The University finally made an official announcement that the homecoming game against Penn State on October 2nd will be Black & Gold Spirit Day in which alternative sections are supposed to wear black or gold. They have a helpful chart that shows you what gold to wear, based on your seat location. However, I know how difficult it can be for some fans to figure out what color shirt to wear to Blackout and Be Bold, Wear Gold games and the Black & Gold Spirit day figures to make it even more difficult. So, I made little app to help. Simply enter the section number you will be sitting in and click Check.

I have at times in the past been somewhat critical of DJK. His game day performance has never been in question, but his work ethic in practices certainly has. Well, it sounds like he has his head on straight now and is ready for a hell of a senior year. Here is a quote from his bio on Facebook: (H/T @iowaguru)

Not everyone has the luxury of following Hawkeye Football year round. Maybe it's a life long fan with season tickets, but who is too busy over the summer to read message boards and blogs.... Maybe it's an incoming freshman who started school yesterday, but wasn't fanatical about the Hawkeyes in high school... I get it. The off-season is long and the news is sometimes slow. But kickoff is now less than 2 weeks away, so it's time to get caught up on what you might have missed. So, over the next few days I'll post everything you need to know (at least I much of it as I can) to get ready for the season. Today, a bunch of lists to quickly get you up to speed.

Who's Returning

Returning Starters
Offense-

• Ricky Stanzi | QB
• Adam Robinson | RB
• Derrell Johnson-Koulianos | WR
• Riley Reiff | OT
• Julian Vandervelde | OG
• Brett Morse | FB

Defense-

• Adrian Clayborn | DE
• Broderick Binns | DE
• Christian Ballard | DT
• Karl Klug | DT
• Jeremiha Hunter | LB
• Tyler Sash | SS
• Brett Greenwood | FS
• Shaun Prater | CB

Special Teams-

• Ryan Donahue | P
• Daniel Murray | L
• Andrew Schulze | LS
• Colin Sandeman | PR
• Derrell Johnson-Koulianos | KR

Iowa picked up a new commit this weekend on while Melvin Gordon was visiting Iowa City. Gordon is the 14th player in Iowa's 2011 recruiting class, the first running back, and the 10th projected to play on offense. He is rated 3-stars by both Scout and Rivals.

Gordon in High School

Melvin Gordon currently attends Bradford High School in Kenosha, WI. As a junior, Gordon helped lead his team to an 11-1 season that ended in the state quarter-finals. The Red Devils run a flexbone offense similar to what Iowa faced in the Orange Bowl against Georgia Tech with a little less "option" in it. Gordon played a slotback in the offense, kind of a tight end/running back combo that often goes in motion to take a pitch from the quarterback.  He also returned kicks for the Red Devils.

Stats:

• Rushing - 99 rushes, 1061 yards, 11 TDs
• Receiving - 11 receptions, 271 yards, 4 TDs

If you didn't take my advice yesterday and follow the BTN Crew on Twitter while they attended Iowa's practice, you missed an exciting couple of hours last night. Every couple of minutes, a small crack in the usually closed doors of Hawkeye practices was opened and we got to peak inside. Of course nothing earth shattering came out, but besides a unsurprising Stanzi interception the tone from the BTN was very, very positive.

On to the Tweets!