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Links For Iowa - August 18, 2009

If you couldn't tell from the picture, I received my tickets today. So, that was an exciting surprise when I got the mail. I've heard of other getting their season tickets as well. It's just another reminder that football is almost here. On to the link!

Watch List Mania!

Stanzi on the Manning Award Watch List
Ricky Stanzi has made his way on the Archie Manning Award watch list. The award goes to the collegiate quarterback that played the best throughout the year, including the bowl game. I highly, highly doubt Stanzi (or anyone else) cannot dethrone the 3-headed beast McTeboford. But you never know.

Bulaga on the Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List
Offensive tackle Bryan Bulaga has made his way on the watch list for the Rotary Lombardi Award which is given to the best lineman (offense or defense) annually. While the watch list contains a ridiculous 153 names, I'm fairly certain Bulaga is one of the names that will be sticking around on the list throughout the season.

Pat Angerer on the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List
The Chuck Bednarik Award is given to the best defensive player, so it is quite an honor for Pat Angerer to make the list of 57 of the most outstanding collegiate athletes.

Other Stuff!

Zombie Nation Hates Iowa
Yesterday, ESPN's Adam Rittenberg ran down the top "villains" for each team in the Big Ten. For Penn State the current villain was Terrelle Pryor. Zombie Nation says other wise however.
I would bet that if you asked any Penn State fan, right now, which player or team they absolutely hate the most, it would be the Iowa Hawkeyes by a landslide.

Not only did they directly cost the Nittany Lions a shot at the national title in 2008, the Hawkeyes have been the second-worst (Michigan, of course) thorn in Penn State's side for most of this decade.
It feels kind of nice that Iowa has pained the Nittany Lions so. I'd say the hatred is pretty well deserved as well. Kirk Ferentz has absolutely owned Penn State in his tenure (6-1, including last year's amazing 24-23 upset, 2 OT wins, and the infamous 6-4 game). If Iowa wins this year against the sea of white under the lights, I can only imagine the absolute abhorrence that will be directed towards the Hawkeyes.


Dr. Saturday Picks the Big Ten
Quote:
Why anyone would rank Michigan State ahead of Iowa, for example, which was statistically better than the Spartans last year at literally everything, finished with the same record, won its last four where MSU dropped its last two, and returns the same number of starters plus a solid starting quarterback, is unfathomable.
My thoughts:
Exactly.

Iowa Schedule Poster


Bad picture of schedule poster.

I got my Iowa Football Schedule poster at the Iowa State Fair yesterday. It will be making its way up in my cubicle today. It should match the cube decor next to a row of empty pop cans, artwork by my 1 year old son, and a couple of family photos. I'm sure my co-workers will be jealous. (Actually, about 95% of my co-workers will either have the Iowa or Iowa State schedule up by the end of the state fair.)

Kids at Kinnick - Videos and Links


Let's start off with a video sent to me by the only reader who ever emails me, keo. In his words the video is "very short & very crappy quality" but if you watch very carefully you can see Ryan Donahue punt the ball from the end zone to around the opposite 40 yard line (that's 60 yards if you're counting). Long punts are nothing new to Donahue who booted an 82-yarder against Michigan State in 2007 (second longest in school history) and averages just over 41 yards during his career as a Hawkeye. Donahue is currently on the Ray Guy watch list, an award that goes to the best collegiate punter.

Other Videos:
Gazette sports writer and On Iowa blogger Marc Morehouse (yeah, I'm sure he doesn't need any introduction) posted a quick video interview with Ricky Stanzi.

Another Gazette guy, Scott Dochterman, posted 3 videos on his blog. The most exciting is probably the run off a bootleg by Stanzi. He looks pretty fast and gained a good chunk of yards. Given that the bootleg off of play-action is run by Iowa about 400 times a game (okay maybe more like 10), it's good to see Stanzi run off of it effectively.

Camp Central on hawkeyesports.com has multiple videos including one with some highlights from the scrimmage that ended practice.

Links on the Open Practice:
Hawkeyes' Scrimmage Breaks Monotony
This is a good writeup of yesterday's practice by thehawkeye.com. The basic message: Iowa looked pretty good, but still has some work to do.

"Tweaks" keep Hampton, Bulaga out of scrimmage
From HawkMania.com, Don Doxie gives his take on the open practice focusing on those who didn't play yesterday.

Lots of Practice Pictures
LifeInIA.com posted a bunch of pictures from yesterday's practice. It's worth checking out.

Iowa's Open Practice - Regurgitation

Okay, I'm not at "Kids at Kinnick", so I'm just going to regurgitate some things I read on Twitter and the message boards. Biggest credit goes to @marcmorehouse for keeping me up to date (credit is also due to @HawkeyeNation). Check Marc's blog On Iowa later for more a probably more accurate and thorough update.

Not Dressed:
  • Jewel Hampton (knee)
  • Bryan Bulaga (knee)
  • Colin Sandeman
  • Chris Rowell
  • Conor Boffeli
  • Brandon Wegher
Position News:
  • Christian Ballard - Defensive tackle (that means Binns is in at DE)
  • Josh Brown - Running back
  • Matt Murphy - Tight end
  • Keenan Davis, Jordan Cotton, Amari Spievey, Paul Chaney Jr., Josh Brown - Punt returners
  • Shane DiBona - Defense (linebacker probably)
  • Cody Hundertmark - Defensive end
Depth Chart:
  • Keenan Davis - 1st team
  • Shaun Prater - 1st team
  • Micah Hyde/William Lowe - 2nd team
  • Jeremiha Hunter- 1st team
  • Jeff Tarpinian - 2nd team
  • Rafael Eubanks - 1st team
  • Josh Koeppel - 2nd team
Other Notes:
  • Daniel Murray 12/13 on field goals including 4/4 from 50 yards out.
  • Trent Mossbrucker 11/13 on field goals.
  • Mike Daniels and Karl Klug look good at DT.
  • Ricky Stanzi looks good and much bigger. He also connected with Marvin McNutt for a 50 yard touchdown.
That's all for now. If you were at the open practice today, please share your thoughts on how the team looked. I'm still open to having someone write a guest post on the subject, so if you're interested email me at [email protected].

Google Gadget - Iowa Hawkeyes Football Starters


I have another gadget ready for your iGoogle page: the Iowa Hawkeyes Football Starters. It's basically the same as the starters gadget on the side of this page, but in iGoogle form. You just mouse over the positions on the field and the player's information will appear on the top. (Note: These are just my guesses as to who will start against UNI. I will update it when a more official depth chart is released.)

Here's the link to add the gadget: Iowa Hawkeyes Football Starters Gadget


In addition, there are a couple other Fight For Iowa gadgets you should check out-

Roster: Iowa Hawkeyes Football Roster Gadget
Schedule: Iowa Hawkeyes Football Schedule Gadget
KOK Bot: KOK Bot - Iowa Play Calling Gadget
Big Ten Schedule: Big Ten Football Schedule Gadget
Fight For Iowa: Fight For Iowa RSS Feed Gadget
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