I employed my brother, Evan, to take pictures for me at the practice while I took notes and stats in my little notepad. He's got a nice camera and was able to zoom in a take some nice pictures (thanks bro!). I have over 100 pictures but was able to pare it down to 30 of the best ones and I split it into 3 separate posts in the interest of post length.

Jewel Hampton, who is recovering from an ACL tear, was in a red "no contact" jersey. He participated in the stretches, drills, and the 7-on-7, but not in the scrimmage.

I had a great time at the spring practice today. The weather was beautiful, the Hawkeyes looked pretty good, the atmosphere in Kinnick was nice. It was kind of a long day though and getting home after 9:00 PM is not conducive to writing long analytical posts. So for tonight, just some quick thoughts on the good and the bad. Then tomorrow and maybe spilling into the work week I have some stats and a ton of pictures.

The depth chart for the open spring practice was released the other day at the Parker/O'Keefe presser, but it is clearly not what the starters will look like come September. A few weeks I posted the Pick your starters: Offense and said I'd try to do the same for the defense. Well, I actually made good on that and here is your chance to pick who you think will be the starters on defense.

Share your picks in the comments.

I haven't seen official word on this yet (though there was a supposed email sent out to certain Alumns) but Marc Morehouse has it on his blog, so that's good enough for me. When Iowa and Penn State play on October 2 in Kinnick Stadium it will be under the lights. The game is slated for roughly a 7:05 kickoff and will be on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC.

Yesterday the media got its shot at Iowa Football's offensive and defensive coordinators. It was typical presser stuff with some fluffy questions and not-too-specific answers. But, Norm Parker is always awesome to hear from and KOK is actually kind of insightful. Morehouse has a ton of videos up from the presser: Norm videos, KOK videos. And, Rob Howe (of HawkeyeInsider.com) posted a new depth chart that I assume is what the team will look like for the spring "game" (which actually could have up to 2 full quarters of action, though no tackling).