An associate of mine was at the NFL party at the Super Bowl and encountered Bob Griese pressing the flesh.  Small talk led to conversation about the Big Ten when out of the blue Bob G. said "can you believe that Iowa quarterback, he will give the other team a pick six on the first play of the game then battle back and win".   Bob, unaware of the correct lingo meant to say a "Rick Six" and he could have just mentioned that he opens the game with a "Stanziball" and saved a lot of words.

Anyway it is rewarding to learn our boy is being noticed by a NFL and Big Ten Great for his unequaled sportsmanlike conduct of keeping the games close and helping the other team score now and then.

The Hawkeyes are wrestling in Vernal, UT tonight.  I hadn't seen anywhere on the site that we were having a live thread or anything like that, and, since I have no life, I decided to add what I have heard on the radio so far. (I could be wrong about the Utah Valley wrestlers.  I am trying to fill them in from memory and their roster after the fact.)

125: Matt McDonough vs. Benjamin Kjar- Controlled the match, but did not look good, per the announcers.  Scored a 7-4 decision. 3-0 Iowa.

133: Dan Dennis vs. Flint Ray (I think, there are 3 Rays at 133 on their roster) - With the lead late in the second and riding time advantage, Dennis was reversed to a 2 pt near fall, making the score 4-3 for the Utah Valley wrestler.  Dennis gained the one minute of riding time back, but released his opponent to make it 5-3.  It remained that until 3 seconds left, when, with a desperation shot, Dennis scored the takedown to tie.  3 seconds later time expired with Dennis with just over a minute of riding time for a 6-5 win. 6-0 Hawks

141: Montell Marion vs. Jeffery Newby- Outscored his opponent 20-7 for the major decision. 10-0 Hawks

149: The Brent Metcalf vs. Justin Morrill- Fall at 1:43 of the first.  Nothing else to say, the dude isn't human.  16-0 Hawks

157: Jake Kerr vs. Clay Frost- After a sluggish, unimpressive start, Kerr turns it on for a major decision 12-4. 20-0 Hawks

165: M* vs. Jeff Clark- Weird.  Very little action in the first period. Scoreless match until M* gets nearfall points from the top to start second.  Morningstar wins 3-1. 23-0 Hawks

174: Jay Borschel  vs. Brad Darrington:  Apparently Darrington, and UVU, for that matter, scored a big upset last night against Boise St.  JayBo yawns his approval and then proceeds to impose his will for 7 minutes.  Not an impressive score, but the match was never in doubt.  JayBo had 9 hours of riding time and wins 8-2. 26-0 Hawks.

184: Hometown Hero Phil Keddy vs. Casen Eldredge- In a match taking place in his former high school's (Uintah High School, I assume this is by design, and a nice touch) gymnasium, with 42 family members in attendance, Phil took a 2-1 lead after 1.  He quickly escaped and got an immediate takedown to make it 5-1.  From there, Keddy took several shots that were not successful, but still productive, as he forced several stall calls.  Eldredge did his best Steve Prefontaine impression, running away all over the place (at least out of bounds a whole lot) the whole 3rd period.  Keddy cruises to 9-3 decision. 29-0 Hawks

197: Luke Lofthouse vs. Josh Wood- Incidentally, during this match the announcers said that Beatty made the trip, but his foot is in a boot.  He has been practicing a bit, but only against lighter guys.  This is also somewhat of a homecoming for Double L.  Luke wrestles pretty well, despite giving up a takedown in the 3rd, and gets the decision 12-5. 32-0 Hawks

HWT: Dan Erekson wins by forfeit.  38-0 Hawks.

It was a dominating performance against a lesser opponent, but it did not sound terribly impressive.  I may be wrong about this, but I think, for the second meet in a row, Lofthouse's opponent scored the one and only take down for the opposing team in the whole meet.  When the opponent scores 95% (figuratively speaking, I wouldn't actually do math for this) of their match points on release escapes, it's hard to argue with the results, even if it wasn't exactly what Brands wants to see.

Yes, this is apparently true.  Highlight vids are in the article.

This is, of course, ridiculous IMHO, but, hey, its USC! Its Lane Kiffin! Its hot chicks in SoCal!

