Tall tales surround every sports team, not just the Patriots, and imbue every game a team plays. You know the prominent ones in the Cy-Hawk Series: Iowa State is the “little brother” and the game...

Iowa’s offensive performance in the first game answered a few of the questions surrounding it coming into the season — but one remains. The receivers and tight ends were largely irrelevant outside...

The Cyclones and the Hawkeyes are both 1-0 on the season entering the Cy-Hawk showdown at Jack Trice Stadium onSept. 12. Iowa State came out on top last season, but a closer look at the numbers reveals...

The following is an excerpt from the DI's Pregame Podcast. Jordan Hansen, football reporter: I took away that Iowa has a plan for how they want to use their running backs. LeShun had 26 carries for 123...

Two staffers debate whether playing Iowa State is worthwhile for the Hawkeyes. Yes I’m not going to throw out a bunch of numbers and persuade you that the Iowa State game is worth playing each year....

1) Ohio State: Where does J.T. Barrett fit into this offense when it’s not blowing teams out? Or better yet, when will the Buckeyes not blow teams out? In the NFL? 2) Michigan State: If the Spartans...

Tyler Sash reels off the names of some of his favorite NFL safeties. Former Hawkeyes Bob Sanders and Sean Considine are among those who come up, along with Pro Bowlers Troy Polamalu and Ed Reed. It's...

Since Kirk Ferentz took over the Iowa football team in 1999, 14 offensive linemen have been drafted by NFL teams, and another 13 have signed as free agents. Of those, 12 ended their careers having played...

During his freshman season at Iowa, Aaron Mends briefly found himself in a position he didn’t think he’d play at all during his college career. The outside linebacker from Kansas City, Missouri,...

Average rush by running quarterbacks against Iowa in 2014: 5.6 yards At times in 2014, dual-threat quarterbacks crippled Iowa in both close and not-so-close games. Four times last season, the Hawks...

Around the Big Ten 1.  Ohio State The reigning Big Ten and national champions enter the 2015 season as the first program in NCAA history to be a consensus No. 1 overall team in the AP Poll.  They...