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LINCOLN - One more offseason. One more preseason. One more football season. And one more postseason. All with a new commissioner, and an eye toward a larger future in the league. One more trip around the sun with this iteration of Big Ten football. And one more year with divisional schedules. One more year, for certain, of a Big Ten title game. The…

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Guardians still need a catcher. Manager Terry Francona said patience is required and that executives Chris Antonetti and Mike Chernoff will deliver a backstop. That is a good thing because as Casey Stengel said a long time ago, "If you don't have a catcher, you're going to have a lot of passed balls." The winter meetings…

CLEVELAND - Think about how much has changed in a year. Last January, baseball stood still, and we were left to talk ourselves into Bradley Zimmer, ponder José Ramírez trades and evaluate commissioner Rob Manfred's negotiating tactics. It was bleak. But the lockout ended, Ramírez signed a long-term deal, Zimmer lasted one day of the regular season…

From who is sitting out to who is expected to start, here's everything you need to know about the Iowa vs. Kentucky matchup. NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Iowa Hawkeyes (7-5) face the Kentucky Wildcats (7-5) in the 2022 TransPerfect Music City Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 31 - New Year's Eve - in Nashville. The Hawkeyes were scheduled to play in the Music City…

And just like that, the Iowa football season is coming to a close. In typical Hawkeye fashion, Iowa gave fans a reason for optimism. Heading into a Black Friday showdown with a reeling Nebraska team, the Hawkeyes needed to just not completely trip all over themselves to return to Indianapolis as Big Ten West Champions for the second straight…

ATHENS - The SEC portion of the bowl season will get off to an early and somewhat unfamiliar start this weekend. The helmets and uniforms will say "Florida," but the Gators won't have the same bite without projected first-round quarterback Anthony Richardson under center. Florida will also be missing a few other key players: • All-American…

Ranking 13th out of 14 teams in the Big Ten in total offense didn't stop the Iowa Hawkeyes from reaching the conference title game. However, the 42-3 loss to Michigan showed how much of a gap there was in the Hawkeyes' quest to win the conference championship. Quarterback Spencer Petras and tight end Sam LaPorta are among the top returnees on…

After allowing Kentucky to score the go-ahead points with under two minutes to play in last season's Citrus Bowl, Iowa has a golden opportunity to redeem itself against the Wildcats. But it'll have to do so on the shoulders of a third-string quarterback. Here's what to know about this matchup. Saturday, Dec. 31, noon at Nissan Stadium in Nashville,…

Iowa starting quarterback Spencer Petras was injured in the Nebraska game and Hawkeyes head football coach Kirk Ferentz announced that it required season-ending surgery. That means that either Joe Labas or Carson May will start for Iowa versus Kentucky in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl. Neither has yet taken a collegiate snap. Running back Gavin…

Rutgers is undefeated but hasn't faced competition quite at Iowa's level in the early goings this season. Hawkeyes quarterback Spencer Petras will be able to exploit a thin Scarlet Knights secondary en route to eclipsing his passing yards total. The Iowa Hawkeyes and Rutgers Scarlet Knights kick off their respective Big Ten conference schedules…

A month ago, very few would have thought that the Iowa vs. Nevada game would have much intrigue, if any at all. But with Iowa's offense off to a historically bad start, Saturday's contest may offer clues about the team's Big Ten slog ahead. Against Nevada's porous defense, will Spencer Petras show signs off exiting the funk he's currently mired…

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa's defense came up with two second-half safeties, and the Hawkeyes opened the season with a 7-3 win over South Dakota State on Saturday. Neither team could do much offensively. Iowa finished with 166 yards of offense, while South Dakota State had 120. The two teams combined for more punts (21) than first downs…

Tough questions for Kirk Ferentz about QB decision of Petras over PadillaIowa head coach Kirk Ferentz understandably has QB questions after a 1-1 start and owning college football's worst offense. IOWA CITY - Even if the Iowa football team could gain 616 yards against visiting Nevada on Saturday night, it wouldn't be enough to definitively say the…

IOWA CITY - All anyone wanted to discuss after Northwestern's Big Ten football season-opening win against Nebraska was why-in-the-world Scott Frost tried an onside kick up 11 points early in Saturday's third quarter. And at last check, folks are still talking about that Dublin decision that undoubtedly contributed to the Cornhuskers' implosion in…