We had originally planned to do the roundtable every 2-to-3 weeks during the off-season. But we got a little over-zealous and kicked out another one in just a week. This week's questions are a little more focused around the conference, instead of just on Iowa. We have Ed from HawkeyeKoolaid joining us this week. And of course, Rick from PlannedSickDays and Mike from The Hawkeye State are still around.

Again, to see the entire roundtable, be sure to visit HawkeyeNetwork later today.

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Question 1: Tre$$elgate. What should happen to Jim Tressel?

He should just man up and resign. The evidence keeps mounting against OSU and it doesn’t sound like that’s going to end anytime soon.

What will happen?

I do think he will ultimately resign. Sports Illustrated is supposed to be dropping a bomb next Tuesday and with everything that has already come out, that seems pretty plausible. Then in August the NCAA will be laying down the law. I think it’ll come to a point resign or be fired, and Tressell will step down.

Two 11 AM games announced

Both the Nebraska game on November 25 and homecoming against Indiana on October 22 will kick off at 11:00 AM. The Nebraska game will be nationally televised on ABC. The TV for the Indiana game was not announced (though I'd bet on ESPN2 or BTN).

At 11 on ABC, the Nebraska game should be the only show in town early on Black Friday (there are 11 other games that day, but half are MAC and the others will likely be later in the day). I imagine that game will have more eyes on it than any other Iowa game this year, especially if the two teams are playing for a spot in B1G title game.

I am a little surprised that this game didn't get a 2:30 kick, but ABC already had decided to do Miami vs. BC.

Unless you are like my parents and your only source of Iowa Football news comes from this blog (hi Mom and Dad!), then you already know that Iowa will play in one prime time game this upcoming season against Northwestern. I do have some thoughts on the matter though, so I'm posting about the old news.

First the important stuff:

I've been meaning to do a post like this for a while. A couple of months ago when I added some more support for mobile I thought I'd post. Then, last month on April 4th marked the 2 year anniversary of the first post on Fight For Iowa...a perfect time to post. Finally over the weekend I noticed that the comments weren't working properly. I fixed them and that's what prompted me to finally post.

Two years old

This is somewhat belated, but back in April was the two year blog birthday of Fight For Iowa. It's hard to believe that I've been doing this for two years already. Year two was drastically different than the first. A good part of that had to do with the fact that the two football teams had very different seasons. It was much more difficult to write about the disappointing losses last year than the thrilling 9-0 start to the 2009 season. But I feel last year was still more successful.

Unlike after year one, I don't have a lot to say about my journey this past year. Some small things though--this past year I was more focused on what I wanted to do and more organized. And, as a result I was able to spend more time on some of the more fun things, like updating the design and adding extra functionality to the site while hopefully still providing good content.

Over the past couple of years the number of Hawkeye blogs has been rising rapidly. A few of us in the community decided it was time to start collaborating more. One thing I've always wanted to do, but never had the time to organize it, is have a Hawkeye blogger roundtable where each week or two each blogger weighs in on a number of shared topical questions. Then we can all link out to each other and help spread the wide range of opinions.

Well, we are finally doing it. A big thanks goes to Rick of Planned Sick Days for really organizing this whole thing. Also involved are Mike (@MikJones24) from The Hawkeye State and MikeHawk (@Hawkize). Be sure to check out the new site Hawkeye Network to see a summary of all of our answers later this morning.

Question 1: Adam Robinson’s dismissal isn’t a surprise, it was Hawk Central, or more specifically his mom, that kept the door open, at least for the general public. What do you think happened there to close the door for good? Care to speculate?

I think while Robinson was still on scholarship, Ferentz was just kind of stringing us along. He never really gave us any indication that he was seriously thinking about giving Robinson a second chance and always gave us the "nothing has changed" answer. My guess is A-Rob decided to leave after the semester and Ferentz thought that was a good idea.