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Iowa and Alford Divorce Reaches the Children

Looks like Steve Alford's departure from Iowa and disgruntled fans to New Mexico and open arms looks to have a few more bumps along the way. After Alford took the New Mexico job, he contacted the kids who had already signed National Letters of Intent (NLI) to attend Iowa. According to Alford, it was a courtesy to let them...

Bruce Pearl is Not Leaving Tennessee

Someone let Florida Coach Billy Donovan know that he can control some of the coaching carousel speculation around him if he wants. Bruce Pearl did it nice and quickly to before there was even any major issue as to whether he would leave Tennessee for Iowa. The men's basketball coach was contacted Tuesday by Iowa athletic...

Iowa State Doesn't Understand the Term 'Rivalry'

Iowa State will honor the 30th anniversary of their 1977 team by wearing throwback uniforms for their September 15th home game against Iowa. The 1977 Cyclones were coached by Hall of Famer Earle Bruce and remain one of the school's most successful gridiron squads. They finished the regular season with an 8-3 record before...

ESPN: Alford Taking Over at New Mexico

Andy Katz is reporting that Iowa coach Steve Alford will not be the Iowa coach much longer. Katz says Alford is taking his immaculately manicured hair to New Mexico and taking over for Ritchie McKay. If you hear a series of clicking sounds in your ear, that's probably just the folks at Fire Steve Alford tap dancing....

Iowa Buys FireKirkFerentz.com

This is probably a pre-emptive strike at dissatisfied Hawkeye fans and not a shot across Captain Kirk's bow, but the University of Iowa athletic department has purchased "FireKirkFerentz.com" from one of those FireX.com internet speculators and set it to redirect to the Iowa sports homepage. Go ahead, try it yourself:...