It's Not Plagiarism If You Link To It: Ferentz Discusses Coaching Changes, Coker
by PSD on Feb 9, 2012 9:30 AM CST
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PrintFerentz speaks and we learn... what did we learn? Not much other than what was released by Iowa Tuesday night. Ferentz wouldn't announce any new coaching changes besides Phil Parker's promotion and Morgan and Wilson's switch. LeVar Wood's doesn't have an official position yet, but Ferentz says "we'll find a spot." David Raih doesn't either. The best summary can be found in Morehouse's Quick Slants.
Reading those slants we learn Marcus Coker's decision to leave Iowa was his own. Ferentz responded to questions about the departed running back with,
"I think ultimately there was a little frustration there," Ferentz said. "He made the decision that was best for him. I told him I was going to support him no matter what. I think Marcus is a tremendous young man. I wish him all the best moving forward. He'll do well."
Ferentz went on to add,
"There's athletic department policy and there's student code of conduct, which every student on our campus adheres to," Ferentz said. "Then, you have legal issues. Internal conduct is sometimes more stringent than what our athletic department is. I don't know if it's ever been more stringent than what the university would regulate. We're part of the process and we work within the system."
Ferentz isn't in a hurry to announce his new offensive coordinator. The deadline, if you want to call it that, is March 24th, the beginning of spring practice. As far as the other two openings, Ferentz says he has people in mind but don't expect those announcements to come anytime soon.
Kirk didn't rule his son Brian out as a possible candidate for the open offensive line coaching position. When asked if he would call on Brian to return to Iowa City Ferentz said, "you know we're open to anything right now." He added, "I'm really confident we're going to get a good guy or we wouldn't have moved Reese."
There may be more to Reese's move to the defensive line than Ferentz would address. Kirk said this about it,
"Fair to say he was a little surprised on that one," Ferentz said. "But I guess I've got some executive privilege. I exercised it."
Morgan will take over for former coach Rick Kaczenski and by some accounts is the polar opposite in regards to approach. Perhaps a change from an in-your-face "MF this, MF that" coach in Kaczenski is what is in order along the defensive front. If anything, maybe it's an attempt to fix the attrition problems Iowa has had in keeping defensive line recruits on the roster.
After the jump, Iowa hoops vs. Northwestern and more links.
The Iowa men's team travels to Evanston to take on Northwestern tonight. The Hawkeyes have had hard luck in Welsh-Ryan Arena and are seven point dogs in tonight's match-up. Iowa is fighting for sixth spot in the Big Ten and a .500 record in conference play.
Iowa will start Cartwright, Gatens, Marble, White and McCabe. My favorite line-up because as Horace pointed out in Fran Graphs, these guys all have the ability to score from various spots on the floor.
Northwestern could be without starters Luka Mirkovic and JerShon Cobb. Mirkovic averages 5.9 points a game, Cobb 6 ppg in 11 games played.
John Shurna and Drew Crawford will play tonight for jNW. Shurna is averaging 19.8 points a game in Big Ten play, Crawford 16.1.
It's a big game. The Cedar Rapids Gazette's Scott Dochterman calls it "really big." Dochterman writes, believe it or not, that Iowa has an outside chance of an NCAA tournament berth. Obviously, at 13-11, that makes tonight's game a must-win to keep those slim hopes alive.
Other links:
- Former Hawkeye Marv Cook is exploring his coaching options (high school)
- Instead of a four team playoff, how bout eight?
- Iowa State football has a player arrested
- Urban Meyer says a "gentlemen's agreement" is "nonsense"
- Where does Iowa rank in basketball's loot index
- 7 Hawkeyes, 2 Cyclones invited to NFL Combine
- Iowa needs Gambrall at 184, Lira ready at 197
- Dixon sure to get more attention now
- Hawkeye wrestler Clark might be nation's best backup
- Which B1G receivers will break out this fall?
- Lester Erb named a top 25 recruiter
- Gatens has never won three Big Ten games in a row
- Iowa at NW, behind the numbers
- If you watched Duke at NC last night, this may make you laugh
- Iowa's Marble trying to dig in on 'D'
- Iowa earns top seed for 'Mat Mayhem'
- Iowa Throwback Jersey's Available
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Man...
[Gatens] also hasn’t played for an Iowa team that’s won three Big Ten games in a row or that’s had at least a .500 record in conference play at any point in the month of February.
