"College Football Preview Show" 12/17/2010 Bowl Picks Special Part 2

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This is part two of the bowl picks special on KRUI radio's "College Football Preview Show." We did not get a whole lot of prep in because it was finals week, but we have some fun banter in here along with the analysis. The fight songs are back, along with some Christmas music and some Darren McGavin. Enjoy.

ISU Defeats Iowa 75-72

"College Football Preview Show" Podcast 12/10/2010 Bowl Picks Special Part 1

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On this week's installment of KRUI radio's "College Football Preview Show," Mike Rabon, Jeremy Blumberg, Ryan Murphy, and I pick the first half of the bowl games on the bowl schedule. We also have a special "call in" from Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy. Part 2 will air next week and I will have the podcast up after we do the show.

Iowa defeats UNI 51-39

Iowa Accepts Insight Bowl Big to Play #12 Missouri

Some Football Play-By-Play Highlights

During the high school football season, I did some play-by-play for Mid-Prairie High School that aired on WATV18 in Wellman, Iowa. Here are some of my highlights:

"College Football Preview" Show Podcast 12/03/2010

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This is the "College Football Preview" Show Podcast from 12/03/2010 that aired on KRUI 89.7 FM in Iowa City. Mike Rabon, Neal Ternes, Jeremy Blumberg, Ryan Murphy, and I talk about Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez's embarrassing banquet speech, pick all the conference championship games, and break down Iowa's bowl scenarios. The last minute of two of the podcast got cut off.

Technical problems fixed!

I have been MIA from the blog for the past few weeks. I had some computer problems that prevented me from doing videos, podcasts, etc. Then my video camera malfunctioned literally hours before the Iowa vs Ohio State game. All of this is fixed, so I can keep the content coming again.

"Incompetent Sports Talk" 11/04/2010 The Big Ten Race Heading Into November

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On ESPNU's "The Experts" 11/02/2010

#18 Iowa Defeats #5 Michigan State

"College Football Preview" 10/29/2010 Podcast

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This is the podcast from Friday's "College Football Preview Show" on KRUI radio. We break down the Iowa vs Michigan State game, along with the other big games of the weekend.

"College Football Preview Show" Podcast 10/22/2010

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This is the podcast of the "College Football Preview" radio show that I host on KRUI FM. Mike Rabon, Zach Smith, Neal Ternes, and Pat Rafferty are on my panel. On this show, we open discussing the firing of Minnesota coach Tim Brewster, discuss who we think is the #1 team in college football, and pick the big games of the week.

"Incompetent Sports Talk" 10/21/2010

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Iowa Basketball Team Adjusting Well To New Coaching Staff

#15 Iowa Prepares for Rival #13 Wisconsin

Media Putting Stock In Iowa Football

The Iowa Hawkeyes are currently ranked 15th in the initial BCS standings and are one of only three teams in the Big Ten that have not dropped a conference game. After back to back double-digit wins versus Big Ten opponents, the Hawkeyes are getting some love from college football media outlets.

The respected ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit said on Sunday that the Hawkeyes are the 6th best team in college football and he projected them to win the conference. In ESPN.com's bowl projections, both Mark Schlabach and Andrea Adelson have the Hawkeyes making a BCS bowl game. Schlabach has Iowa playing Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and Adelson has Iowa playing Oregon in the Rose Bowl. CBS Sports is projecting that the 5-1 Hawkeyes will play Boise State in the Rose Bowl and said that they are the "favorite to win the Big Ten."

The confidence that the media has placed in Iowa this season may be refreshing for Iowa fans. Last season, when the Hawkeyes started off the year 9-0, most of the media dismissed the Hawkeyes as a team that was lucky and living on the edge, despite the fact that they were just winning games.

Many Hawk fans think that Iowa thrives in the underdog position. Many think that they love when nobody believes in them. Considering last year's impressive season that culminated in an Orange Bowl win, that could possibly be true. The roles have reversed this season as the media is behind the Hawks. My bet is that they rise to the occasion and keep winning.

#15 Iowa wins at Michigan 38-28

"Sports Issues" Podcast 10/14/2010 Should we pay college athletes?

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Mike Rabon, Neal Ternes, Nick Robertson, Ryan Murphy, Kyle Hughes, and I have a discussion on whether we should pay college athletes money (in addition to their scholarships). We also discussed some of the Thursday college football matchups.

McCaffery, Speraw, and Players Talk About Iowa's New Up-Tempo Style

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"Incompetent Sports Talk" 10/14/2010

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Mike, Jake, and I go through our SEC and Big Ten power rankings, we pick the big games in week 7 of college football, and break down the Iowa vs Michigan game.

