With the recent release of the spring Iowa Football depth chart there is at least a starting point now to make predictions for the starting lineup. Of course it is way too early to have a realistic idea of who will start at every position, but it's still fun to guess. So, I built a tool to help everyone put together their own offensive starting 11 (defense may come later). I picked 24 of the players I thought would most likely be picked (so if there is someone not there that you want let me know and I can add them) and you simply click on the names and drag-and-drop them in the appropriate spot. You can't do anything fancy like save or anything because that functionality would have taken me way too long to create. You can, though, get your starters in a sharable format by clicking the "Done" button. Then you can just copy and paste that and post it in the comments of this post, or on a message board, or in an email, etc... (Actual app is after the break.)

The Iowa Hawkeyes held their first of fifteen spring practices this afternoon shortly after Coach Ferentz addressed the media. Here is the full transcript of the Ferentz presser (pdf). As you can imagine, Ferentz didn't talk about anything too earth shattering, but did provide some updates of injuries and incites into player development. Plus, it is just so exciting to finally have some real news to talk about.

Spring practice is finally here after what seemed like an eternity, which really has been less than 3 months (the summer layoff is longer). So for about 4 weeks we actually have some real news to follow and don't have to make up silly predictions about the upcoming season (guilty...). Anyway, the big news of the day will likely be Kirk Ferentz's pre-practice presser which takes place at 12:30. You can follow it live on the official site and then of course check back here later tonight for even more coverage.

Over the next month or so, announcements will start coming out with the prime time schedule. The Big Ten Network and ESPN like to plan a lot of these games well in advance. Looking at the 2010 Iowa Football Schedule, we can probably assume some kickoff times as well (like those 11:00 starts against the "cupcakes"). So, before spring practice starts on Wednesday and before any kickoff times are announced, here are my predictions for the game time and TV coverage for every game this year.