What a sad indictment of the last four years of Iowa basketball.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Feb 9, 2012 9:38 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, I really think they missed an opportunity to sell
non-autographed, non-player jerseys to the masses. They could still do the auction that they’re doing AND do generic throwbacks.
by Captain n Diet Coker on Feb 9, 2012 10:23 AM CST up reply actions
There are a lot of hipsters in Iowa City.
We could probably sell enough to actually pay a defensive coordinator.
by 99FormationsButFourWideAin'tOne on Feb 9, 2012 6:17 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I can't believe they're not selling them, frankly.
They were happy to sell the football throwbacks in 2004 and 2010.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
This is about Student-Athletes,
they’re not in it to make money.
I guess I should clarify that. The Student-Athletes aren’t in it to make money, the University totally is.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Indeed.
And here’s a rare opportunity of the University leaving money on the table.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
But if Waterboy 2 was in production and the Tigerhawk logo was requested...
The school would be in like Flint.
Das Stochern gewinnt.
by Blackheartnopants on Feb 9, 2012 10:56 AM CST via Android app up reply actions
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I know most of you are familiar with everyone, but it would be helpful to less knowledgeable readers if you used first names when you first introduce someone. I eventually got it, just had to work for it.
LOL
Iowa has some impressive wins this year, beating Michigan (RPI 15), Wisconsin (31) and Minnesota twice (49). But Iowa also has three losses considered "bad" by RealTimeRPI.com — Campbell (164), Clemson (183) and Nebraska (110) — and those are keeping Iowa from approaching the NCAA Tournament bubble talk right now.
The Clemson loss is a worse loss than the Campbell loss.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The lesson, as always
FUCK CLEMSON.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Feb 9, 2012 9:41 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
How does this year's Clemson loss compare to last year's loss to Wake Forest?
by The Mexican't on Feb 9, 2012 12:00 PM CST up reply actions
Good question
It looks like Wake Forest ended up at 258 last year, so that loss was even worse than the Clemson loss.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
So the program is moving in the right direction?
That’s what I’m hearing.
by PackerHawk on Feb 9, 2012 12:34 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
The smart strategy
is schedule and lose to the whole top 25.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 9, 2012 11:49 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah Wake Forest was horrendous last year
That was also a game we really should have won too. We had a big lead and then completely blew it in the second half (Wake also had one guy who made a million ridiculous threes, but still). Clemson we just flat out didn’t show up and got run off the floor from the start. I don’t know what happened in the middle of this non-con season but it got really ugly there for a bit.
I think the mid-non-con slump had a lot to do with a couple injuries and Fran still figuring out who worked well with whom.
He had a TON of different lineups out in those games (that is, IIRC) and I believe we were still trying guys out for playing time because we didn’t have a lot of obvious starters coming back from last year.
Also, just to leave this here
I fucking LAWL’d when I went to the Jefferson J-Hawk link and one of the rotating stories on the front page had the teaser/headline/whatever that said
A HOLE!with a picture of the RB (looking through the hole created by the linemen).
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 10, 2012 8:34 PM CST up reply actions
This is interesting
sammmidd Sam Middleton
Just talked to Rodney Coe and he says he is going to Iowa next year
grain of salt warning but the kid says they are Facebook pals
seriously?
I'm assuming that means for the 2013 season
and not the next school year/fall 2012? He still does need an associate’s degree since he didn’t qualify originally, as I understood it.
by Captain n Diet Coker on Feb 9, 2012 10:26 AM CST up reply actions
My understanding was that he needed to spend two years in JUCO since he didn't qualify at Iowa out of HS.
So that would mean Fall 2013. To his credit, Coe has been pretty consistent in his statements about wanting to come to Iowa as soon as he could, so hopefully this will be a rare success story among the recruits who fail to qualify. Usually those guys never end up making it to Iowa.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
hahaha "facebook pals"
Anyway, he means 2013. Coe can’t play this season, he has to finish his two year degree first.
But he could transfer in for spring next year I'm sure
my brother played at ICCC, and finished his degree in a year and half, so he could play spring ball wherever he transferred to (and to get out of dodge – Fort Dodge).
