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
June 2, 2009
The NBA Finals are set to begin on Thursday between the Los Angels Lakers and the Orlando Magic. Before it does, I want to vent my frustration over one of the rules the NBA has that is different from college basketball.
This is the rule where the team can advance the ball past half court to inbound the ball after a timeout is called. On numerous occasions this has saved teams this postseason. None more notorious than LeBron James’ 25 footer that came after Cleveland’s Mo Williams threw in the pass from past half court after taking a timeout. Hedo Turkoglu thought he had won the game for Orlando after he hit a two point jumper to put the Magic up two with one second to go in game two of the Eastern Conference Finals. But due to the rule Cleveland had one last desperation attempt and we all know what happened with that.
Some might argue that this rule makes the game more exciting, giving a team an extra chance to tie the game or win the game at the end. I can understand why they may feel this way, it does create some dramatics. To me the rule just makes the game longer in the closing minutes and is unfair to the team who gets the ball advanced on them like the Magic in this example. Read the rest of this entry »
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