Published on: 18th December, 2009
The 2009 Iowa Hawkeyes football season was an historic one full of plays destined for highlight reels and magazine covers. Fans will long remember the roller-coaster ride of twists and turns that this season brought with it. As the Orange Bowl game in Miami against Georgia Tech approaches, and ...Published on: 14th December, 2009
In 1985, Iowa's Chuck Long finished second to Auburn's Bo Jackson for the Heisman trophy. Jackson won by just 45 points over Long, the smallest margin of defeat in the trophy's history...until last weekend when Mark Ingram beat out Toby Gerhart by 28 points for this year's Heisman. Long might have lost ...Published on: 6th December, 2009
The wait is finally over. After Alabama's smashing defeat of the Florida Gators for the SEC championship, the Crimson Tide's spot at the top of the BCS Rankings was guaranteed. Alabama's opponent in the championship game, however, wasn't exactly clear until today. It took Texas until the final kick of the game to ...Published on: 5th December, 2009
The 2010 NFL Draft is scheduled for April 22-24, 2010, which is over four months away. There are still conference championships to be decided, bowl games to be played, combines to be run and agents to be hired. But, the deadline for underclassmen to declare for the NFL draft coming ...Published on: 2nd December, 2009
If the Fiesta Bowl Selection Committee needs help narrowing down teams for their at-large bid, they don't need to look any further than the confines of their own city. Phoenix is crawling with Hawkeyes. Some moved to the Phoenix area after college to begin their professional lives in a big city with ...Published on: 2nd December, 2009
Michigan State University has suspended eight football players in the aftermath of a campus brawl. Details of the brawl still remain unclear. According to reports, a fight broke out during a fraternity function at a residence hall on campus about an hour and a half after the Spartans season-ending team banquet. Witnesses ...Published on: 29th November, 2009
The top of the BCS food chain may not have changed much this week, but the middle of the pack saw a few teams jockey for position. Florida, Alabama and Texas all won, and retained their respective positions from last week. TCU, Boise State and Cincinnati all remained undefeated this week, ...Published on: 26th November, 2009
Iowa sophomore safety David Cato was involved in a two-vehicle collision around 10:00 a.m this past Sunday, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrolmen. As tweeted by Marc Morehouse from the Cedar Rapids Gazette , the Purcell Register reported that Cato, along with Iowa State cornerback Ter'ran Denton, were traveling southbound when ...Published on: 23rd November, 2009
With most of the teams in the Big Ten having completed their regular seasons, save Wisconsin's trip to the tropical paradise, the Big Ten will announce their annual All-Big Ten football award at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 23. The Bleacher Report All-Big Ten Defense list has already ...Published on: 22nd November, 2009
This may come as a shocker to some, but not much has changed this week among the top teams in the BCS race. That was meant sarcastically, as their schedules almost guaranteed the six undefeated teams would remain unbeaten. The top three teams manhandled their opposition, as expected. Florida beat up on a team ...