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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Sam LaPorta

Jake Olson, Sports Reporter August 30, 2021

The Iowa football program needs a new receiving leader after former Hawkeyes Brandon Smith and Ihmir Smith-Marsette left Iowa to pursue NFL careers. The Hawkeyes need a consistent threat — someone...

Wisconsin

Chloe Peterson, Assistant Sports Editor August 25, 2021

The Big Ten is finally back to a sense of normalcy with a full 12-game slate. And right now, the Big Ten West is Wisconsin’s to lose. Sure, the Badgers had an up-and-down year in 2020-21. A...

Iowa

Robert Read, Pregame Editor August 25, 2021

“Almost” has been a theme for Iowa in the Big Ten West race recently. Since going undefeated in the 2015 regular season and appearing in the conference championship game, the Hawkeyes have finished...

10-2

Chris Werner, Sports Reporter August 23, 2021

Iowa football will equal its loss total from a year ago and finish this season’s normal-length slate with 10 wins.  Five points were all that separated the Hawkeyes from a perfect record last season,...

8-4

Austin Hanson, Sports Editor August 23, 2021

Over the past two seasons, Iowa football has competed in ten games decided by eight points or less. In those games, the Hawkeyes went 5-5. This season, Iowa has seven games on its schedule that are...

Iowa running back Tyler Goodson poses for a portrait on the youth football field at George Pierce Park in Suwanee, Georgia, on Aug. 1, 2021. Goodson played at George Pierce Park in sixth and eighth grade.

Home away from home

August 22, 2021

Back at George Pierce Field in Suwanee, Tyler walks down the metallic steps of the bleachers onto the turf and roams the field with his parents. “This is where it all started,” Maurice said. Instantly,...

Iowa running back Tyler Goodson carries the ball during the game against Nebraska on Friday, November 29, 2019. The Hawkeyes defeated the Corn Huskers 27-24.

Taking the reins in Iowa’s backfield

August 22, 2021

A collage of photos hanging in the living room of the Goodson home contains one of Tyler, Maurice, and Taylor attending the Iowa-Wisconsin football game at Kinnick Stadium in September 2018. The game...

The Goodson family chats about Tyler Goodson’s journey from Georgia to Iowa City in their living room in Suwanee, Georgia, on Aug. 1, 2021. Tyler Goodson mentioned he never worried Iowa may be too far from home.

‘Why Iowa?’

August 22, 2021

At breakfast later in the morning after catching up in the coaches’ office, a folksy song by Uncle Kracker plays over the speakers at IHOP. “This is the type of music they play in Iowa, right?”...

Iowa running back Tyler Goodson poses with Gerald “Boo” Mitchell in Suwanee, Georgia, on Aug. 1, 2021. Mitchell, a former All-American wide receiver for Vanderbilt, is Goodson's former high school coach and current personal trainer.

‘The SEC of high school football’

August 22, 2021

Just after 8 a.m. on a muggy Monday morning, Tyler and Maurice, both wearing black Hawkeye crewnecks with gold Tigerhawk emblems, walk into North Gwinnett High School, just a few miles from their Suwanee...

The Goodson family poses for a portrait in Suwanee, Georgia, on Aug. 1, 2021.

A football family

August 22, 2021

Hours before Tyler showed up at his youth football field, the Goodson family sat down for lunch at the Central City Tavern in downtown Suwanee, an upscale sports bar that opened before the start of the...

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors meets on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. The Supervisors discussed budget items for the year.

Johnson County Supervisors recognize Americans with Disabilities Act Awareness Day

Meg Doster, News Reporter July 22, 2021

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors officially recognized residents with disabilities through a countywide proclamation Thursday.  The board declared July 26 to be Americans with Disabilities...

Kennisha Entsminger, an organizer with the Iowa Freedom Riders, speaks at a Juneteenth celebration hosted by Iowa Freedom Riders on June 19, 2021.

Photos: IFR Juneteenth Celebration

Kate Heston, Photo Editor June 19, 2021