Iowa ended up ahead of the ...

Blogpoll Ballot - Ivory Tower
Red Cup Rebellion — ... the Alabama defensive front will, obviously, have their way with the Texas offensive front.  So, if this game is over before it has started, why not give someone else a shot?  It might not be more hyped, but an Alabama-TCU or Alabama-Cincinnati game will be a better one. 6.  Boise State Broncos (13-0) 7.  Oregon Ducks (10-2) 8.  Georgia Tech Yellowjackets (11-2) 9.  Ohio State Buckeyes (10-2) 10.  Iowa Hawkeyes (10-2)   Florida squeezes in ahead of Boise State. ...

Week Fourteen BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Sports Page Atlanta — ... (10-2) earned a No. 8 ranking on the strength of wins over the tenth-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes, the 24th-ranked ...

Week Fourteen BlogPoll Ballot Draft
Dawg Sports — ... State Saurians (12-1) slipped to sixth after their less than competitive neutral site outing against ‘Bama, as befits the nation’s lone once-beaten team, and Oregon (10-2) led the parade of two-loss teams because the Ducks fell to two quality teams on the road and made up for those setbacks with wins over three teams ranked in my top 20 (Arizona, Oregon State, and Cal). The Ohio St. Buckeyes (10-2) earned a No. 8 ranking on the strength of wins over the tenth-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes, the 24th-ranked Penn St. Nittany Lions, and the ...

Thursday Night Dawg Bites: Charlie Strong Moves On, a Congressman Makes Georgia Proud, and Clay Travis Breaks a Table (Metaphorically)
Sports Page Atlanta — ... are going to a good any bowl game, but at least they’re facing the Iowa Hawkeyes, which means they’re being subjected to the righteous and hilarious wrath of the guys who started an Iowa weblog because they thought what Orson Swindle’s sense of humor lacked was a sufficient appreciation for the sublimely profane and hysterically absurd. ...

Thursday Night Dawg Bites: Charlie Strong Moves On, a Congressman Makes Georgia Proud, and Clay Travis Breaks a Table (Metaphorically)
Dawg Sports — ... are going to a good any bowl game, but at least they’re facing the Iowa Hawkeyes, which means they’re being subjected to the righteous and hilarious wrath of the guys who started an Iowa weblog because they thought what Orson Swindle’s sense of humor lacked was a sufficient appreciation for the sublimely profane and hysterically absurd. ...