Beckman’s death march, and bowl predictions
FIRST DOWN: Projecting the bowls before we close the books … BIG 12 BOWLS Fiesta (Champion/BCS) — Kansas State (10-1) vs. Oregon (11-1) Sugar (At-large/BCS) — Oklahoma (9-2) vs. Florida (11-1)
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Posted November 28, 2012in Game Day
Posted November 21, 2012in Game Day, Recent Posts
Who will fall on the sword at Iowa?
FIRST DOWN: So this pal, a University of Iowa alum who used to live in Maryland, comes up to me Saturday night after I text him the latest conference realignment buzz. “Cool,” he says. “But what’s in it for the Terps?”
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Posted November 14, 2012in Game Day, Recent Posts
Ah, hindsight
After leading the program to its first BCS-level postseason victory since the 1950s — the 2010 Orange Bowl, it wasn’t that long ago — coach Kirk Ferentz was rewarded in kind by the University of Iowa. Both sides agreed to a contract extension through 2020 with a remarkable, let’s-add-a-new-indoor-pool-to-the-mansion kind
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Posted November 07, 2012in Game Day, Recent Posts
Hoosiers in the drivers seat?
FIRST DOWN: And goal to go … Indiana in the Rose Bowl? The way the Big Ten’s been trending this year, why the heck not? After a come-from-behind win over Iowa, the Hoosiers pushed their record to 4-5 overall, 2-3 in league play. And get this: If the Crimson and
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Posted October 31, 2012in Game Day, Recent Posts
Kansas State picked the wrong year?
FIRST DOWN: The worry in some Big 12 circles right now is that Kansas State might’ve picked the wrong year — crazy as it sounds — to have the season of a lifetime. After thumping Texas Tech last Saturday, the Wildcats are 8-0 and jumped to No. 2 in the
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Posted October 24, 2012in Game Day
Best of the Big Ten
FIRST DOWN: The Tuesday Morning Quarterback Midseason Awards continue … Big Ten’s best team: Ohio State. It hasn’t always been pretty for the Big Ten’s last unbeaten squad (8-0), but Urban Meyer’s got the program moving again after it hit an iceberg last fall. Big Ten’s best player: Braxton Miller,
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Posted October 10, 2012in Game Day, Recent Posts
This Week’s Coach on the Hot Seat: Charlie Weis, Kansas
FIRST DOWN: As that ancient philosopher Jim Croce once sang, you don’t tug on Superman’s cape. You don’t spit into the wind. You don’t pull the mask of that old Lone Ranger. And you don’t lose to Vanderbilt at home. While it’s been shaping up to be a great week
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Posted October 03, 2012in Game Day
Big Ten deserves tarnished brand
FIRST DOWN: You roll as your flagships roll. Why is the Big Ten down? Rich Rodriguez. Jim Tressel. Joe Paterno. Jerry Sandusky. There. Next question. The B1G’s traditional One-Percent Club, the Blue Bloods — Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State — have all spent a good chunk of the last
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Posted September 28, 2012in Game Day
Ferentz on the Hot Seat
FIRST DOWN: And goal to go… The running joke in Manhattan is that when Bill Snyder starts a sentence, Collin Klein can finish it. Although lately, it’s become more of a passing joke. Kansas State’s coach and quarterback are in total sync right now, one mind, as evident in the
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