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
He has to weigh the benefit of loading up on courses to finish early
with the possibility of overloading and not passing courses.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 9, 2012 12:52 PM CST up reply actions
The prospect of living in Fort Dodge for a few extra months is a hell of a motivator
Anyway, yeah, Coe could absolutely get back by next spring (I don’t think he will, but it’s possible), but the way the guy worded it made it sound like he was going to be able to play in the up-coming season which isn’t happening.
it shouldn't be a stretch for him to be at Iowa next winter
especially if he red shirts at IWCC.
seriously?
by PSD on Feb 9, 2012 1:25 PM CST up reply actions
Louisiana Tech in at #33 Loot Index
surprising if you forget who their notable alumni are
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
that negative feedback he had could have killed iowa on that index
A baseball park is the one place where a man's wife doesn't mind his getting excited over somebody else's curves
by waterboy31321 on Feb 9, 2012 10:07 AM CST up reply actions
Krazy Karl Malone?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
And Paul Millsap
Louisiana Tech has been really good to Utah.
Well that's awfully... random.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
First Louisiana gives them their team
then 2 great power forwards (OK, maybe Millsap isn’t great, but you get the point). When will SLC reciprocate?
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
SLC is not going to reciprocate
You can’t pretend you’re straight if you reciprocate.
by PackerHawk on Feb 9, 2012 12:35 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
A coworker just moved there
He says booze is crazy expensive and if he wants any good beer, he has to drive to Wyoming. We expect him back when his lease is up.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I have only visited, the beer sucked.
The skiing is amazing. But the booze AND the skiing are amazing in so many other places.
Yeah the alcohol laws are unfortunate
Otherwise it’s a really nice city. Really pretty with a lot of cool outdoorsy stuff to do.
On a completely unrelated note...
The FanPost issue seems to be an SBN-wide issue. I checked several sites and no FanPosts except ones with a lot of recs were showing up in the sidebar. Damn evil tech gremlins.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Is there alternative way to post one?
I have a write-up of the 86-87 reunion from Saturday that I’d like to share.
by Kinnick Stadium is my Graceland on Feb 9, 2012 1:09 PM CST up reply actions
If it gets enough recs it will show up in the sidebar.
Alternatively, if you post it we can (and probably will) bump it to the front page to give it greater visibility.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Ok, thanks.
It’s been posted.
by Kinnick Stadium is my Graceland on Feb 9, 2012 1:24 PM CST up reply actions
just in time
All FanPosts are now showing as well
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
Coaching search
I can understand Ferentz’s desire to be thorough and it certainly isn’t a case there hastobesomeonehiredrightnow!!!, but I would like it if he showed a little urgency in it. This entire “We’re in no rush, I’ll get to it when I finish cleaning out my garage” attitude Ferentz has taken, to date, only to turn around and make the obvious in-house hire, doesn’t reflect well on him because it looks like he’s either jerking around the coaches or the fans and that he’s a bit lazy. I know Iowa “isn’t sexy” but it would be nice if Ferentz didn’t try to reinforce that notion every chance he got.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
You'll be happy to know that the longer he goes without announcing Brian the more likely Brian ain't coming
in fact, I would say if he doesn’t (he, being Brian) announce his resignation from NE within a week he is digging in there.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
I'm not sure about lazy,
but perhaps too deliberate.
Then again, he does seem to hire “for the long haul.” So maybe the new guys will be here for the next decade (approximately).
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 9, 2012 11:55 PM CST up reply actions
For what it's worth
Northwestern hasn’t had Luka Mirkovic available for the last three-plus games and JerShon Cobb for the last I-don’t-know-how-many. They’ve been basically non-factors in Big Ten play, and Carmody’s begun to opt for a “small-ball” lineup with Shurna starting at center (and our center Davide Curletti off the bench). Should make for even more fun tonight.
I hope Iowa really tries to push the tempo and wear out jNW if Carmody is really going with a six-man rotation.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
That would be the smart thing to do.
Shurna also played about 12-15 minutes against Illinois (I forget exactly) with 3 fouls from being forced to play against Meyers Leonard. I’m sure that eventually the 6-man rotation will manifest itself in tired arms/legs, foul trouble, and the like.
I just pray to God it’s not tonight.
Re: Carmody going with a six-man rotation
To be clear, it’s not some bold or rash decision he’s making—there’s no one left, unless you want to see scrubs-extraordinaire Nick Freundt and Mike Turner off the bench. It’s literally down to Shurna-Crawford-Marcotullio-Sobolewski-Hearn-Curletti. There’s really no one else.
