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Crit, quite frankly Ferentz should have went to Christensen at least some when at the end of the season when a top end bowl was out of sight. I think he got a few series in the last regular season game at most on that 3 game skid.
I'll hold my position of 4 - 5 Iowa losses, however. Even with a cake schedule. 
As far my Wolverines...quite frankly, I hope we get a new coach. If Ferentz had lost to Iowa St. more than he'd won and had an attrocious bowl record would you want him around? No.
And don't take it too personal...half of it is just giving you Iowa guys flack. 
I am not saying a 2 loss season is out of the question, but even with a cake schedule that usually takes more stability than Iowa has at this juncture.
Come on...you're pegging Nebraska, who is a far cry better, for 4 losses and their two toughest teams both had significant losses. One of which they play at home with at least a chance at an upset. And you're calling me out for claiming Iowa will lose 4? A 'respectable' projection for Nebraska would be 2 losses.
But, you're right...Iowa will come to play this year. Ferentz won't let a second year in a row slip away to coaching failure. Even though I personally think he's taking more blame than necessary on that one. That's what good coaches do though. |
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| 08/03/2007 6:24 PM |
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2007 Preview: Iowa Hawkeyes
Pete Fiutak
CollegeFootballNews.com,
Full Preview | Offense | Defense | Depth Chart
This might be the most critical year for Iowa football in a long, long time.
Head coach Kirk Ferentz has made Iowa a regular in the big bowls, but the program hasn't quite turned the corner many expected it would a few years ago when it was in the yearly BCS discussion. Last year was supposed to be the season the ceiling was blasted through, but it didn't happen. Now, veteran QB Drew Tate is gone, the schedule is a bit more difficult (even without Michigan or Ohio State), and Iowa appears to be more Wisconsin than Ohio State — a yearly top-five Big Ten team, but not a perennial superstar.
In his ninth year in Iowa City, Ferentz has been good enough to be mentioned for just about every NFL job opening, but isn't hot enough anymore to be on anyone's short list. If he really does have designs on the next level, his window is closing quickly, meaning he might be more interested in exploring his options next season. Then again, he was supposed to be off somewhere else a few years ago, yet he's still around, and he's still among the best.
Even without Tate, Ferentz has a team that could be the year's big surprise. All the top receivers are back, along with RB Albert Young, while the defense should be sensational, with eight starters returning and a slew of experienced backups to fill in. Iowa now reloads and replaces, it doesn't rebuild.
Iowa Hawkeyes
Team Information
Head coach: Kirk Ferentz
9th year: 55-43
12th year overall: 67-64
Returning Lettermen: 37
Lettermen Lost: 20
Ten Best Players
1. DE Ken Iwebema, Sr.
2. LB Mike Klinkenborg, Sr.
3. RB Albert Young, Sr.
4. DE Bryan Mattison, Sr.
5. WR Dominique Douglas, Soph.
6. C Rafael Eubanks, Soph.
7. OT Dace Richardson, Jr.
8. WR Andy Brodell, Jr.
9. DT Matt Kroul, Jr.
10. CB Adam Shada, Sr.
2007 Schedule
Sept. 1 No Illinois (in Chic.)
Sept. 8 Syracuse
Sept. 15 at Iowa State
Sept. 22 at Wisconsin
Sept. 29 Indiana
Oct. 6 at Penn State
Oct. 13 Illinois
Oct. 20 at Purdue
Oct. 27 Michigan State
Nov. 3 at Northwestern
Nov. 10 Minnesota
Nov. 17 Western Michigan
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So was last year's 6-7 record, with the season-ending collapse (losing the final four games), an indicator of the direction of the program, or was it an aberration? We'll know after this year. Iowa lost to the elite (Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Texas), the lousy (Northwestern), and the in-between (Minnesota). Now it has to reclaim its reputation and get back to being the hot program it's supposed to be.
What to watch for on offense: More balance. The offense became a bit too reliant on the mood and play of Tate, and now with Jake Christensen under center, it'll rely more on Young running the ball. Even so, don't assume this will be a conservative attack, as big plays will be available downfield to wide receivers Dominique Douglas and Andy Brodell.
