Published on: 12th December, 2009
This is the ghost of Orange Bowls past—specifically 2003, when the Iowa Hawkeyes met the USC Trojans.... In case you have not heard this before, be advised that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Study your lessons well, Iowa Hawkeyes, before you head off to ...Published on: 8th December, 2009
Yes, he is back all bright-eyed and bushy tailed! Zultan, the all-seeing seer, has listened to your pleas to return and has decided to accede to your wishes to predict winners of the upcoming bowl games played by the Big Ten and other less illustrious conferences. (That had to be said ...Published on: 5th December, 2009
The University of Iowa football team resumed practice Saturday inside the “dome” facility constructed during the Hayden Fry era, when the Iowa Hawkeyes became regular participants in postseason play. The team needed an indoor place to practice after cold weather arrived in Iowa in order to keep the team competitive. As ...Published on: 2nd December, 2009
In 2009 Santa dropped in early and often to visit Hawkeye head coach Kirk Ferentz, leaving 10 pre-season bowl gifts under the nationally-ranked Hawkeye tree. As Ferentz eagerly opened each one, the gold-gilded invitation kept under lock and key offering a special trip to a warm climate, loomed larger ...Published on: 17th November, 2009
Don’t be sad. It had to happen. Zultan faces the inevitable end of the season. Soon you will not have the all —seeing one to kick around anymore to paraphrase the often hilarious Richard Nixon! This is Zultan’s last regular fearless prediction column of 2009. Hibernation mercifully awaits. Last week ...Published on: 13th November, 2009
Conceivably, a horseshoe can be a crab, an adrenal gland, or even a stadium. For the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday, however, it will transform into the proverbial lion’s den—the place where a defiant Daniel was sent without weapons to meet his fate against overwhelming odds before a packed house. According to the ...Published on: 10th November, 2009
Zultan, in complete disguise, is hiding out in a convent in the upper Himalayas. The Big 10 reduced the mighty seer’s reputation to rubble. The great one’s efforts to enrich the storied conference’s prestige were diminished and degraded last week as Zultan missed 4-of-6 picks in the Big 10. The disgrace ...Published on: 3rd November, 2009
Zultan was betrayed by the entire State of Michigan last Saturday. The mighty seer would have been perfect on the day had it not been for this lowly state. Zultan has requested that Canada annex Michigan as a new province because both Michigan and Michigan State are now banished from Zultan’s ...Published on: 1st November, 2009
In honor of Halloween, the Iowa Hawkeyes disguised themselves in their Jekyll and Hyde costumes. They played like the destructive Hyde, too, until the fourth quarter when the rational and sane Dr. Jekyll was able to restore order and reappear as quarterback Ricky Stanzi in his opportunistic stance behind the center ...Published on: 25th October, 2009
For the Iowa Hawkeyes it was an ugly affair—traveling to East Lansing, playing in front of hostile fans demanding you go down to defeat. With all of that, you play poorly—in the sense that you cannot move the ball and you are unable to take the ball away from your ...