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Baylor faces new Big 12 member No. 11 Utah in nonconference game this week
Things to watch this week in the Big 12 Conference: Game of the week Baylor at No. 11 Utah, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EDT (Fox). The Bears and Utes are now members of the same conference with Utah's decision to bolt the Pac-12 for the Big 12. This won't be a conference game....
Cyclones visit No. 21 Hawkeyes for CyHawk game. Ferentz says rivalry 'underappreciated' outside Iowa
From the Missouri River to the Mississippi River and the 310 miles in between in Iowa, Saturday is a red-letter day for college football fans. Iowa State visits No. 21 Iowa for the next iteration of the CyHawk Series, one of the rare rivalry games played early each season. ...
No. 25 Iowa wins opener without suspended coach Kirk Ferentz, beating Illinois State 40-0
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Cade McNamara threw three second-half touchdown passes and No. 25 Iowa cruised to a season-opening victory without coach Kirk Ferentz, pounding Illinois State 40-0 on Saturday. Ferentz served a one-game suspension imposed by the university for a recruiting...
No. 25 Iowa eager to see offensive improvement in opener against FCS foe Illinois State
No. 25 Iowa will unveil what it hopes will be an improved offense under first-year coordinator Tim Lester when it opens the season against Illinois State in Iowa City on Saturday. Based on his experience from knocking around the Big Ten as a defensive assistant in the 1990s and...
Hawkeyes will be without suspended coach Kirk Ferentz when they open against Illinois State
Illinois State at No. 25 Iowa, Saturday, noon ET (Big Ten Network) BetMGM College Football Odds: No line. Series record: Iowa leads 1-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Iowa got all it could handle the last time it played an opponent from the Football...
Miami (Ohio) coach accuses Alabama of 'illegally recruiting' kicker Graham Nicholson. DeBoer denies
Miami (Ohio) coach Chuck Martin is accusing Alabama of “illegally” recruiting his former All-America placekicker Graham Nicholson, a charge that Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer denies. Martin made the accusation after being asked in a video for the school website about...
Kirk Ferentz and WR coach suspended for recruiting violation, will miss No. 25 Iowa's opener
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz and an assistant coach will be suspended for the No. 25 Hawkeyes’ opener against Illinois State on Aug. 31 over a violation while recruiting a player. Iowa athletic director Beth Goetz said Thursday the suspension of Ferentz and wide...
Iowa's veteran defense plans on being even better this season
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa linebacker Jay Higgins was the first one to decide to skip the NFL draft and come back for another season. And then he waited for his defensive teammates to follow him. “Being a good recruiter that I am, I took those guys out to dinner,...
Kirk Ferentz still committed to Iowa after watching friends Bill Belichick, Nick Saban move on
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz watched two of his best coaching friends, Bill Belichick and Nick Saban, leave football after last season. So, naturally, college football’s longest-tenured coach smiles and nods as he reflects on his own potential exit. ...
QB Cade McNamara says he's 100% healthy and ready to be back with Iowa's offense
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Tim Lester has had nearly six months to come up with potential fixes for the moribund Iowa offense, but the key for the Hawkeyes’ new offensive coordinator might be just having a healthy starting quarterback. That should be Cade McNamara, who started five...
