1. Iowa Football: Nine Things Hawkeye Fans Need To Know About Iowa State

    Emotions in the Iowa-Iowa State rivalry are at an all-time high this year, or so it seems.Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads explained to the Waterloo Courier that the team that wins this ...

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  2. College Football: Team-by-Team Big Ten Power Rankings Post Week One

    College football addicts across the country let out a simultaneous sigh of relief as the 2010 season kicked off over the weekend.Fans of the Big Ten conference weren't disappointed with the outcome of the season's first weekend of action...

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  3. Big Ten Football: Power Ranking the Best Week 1 Player Performances

    Opening weekend of college football kicked off with a loud bang from several players in the Big Ten.Looking at the overall player performances from opening weekend helps to prove that point...

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  4. ESPN's Desmond Howard a Fan of Big Ten Divisions, Braylon Edwards' Beard

    Michigan's Desmond Howard won the Heisman Trophy in 1991, due in large part to his acrobatic playing style...

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  5. Interview with Heisman Trophy Winner Desmond Howard

    Many college football experts label Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard as one of the most electrifying players ever to play the college game...

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  6. Iowa Football: Eight Things Hawkeye Fans Need to Know About Eastern Illinois

    For the second straight year, Iowa opens its football season against a Panther team.Last year, the Hawkeyes needed two consecutive blocked field goals to squeak out a win against in-state rival Northern Iowa Panthers...

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  7. Novel About Iowa's Nile Kinnick Could Become a Major Motion Picture

    Few football programs around the country lay claim to storied war heroes. Arizona has Pat Tillman. Oklahoma has Norman McNabb. Iowa has Nile Kinnick. Kinnick is Iowa’s only Heisman Trophy winner and the namesake of Iowa’s football stadium...

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  8. Even Without Brandon Wegher, Iowa Hawkeyes Deep at Running Back

    Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz told ESPN.com on Thursday that sophomore running back Brandon Wegher still isn't practicing with the team.No indication has been given that he will return for the 2010 season...

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  9. USC Football: FWAA Vacates Trojan's 2004 Grantland Rice Trophy

    The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) has weighed in on the ongoing USC scandal. Shockingly, the FWAA decided that USC's 2004 Grantland Rice Trophy should be revoked...

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  10. Iowa Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery Finalizes Contract

    In the midst of the college football frenzy, the SourceMedia Group pulled off a great request. SourceMedia Group, the company that owns the Cedar Rapids Gazette, requested and obtained ...

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  11. Iowa Quarterback Ricky Stanzi Focused on Improving, Not Past Success

    Ricky Stanzi reminded fans of his interview skills during a recent question and answer session with ESPN's Dana Jacobs...

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  12. Iowa Should Continue the Trend of Hawkeye Cornerbacks To the NFL

    During the Kirk Ferentz era, Iowa football has been quietly funneling defensive backs into the NFL.Names like Matt Bowen, Sean Considine, and Bob Sanders are just a handful of NFL players who played in the defensive backfield for the Hawkeyes...

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  13. College Football AP Top 25: Iowa Hawkeyes Land at No. 9 in Nation

    With the 2010 college football season only two weeks away, most preseason polls have been launched and dissected. The Associated Press’ annual preseason poll was the final major preseason college ranking to be released...

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  14. Big Ten Division Alignment on Horizon, Not Driven by Geography

    Since the announcement from Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany that the conference would add Nebraska into the mix, fans have been anxiously awaiting the announcement of the divisional alignments...

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  15. BCS Championship: Do the Iowa Hawkeyes Have Easiest Path To Glendale?

    Hawkeye fans are starting to get a taste of what it’s like at the top of the college football food chain. Fans are quickly realizing that taste comes with a large side-order of stress...

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  16. Iowa's Offensive Line Determined To Prove Doubters Wrong

    It's been said that defenses win championships. Most fans of college football would tend to agree. That said, a team also needs to score a few points along the way to help the cause...

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  17. Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz Discusses Brandon Wegher Situation

    Head coach Kirk Ferentz confirmed Saturday during Iowa's open scrimmage that sophomore running back Brandon Wegher has left the team to deal with personal issues. Ferentz hinted that Wegher might be back in the near future...

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  18. Big Ten Teams Honored in Playboy's 2010 College Football Pigskin Preview

    A sign that the start of the college football season is just around the corner, Playboy Magazine’s 54th annual Pigskin Preview appeared on newsstands today...

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  19. Iowa Football Players Racking Up Preseason Honors Left and Right

    The 2010 season is starting off with several preseason honors for the Iowa football team. Not many Hawkeye fans will complain about that...

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  20. Iowa Wide Receiver Keenan Davis Gains Confidence from Teammates

    With Derrell Johnson-Koulianos and Marvin McNutt standing atop the wide receiver food-chain at Iowa, a few players can be overlooked.True sophomore Keenan Davis might be one of those players...

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  21. Iowa's Norm Parker Not a Fan of Retirement or Twitter

    At 68 years of age, Iowa's defensive coordinator Norm Parker is entering his 12th year as an assistant at Iowa. He has no intentions of stopping anytime soon, either...

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  22. 2010 College Football Predictions: Kirk Ferentz Tries To Temper Expectations

    The first USA Today/Coaches Poll of the 2010 season has been released, and Iowa opens the season as the No. 10 rated football team in the country...

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  23. Iowa Football: First-Hand Outtakes From Hawkeyes' 2010 Media Day

    Let the 2010 Iowa Hawkeyes Football season officially begin. After Iowa's first practice of the season on Friday, the majority of the Hawkeye players and coaches participated in the highly-anticipated media day...

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  24. Big Ten Coaches Aren't Sold on a Nine-Game Conference Schedule

    Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany might have ruffled a few feathers amongst the coaches with his decisive talk about switching to a nine-game conference schedule. Delany's idea didn't seem to go over well with the coaches around the league...

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  25. Nine Things Learned from the 2010 Big Ten Media Days

    After watching, reading, writing, and tweeting about Big Ten’s 2010 Media Event for the last few days, I think I might need rehab for information overdose...

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