We kind of expected this to be a relatively quiet week. Or at least as quiet as the week before the opening game of the college football season can be. But it has ended up being pretty darn eventful. First, on Wednesday, the Big Ten announced how the new two-team divisional alignment will look for [...]

Projected starter – Ricky Stanzi (6-4, 230, sr.) Top reserves – James Vandenberg (6-3, 212, so.), John Wienke (6-5, 220, so.) Futures – A.J. Derby (6-4, 225, fr.), Wyatt Suess (6-2, 200, fr.) Stanzi’s touchdown-to-interception ratio isn’t going to land him any All-Big Ten votes, but this one statistic looks pretty good: He is 18-4 [...]

Projected starters – RB Adam Robinson (5-9, 205, so.); FB Brett Morse (6-3, 238, sr.) Top reserves – Jewel Hampton (5-9, 210, so.), Brandon Wegher (5-11, 206, so.), Brad Rogers (5-10, 215, fr.), Paki O’Meara (5-11, 211, sr.) Futures – Jacob Reisen (6-2, 231, fr.), Marcus Coker (6-0, 230, fr.), De’Andre Johnson (5-8, 210, fr.) [...]

Projected starters – Wide receivers Derrell Johnson-Koulianos (6-1, 200, sr.) and Marvin McNutt (6-4, 215, jr.); tight end Allen Reisner (6-3, 248, sr.) Top reserves – Colin Sandeman (6-1, 200, sr.), Keenan Davis (6-3, 215, so.), Brad Herman (6-5, 247, jr.), Paul Chaney (5-9, 170, sr.), Jordan Cotton (6-1, 185, fr.), Don Nordmann (6-6, 211, [...]

Projected starters – LT Riley Reiff (6-6, 300, so.); LG Julian Vandervelde (6-3, 300, sr.); RG Adam Gettis (6-4, 280, jr.); RT Markus Zusevics (6-5, 295, jr.); C Josh Koeppel (6-2, 273, sr.) or James Ferentz (6-2, 275, so.) Top reserves – Cody Hundertmark (6-4, 285, jr.), Woody Orne (6-5, 295, jr.), Brett Van Sloten [...]

The Brandon Wegher saga gets a little stranger all the time. Word has it now that the mixed-up sophomore running back returned to practice for a few days early last week, then left the Hawkeyes again because — in the words of coach Kirk Ferentz — “his heart wasn’t into it.’’ It’s apparent at this [...]

Projected starters – Punter Ryan Donahue (6-3, 190, sr.); kickers Daniel Murray (5-10,185, sr.) or Trent Mossbrucker (6-0, 204, so.); deep snapper Andrew Schulze (6-5, 255, sr.) Top reserves – Eric Guthrie (6-6, 245, jr.), Charlie Knipper (6-4, 230, fr.) Futures – Jonathan Mullings (6-3, 210, fr.); Mike Meyer (6-2, 175, fr.) Donahue is another [...]

Projected starters – Strong safety Tyler Sash (6-1, 210, jr.); free safety Brett Greenwood (6-0, 200, sr.); cornerbacks Shaun Prater (5-11, 180, jr.) and Micah Hyde (6-1, 185, so.) Top reserves – Jordan Bernstine (5-11, 205, jr.), Greg Castillo (5-11, 180, so.), Willie Lowe (5-10, 172, jr.), Kyle Steinbrecher (6-2, 201, jr.), Tom Donatell (6-2, [...]

Projected starters – MLB Jeff Tarpinian (6-3, 238, sr.), WLB Jeremiha Hunter (6-2, 235, sr.), OLB Tyler Nielsen (6-4, 235, jr.) Top reserves – Troy Johnson (6-2, 235, sr.), Bruce Davis (6-0, 232, jr.), Ross Petersen (6-3, 236, sr.), Lance Tillison (6-2, 215, jr.) Futures – James Morris (6-2, 215, fr.), Shane DiBona (6-2, 230, [...]

This is the first in a series of position-by-position looks at the Iowa football team for 2010. Projected starters – Ends Adrian Clayborn (6-4, 285, sr.) and Broderick Binns (6-2, 261, jr.); tackles Karl Klug (6-4, 270, sr.) and Christian Ballard (6-5, 297, sr.) Top reserves – Mike Daniels ((6-1, 275, jr.), Lebron Daniel (6-2, [...]