Harty: McNutt reaches out to former teammate
McNutt wants everybody to pray for Spading, who was severely injured July 22 in a traffic accident near Spading’s hometown of Belle Plaine.
Archive for July, 2011
Hansen: Stories left over from Big Ten media days
Impressions left over from two days of eating, sleeping, living and breathing Big Ten Conference football on the south side of Chicago: For two days, Nebraska was the center of the universe. Imagine the fuss if Notre Dame ever joins the league. McCormick Place won’t be big enough to contain the hyperbole. “Legends” and “Leaders” [...]
Peterson: Which Iowan should be the first Heroes Game Hero?
If you were deciding which Iowa “Hero” will be honored during the first Iowa-Nebraska Heroes football game, who would it be? Here are a couple possibilities — emphasis on the possibilities. The universities will have their own lists. But if they need assistance on this side of the rivalry: Which Iowan will be the first [...]
Mabin: No love lost with Hawks
Intensity is never in short supply when Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald prepares his team to face a Big Ten opponent.
Wildcats’ Persa won’t be running as much this season
There was at least one positive development for Iowa’s defense Friday morning at the Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon.
Big Ten notes: Ferentz admits it: He Skypes
“I’ve Skyped one or two prospects,” he said Friday in Chicago.
Hansen: Nebraska icon Osborne already likes the rivalry with Iowa
Chicago, Ill. — Tom Osborne has never been much for manufactured rivalry games, but he’s making an exception with Iowa-Nebraska. For the most part, Osborne says, great rivalries are made not born. On Friday morning, the legendary coach-turned-athletic director showed up bright and early at the Big Ten Conference football meetings to help introduce the [...]
Big Ten leftovers…Bielema to JoePa
Chicago, Ill. – Leftovers from the Big Ten Conference’s annual media days: **Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema is getting hitched in March. **Joe Paterno says he didn’t even know he had a year remaining on his contract. “Is this the last year of my contract?” wondered Paterno, 84. “I don’t even know I’ve got a [...]
Chiefs place Tony Moeaki on physically unable to perform list
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are putting second-year tight end Tony Moeaki on the physically unable to perform list. Coach Todd Haley declined to say Friday what Moeaki’s problem was. He seemed fine when speaking briefly with the media as players moved into their training camp dorm room on Thursday in [...]
Opinions vary on significance of Heroes Game Trophy
Chicago, Ill. – Ask Iowa athletic director Gary Barta about the new Heroes Game Trophy that now goes to the Iowa-Nebraska football winner, and he’ll talk forever about the significance of the award. Ask him where it ranks among Iowa’s three other trophy games– and he speaks with more hesitation. “I don’t want to be [...]
