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Iowa Seeks to Boost Big Ten Bowl Roll

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- That annual late December/early January tradition of Big Ten bowl bashing has been a little quieter this season.Ohio State defeated No. 7 and Pac-10 champion Oregon in the Rose Bowl; Penn State slopped past No. 13 LSU in the Capital One Bowl; and Wisconsin overpowered No. 14 Miami in the Champs...

Happy Trails No More for Hawkeyes

We finally figured out what sort of misfortune Iowa's Cardiac Kids couldn't survive. They couldn't survive losing Ricky Stanzi. As a result, No. 8 Iowa fell to unranked Northwestern on Saturday, 17-10. The junior quarterback left just before halftime after Northwestern's Corey Wootton tackled him in the end zone. Stanzi...

Pickin' on the Big Ten: Iowa Isn't Concerned About Your Scorn

Every Thursday, Pickin' on the Big Ten runs down the weekend's games from inside a chicken coop, at least as far as you know. Cue the inevitable anti-Iowa backlash. A team that barely got by Arkansas State and Northern Iowa is somehow No. 1 in the nation according to the computer polls the BCS uses. Don't like it? Line...

Pickin' on the Big Ten: Teams for Sale

Every Thursday, Pickin' on the Big Ten gives you the bottom line on the upcoming weekend's games. Every team now has six games on the books. Well, Illinois doesn't, which is good news/bad news. Illinois fans have only had to watch five games so far; that's good news. They have seven games left to watch, which is not such...

Pickin' On the Big Ten: Jim Tressel Is Not On the Hot Seat

Every Thursday, Pickin' On the Big Ten previews the weekend's action, or lack thereof. There are weeks when many of us would trade lives with Jim Tressel. This is not one of those weeks. Not only did his Buckeyes fail to finish USC when they had the Trojans on the ropes, Tressel also saw "Tresselball" ripped apart by...

KirkFerentz News From the Web

05/24/12 GET MOVING: Kirk Ferentz Takes Part In Downtown Run Source: NBC - WHOtv.com - Des Moines IA Thursday, the Iowa Department of Public Health urged its employees to get moving, and they invited a special guest to get workers excited about exercise.
05/18/12 Scouts foster leadership in youths Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen - Iowa City IA What do you see as a need in our community to help youth leadership skills?
05/17/12 Big Ten Football Q&A: When Is It OK to Miss a Game? Source: Bleacher Report On Thursdays on The Big Ten Blog, we will feature questions from the B/R inbox, Twitter and e-mail.
05/15/12 Hawkeye Head Coach Kirk Ferentz visits the Cedar Valley Source: NBC - KWWL 7 - Waterloo IA Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz was the main attraction at the Black Hawk County I-Club event at Sunnyside Country Club in Waterloo on Monday night.
05/14/12 Luncheon fundraiser honors Kirk and Mary Ferentz Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen - Iowa City IA The Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois and the Hawkeye Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America will host an event, Conversation with Kirk and Mary Ferentz, at noon Thursday at the Coralville Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 300 E. Ninth St. The event is sponsored by Two Rivers Bank and Trust.