MADISON, Wis. – Iowa’s players knew it was coming. And they dreaded it. Thursday was going to be the film session from hell. “We were all in the locker room waiting for coach to come down and show us,” Iowa’s Devyn Marble said. “We all said, “I don’t want to see this film.’ “ So [...]
MADISON, Wis. Saturday was a dose of redemption for Bryce Cartwright, erasing the memory of a missed shot that just wouldn’t go away. Last season in Iowa City, Cartwright had a jumper that would have beaten Wisconsin. It rimmed out. Iowa lost in overtime. But Saturday in the Kohl Center, Cartwright was the ringleader in [...]
By RANDY PETERSON Randypeterson@dmreg.com TEMPE, Ariz. One way or another, someone was out to get Iowa record-breaking receiver Marvin McNutt Friday night. During the first three quarters of the Hawkeyes’ 31-14 Insight Bowl loss against 19th-ranked Oklahoma, it was Sooners cornerback Jemell Fleming who stood between James Vandenberg passes and McNutt. Then once Iowa’s offense [...]
It was a rough game for Iowa, but the team showed moxie against a tougher OU squad.
It took James Vandenberg about three quarters to warm up and show the folks in the desert what he could do. By then, however, Iowa was down by three touchdowns to a team that spent much of the season ranked No. 1 in the country. In other words, not Pittsburgh. It was too little too [...]
A scary moment transpired with 2 minutes 22 seconds left in Friday’s Insight Bowl, when an ESPN camera crashed to the Sun Devil Stadium turn. The camera almost landed on Iowa wide receiver Marvin McNutt. As McNutt turned to react, he ducked again as one of the taut wires rushed toward him. The game [...]
When Kirk Ferentz joined the Iowa coaching staff in 1981, he noticed right away that the players were tired of losing.
Player of game Defensive tackle Mike Daniels was part of the reason Oklahoma had just 89 yards during the first half. The senior, who led the team during the regular season with seven sacks, had two first-half sacks against mobile quarterback Landry Jones. The only other player to have multiple sacks against an Oklahoma quarterback [...]
Hawkeyes win fourth title at tourney in five years.
