February 15th, 2010
C.J. Fiedorowicz hasn’t even arrived at the University of Iowa yet, but his legend already is growing. Fiedorowicz, one of the top high school tight ends in the country, is expected to contend for a starting job with the Hawkeyes right away next fall but for now he is doing amazing things on the basketball [...]
Tags: C.J. Fiedorowicz, Hawkeye football
February 4th, 2010
Random thoughts in the wake of Wednesday’s national signing day:
— Once upon a time, when a high school football player made a verbal commitment to sign with a school, you could take it to the bank. The recruiting was over. The kid was going to that school.
Not any more.
“Decommits” — players who change their mind [...]
Tags: A.J. Derby, Adam Robinson, Andrew Donnal, Austin Vier, B.J. Lowery, Brad Rogers, Brandon Scherff, Brandon Wegher, C.J. Fiedorowicz, Carl Davis, D'Andre Johnson, Iowa football, James Morris, Jeff Brinson, Jewell Hampton, Jim Poggi, Kevonte Martin-Manley, Kirk Ferentz, marcus Coker, Matt Hoch, Paki O'Meara, Shonn Greene, Tanner Miller
January 28th, 2010
ou won’t see any punters and kickers on the list of scholarship recruits that Iowa will sign next week, but with Ryan Donahue and Daniel Murray both being seniors next year, Kirk Ferentz and his staff are looking to the future.
Punter Jonny Mullings will come on board as a “grayshirt,’’ which means he won’t enroll [...]
Tags: Daniel Murray, Iowa football, Jonny Mullings, Kirk Ferentz, Mike Meyer, Ryan Donahue, Trent Mossbrucker
January 22nd, 2010
Upon further review, maybe the Hawkeyes aren’t quite finished recruiting.
It looks as though they could get one more recruit this weekend when Lorain (Ohio) Clearview star Anthony Hitchens makes his official visit to the Iowa campus. Hitchens was regarded as a fall-back recruit – someone the Hawkeyes only would take if other recruiting pitches fell [...]
Tags: Andrew Donnal, Anthony Hitchens, Austin Gray, Austin Vier, Brandon Scherff, Christian Kirksey, Don Shumpert, Iowa football, James Morris, marcus Coker, Matt Hardy
January 19th, 2010
With the national signing date now just two weeks away, Iowa recruiting class is holding steady with 19 recruits. There probably will not be any more additions to the class. Coach Kirk Ferentz and his staff are just hoping there won’t be any more subtractions.
One player who was committed to signing with Iowa for 5½ [...]
Tags: B.J. Armstrong, Iowa football, Kevonte Martin-Manley, Kirk Ferentz, Matt Hoch, Missouri football
January 11th, 2010
The latest projections by Scout, Inc. have Bryan Bulaga listed as the 27th best player available in April’s NFL Draft. MyNFLDraft.com projects him going No. 28 to Green Bay in the first round of the draft.
Amari Spievey? He’s nowhere to be found in any draft projections. But the junior cornerback is going to test the [...]
Tags: A.J. Edds, Amari Spievey, Bryan Bulaga, Kyle Calloway, NFL draft, Pat Angerer, Tony Moeaki
January 7th, 2010
A few thoughts on Iowa’s offensive line situation as I sit here killing time in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, waiting for Delta Airlines to find a way to get me home from Miami:
I hope Bryan Bulaga knows what he’s doing. Iowa’s junior left tackle has declared for this spring’s NFL draft and while there never has [...]
Tags: Adam Gettis, Amobi Okoye, Bryan Bulaga, Dace Richardson, Iowa Hawkeyes, Josh Koeppel, Julian Vandervelde, Kyle Calloway, NFL draft, Nolan MacMillan, Rafael Eubanks, Riley Reiff
January 6th, 2010
After handling Georgia Tech 24-14 in Tuesday’s night’s Orange Bowl, the Iowa football team probably is going to finish in a very familiar spot in the final Associated Press poll.
The Hawkeyes are likely to be eighth, which is exactly where they were at the end of the 2002, 2003 and 2004 seasons.
They were 10th entering [...]
Tags: Adrian Clayborn, Derrick Morgan, Georgia Tech, Iowa football, Orange Bowl
January 4th, 2010
What can we expect to see Tuesday night in the Orange Bowl? A few thoughts:
– Georgia Tech typically starts fast and Iowa usually has not, and it’s hard to see either of those trends changing in this game. I think it will take the Hawkeyes some time to adjust to the speed of the Tech [...]
Tags: Adam Robinson, Amari Spievey, Bryan Bulaga, Georgia Tech, Iowa Hawkeyes, Orange Bowl
January 3rd, 2010
The Iowa fans have begun to descend on South Florida for Tuesday’s Orange Bowl. A bunch of them took over the Clevelander, an outdoor bar along Ocean Drive in South Beach on Sunday afternoon. It was quite a show.
They had the proprietors playing the Iowa fight song and everything.
It’s one of those bars they have [...]
Tags: Clevelander, Iowa football, Orange Bowl, South Beach