Iowa senior quarterback James Vandenberg is aware of the criticisms. His footwork is bad. He’s locking on to receivers. He’s missing open receivers. His mechanics are off. “I just need to execute better,” Vandenberg said. “That’s what it comes down to. I don’t care if I’m tip-toeing on one leg, as long as I complete [...]
Iowa City, Ia. – Second division, eh? That still could happen, but at 7 p.m. Saturday, Penn State and Iowa play a Big Ten Conference football game at Kinnick Stadium, both with an opportunity to make a divisional statement. For Iowa, it’s a chance to be 3-0 in the conference for only the third time [...]
This column is for the roughly 70,000 fans — especially the Iowa students — who will pack Kinnick Stadium for tonight’s game against Penn State. Now before you roll your eyes and assume this is another request like that of University of Iowa President Sally Mason in the Daily Iowan to treat the Penn State [...]
Iowa City, Ia. – They attended meetings and traveled together – Bill O’Brien, the New England Patriots’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and Brian Ferentz, his tight ends coach. They plotted strategy for ways Tom Brady to get Rob Gronkowski the football, and they did it during a 2011 National Football League season that would [...]
FROM UI SPORTS INFORMATION: IOWA CITY, Iowa – Robert Gallery, one of three University of Iowa players to earn the Outland Trophy as the outstanding lineman in the nation, will serve as honorary captain this weekend as the Hawkeyes host Penn State (7:05 p.m., BTN) in Kinnick Stadium. Gallery was a four-year letterman at offensive [...]
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Let’s assume the Iowa football depth chart released Monday holds up throughout the week — that top rusher Mark Weisman can’t play in Saturday’s 7 p.m. game against Penn State at Kinnick Stadium. Let’s assume the ankle he hurt while scoring the game-tying touchdown during last Saturday’s 19-16 double overtime victory against Michigan State hasn’t [...]
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky was sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison — effectively a life sentence — in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno’s downfall. A defiant Sandusky gave a rambling statement in which he denied the allegations and [...]
Big Ten contenders looking out of it early RALPH D. RUSSO,AP College Football Writer Fall is still more than a week away and the Big Ten is already down to one team with a realistic chance of playing for the national championship. No pressure Michigan State. The conference is coming off a 6-6 weekend that [...]
