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Wow Rob Parker is a complete hack. People in Detroit think he's a joke yet he represents them on ESPN. Trying to bait Marinelli into a reaction and Marinelli did a heck of a job to keep his cool. "Watch Rob Parker and Skip Bayless on First and 10" Awesome

Nope, if they lose then next week they can lose the bye No that was only if the Vikings won today. The 1 and 2 slots will be locked up tonight so the Giants and Panthers have nothing to play for next week.

This is absolutely incredible. They haven't stopped our offense yet. Tarvaris has been perfect. We cannot hold on to the mother scratching ball and then when it looks like we get a break, three guys miss falling on a fumble and they get the touchdown.

Roy Williams needs to stop acting like a clown. You're supposed to be an elite WR and you're freaking out after getting two average, relatively short catches. Your only catches of the night. Loving this game though. The fake FG was a beaut.

On paper it looks like a pretty good hire to me. Again though I would be a bit concerned about the lack of head coaching experience. It's pretty similar to Chizek except he doesn't have the hot name and has Iowa roots. I'll be interested to hear the guy talk. When I keep seeing "charismatic and energetic" mentioned repeatedly I see Tim Brewster or a similar salesman.

Does he have a Kansas offer? He's visiting Iowa in a couple weeks for the Indiana game. He'll probably end up at a powerhouse but I guess we can hold out hope that he wants to stay close to home.

To be fair, this is kinda a big deal. I mean he is really throwing Kelvin under the bs here. I know coach wanted them to stop doing drugs, but not if it meant us not winning games. Also am I the only one who thinks this is more than just pot? I doubt very much that Eric would have thought pot was such a big deal. I remember a lot of rumors of coke use with Ellis and that crew last year. Coke has made a big return the last few years with college kids.

Surprise, surprise: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3777010

And today he has his individual stat ratings up. Notables from Iowa: Matt Gatens' offensive rating is 30th in the country, 3rd in the Big Ten behind Hummel and Craig Moore. He's also 37th nationally in EFG%, 2nd in the Big Ten behind Moore. Cyrus Tate is 18th nationally in offensive rebound% and 1st in the Big Ten. He's 53rd in def. rebounding% and 2nd in the Big Ten behind Mike Davis. He also ranks 57th in EFG% and 3rd in the Big Ten.

Jermain motherscratching Davis is my homeboy. This team is a treat to watch after last year. As was said, this was a 20-25 point win until the scrubs came in. We're guaranteed 10 wins in the non-conference. 11 if we can beat Drake.

Really worried about Brackins getting away from us inside. If we can defend him well and keep them off the offensive glass it will ease some of my concerns about us in the Big Ten. Well, a little bit at least.

Well that was frustrating. I think the Bears last two games may be trickier than some think nationally, but the Vikes have to just count on going 2-1 to hold off the Bears. I really like our chances against Atlanta at home. Giants game is so tough to call because of the circumstances. Sunday should at least be close but who knows because it will be dependent on how Tarvaris plays. It was the Lions but he looked much more calm and did hit a couple of big 3rd downs in tight spots. Looked like he did in the preseason before his injury.

How does Jason David still have a job?

Thankfully Shonn won the Doak Walker award. And when Herbstreit asked Tebow what kind of expression he wants his teammates to see when they look into his eyes, he said: "Determination, will to get it done, perserverence, and that I will not let us get in the end zone." You could hear Kirk saying "huh?" inside his head.

Halfway off the subject, where did all the IU defectors from last year land?

Okay then let's take away Tebow's 564 yards so he looks even less deserving. You've tried this argument before and it's just dumb. Stop. You're right about McCoy throwing slip screens all day that make his numbers look a little better than they should. But it's a good thing we all know Tebow has never benefitted by doing the same thing with Harvin and others.

Iowa had a closed scrimmage with DePaul right before the season. Iowa is improved from last year but will probably win about 17 games and finish in the bottom half of the Big Ten. The only word that leaked out from that scrimmage was that DePaul was really, really bad. The coaches were a little upset and thought it was a waste because they were a mess and couldn't run anything. At the time I figured it was just hyperbole. I don't think that's the case anymore.

Yeah I was really hoping Shonn would get invited. I wish they would still invite 5 even if a couple are just token. The show is going to be just as long, now we'll just get their entire childhood stories and 19 pieces about how Tim Tebow saves babies, loves God and all of his creatures, has never sinned... He should at least get the Doak tomorrow night.

You're confusing football with basketball here. ISU and Iowa are even over the last 10 years, which matches up pretty well with the quality of teams that they've had over that period. Yeah it's pretty much turned into a series where home court rules.

As I expected, the offense is light years ahead of where it was last year. We played 32 games last year. Our highest offensive efficiency rating was 117.5. In just 10 games this year we've already topped that 6 times. 3 times we've been over 127. Granted we've played some major cupcakes but this team ranks 4th in the nation in effective FG%. They're shooting over 42% from 3 (where half our field goal attempts have come from) and 56% from 2. This team can shoot it and play efficient basketball on the offensive end. However our defense is worse than it was last year. We need to be a better defensive rebounding team to make overall improvement in the Big Ten.

Well giving up DeRo, Pie, Vitters, Hill, Cedeno and Marquis (+$4M) sure leaves us with a lot of trading chips... That's nuts

Which bar? The Union The shame of it is just that he didn't have a teammate or friend to get him home, make him throw up and put him to bed.

Iowa finished strong, beating up on Minnesota and squeaking by Penn State, but I don't think that means that they finished "much stronger". Iowa lost to Illinois in the month of November. Yes, Northwestern lost a close game to Indiana (which they should NOT have lost), but lost Bacher and Sutton (starting Qb and RB, respectively) to injury during the game. They also beat Iowa on the road and have won their last 4 games with their 3rd string RB and a backup QB for a win at Minnesota. By bowl time, they should have Sutton back. They won 5 of their last 6. Included in that were drubbings of Indiana and Minnesota on the road. They destroyed Wisconsin and beat #3 Penn State. They lost 4 games by a combined 12 points, 3 of them on the road and two of them to top 20 teams. Northwestern won 4 of their last 6. They lost to a terrible Indiana team and were dismantled by Ohio State. They squeaked by Minnesota and Michigan. Their other loss was a 17 point loss at home to Michigan State. As far as the injury stuff, I'm fairly confident Iowa beats Northwestern if the best back in the country isn't knocked out of the game. Think maybe with 4 plays from the 8 to win the game at the end he could have gotten it in? They handed Northwestern the game by repeatedly dropping the ball (5 turnovers), one of them when no one touched our KR. It was also our QB's second start. As I said it stinks for Northwestern fans that you beat us h2h, tied in the conference and got jumped. But I think Iowa is definitely the better team and the fact that thousands more fans will come made it a no-brainer.

...and the fact that MSU and Northwestern both beat Iowa? iowa travels very well and is red hot. i think they would beat northwestern by two td's if they played right now. they'd possibly beat osu. They still shouldn't leapfrog teams they lost to, especially when they finished with a worse overall record. That said, Northwestern probably played themselves into a blowout. It might've been a nicer ending to the senior's time at the school if they drew a lower bowl. Overall record is a pretty meaningless tool for a situation like this. Iowa went 3-1 in non-conference because they lost a close game AT Pitt. Northwestern's toughest road game was at Duke. It would stink to be a Northwestern fan and get jumped by a team you beat head to head. However I think Iowa is definitely a better team and they will bring thousands more fans. It was clear this would happen.

Iowa's leading scorer, freshman Anthony Tucker is suspended indefinitely. Rumor is he was passed out in a bar Saturday night and was taken to the hospital.