What to watch for on defense: Don't expect anything too cute. Last season, Iowa's defense didn't get nearly enough pressure or enough key stops, but that should change with the return of DE Ken Iwebema and top LB Mike Klinkenborg, who were injured. There won't be any funky blitzes, and there'll be plenty of bending but not breaking, but the overall result should be better.
The team will be far better if... it doesn't give the ball away. The Hawkeyes were 111th in the nation in turnover margin, and mistakes were the difference between a good season and a great one. Iowa should've blown out Syracuse and should've beaten Indiana, but it couldn't hang on to the ball. Part of the problem was Tate trying to make too many things happen, and part of the issue was the lack of takeaways to turn the momentum around in tight games.
The Schedule: It's sneaky tough early, but the Hawkeyes have no beef, considering there's no Ohio State or Michigan to deal with. Three of the first four games (Northern Illinois, Iowa State and Wisconsin) are away from Iowa City, and an early road trip to Penn State could create a big hole in conference play. The back half is as easy as can reasonably be expected, getting Illinois, Michigan State, Minnesota and Western Michigan at home and going on the road to Purdue and Northwestern.
Best Offensive Player: Senior RB Albert Young. When he's healthy, not a given in his up-and-down Hawkeye career, Young is one of the Big Ten's most versatile and dynamic backs. With Tate gone, Iowa will lean heavily on its elusive senior, who led the conference in rushing two seasons ago and will be a reliable target for young Jake Christensen. If around for a full 12 games, he could hit 1,500 yards he's that good.
Best Defensive Player: Senior LB Mike Klinkenborg. He was a rock in the middle of the defense, leading the unit with 129 stops despite missing Iowa's bowl game. While not athletic in the Abdul Hodge or Chad Greenway mold, Klinkenborg has the necessary instincts and toughness to constantly be around the ball carrier.
Key player to a successful season: Sophomore QB Jake Christensen. While he's not all that big, can't move and has little experience, he'll be the difference between a possible top-three Big Ten finish and also-ran status. If he can't get the job done, or worse yet gets hurt, it'll be up to freshmen Richard Stanzi and Arvell Nelson to fight it out for the job. That would be a big, big problem early on.
The season will be a success if... the Hawkeyes win 10 games. A nine-win regular season and a bowl victory would get the program back on track after the disappointment of 2006, and it can dream of really big things, like the Rose Bowl, if it can split road dates at Wisconsin and Penn State. While Iowa isn't going to be the best team in the Big Ten, not having to play Michigan or Ohio State — you're going to hear this all year long — is a break that has to be taken advantage of.
Key game: Sept. 23 at Wisconsin. Assuming the Hawkeyes can avoid slipping in the yearly nightmare that's the Iowa State battle, a win over the Badgers could possibly make it a one-game season. Outside of the date at Penn State, Iowa should be favored against everyone on the slate after going to Madison, where it's won two straight.
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A closer look: Christensen ready to lead Hawkeyes
You stood, somewhat unimpressed, last spring on the Kinnick Stadium sidelines, waiting to catch a glimpse of what everyone had been talking about.
Wearing No. 6 on his red practice jersey, Jake Christensen was making his first public appearance as Iowa’s No. 1 quarterback during the Hawkeyes’ spring scrimmage that April afternoon.
He looked as good as any of the signal callers did that day, but you’d expected more from the guy coaches, players and the media had painted as the undisputed starter for the next three seasons — the heir to the throne vacated by graduated senior Drew Tate.
Christensen made his share of throws that day, finding the tight ends and running backs with regularity. But you found yourself questioning whether this 6-foot-1 southpaw from suburban Chicago was capable of leading these Hawkeyes through the Big Ten.
So, you moved in and took a closer look.
You stood not far from the action on the field as Iowa running back Albert Young took a carry off the right side of the line and was stopped for a short gain. You watched as two Hawkeyes — offensive tackle Dace Richardson and defensive end Adrian Clayborn — exchanged shoves after whistles had blown to signal the end of the play. And that’s when you began to see the essence of Christensen’s emerging status as the leader of this football team.
Amid the scuffle, the 215-pound sophomore stepped between Richardson and Clayborn, grabbed each by the jersey and quickly restored order. It was a subtle gesture, one Christensen probably replicated a dozen or so times during the three weeks of spring practice. But this was on the Kinnick Stadium stage with thousands of people in the stands, where that gesture echoed a much louder statement: This is Jake Christensen’s team.
