August 6, 2009
I was asked to write two Big Ten Football team previews for Comradio’s website (www.comradio.psu.edu) so i figured I would throw them up on the blog as well. I don’t know when they will be released on comradio’s website, probably when all 11 are in so why not get a sneak preview with it right here.
Here is the preview for the Iowa Hawkeyes 2009 season. Wisconsin’s preview will be coming soon.
Iowa Hawkeyes
LAST SEASON: In 2008 Iowa went 9-4 overall and 5-3 in the Big Ten to finish 20th in the final rankings of the USA Today and AP polls. The 5-3 record left them in a tie for fourth with Northwestern in the end of the year Big Ten standings; however Iowa was the only Big Ten team to pick up a bowl game victory with their 31-10 defeat of SEC foe South Carolina in the Outback Bowl. Going into 2008, Kirk Ferentz was at a crossroads of his coaching career at Iowa, but Ferentz rallied his program from a 3-3 start to go 6-1 to end the season. The big victory of the season came when the Hawkeyes knocked off a previously unbeaten and third ranked Penn State squad 24-23 on a last second field goal to ruin Penn State’s National Title hopes. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Mark
May 19, 2009
Okay so it is not official that Brett Favre is returning to the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings but in my mind it is a done deal—and I hate it.
Here is a guy who used to be a legend in my mind as one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game. Now what do I think about him? Well quite frankly I can’t stand the guy anymore.
I started to find him incredibly annoying about five seasons ago from this one, 2009, when he was contemplating retiring before deciding to come back to the Packers. He was all set to be retired and the Packers did what they needed to do—draft a QB. The unfortunate man to have his name called was of course Aaron Rodgers. Once Favre decided he was not done I thought, “Hey, well okay he will come back for a final year and then retire and hand the keys over to Rodgers who could learn under him for a whole season.” Read the rest of this entry »
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