Big Ten lunch links

...nonconference schedule. Of course, all eyes will be on the Horseshoe on Sept. 12  Iowa has picked up a commitment for its defensive line.  Rumor: Michigan might be scheduling...

Big Ten lunch links: Iowa arrests 'not an epidemic'

...are actively looking for quarterbacks, Steve Hemmelgarn of the Parkersburg (W. Va.) News and Sentinel reports. Despite Iowa's 26 arrests or citations on alcohol-related charges since mid-April 2007, Iowa associate athletic...

Big Ten forks in the road for 2009

...march. IOWA Fork in the road: Sept. 26 at Penn State One of the nation's toughest road schedules has been well-documented, and it all begins in Happy Valley. The Hawkeyes will...

Big Ten Friday mailblog

...support for its football program (and is finally getting some). "Fly Away" for the Iowa Hawkeyes (get it? get it?) Zach from West Des Moines, Iowa, writes: Adam, I keep reading about...

...view of the fans of the Penn State Nittany Lions during game against the University of Iowa Hawkeyes at Beaver Stadium on October 6, 2007 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Ned Dishman/Getty...

Big Ten lunch links

...a big recruiting weekend, colleague Bill Kurelic writes. The Gazette's Marc Morehouse weighs in on Iowa's handling of disciplinary incidents, the death of Ed Thomas and other topics. Wisconsin's...

Big Ten lunch links: Thomas killed in shooting

...high school coach Ed Thomas was killed in a shooting this morning. Thomas coached several former Iowa Hawkeyes players, and head coach Kirk Ferentz and the Iowa team went to help Thomas' school...

Ferentz comments on death of Ed Thomas

...greater depth about his friendship with Thomas in an audio clip released by Iowa's athletic department. Ferentz and Hawkeyes players helped Thomas rebuild in the Parkersburg area after a devastating tornado hit...

Iowa coach symbolized hope

They held hands, lit candles, cried and prayed. Hours after a shooting left Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas dead, people here struggled to understand what happened, and why, writes ESPN.com's Wayne Drehs.

Yep, Cal, you've got to get up early at Minnesota

...of the Bears' a.m. visit to Maryland last year. Meanwhile, Arizona's visit to Iowa on the same day will be on ABC or ESPN2, with kickoff scheduled for 3:30 EST...

Big Ten mailblog

...t hurt. PSU is tricky but Iowa has played them very well in recent history and they aren't completely impervious. I am not saying the Hawkeyes will go undefeated but would you...

Big Ten lunch links

...outcome of the legal situation." Iowa recruit Louis Trinca-Pasat is heading Down Under to play football this summer, Marc Morehouse writes in The (Cedar Rapids) Gazette. Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz, meanwhile, might...

Big Ten recruiting scorecard

...end Leneil Himes also adds to the passing arsenal.  IOWA 2010 verbal commits: 6 ESPNU 150 Watch List: None Quick take: The Hawkeyes picked up an intriguing prospect in quarterback Austin Vier. He...

Big Ten lunch links

...the team plucked Courtney Avery away from Stanford, Curt Conrad writes in the Mansfield News Journal.  Iowa's newest commitment is a big quarterback with big upside, Andrew Logue writes in the Des...

Trial for Iowa's Clayborn pushed to 2010

...My apologies for posting this so late -- it's June, people -- but the assault trial for Iowa defensive end Adrian Clayborn has been pushed to January 2010.  Clayborn is charged with assault causing...