How does that happen, though — a seemingly overnight transition from one team identity to another? How does a group of players come to respect, trust, admire and believe in a guy whose complete collegiate body of work was constructed in a 24-14 win over Northern Illinois last season?
Curious now, you moved a little bit closer.
You watched as Christensen fielded questions from a slew of reporters after the scrimmage, looking each in the face as he gave his answers.
“If you’re competitive, guys will follow you,” he said, shrugging off the difficulty of gaining that respect, that trust, that admiration from teammates.
“You just have to let them know you want to win, and they’ll follow that type of leadership.”
While he spoke, Christensen signed dozens of autographs for fans — some young, some old, some in between. He signed programs, T-shirts, hats, a piggy bank and even a cell phone, stopping before putting the Sharpie to the phone to make sure the teenage fan was willing.
This drill — this juggling of fans, media and responsibilities to teammates — is a new one for Christensen. But it’s one he seems comfortable carrying out. This is, after all, what he has been waiting for since the day he committed to Iowa the summer before his senior year at Lockport (Ill.) Township High School.
He’s been waiting much longer than that, though.
To map the course of Christensen’s journey, you had to go closer still.
Close enough to see the spark that ignited the competitive fire within him.
Close enough to identify the failures that led to his successes.
Close enough to appreciate the family that is the foundation on which he stands.
‘A hyper kid’
Christensen, it seems, has been ahead of the curve since the day he was born three weeks early to his mother, Linda, and father, Jeff, in August 1986.
Jeff, a former NFL quarterback, was suited up for a preseason game with the Cleveland Browns when he got the call letting him know his son had arrived. The next day, Jeff was cut by the Browns, and his football career fizzled over the next few seasons.
In Jake, though, he had a pupil — someone to right his wrongs and live by the lessons he’d learned on and off the field.
The ability to throw the football — the arm motion, wrist action and follow through — came somewhat naturally to Jake. As Jeff tells it, Christensen was zinging a clean spiral across the back yard as a 2-year-old. But that was only the beginning. He had a natural competitiveness, too, that caught his parents’ attention.
“We always heard from people, ‘Well, he’s awful hyper. He’s a hyper kid,’ ” Jeff Christensen said. “He wasn’t hyper. He was aggressive. He wanted to be in the fray. He wanted to be involved. He just wanted to play.”
Christensen’s parents divorced when he was 4, and he and his brother, Jordan, spent school years with Linda in Lemont, Ill., and summers with Jeff in Naperville. It wasn’t an ideal situation — two young boys living apart from their father — but Jeff and Linda made it work, always giving the kids a sense that they were most important.
During many of those summers with dad, Christensen visited relatives in tiny Arrowsmith, Ill. And that’s where he cut his teeth as an athlete, tagging along with his older cousin, Wade Kennedy, to the ball field, sandlot or wherever games were played.
Kennedy and his friends tormented Jake, telling him he was too small to play because he was eight years younger. They’d hit ground balls at him as hard as they could trying to drive home their point. But, more often than not, Jake would knock down the balls and make the play, and sooner or later, he proved he belonged.
“He just seemed to have that drive and determination at a young age. We couldn’t keep him off the field,” Kennedy said. “He has that tenacity that you just don’t see.”
Home schooled
Jeff, who now runs a quarterback school in Lockport, was shaping Jake all along to be the quarterback he never was.
At 7, Christensen played his first organized football game for the Lemont Hornets. By 11, he was breaking down game film with Jeff, learning to read defenses and make decisions in the pocket. In high school, there was a debriefing session after every game.
And the schooling, it seemed, never stopped.
When Jake would get out of line as a child, his dad would say, “Hey, Joe,” and Jake knew what he meant.
“The message was: Act like Joe Montana, look like Joe Montana,” Jeff said. “You never knew where Joe stood. He just was always even keel.”
There was always a lesson, always a right way to do things. And Jeff is the kind of guy who would coach a postman on delivering a package.
Even now, as Christensen is set to take the reins of a perennial Big Ten contender, Jeff still critiques the throwing motion he’s been molding all these years. If it bothers Jake, he doesn’t show it.
