ANN ARBOR, MICH. – Apparently, Iowa left its defense in East Lansing, Mich. It hasn’t shown up much the past five weeks and wasn’t there on Saturday in a 42-17 loss to No. 23 Michigan. “Defensively, we didn’t have any answers to their attacks,” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said. “That became pretty apparent, pretty quickly.” [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – At some point Saturday, the Iowa football team’s 2012 season went from being frustrating and embarrassing to sad and pitiful. It’s hard to say exactly when it happened, considering Michigan scored touchdowns on its first six offensive possessions while cruising to a 42-17 victory before an announced crowd of 113,016 at [...]
Iowa junior safety Tanner Miller was ready to become a Northern Iowa Panther three years ago.
Blitz? At Iowa? It could happen from a variety of positions as the defense transitions between coordinators – from Parkers Norm to Phil. “Sometimes you have to,” Phil Parker said putting additional heat on quarterbacks. Cornerbacks playing close to receivers before the ball is snapped? “Sometimes you have to,” Parker said. Welcome to the brave [...]
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: IOWA CITY, Iowa — Five members of the University of Iowa football team have been named to preseason watch lists. Senior quarterback James Vandenberg was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List and the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Watch List for the quarterback trophy. Senior defensive back Micah Hyde [...]
A press release from UI: IOWA CITY, IOWA – – Eight members of the University of Iowa football team have been named to Phil Steele’s Preseason All-Big Ten team. The all-conference team is released as part of Phil Steele’s College Football Preview magazine, which will be on newsstands June 5. Senior WR Keenan Davis and [...]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Don’t get too caught up in much of anything during Saturday’s Iowa football spring scrimmage. However, if you’re planning to attend the noon workout at Kinnick Stadium: Keep an eye on the assistant coaches, check out the running backs (that won’t take long), watch the defensive linemen (then forget what you [...]
New offensive coordinator Greg Davis has never seen a tight end like C.J. Fiedorowicz.
Most college football players turn down a chance to make an early entrance in the NFL draft because they want to improve their stock.