Carmody really likes his frequent flier miles.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
If I may leave this here
SoP did a nice breakdown of all the failed centers under Carmody. Well-traveled, indeed.
Carmody really likes the Croatian AAU scene.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The next Enes Kanter won't escape his grasp
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 3:14 PM CST up reply actions
Hey, we've been there before, re: lack of depth.
It sucks, but you gotta do what you gotta do. If that means riding John Shurna like a horse, so be it. His face is a little horse-like, frankly…
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Exactly.
Well, I don’t know about the horse-face… But I understand the BHGP community has some latent desire to punch Shurna square in the face, so I’ll just kinda ignore that.
Is that just us?
I thought the desire to punch Shurna in the face was pretty much universal.
by HawkeyeInExile on Feb 9, 2012 2:57 PM CST up reply actions
It's because his shooting motion is the same as that 6th grader that's showing off his shooting range at the local Y.
by The Mexican't on Feb 9, 2012 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
I have as much hate for jNW as anyone
and if I had the choice of punching either Shurna or Doc Rivers’ kid, I wouldn’t have to think for even 2 seconds…it’s Rivers.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
by HawKCP on Feb 9, 2012 3:42 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
Re: Iowa's Big Dance Chances
LOL
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
by HawKCP on Feb 9, 2012 1:09 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions
"So you're telling me there's a chance..."
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Feb 9, 2012 1:17 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Yeah I have no idea why people are still talking about this
We still need to do a ton of work just to get into the NIT.
by NorseHawk on Feb 9, 2012 1:29 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Probably because we're right in the middle of the pack in the Big Ten and the league has so much respect as a whole this year.
That said, there’s a LOT of work to do to make an NCAA bid even a possibility, let alone a reality.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yeah, I keep hearing that the B1G is likely to get 8 teams into the NCAA tournament.
I think it’s fair to assume that Iowa can finish within the top 8.
by The Mexican't on Feb 9, 2012 1:40 PM CST up reply actions
8 teams? The Big East scoffs at your puny number of qualifiers
/goes back to see the Big East adding half the teams in D-1
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Has the Big East trademarked "Conference USA 2.0" yet?
If not, they should really get on that…
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
All your (craptastic mid-major) teams are belong to us!
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
a winning record in the B10 will make the Tourney
It could happen.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 3:15 PM CST up reply actions
With our terrible non-con? It would require a deep conference tourney run
Which I don’t see happening.
Baby steps. I'm just hoping for post-season play
and to get out of the 8-9 slot so Iowa wouldn’t have to play tOSU on day 2.
10-8 in B10 play gets us in. That's a 6- or 7-seed in the B10 rankings.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 4:53 PM CST up reply actions
Does anyone know how the Big Ten tournament will work with first round byes now that there are 12 teams?
I would assume 4 first round byes.
1st Round
5 vs 12. 6 vs 11. 7 vs 10. 8 vs 9.
2nd Round
1 vs 8/9
2 vs 7/10
3 vs 6/11
4 vs 5/12
Using the current standings before any games today that would put us as a 9 seed. Meaning our first two opponents would be Purdue and Ohio State.
If we could get to a 7 seed, which is likely as high as we could realistically get to we’d be looking at Northwestern and Michigan State.
Either way, it’ll feel good to get bounced by someone other than Michigan.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
This is correct.
See Hamsterdam last night; I believe PSD posted a “what-if-the-season-ended-today” visual from the BTN.
I have not read the article yet but I assume Iowa making the NCAA tournament means they won all of their remaining regular season games
And also probably reaching the finals of the B1G Tournament.
by The Mexican't on Feb 9, 2012 1:31 PM CST up reply actions
yeah, from Docs piece
Iowa has seven league games — plus the Big Ten Tournament — left this season. It might take a 6-1 stretch or a deep Big Ten Tournament run to vault the Hawkeyes into NCAA consideration. As for the NIT, last year’s 11 major-conference at-large squads averaged a 19-12 record, but the average RPI (74) and strength-of-schedule (62) were considerably weaker than their NCAA counterparts.
seriously?
by PSD on Feb 9, 2012 1:37 PM CST up reply actions
I think reaching the semis would do it
But its hard to envision a scenario that doesn’t require us also winning out in the regular season.
by HawkeyeInExile on Feb 9, 2012 2:07 PM CST up reply actions
If I were a college football coach being accused of dirty recruiting
I’m not sure Lane Kiffin is the guy I’d want defending me.