“There’s no doubt Jeff is a very knowledgeable guy with the experience that he has and the knowledge that he brings. There is no doubt he’s given that to Jake,” said Bret Kooi, Christensen’s high school football coach at Lockport. “And Jake’s aware of the things his dad has taught him, and he’s aware that he’s been so successful because of the things his dad has given him.
“Do they at times clash? Yeah. But I think that’s very typical of any father-son relationship when you’re working as a coach and a player. And that’s what it is, because he’s always coaching him.”
Two-sport star
Christensen had to wait his turn once he got to Lockport High. He made the varsity football team as a sophomore but was the backup to a senior, Steve Walker, who has gone on to a record-setting career at North Dakota State.
As Christensen watched, Walker led the Porters to a state title that season.
In the waning minutes of the championship game, Christensen turned down the opportunity to take the field, saying he didn’t want to go out there as the backup — he wanted to lead his own team to a title.
The next season, he did.
Throwing for 3,681 yards and 33 touchdowns as a junior, Christensen guided Lockport to a 12-2 record and a second consecutive Illinois Class 8A crown. It was enough to earn him all-conference and all-area recognition and to land a scholarship offer from Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz.
Christensen also was a standout on the baseball team as a three-year starter in right field. He had a career batting average of just under .500 and finished as Lockport’s all-time leader in doubles, RBIs and runs scored. And baseball proved to be a sturdy crutch for him to fall back on when his senior year of football was cut short.
With Christensen again putting up stellar numbers — 2,874 yards and 36 touchdowns — the Porters rolled to a perfect regular season and a No. 7 national ranking in 2004. But they were upset in the first round of the playoffs, ending Christensen’s high school career.
Lying on the field crying after the loss, he was consoled by defensive line coach Jim Hall, a longtime family friend who had coached him as a 7-year-old with the Lemont Hornets.
“I told him, ‘Hey, I love you. You gave your best. I’m proud of you,’ ” said Hall, who also was Christensen’s high school baseball coach. “He looked up at me and said, ‘Let’s go win the state in baseball,’ and sure enough that’s what we did.”
The accolades rolled in for Christensen after his senior season of football. He was named the Illinois state player of the year by the Champaign News-Gazette and an All-American by USA Today, SuperPrep, Rivals.com and Parade Magazine, and he was one of seven Iowa recruits to play in the 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio.
An all-state pick in baseball, he also was a 42nd-round draft choice of the Cincinnati Reds but turned down the opportunity to play professional baseball to go to college.
“I’ve always loved baseball, but there’s just something about football where I’ve always loved it a little bit more,” Christensen said. “It was a no-brainer decision. I don’t think money’s enough to throw away a chance to get a free education and play football in the Big Ten — it’s just not worth it.”
Waiting his turn
Like he did in high school, Christensen had to wait to play once he arrived at Iowa.
Tate had just led the Hawkeyes to a Big Ten title in his first year as a starter in 2004, and he wasn’t about to be unseated by a freshman.
The relationship between the two was lukewarm at best during their two seasons together on the roster, but watching the always fiery Tate was an education in how to — and sometimes how not to — play the game.
“You don’t want to say anything bad about the guy who came before you,” Christensen said. “Truth be told, I learned a lot from Drew. How bad he wanted to win and his competitiveness — some people took it as a negative thing when he was slapping guys in the huddle. That was just his way of showing he wanted to win.”
Christensen redshirted in 2005 and did what he could, earning the team leader award for the scout offense.
He went in the weight room and broke the Iowa records for bench press and squat by a quarterback, putting up 325 and 440 pounds, respectively. And he studied the playbook so he’d be ready when his opportunity arose.
It did last season, when he rose from third to second on the depth chart and was forced into the starting lineup when Tate was sidelined by a thumb injury.
In that 24-14 win over Northern Illinois, Christensen completed 19 of 30 passes for 256 yards and two touchdowns.
It wasn’t the greatest game of his life, but it was enough to prove he belongs at this level and enough to cement himself as Tate’s successor in the minds of his teammates, coaches and fans.
Gaining respect
Near the end of your journey, your walk inside the life of this emerging young talent, you listened as Christensen told his father a story of a monster largemouth bass he saw while fishing near Lockport in mid-May.
“It was huge, and it was just sitting there with its mouth open,” he said. “I kept throwing my lure at it, but it wouldn’t bite. I must have thrown it in there a dozen times, and it just watched it go by.”
