Official word came today from the Iowa and Iowa State athletic departments that the series between the schools’ football teams that has been played every year since 1977 will continue at least through 2017.
Not a real big surprise.
There had been some talk that Iowa was going to discontinue the series, and there was some question as [...]

I spent a lot of time on NFL.com while tracking the outgoing Iowa players in this weekend’s NFL Draft, and I spent some time looking back at the past few drafts. They have a feature on there with which you can search the history of the draft for each school, and a search on Iowa explains why the program is in [...]

Ten cornerbacks were taken on Day 1 of the NFL Draft on Saturday — Iowa’s Charles Godfrey wasn’t one of them.
If it’s any consolation, he did end the day as the top player available, according to draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. 
“In the third round, Charles Godfrey is going to be a real good pick for [...]

The Sporting News has its complete, seven-round mock draft up on its Web site, and it predicts four Iowa players will be selected, all on Day 2.
Cornerback Charles Godfrey, who I’ve seen projected as high as an early second-round pick, is the top Hawkeye in The Sporting News mock. They have him going to the Rams with the second pick of the [...]

The Iowa football coaching staff has landed a late addition to its 2008 recruiting class. According to Web site Rivals.com, New Jersey wide receiver Matt Marshall has verbally committed to the Hawkeyes.
Marshall, a 6-foot-2, 203-pounder is expected to sign a binding letter of intent Thursday. He chose Iowa after visiting North Carolina and Arkansas. A [...]

It looks like spring games around the Big Ten took on a similar theme to the one at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday. Many major players didn’t play because of minor injuries. Few teams were impressive. No position battles were won. That’s the way it goes this time of year. Here is a little rundown of what went [...]

While I wasn’t blown away by Jake Christensen’s performance on the field Saturday in the Iowa football team’s final spring practice, I was pleasantly surprised by his demeanor afterward. He played pretty well — 10-of-16 for 134 yards, by my count, with a touchdown and an interception. The interception will be magnified by many because [...]

The Iowa football team is in its final week of spring drills and Saturday will pull back the curtain for a few hours in an open practice at Kinnick Stadium. It’s not the traditional spring game some schools put on, where the first team takes on the second team and only the quarterbacks are free from contact. [...]

Former Iowa wide receiver James Cleveland was formally charged with two counts of unlawful possession of prescription drugs this week, that according to Johnson County Court records. He’ll be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. April 24. He was not charged with violation of Iowa’s tax-stamp law, which is a felony. The drug possession charges are misdemeanors.
Word [...]

A quick look at Iowa’s 2008 spring roster, which was released last week, revealed 17 players listed on the 2007 roster no longer are with the program. The reasons vary — five are known to have transferred to other programs, three were dismissed, two suffered career-ending injuries and seven others are gone for unknown reasons.
I’ve only been around this program for [...]