Published on: 14th December, 2010
Today at a press conference held in Iowa City, Coach Kirk Ferentz along with Gary Barta, Iowa Athletic Director, attempted to stem the tide of wild rumors about an Iowa football program gone mad on drugs.According to Ferentz, there was one and only one drug related dismissal––that of Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, ...Published on: 22nd November, 2010
Here we are at long last at the end of the season. All the questions we had in September have been answered, for the most part. Some teams exceeded expectations while others fell short. Most of the perennial favorites remained where they always reside––at the top. For Week 12, Zultan failed three ...Published on: 17th November, 2010
It is that time in the college football season when hope begins to fade for those teams whose ambitions exceeded their ability to produce—whose luck has run out.It is hard not to relive those accumulated missed tackles, extra points and dropped passes.The inclination is to allow disappointment to saturate a ...Published on: 8th November, 2010
The Michigan Wolverines came back from the brink of destruction to snatch a victory from a talented and determined Illinois team at the conclusion of the most exhilarating football game in the country on Saturday afternoon.Following that game, Penn State’s Joe Paterno notched his 400th career win by upending Northwestern ...Published on: 2nd November, 2010
Zultan applauds his friends from Penn State for keeping guest prognosticator MAD in his place. So far in two seasons Zultan has never achieved perfection - but at times the All-Seeing one has picked 90 percent. The MAD Man filling in for Zultan in Week 9 did his best to ...Published on: 21st October, 2010
When Iowa battles Wisconsin on Saturday for the Heartland Trophy, fans will witness two highly skilled Big Ten teams with almost identical mindsets, the same coaching philosophy and similar styles of play. The two teams meet on the playing field in Iowa City at a crucial juncture in the season. ...Published on: 1st October, 2010
Hawkeye fans sense there is something not quite copacetic about the upcoming game with the Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday night in Kinnick Stadium before a sellout crowd. The truth is that being favored over the Lions just does not seem to sit well with the Iowa faithful. It ...Published on: 21st September, 2010
Unfortunately this week, Zultan, the Great Prognosticator, has locked himself inside his room and refused to come out ever since the Iowa Hawkeyes lost to Arizona last Saturday night in Tucson. He can still be heard moaning and mumbling into the wee hours of the morning. His crystal ball was finally ...Published on: 16th September, 2010
The Big Ten has seven unbeaten teams going into Week 3 of the football season––but let’s face it, many of the opponents during the first two weeks of the season have not exactly provided stiff competition.This, however, is true of most conference schedules.Yes, there are exceptions, with Penn State taking ...Published on: 15th September, 2010
In 2009, Iowa tipped Arizona in Kinnick Stadium 27-17 on the back of Iowa’s defense—which essentially stifled any real offense the Wildcats could muster. Arizona’s running back Nic Grigsby came into the contest as the nation’s second leading rusher. He left Iowa City with only 75 yards rushing on 11 carries.Of their ...