Later, he spoke of his admiration for Steve Young, the Hall of Fame quarterback who led the San Francisco 49ers to a Super Bowl championship in 1995.
But it’s a 1998 NFC divisional playoff win over Green Bay that Christensen points to as Young’s shining moment. In that game, Young found Terrell Owens for a game-winning touchdown with three seconds to play — the same Owens who had dropped a handful of balls earlier in the game.
“Without hesitating, he threw the ball to him when it counted,” Christensen said. “That epitomized what he stood for. You just always have to trust guys. You can’t write them off if they drop a ball or if they make a mistake, because you’ve got to know they’ll come back.”
Again, you start to see why it’s been so easy for teammates to fall in line behind him, why after he committed to Iowa a handful of other blue chip recruits followed his lead.
He has a way about him that makes others want to follow.
That was the idea all along.
All the drilling, all the schooling from his father didn’t stop at throwing the fade route and reading the safeties. It extended to what it means to be the quarterback, what it means to be the leader of a group of men.
It means never accepting the expectations of others as your limits, the way Christensen refused to when proving himself to his cousin’s friends on the sandlot years ago.
It’s having the patience and humility to stand in line and learn from those who come before you, as he did behind Walker at Lockport and then again behind Tate at Iowa.
It’s having the persistence to keep casting that lure even if the fish never bites and having enough confidence and faith in your teammates to know they have that same confidence and faith in you.
And that’s what’s most important.
“I wouldn’t say I’m scared of getting hurt, and I wouldn’t say I’m scared of losing,” Christensen said. “My biggest fear is not being respected by my teammates. Because your teammates have to trust so much in you as the quarterback. … If they don’t respect you, you’re in deep water as an offense.”
A dream taking shape
While Christensen doesn’t fear failure, he is driven by a distant memory of it.
When he was in seventh grade and playing for the River Valley Conference championship, he cost his team the game.
He was the kicker, and he pushed a potential game-tying extra point wide left with two minutes to play.
“That still sticks in my head to this day,” Christensen said. “I just felt terrible. I felt like I let everybody down. To this day, I’ve always told myself I don’t ever want to be the reason my team loses a game like that again. I just want to do everything I can to put us in a position to win.”
And he believes he can.
So much so that when a teacher back home told him she hoped to be seeing him playing for Iowa in a bowl game this December, he corrected her, saying he was planning on playing in the Rose Bowl, which, of course, is in January.
So much so that when asked why he came to Iowa, he gives the same answer every time — “to win a Big Ten championship, to win the Rose Bowl and to win a national title.”
Brash? Maybe.
Cocky? No.
It’s confidence.
He says it in a matter-of-fact way that makes you believe he just might be the guy after all.
And then he tells you about the dream, the dream he’s had multiple times that always ends at the same point.
It’s bowl week, and Iowa is preparing to play Notre Dame.
There are the days of practice, the media rush and the anticipation of a championship atmosphere. There are pregame speeches, butterflies and game planning. Then there’s the walk down the tunnel, and right before he steps on the field, he wakes up in a cold sweat.
It’s one of those dreams you try desperately to fall back to sleep in order to finish. But Christensen never can. He’s still searching for that elusive ending.
Now, he wakes each day in the middle of the dream he’s been chasing his whole life, the one where he’s the starting quarterback of a Big Ten team, the one in which he now can live out the ending.
Then again, this dream has only just begun, and nothing, it seems, can stir him from his slumber.
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| 08/05/2007 1:13 AM |
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| 08/05/2007 1:19 PM |
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Young among elite group of backs returning to Big Ten in 2007
By Eric Page
CHICAGO — A year ago, the buzz at the Big Ten’s annual kickoff event was the bevy of seasoned quarterbacks returning to conference teams.
The focus, it seems, has shifted to the backfield as five 1,000-yard rushers headline a versatile bunch of ballcarriers who will be back in 2007.
“Geez, there are so many,” said Iowa’s Albert Young, who was stuck for an answer when asked to name the league’s top runner.
Albert Young ran for 1,334 yards as a sophomore before missing time with an injury last season. He still managed to produce more than 1,000 yards of total offense in 11 games in 2006. (John Schultz/Quad-City Times)
Young is a guy whose name has been mentioned near the top of the list.
