It's the silly season in college football. When so called experts release projections and we all point out how Notre Dame is hopelessly over rated again. I can't really say that I am innocent in all of this or that I don't get some kick out of it. It is what it is, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.
DAILY SPECIAL: The Daily Gopher released it's Big Ten power rankings earlier this week, you will notice we tend to disagree on where Minnesota will finish. Adam Rittenberg and ESPN released their monster spring post on the Big Ten, the number of videos and links is somewhat staggering. You should really read all of the individual previews but here is the Iowa one in case you are lazy. The Rivalry Esq. and CFN (here and here) have both released their bowl projections, somehow CFN has Michigan in the Holiday Bowl despite the fact that the only way that happens is if Michigan joins the Big XII. Expansion insider info? You be the judge. Sports Illustrated lists their spring top 25. Mine will be posted sometime later this week. Finally we round out the lists with ESPN's spring top 25 video:
DRAFTS: Montel Marion has been indefinitely suspended from the Hawkeye wrestling team after and OWI. He was driving the wrong way down Washington after drinking a few. As BHGP points out, Tom Brands is a notorious disciplinarian and if Marion thought the arrest was bad, what Brands does to him will probably be far more painful.
Brent Metcalf will face Darion Caldwell (the bastard who did back flips after beating Metcalf in 2009) on the deck of the USS Intrepid (a decommissioned aircraft carrier in NYC). No word yet as to whether Metcalf plans to strangle, bludgeon, or disembowel Caldwell, or if he will just throw him off the side of the ship. My bet is on all of the above.
SHOTS: March to March brings in a nice Big Ten basketball preview for those who have given up on football this season. For some reason they don't mention Iowa as a dark horse candidate.......
Speaking of the basketball team, Darius Stokes, son of former Hawkeye center Greg Stokes and older brother to Linn Marr women's basketball standout Kiah Stokes (please come to Iowa Kiah), has pledged to walk on to the basketball team.
The Iowa baseball team defeated Coe College 16-6 in the corridor classic. I still maintain that the fact that our biggest in-state baseball rivalry is with Coe is a sad reflection on the state of baseball in Iowa.
The Press Citizen uses a slightly misleading headline in this article about the Orange Bowl costs. The fact that the UI came out $54,954 ahead should surprise nobody who has ever been on a trip with Iowa athletics.
Finally, the Iowa women's tennis team has received an invite to the NCAA tournament.
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