#14 Iowa Prepares for #24 Michigan

"Incompetet Sports Talk" 10-07-2010

On this week's IST, we recap Iowa's big win versus Penn State, draft our "fantasy" college football teams, and pick some of the big week 6 college football games.

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"Poll Preview Show" Podcast 10-07-2010

KRUI's "Poll Preview Show" is back this week as Neal Ternes, Mike Rabon, and I dig extensively into the college football rankings. Mike and I also reveal our personal Top 25 polls. It was a fun hour today and we get on plenty of tangents to make it even more interesting.

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"Black and Gold Spirit Night" a Success

Saturday’s Hawkeye football game versus #22 Penn State was officially declared “Black and Gold Spirit Day” by the University of Iowa. The concept behind it was to have alternating sections of people wearing all black or all gold apparel to give Kinnick a “striped” look when wide and aerial shots of the stadium would be seen on television. A press release from the University of Iowa said that they wanted to “provide a stunning image of the UI's prized Kinnick Stadium when ESPN pans the venue at kickoff.”

At first I was a little worried that the concept would not work. There are 70,585 people who fill Kinnick every Saturday. People come from all over the state and even the country to Iowa City for a Hawkeye game day and if some people did not get the memo, then it would not work.

The Hawkeyes have some of the best fans in the nation and they came through, as they always do. Kinnick looked absolutely stunning and unique during the entire broadcast on ESPN. I received numerous text messages from people during the game commenting on how they loved the colors in the stadium. Upon watching a rebroadcast of the game, ESPN had plenty of wide shots of the stadium that showed the colorful spectators inside Kinnick.

“Black and Gold Spirit Night” was a success in my book. Kudos to the Hawk fans for dressing in their colors and kudos to ESPN for their coverage of the game. I hope that there will be more "Black and Gold Spirit Days" in the future.

#18 Iowa Defeats #20 Penn State 24-3

"College Football Preview" Podcast 10-01-2010 On Location From Burge Hall

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This is the podcast of the "College Football Preview" show that I host along with Mike Rabon and former Hawkeye football player Chris Rowell on KRUI radio. We did our show on location inside Burge Hall during the lunch rush in order to promote the show. We picked some of the big games coming up this weekend, talked about which conference has had the biggest wins so far, and broke down the Iowa vs Penn State game.

"Incompetent Sports Talk" 9-30-2010

Mike Rabon and I host "Incompetent Sports Talk" on UITV. On this week's episode, Mike and I recap Iowa's win over Ball State, play a game called "Defend Your Record" in which we pretend that we are coaches that are on the hot seat and we say why their job shouldn't be in jeopardy, and pick the big week 5 games including Iowa's game with Penn State.

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"Sports Issues" Podcast 9-30-2010 Best Big Ten Coaches and Players of All Time

Mike Rabon hosts the "Sports Issues" show on KRUI radio and I am a panelist along with Nick Robertson, and Kyle Hughes. On this edition, we discussed some of our picks for the best coaches in the history of the Big Ten and some of the best players in the history of the Big Ten.

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Hawkeyes Ready For Conference Play and Want A Conference Title

#18 Iowa Gets Ready For #20 Penn State

"The Herd" Stops By Iowa City

On Tuesday Sept. 21, ESPN radio personality Colin Cowherd stopped by The University of Iowa as part of ESPN's first ever "Big Ten Road Trip." The trip included Cowherd broadcasting his radio program from Hubbard Park from 9 am to noon and televising his program "SportsNation" later that afternoon. While everyone was excited to see SportsNation, I was one of the few anxiously awaiting him to do his radio program.

I arrived at Hubbard Park around 8:45 am and there was a crowd of about 25 gathered to watch the broadcast. The small crowd offered us spectators a rare opportunity to watch one of the best in the business up close and personal. I vastly prefer the radio show to the television show because radio is a medium where a dynamic personality can communicate their views thoroughly due to the three hour show format. There are not a lot of glitz and gimmicks, in radio you truly have to be a good communicator to be successful. Cowherd has all the attributes and talent, which makes him one of the highest sports radio personalities in the country.

What made the experience worthwhile was that Cowherd took time during every one of his breaks to come and talk to the crowd. He also fielded dozens of questions from the audience during the three hours ranging from his opinions on the hot sports topics of the day to his career path to ESPN. When I mentioned earlier that it was an "up close and personal" experience, I truly meant it. That kind of intimate experience was not possible for the "SportsNation" broadcast when nearly a thousand showed up.

Iowa was chose along with Wisconsin, Penn State, and Michigan to be on the "Big Ten Road Trip." Hopefully the trip will make another stop in Iowa City soon.

