I fielded a lot of questions in my live chat today about Ricky Stanzi’s right hand. Rumor on the message boards has it that Iowa’s new starting quarterback broke his hand/wrist yesterday in practice. Those rumors don’t hold any water, Stanzi’s father, Joe, said this afternoon.

“I texted Ricky a couple times this afternoon, and I would like to think I would know within the hour if there was an injury,” the elder Stanzi said. “When he separated his shoulder (in July), I remember that Friday morning, he actually called me from the training room. I heard from (coach Ken) O’Keefe, I heard from everybody. So, I think I would know.”

So, there you have it. Stanzi’s going to play, as far as his father knows. And if he’s injured and his own father doesn’t know then I’m pretty impressed with the ability of the Iowa football program to keep information in house. Then again, it is Cy-Hawk week, but Joe Stanzi’s story sounded pretty convincing.

The rumor that Stanzi was injured started early today on a Cyclones message board. Supposedly someone from within the Iowa sports information staff sent an e-mail to a relative, who told someone, who told someone, who posted it online. As you can imagine, a rumor like that grew legs in a hurry.   

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