Granted, I also wouldn’t be overly concerned about the co-douchiest B1G coaches calling me out either.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
by HawKCP on Feb 9, 2012 1:13 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions
The gentleman's agreement thing is complete bullshit though
Everyone in the conference has stolen commits from other conference schools. Iowa does it all the time (sup, CJ Fed), or at least tries to. Shit, Wisconsin has a running back on their roster right now, Melvin Gordon, who was an Iowa commit, so I don’t know what the fuck Bielema is talking about. He’s just throwing a fit because he can’t handle getting out-recruited. Even his own AD said he was full of shit.
I’m enjoying these guys sniping at each other from afar. It makes them all look like assholes (not that they needed help).
It is one of KF's better traits
in that he doesn’t get that worked up, publicly, about this sort of thing. I will say this, however, with Meyer’s arrival, he will need to up his game/enthusiasm level on the recruiting trail. That’s why I hope, and think where they’d be most instrumental, LeVar Woods and David Raih are brought on staff full-time
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Eh, we weren't really beating OSU for recruits when Tressel were there either
Michigan and Penn State should be worried, but I don’t think it’s going to hurt us a whole ton
Probably not a huge hit
but there is a trickle-down affect on our recruiting as guys perhaps overlooked by the big boys get interest since OSU makes it harder on them. Not the end of the world, but recruiting in the B1G just got more aggressive. I trust and hope that KF is aware of that and makes whatever tweaks in his approach he feels are necessary.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I think Michigan and OSU being good make it harder on MSU especially.
MSU not being good is good for us.
by 99FormationsButFourWideAin'tOne on Feb 9, 2012 6:30 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
The irony, of course, is
that Kiffin lobbed similar accusations against Meyer when he was at Tennessee
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Lots of good stuff in this INP
Who had Kirk answering the question “How did you come to the decision of moving Morgan to the DL?” with
“Like a boss!”
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
by HawKCP on Feb 9, 2012 1:20 PM CST via iPhone app reply actions
weird, shows up here (maybe it's cached)
any-who, here’s the link
seriously?
by PSD on Feb 9, 2012 1:54 PM CST up reply actions
Worked for me and I'd never seen it before.
Double weird.
by The Mexican't on Feb 9, 2012 1:56 PM CST up reply actions
I didn't think the game was on Hawkeye All-Access.
(burn)
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 9, 2012 2:10 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Don't know what's sadder
The magic marker paint job on the floor, or the fact that they’re still rockin the old school high school gym seating.
by HawkeyeInExile on Feb 9, 2012 2:12 PM CST up reply actions
Eh, Cameron Indoor is the same
Which aside from the team that plays there, is just an amazing place to watch a game
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I miss the Fieldhouse
Carver is sterile
by GuttedSnowBird on Feb 9, 2012 5:27 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I have been to The Fieldhouse plenty of times before they closed it down.
And that place was anything but sterile. Actually that was that places main problem. In fact, I once tripped and fell in that place and I’m pretty sure I got chlamydia.
/kidding
I would have loved to see a game at The Fieldhouse.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
A sellout crowd?
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Feb 9, 2012 2:18 PM CST up reply actions
might as well go to the basketball game
too cold for yachting.
"40 MINUTES OF MEH!" - djwoody
by The Bacon Explosion on Feb 9, 2012 2:24 PM CST up reply actions
Maybe the "not as bad in person" thing is the reason it didn't get fixed before the season started.
Now that they’ve seen the floors on TV they should realize that change is necessary.
by The Mexican't on Feb 9, 2012 2:32 PM CST up reply actions
I bet they will for next year.
And considering I won’t exactly be near campus anymore; God, I hope they do.
The McDonalds All-American team is announced tonight
I know Gessel and Woodbury are nominated, as is Marcus Paige. Not sure of they have a snow balls chance but the announcement is around 5pm (I think).
seriously?
by PSD on Feb 9, 2012 3:04 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Paige may have an outside shot but there's no way the other two make it.
There were like 30 kids nominated in Iowa too, so I’m not sure how indicative that is of their chances.
Oh hey it's actually already been announced
Paige made it. Good for him.