Iowa and Iowa State Both Shutout Their Opponents

On Saturday, both the Iowa Hawkeyes and their rival the Iowa State Cyclones shutout their opponents. #18 Iowa defeated Ball State 45-0 and Iowa State defeated Northern Iowa 27-0. This got me thinking, "When was the last time that Iowa and Iowa State both recorded a shutout win on the same Saturday?" According to data on http://cfbdatawarehouse.com, the last time it happened was on September 18, 1999. On that day, Iowa beat Northern Illinois 24-0 and Iowa State won at UNLV 24-0. This is only the second time this has happened since 1958!


Ball State had not been shutout in 61 straight games, which was the second longest non-shutout streak in school history. The Hawkeyes racked up 562 yards of offense, while Ball State could only muster 112 yards. Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi was 19 of 25 through the air with 288 passing yards and three touchdowns. Adam Robinson led the Hawkeyes on the ground, rushing for 115 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries. After the game, Robinson said, "I think I did okay to provide a spark for the offense, but I couldn't have done it without the offensive line."


Iowa's defense saw a big game from defensive lineman Mike Daniels, who had six tackles (four of them for a loss) and one sack. Linebacker Jeremiah Hunter said the defensive line "did everything today...I give them a lot of credit."


Iowa State's special teams came up big in their win over UNI. Cyclone kicker Grant Mahoney nailed two field goals, ISU blocked a UNI field goal attempt, and the Cyclones had a successful fake field goal that led to a touchdown later in the drive. The defense was also a focal point of the win, since ISU had two interceptions returned for touchdowns.


This Saturday, Iowa hosts Penn State and Iowa State hosts Texas Tech.

"Sunday Football Recap" Podcast 9-26-2010

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Mike Rabon hosts the "Sunday Football Recap" on KRUI and I am a panelist along with Jeremy Blumberg, Nick Robertson, and Ryan Murphy. We recap all the week 4 games and talk about #18 Iowa's win vs Ball State.

#18 Iowa Dominates Ball State 45-0

"College Football Preview" Podcast 9-24-2010

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Here is the podcast of the show I host, the "College Football Preview" show, on KRUI radio. Mike Rabon, Zachary Smith, Jeremy Blumberg, Neal Ternes, and former Hawkeye football player Chris Rowell are on my panel. We pick the big week 4 games, tell you what coach needs a win the most this week, give you an upset special, and break down the Iowa vs Ball State game.

"Incompetent Sports Talk" 9-23-2010

Mike Rabon, Jake Burgers, and I are back with a new episode of our UITV show "Incompetent Sports Talk." On this edition, we talk about why Iowa lost at Arizona, buy and sell college football teams, pick some of the big games in week 4, and break down #18 Iowa's game with Ball State.

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"Sports Issues" Podcast 9-23-2010 College Football Top 5 Lists and Debates

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Mike Rabon hosts the "Sports Issues" show on KRUI radio and I am a panelist along with Neal Ternes, Matt Cozzi, Nick Robertson, and Kyle Hughes. On this edition, we discussed our lists of the Top 5 Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Players, Stadiums, and Hot Seat Coaches currently in College Football. Around the 10:00 mintue mark Neal and I get into a heated debate on whether Mack Brown or Bob Stoops is the better coach. It is a good listen.

After the Arizona Loss, Iowa Preps for Ball State

Josh Koeppel Video Makes It On ESPNU's Campus Connection

A couple of weeks ago, I did a video on Iowa center Josh Koeppel and how he survived an accident where his moped was struck by a truck. The video got picked up by ESPNU. Here is the link to ESPNU's Campus Connection site.



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Iowa Loses RB Jewel Hampton For The Season

"College Football Preview Show" Podcast 9-17-2010

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Podcast of the "College Football Preview Show" on KRUI radio. I host and Neal Ternes, Dan Wallace, Mike Rabon, Zach Smith, Pat Rafferty, Jeremy Blumberg, and former Hawkeye football player Chris Rowell break down all the week 3 action including Iowa's game with Arizona.

"Incompetent Sports Talk" 9-16-2010

On this episode, we recap the ISU game, talk about why FCS teams keep beating FBS teams (6 now in 2010) pick some of the big week 3 matchups, and break down the Iowa vs Arizona game.

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"Poll Preview Show" Podcast 9-16-2010

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(There were some technical errors, so the first couple minutes of the show are not on the podcast)

Neal Ternes hosts the premiere episode of the "Poll Preview Show" on KRUI's Lab station. Mike Rabon and I are panelists as we dig deep into the AP and coach's poll to debate what we like and don't like about them. I also reveal my top 25 poll and Neal reveals his top arrogate top 25 poll (consists of votes from students at the UI)
Mike and I get into some heated, but civil debate on my top 25.

