IOWA CITY, Ia. – Brian Ferentz coaches a tradition-rich position at Iowa. He’s in his second season as the Hawkeyes’ offensive line coach. Thirteen offensive linemen at Iowa have been selected in the NFL Draft since 2003, the highest number of any program nationally. That includes first-round picks Robert Gallery, the 2003 Outland Trophy winner; [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Marshal Yanda was in the Iowa football complex last week, catching up with some of his former Hawkeye coaches and talking about winning the Super Bowl as a starting offensive guard for the Baltimore Ravens. Yanda is one of 13 Iowa offensive linemen to get drafted by an NFL team since [...]
More changes are coming to the Big Ten Conference. ESPN reported Friday that the league would realign its football divisions, and come up with new names, starting in 2014. Messages left with Iowa officials Friday night were not immediately returned. According to the report, which cited unnamed sources, the Hawkeyes would be in the proposed West [...]
Reese Morgan might sound old-fashioned and stuck in his ways, but don’t mistake that for him being passed up by the game. That’ll never happen.
The Iowa football coach spoke Tuesday night in Clear Lake.
Jake Rudock did not draw a lot of oohs and aahs Sunday afternoon. Then again, he didn’t cause the crowd at Valley Stadium to groan, either. And in the scramble to be Iowa’s starting quarterback, that makes Rudock the front-runner. “At this point, it’s early to try and predict,” Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz said of [...]
The three-man race for Iowa’s starting quarterback position has received the most attention this spring, but coach Kirk Ferentz made it clear Sunday that there are plenty of job openings on his football team. “When you go 4-8 there aren’t any incumbents,” Ferentz said after Sunday’s open practice at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines. [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Timidity will not be tolerated among Iowa’s linebackers. When defensive assistant Jim Reid joined the Hawkeyes’ football staff in February, he made tenacity a priority. “For me, something he’s emphasized is us letting it rip,” senior linebacker James Morris said. “And understanding we’re good players and we have what it takes [...]
The longest season in the history of the Iowa men’s basketball program finally was laid to rest Thursday night in the city that never sleeps. Iowa didn’t get the result it was hoping for, losing to Baylor 74-54 in the NIT title game at Madison Square Garden in New York City. But this Iowa squad [...]
NEW YORK As the Iowa basketball team started to take some warm-up shots Thursday evening, the proceedings came to a grinding halt. The net at the Hawkeyes’ end of the floor had to be repaired, prompting a 10-minute delay. It was a sign of things to come. Iowa never would find its shooting touch in [...]