The 5-foot-10, 209-pound senior from Moorestown, N.J., ran for 1,334 yards and eight touchdowns as a sophomore in 2005 before being slowed by injuries last season. He still managed to accumulate more than 1,000 yards of total offense in the 11 games he played.
Young, Wisconsin’s P.J. Hill, Michigan’s Mike Hart, Minnesota’s Amir Pinnix and Northwestern’s Tyrell Sutton are the most proven of the crop of backs returning, having all eclipsed the 1,000-yard plateau at least once.
Hart, Sutton and Hill have won the past three Big Ten freshman of the year awards, and Hart this week was named the league’s preseason offensive player of the year. He finished fifth in the Heisman balloting last season and was second-team All-America after running for 1,562 yards and 14 scores for the 11-2 Wolverines.
“Being a running back, you have to like the running backs you watch,” said Sutton, who followed up a 1,474-yard, 16-touchdown freshman campaign with 1,000 yards and five scores last season.
“Coming into my freshman year, I was a huge Mike Hart fan. I’m still a huge fan. He did things for the 5-foot-10-and-under group that no one else has done. He’s so unique, so powerful and so fast, and those are things I want to attribute to myself.
“That’s not a knock on anyone else in the conference, because there are a lot of great backs out there.”
Hill led the conference with 1,562 yards and 15 scores as a freshman. He did that damage at 255 pounds, but has trimmed down to 235 heading into fall camp.
While Hart might be the Big Ten’s most imposing back, Sutton has been the most versatile. Last season, on top of the 1,000 yards rushing, he hauled in 40 receptions for 261 yards.
Indiana junior Marcus Thigpen, whose 387 yards on the ground last season didn’t turn many heads, might be the most exciting back in the league. He added 18 receptions for 180 yards and an additional 773 yards on kick returns, three of which he returned for touchdowns. He’s the most feared return man in the Big Ten — if not the country — and he thinks that will transfer over to the backfield this fall.
“I haven’t had the opportunity like a lot of these guys have, because I don’t get as many carries because we’re a passing team,” Thigpen said. “I put myself at the top. This year, I’m going to get way more carries, and I think it’s going to be a great year.”
Young, too, is a triple threat, having caught 30 passes for 225 yards a year ago. He may also be used as a kick returner this season.
“I love Albert Young’s game. I think he’s a great player,” Hart said. “He doesn’t get the credit he deserves. Out of all the guys, he’s my favorite — underrated, plays hard every down, can catch, can block, can do everything. I love his overall game. He does everything.”
Others, like Purdue’s Kory Sheets, Ohio State’s Chris Wells, Michigan State’s Javon Ringer and Illinois’ Rashard Mendenhall, split carries with veterans last fall. Otherwise, they too would have threatened the 1,000-yard mark. The same goes for Iowa’s Damian Sims, who ran for 664 yards while splitting time with Young.
Aside from Sims, the others will take over as feature backs this season.
And they’re all keeping an eye on each other, trying to keep pace.
“It makes the conference more competitive,” Thigpen said. “We’re all competing and trying to be at the top of the list at the end of the season.”
Eric Page can be contacted at (563) 383-2277 or epage@qctimes.com.
YEAR OF THE RUNNING BACK
A year after returning a slew of talented quarterbacks, the torch has been passed in the Big Ten to the players who will carry the ball this season. Four 1,000-yard rushers are back, and several others are capable of big seasons. Here are the Big Ten's best with 2006 stats:
The 1,000-yard club
Player, School Yr. Car. Yds. TD
P.J. Hill, Wisconsin So. 311 1,569 15
Mike Hart Michigan Sr. 318 1,562 14
Amir Pinnix, Minnesota Sr. 252 1,272 10
Tyrell Sutton, Northwestern Jr. 189 1,000 5
Albert Young, Iowa* Sr. 178 779 7
*Gained 1,334 yards in 2005
Best of the rest
Player, School Yr. Car. Yds. TD
Kory Sheets, Purdue Jr. 158 780 11
Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois Jr. 78 640 5
Damian Sims, Iowa Sr. 132 664 6
Chris Well, Ohio State So. 104 576 7
Javon Ringer, Michigan State Jr. 86 497 1
Marcus Thigpen, Indiana# Jr. 98 387 2
#Totaled 773 yards on kick returns with three for touchdowns
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| 08/07/2007 9:36 AM |
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| Dukester, just post a link, I don't want to wade through that trash. |
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Posted By Omahan on 11/04/2008 2:24 PM
I've worked very hard to become your friend egami. |
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| 08/07/2007 3:23 PM |
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| Duke buddy, its no wonder us Iowa fans get all the sh!t. Just tell us where the "book" is on sale at; Barnes & Nobles or Borders. |
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| 08/07/2007 8:28 PM |
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I'm just trying to add something if anything to the board until the season starts.
