With the major minds in the Big Ten wikkiup rewriting cherished traditions like changing “The Game” to a game, or dumping the “You’d think a brass bull would have a brass package Trophy,” it’s pretty obvious someone with a sense of history and decorum needs to come up with some new ones. That would be me.

Actually, last year I began to establish B10 traditions that will last a lifetime, or until they don’t apply anymore. By B10 traditions I mean Iowa traditions, of course. Go Hawks,...

There comes a time in every Hawkeye fans life where you ask yourself, "Which away game should I travel to since we are so friggen awesome?" You ponder in your head, should I even go? Will I have to take Friday off work? Are the other fans cool? Will I be killed? Where would I even park to tailgate? Well wonder no more my little Hawkeye fans, here is a list of away games and the pro's and con's to that road trip.

Saturday September 18th @ Arizona

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If you made it this far you either 1) did not read my first blog entry "Impact of Field Position on Hawk's 2009 Offense" or 2) you’re a closet stat guy (or gal). If you fall into the first category, you might want to check out my first blog entry and if you don't make it back here you can consider yourself normal. If you fall into the second category, the first step in resolving a problem is admitting you have one.

Now onto the Hawkeye defense. After listening to the Iowa...

At this point in the year, prognostications come from all over the college football landscape. The preseason predictions that undoubtedly hold the most water to Hawk fans originate from those people closest to the Iowa program. The honorable Jon Miller recently laid out his Nostradamian vision for the 2010 Iowa football season. I hope for the sake of Hawkeye Nation he is correct. If come January 2011 Iowa is undefeated and playing Oklahoma, Jon might be wise to visit Las Vegas...often.
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Warning: For many of you this blog will be mind-numbingly boring. Probably not the best way to start my first blog but consider yourself warned. For you stats guys, this blog may provide some insight into your favorite team (or you may just think it's all a bunch of BS). I'll start by looking at the impact of field position on the 2009 Hawkeyes offense.


It is fairly obvious that field position is an important element to any offense. The question is, how important? More specifically,...