Iowa football: Advantage-Disadvantage
Iowa’s quest to become bowl eligible for the fifth season in a row continues Saturday at Northwestern, an 11 a.m. game that will be on ESPN2. The Wildcats already have met the six-win bowl requirement....
View ArticlePeterson: Iowa vs. Northwestern game notes
Player of the game No matter the situation, Iowa had no answer for Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter, who led all rushers on Saturday afternoon with 166 yards and three touchdowns on 26...
View ArticleIowa football: With Vandenberg gone, Hawkeyes’ QB situation now a mystery
Iowa City, Ia. — What quarterback inherits Iowa’s six-game losing streak heading to next season’s Aug. 31 game against Northern Illinois at Kinnick Stadium is as uncertain as the future of Friday...
View ArticleIowa football: Ferentz reflects on season, supports Greg Davis
Iowa City, Ia. – Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz said Wednesday that a change in offensive coordinators isn’t the cure for an offense that this season ranked as one of the school’s worst during the...
View ArticleKirk Ferentz gives offseason state-of-the-Hawkeyes address
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Forget, for a moment, that Iowa’s football team is in search of a quarterback. The rest of the offense has coach Kirk Ferentz feeling fairly optimistic as spring practices begin. “To...
View ArticleIowa’s 3 quarterbacks making their cases for No. 1 job
IOWA CITY, Ia. – For the first time since Jake Rudock joined the Iowa football program, the quarterbacking job is up for grabs. The sophomore from Weston, Fla., spent last season as James Vandenberg’s...
View ArticleVideo: Early glimpse of Hawkeye football team
Iowa allowed the media to watch a few minutes of Wednesday’s practice. Most of the attention went to the quarterbacks. Jake Rudock, last year’s backup, took a few snaps. C.J. Beathard, a freshman, also...
View ArticleIowa receivers starting over with new leader
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Mention Bobby Kennedy’s name, and you’ll get a smile. Iowa’s new receivers coach is fast becoming a locker room favorite, with his easy-going manner and knack for conversation. “He’s a...
View ArticleIowa offense 2.0 will be better, players say
Greg Davis came to Iowa last spring as the new offensive coordinator. Last fall Iowa finished 4-8 and had one of the worst offenses in college football. Hawkeye players are convinced things will be...
View ArticleHawkeye quarterback update: Still a ‘three-horse race’
Iowa held its seventh spring practice Wednesday. And the three-way battle for the starting quarterback job remains just that. “Probably right where we expected it at this point,” Iowa football coach...
View ArticleCommentary: Is Iowa QB battle narrowing?
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...
View ArticleVideos from Spring Game
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz QB Jake Rudock DL Carl Davis CB Jordan Lomax
View ArticleAndrew Logue: No clarity yet in Iowa’s quarterback battle
IOWA CITY, Ia. — Spring football practices came and went, with little separation in Iowa’s quarterback scramble. After Saturday’s scrimmage, it’s not a matter of when the Hawkeyes will have a...
View ArticleHawkeye football names leadership group
From UI Sports Information: Fifteen University of Iowa football players have been named to the team’s 2013 Leadership Group. Head coach Kirk Ferentz announced the group Wednesday. The group for the...
View ArticleIowa’s 3 quarterback candidates receive challenge via Twitter
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Texan Nic Shimonek, Iowa’s incoming quarterback recruit, created a buzz and gained a lot of new Twitter followers after he tweeted this on June 25: “Sokol, Rudock and Beathard, I’m...
View ArticleIowa football releases its 2013 pre-camp depth chart
2013 Iowa football media guide: Not many changes to the depth chart since the end of spring practice, although, I don’t see Cameron Wilson’s name at receiver despite a strong spring game performance....
View ArticleKirk Ferentz shares latest on Iowa’s starting QB race
CHICAGO – Iowa’s three-man quarterback race remains a dead heat. Even 15th-year coach Kirk Ferentz is eager to see who wins the starting job. “They were all pretty even at the end of spring,” Ferentz...
View ArticleHow each Big Ten team stacks up at quarterback entering 2013
Take heart, Iowa football fans. You’re not alone. When it comes to the quarterback position, most Big Ten Conference teams are fumbling for answers. Ohio State’s Braxton Miller is a bona fide Heisman...
View ArticleHawkeyes jittery about QB, receiver positions as practice begins
IOWA CITY, Ia. It’s hardly a bold statement to say the offense will have to significantly improve from last year if the Iowa football team expects to rebound from a 4-8 record. There are two major...
View ArticleRemembering the Hawkeyes’ 3-way quarterback battle of 1987 [with 4 videos]
IOWA CITY, Ia. – Kirk Ferentz was Iowa’s offensive line coach in 1987 when he learned a valuable lesson he’ll lean on this fall. Dan McGwire, Tom Poholsky and Chuck Hartlieb were locked in a three-man...
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