If 3 or 4 of us stopped posting we would still be reading posts from last year.
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| 08/07/2007 9:38 PM |
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Posted By egami on 08/07/2007 9:36 AM
Dukester, just post a link, I don't want to wade through that trash.
egami,
Wow, it's at least sports related, unlike "Matts exhottie", "Girl in Pink" and my all time non favorite "Babe of the Day".
I'll take a sports cut and past any time compared to that non sports related drivel.
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| 08/08/2007 7:45 AM |
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I didn't say stop posting, did I? No.
People don't want to wade through 50 paragraphs of useless reposting.
Post the link, post your take and have a nice day like everyone else does.
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Posted By Omahan on 11/04/2008 2:24 PM
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| 08/09/2007 10:34 PM |
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http://www.gohawks.com/
A little slice of "HEAVEN"! Crank the sound up and enjoy!
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| 08/13/2007 8:26 AM |
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| I think my slice of heaven was being present when my blue and maize came in and ended Iowa's precious home game win streak. |
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Posted By Omahan on 11/04/2008 2:24 PM
I've worked very hard to become your friend egami. |
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Logan
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| 08/13/2007 3:22 PM |
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| gotta love the big 10/11 smack talk. |
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dwight, refuting reality one post at a time. |
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IrememberDukester
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| 08/14/2007 9:37 PM |
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Hawkeyes Route Michigan in the Big House
Iowa 34, Michigan 9
Saturday October 26, 2002
Iowa goes into Ann Arbor and hands the Wolverines their worst home loss in 35 years.
NOW THAT FOLKS IS BEING IN HAWK HEAVEN!!!!!!!!
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egami
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| 08/15/2007 7:46 AM |
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Even a blind squirrel gets a nut once in a while.
Try some of these items on for size:
The longest current streak of non-losing seasons (39 seasons; 1968-present)
The longest current bowl game streak (32 seasons; 1975-present)
The longest current streak of games in Division 1-A since last being shutout
42 Big Ten Championships
11 National Championships
You're in purgatory, at best. |
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Posted By Omahan on 11/04/2008 2:24 PM
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Logan
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| 08/15/2007 9:51 AM |
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| isn't that 10-1/2 national championships? |
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dwight, refuting reality one post at a time. |
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IrememberDukester
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| 08/15/2007 7:33 PM |
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Posted By egami on 08/15/2007 7:46 AM
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut once in a while.
Try some of these items on for size:
The longest current streak of non-losing seasons (39 seasons; 1968-present)
The longest current bowl game streak (32 seasons; 1975-present)
The longest current streak of games in Division 1-A since last being shutout
42 Big Ten Championships
11 National Championships
You're in purgatory, at best.
But when all the dust settles and the sun comes up in the morning, no matter how much you drank last night trying to escape it, you still have Lloyd Carr as headcoach.
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egami
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| 08/20/2007 7:41 AM |
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Lloyd Carr
113 - 36 career coaching record, National Championship and 5 conference titles.
Kirk Ferentz
67 - 64 career coaching record, 2 conference titles.
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Posted By Omahan on 11/04/2008 2:24 PM
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Crit40
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| 08/20/2007 6:26 PM |
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Oh yeah, we have "The Field of Dreams"! |
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Counting the Herd one hoof at a time. |
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IrememberDukester
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| 08/20/2007 9:11 PM |
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http://www.hawkcentral.com
The news coming out of Iowa City tonight is not pretty. 2 players charged with use of a stolen credit card for over $2000.00 and more names might be coming out.
Maybe they will only be suspended for the opening game! Nah it's Iowa were talking about not Nebraska, you can pretty much count them out for the season.
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