"you know we're open to anything right now."
And by that I’m assuming KF means that he’s not open to anything that doesn’t fall squarely into his current offensive scheme.
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
I thought it was KF saying he's a swinger, baby.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Vegas Baby!
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by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 4:55 PM CST up reply actions
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"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 10, 2012 8:49 PM CST up reply actions
football ticket prices increase
for rubes like me, students stay the same
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No increase for students. General public tix go from $374 to $388.
seriously?
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Iowa State and Nebraska are the most expensive tickets at $70. Central Michigan is $55.
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Minnesota, Purdue and Penn State are $65. UNI is $60.
seriously?
by PSD on Feb 9, 2012 4:35 PM CST up reply actions
How long have we had pricing based on matchups?
I thought that was a shitty ISU thing. I haven’t had season tix in almost a decade now, but I remember them as same price for every game.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 4:57 PM CST up reply actions
I think they've done it for a while, but I believe ISU takes it to an extreme.
Weren’t tickets to the Jantzening something like $90?
by The Mexican't on Feb 9, 2012 5:34 PM CST up reply actions
I don't even think you could get tickets to that game.
You had to be a season ticket holder, IIRC. And they shafted us on our ticket allotment – it was like half of what normal universities give out.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
You could single game tickets
I bought one through ISU. A few years ago they did make it so you had to buy student tickets to get an Iowa ticket, but it’s been awhile.
There have been different prices for non-conference and conference games for a while.
And the ISU game has always cost slightly more than the other non-conference games.
ISU’s “innovation” was just to really jack up the price on the Iowa-ISU (and Nebraska-ISU) tickets.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I understand the idea
behind charging a little extra for the ISU game or a premium Big Ten game.
But for fuck’s sake, why do we need to have 4 different ticket prices? To pay for a bunch of trophy mock-ups for trophies that will be unpopular and re-designed, anyway? Seems kind of dumb.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 10, 2012 12:15 AM CST up reply actions
If the different costs are ruining your day, then you should buy multiple tickets and calculate your average.
Now you’ve got one ticket price and you can feel better about the whole situation.
by The Mexican't on Feb 10, 2012 11:58 AM CST up reply actions
I have season tix.
I just think the multiple prices is rather dumb, and just a way for them to pretend they aren’t gouging for the shitty non-con games.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 10, 2012 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
Still a steal for the entertainment value you get.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Feb 9, 2012 4:55 PM CST up reply actions
That number is really just a facade though.
You’ve got to figure in the donation required for the seat license. Especially if you figure in all the other costs involved, it’s getting to be pretty damn expensive.
The problem is that they constantly increase prices whenever they can, and they never seem to bring them back down. If we have some really down years, it could get ugly.
15 years ago, who would have imagined Big Ten games where Carver was less than half full (or half empty)?
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
I wonder if you'd say that
if you had been at the Tenn Tech game. Or the Ball State game the year before.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 10, 2012 12:10 AM CST up reply actions
This is interesting too
Iowa is interested in a JUCO SG
@JucoRecruiting
Brad Winton
Rutgers, Iowa and Oregon State are the latest schools to show interest in Devon Branch (Cloud City CC).
seriously?
Yeah, but does he have any jail-time?
And does he easily get “homesick”?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 10, 2012 12:16 AM CST up reply actions
If we get him, I'll call him "Lando" and toast him with Colt 45s.
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Feb 10, 2012 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
BREAKING!
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McCall wasn’t suspended for anything he wrote on Facebook, per Barta. No UI athlete has been suspended for that reason.
seriously?
Well at least we can now kill that utterly idiotic meme.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
That it ever became something worth believing is absurd enough.
Glad to see it shot down officially.
by The Mexican't on Feb 9, 2012 6:25 PM CST up reply actions
Strait truth.
"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta
by SomeJerkPoster on Feb 9, 2012 7:36 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
They'll let anybody in here.
How the heck does Wisco qualify for the national duals? They’re terrible. Aren’t they dead last in B1G?
Bethany: Were they sent to Hell?
Metatron: Worse. Wisconsin. For the entire span of human history.
by kurthy on Feb 9, 2012 7:03 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Aren't the National Duals struggling?
Wasn’t there a rumor that they were going to start making teams “qualify” for it at various other sites before the big one?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Feb 10, 2012 12:17 AM CST up reply actions
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