Pete Mills, Assistant Sports Editor
• July 18, 2019
CHICAGO – In 2012, then-Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema commandeered the Badgers to a Big Ten title win over Nebraska, 70-31. It was the last time a school currently in the Big Ten West was crowned...
CHICAGO — Something special could happen on Nov. 29.
After a day full of turkey and giving thanks, loving and happy emotions will quickly turn to heated rivalry and trash talk.
The reason is Iowa...
CHICAGO - Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck’s success can be credited to the Iowa football program in one way or another.
Fleck, who has been at the helm of the Gopher program since 2017, called Iowa...
Iowa racked up a few more preseason honors on July 18.
Mekhi Sargent earned a spot on the Doak Walker Award Watch List, and A.J. Epenesa was named a Big Ten Preseason honoree.
Sargent landed on the...
CHICAGO — Football season is officially upon us.
Although games won’t be played for more than a month, the Big Ten media days offer insights that were simply not available in the past weeks.
With...
The Iowa football program lost two tight ends to the NFL after the 2018-19 season concluded. Make it three if defensive-end-turned-tight-end Parker Hesse counts toward the total.
However, in the Kirk...
The quiet portion of the NFL calendar is rapidly coming to a close as training camps league-wide will be underway with a bang in the coming days.
Most teams are having rookies report to camp this week,...
Two of the Iowa football program’s biggest names have been put on award watch for the 2019-20 season.
On July 15, quarterback Nate Stanley and defensive end A.J. Epenesa were named to the Maxwell...
Pete Mills, Assistant Sports Editor
• July 14, 2019
On Oct. 12, Iowa football will link arms in the tunnel and take the field of Kinnick Stadium to ACDC’s “Back in Black” before facing Penn State. But for the first time in history, they won’t be...
Toren Young is the only junior representing Iowa at Big Ten media days this year.
Last year, quarterback Nate Stanley held that honor, accompanying head coach Kirk Ferentz and seniors Matt Nelson and...
Matt Hankins has never intercepted a pass at Iowa.
He played in 12 games as a true freshman in 2017, making his first start in the regular-season finale against Nebraska, and he started eight games...
Pete Mills, Assistant Sports Editor
• July 9, 2019
On Oct. 24, 2009, on a darkly televised game on the Big Ten Network, then-Iowa football quarterback Ricky Stanzi marched his offense down the field through a gritty Michigan State defense to set his team...