This is, of course, ridiculous IMHO, but, hey, its USC! Its Lane Kiffin! Its hot chicks in SoCal!

This is, of course, ridiculous IMHO, but, hey, its USC! Its Lane Kiffin! Its hot chicks in SoCal!

Another MNC for USC is now fixed for 2015! Woo Hoo!

I did a bad thing. I used this site to get backhanded revenge on someone and I apologize. I tainted their rep on these boards, it was a immature and uncalled for. I wish to apologize to MPHawkfan and anyone whom I confused/offended. I broke the rules; I know the boards are not meant for personal attacks. I am sorry, it won't happen again, and we really do need to think about getting another computer. I am joining Rageaholics Anonymus to seek help. Thanks.

Late this month Hawkeyes, Pat Angerer, Byran Bulaga, Kyle Calloway, A.J. Edds, Tony Moeaki, Dace Richardson and Amari Spievey will head to Indianapolis for the weeklong NFL scouting combine as one of the top 320ish prospects coming into the league this year.

With 255 picks in this Aprils draft and numerous opportunities for the best undrafted players in training camps a combine invite is a pretty good indicator that a prospect will get a serious look from teams.

Full list of invites here. Combine opens February 24th in Lucas Oil Stadium.

In the process of reminiscing old Super Bowl commercials, I stumbled upon this gem.  This maybe common knowledge to many, but listen for sweet sound of the beer bottle marching band from 1:39-1:43.  No doubt they did their market research and found that this song would be the perfect way to cap a rousing first quarter of beer bottles playing a fictional game of pigskin.  Somebody get this clip and the Korean music video in front of Seantrel Henderson before he makes a HUGE mistake.  

Bud Bowl II

I was trying to blend some Hawkeye footage into the Korean pop video but it was more difficult than I thought it would be and taking too long so I only got half way.  Maybe I'll finish it, maybe not, but in the meantime check out Oh! Iowa!

It would be cool to see a real editor try and blend in some raw HD Iowa footage to try and make the whole thing as seemless as possible.  Is this 75 words yet?

Is it any wondering why I continue reading this trash... 4 out of 6 rated b10 the worst with regards to this years recruiting class... Really? I understand we have jNWU and whiners in Champlain but the worst conference? The one redeeming quality (not that we needed reassured) was they they reaffirmed clown U. will always be the losers they are.... They listed Gene C. as having assembled a great staff. Something impossible at clown U. And that Auburn has assembled best recruiting class as 2nd year coach.... http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1045779

I don't see much Track and Field blog traffic here at BHGPs, but thought many of you would nonetheless be interested in Tim Dwight's appearance at the 103rd Millrose Games today.  He ran in a special 60m dash against other former NFL players.  The race was won by Anthony Dorsett, Jr. in 7.01.  Most impressive was 49 year old Willie Gault finishing 3rd in 7.07.  He was closing in fast and may have won had the race been 100 yards.  Dwight, although looking fit,  finished a distant 4th in 7.25.  As a comparison, the winner of the Elite event finished in 6.59.

You may recall ISU's Paul Shirley:  a hustle player who played for Larry Eustachy and Tim Floyd.  Shirley's best year at ISU included averaging 10 points per game and almost 7 rebounds per game.

He played a total of 18 games for three different NBA teams in three seasons, and I believe he played in some foreign countries after that.

At some point, he began writing for ESPN.com, often about his experiences in those foreign countries, and sometimes about other things.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=shirley_paul&id=2198685

Apparently, writing about those things began to bore him, as he recently wrote some posts for Flipcollective.com that basically questioned if Haiti's citizens were at least partially to blame for their misfortunes after the earthquake, and also questioned why people were donating money to alleviate those misfortunes.

http://www.flipcollective.com/2010/01/26/if-you-rebuild-it-they-will-come-by-paul-shirley/

ESPN.com soon fired him, and he then wrote another post that basically said "I'm not sorry, but I apologize if you were offended."

http://www.flipcollective.com/2010/01/28/a-reaction-by-paul-shirley/

http://backporch.fanhouse.com/2010/01/27/espn-cuts-ties-with-paul-shirley-over-controversial-haiti-remark/

Is this what we can expect of ISU grads?  Or is this way better than what we already expect of ISU grads? Discuss.