DJK has drug house charges dropped

While he still has a handful of possession charges (marijuana, cocaine, and some prescriptions drugs), DJK had the charge for keeping a drug house dropped yesterday. That is good news for DJK as the drug house charge was the most serious and carried up to a 2-year prison sentence if convicted. He is scheduled to be arraigned on the other charges February 3.

DJK loves to tweet

I have been critical of DJK in the past and he's still not one of my favorite players, but I will say that I do appreciate his unwavering loyalty to the Iowa Hawkeyes. I've seen nothing but positive comments from him on Twitter and he interacts a lot with Hawkeye fans. Anyway, on to my point. A large majority of the stuff DJK says on Twitter, you'll want to ignore. However, he has recently been offering up his opinions on some players to watch in 2011. And that is at least an interesting look into how players are performing at practice--something we don't get see very often.

On James Morris:

James Morris is every coaches dream. He would gladly practice 6hrs a day if KF asked. He wants to be great but not 4 himself.but for everyone else in the program. He is the next greenway. 4year starting. God willing!

On James Vandeberg:

In10' his practices were practically flawless.startin caliber.

On Kevonte Martin-Manley:

Kevonte is the new DJK minus the delusional antics.he has my senior skills as a freshman. no bs. I know talent when I c it.

On Keenan Davis:

If Keenan Davis can convert his freakish abilities to on the field production.... He will be the best WR Iowa has ever seen. TRUST THAT!

On Brad Herman:

Herman is my standout in 2011.I watched that dude go from 0tohero in a years time. Complimented his efforts everyday in the shower#trueStory

On the defensive line:

The dl won't b our strong point next year aside from MichaelD. We lose two 1st rounds ends. That is inreplacable in a years time.

Okay, that's enough for now, though there are probably more...this guy tweet a lot. If you want to try sifting through his stream follow him @DJ_Koulianos.

Cyrus Kouandjio is visiting Iowa this weekend

A few days ago, word spread that Kouandjio was considering dropping his planned visit to Iowa to travel to USC (or a couple of other schools). Yesterday, however, it was confirmed that he will be traveling to Iowa City on Saturday with teammate Darian Cooper.

Kouandjio is one of the top (if not the top) offensive lineman recruit in the country. He is a universal 5-star and recently participated in the Under Armour All-American Game. His brother currently attends Alabama and it is expected by many that he will follow in his brother's shoes and sign with the Crimson Tide on February 2. He does also have ties to Iowa though. He and Marcus Coker were teammates last year at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, MD. It also wouldn't hurt if Cooper picks the Hawkeyes.

Adam Robinson met with the media over the weekend. He wanted to publicly apologize and announce that he wants to earn his way back on to the team. I admire the way he is going about this. He's not whining about it or just transferring to another school that may not have the same academic or character standards. Instead he's taking responsibility for his action and is going to stick it out at Iowa and try to right the ship.

Right now it's all talk, but he is at least saying the right things. He wants to stay at Iowa because he's "always wanted to be a Hawkeye." And, he wants to get his act together starting with his academics and wants to "really attack [his] studies and get on top of it and totally turn this thing around."

Wegher to transfer to Oklahoma

This is one of the more surprising stories of the day. Brandon Wegher has decided to walk on at Oklahoma. Every rumor I had ever read about Brandon Wegher pointed to him staying somewhere close to home (for various reasons). He was linked to South Dakota State, Northern Iowa, etc... Oklahoma is not close to home and is not a FCS school. That means he'll be far away from his family and will have to sit out another year leaving just 2 years of eligibility. I think he can be a good player for Bob Stoops if he gets his heart back into football. However, I would have predicted a move to a smaller school where he could be the star player and play immediately. I was wrong, though. So best luck to Brandon as a Sooner.

Robinson pleads guilty

Speaking of former Iowa running backs, Adam Robinson entered a guilty plea today for his possession of marijuana charges. His punishment is one year probation, a $315 fine, and a substance abuse evaluation.

It was a little difficult coming up with the final rankings. The main problem is that there aren't really 25 teams that I think deserve to be ranked. A lot of teams near the bottom of the top 25 before the bowls lost and a lot of borderline teams lost too. I ended up putting Iowa at #25 because of their two big wins against Michigan State and Missouri. Most of the other bubble teams don't have any quality wins and all have troubling losses (like Iowa's loss to Minnesota).

The rest is pretty self explanatory I think.