Also, check out Neal's Iowa blog. Great reading for Iowa fans, or if you are just a fan of college football in general. He has good insight into college football and he throws in funny YouTube videos to accompany his picks, so check it out!

http://victorypolka.blogspot.com/

"Sports Issues" Podcast 9-16-2010 The Best College Football Teams of All Time

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Mike Rabon hosts the "Sports Issues" show on KRUI radio and I am a panelist along with Neal Ternes, Nick Robertson, and Kyle Hughes as we discuss the best college football teams of all time and what our picks are for the best Iowa teams of all time. My pick might surprise some Iowa fans.

#10 Iowa Prepares for #18 Arizona

My "Big Ass Turkey Leg Guy" Video Featured on Every Day Should Be Saturday

A couple of years ago I did a video on Chuck Ford, who is better known as "The Big Ass Turkey Leg Guy." I have probably received more positive feedback on that video than any other video I have done. This guy is truly funny and a Kinnick Saturday is not complete unless you hear him screaming into his microphone selling his turkey legs at least once. It was recently featured on the popular college football blog Every Day Should Be Saturday. Here is the link to check it out on EDSBS (scroll down a bit to find the video, it was part of a feature they did on Iowa tailgating)


http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2010/9/10/1681145/aggro-tourism-iowa#storyjump


Here is the video here:

#9 Iowa Beats Iowa State 35-7

"Sunday Football Recap" Podcast 9-12-2010

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Neal Ternes hosts the Sunday Football Recap show where we talk about all the big games that took place during week 2 of college football including #9 Iowa's thrashing of Iowa State. Mike Rabon, Nick Robertson and I were the panelists.

"College Football Preview" Podcast 9-11-2010

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This is the podcast of the "College Football Preview" show I host on KRUI radio in Iowa City. We pick some of the big games of week two and talk about the Iowa vs Iowa State game. The first part of the show is not on the podcast (which is too bad because you missed why I love Temple and Al Golden) due to technical errors, but here is the remainder of the show.

Kirk Ferentz Talks About His Contract Extension and Why He Likes Life at the UI

"Incompetent Sports Talk" 9/09/2010

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My Trip To The US Open

David Jung, Jesse Dougherty, and I went to The US Open over Labor Day weekend to watch some tennis. I took a flip camera to give you a "first person" experience of what it was like to go to the open. Enjoy.

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"Sports Issues" Podcast 9-09-2010 The Iowa-Iowa State Rivalry

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Podcast of today's Sports Issues Show. Mike Rabon hosts and I was one of the panelists as we discuss the history of the Iowa State rivalry and our perspectives on it.

#9 Iowa Prepares for Iowa State

Josh Koeppel Talks About His Moped Accident

"Sports Issues" Podcast 9-02-2010 Big Ten Realignment and College Football Coaches

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This podcast of Mike Rabon's "Sports Issues" radio show on KRUI radio 89.7 FM in Iowa City from 9-02-2010. I was a panelist and we discussed the announcement of the new divisions in the Big Ten and how long a coach should have to rebuild a program. In the show's last few minutes, we picked the football games being played on the first Thursday of the college football season. It was a lively discussion.

"Incompetent Sports Talk" 2010 College Football Season Preview (Part 1 of 3)

This is the season premiere of the sports TV show I host on UITV called "Incompetent Sports Talk." In this episode, Mike Rabon, Jake Burgers, and I make our conference predictions for the 2010 football season. This is part 1 of 3 (in total, the episode is just under 30 minutes)

"Incompetent Sports Talk" 2010 College Football Season Preview (Part 2)

"Incompetent Sports Talk" 2010 College Football Season Preview (Part 3)

Who is going to kick?

Iowa Prepares for Eastern Illinois

"College Football Preview" Podcast 8-27-2010

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Podcast to the "College Football Preview" show from 8-27-2010. I am the host of the show and Mike Rabon, Mack Baker, Dan Wallace, and Kiff Richmann are my panelists. We make our predictions on who will win each of the BCS conferences.

"Sports Issues" Podcast 8-26-2010 Steroids In Baseball

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This podcast of Mike Rabon's "Sports Issues" radio show on KRUI radio 89.7 FM in Iowa City from 8-26-2010. I was a panelist as we talked about steroids and their effect on baseball.

How Is Iowa Handling The High Expectations?

Stanzi Getting Ready For The 2010 Season

Time Together and Coaches Help Build Iowa's Defensive Line