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Iowa’s Greg Davis lands his first recruit from Texas

May 18th, 2012 | Add a Comment

The Iowa Hawkeyes got another verbal commitment for their class of 2013 as they landed QB Nic Shimonek, from Corsicana, Texas. Shimonek is listed at 6-4 and weighs in at 188 pounds. According to his profile on Be Recruited, he has been the starting QB since his freshman season. Last season, he completed 193 of 291 passes for 2,939 yards and 37 touchdowns. He led his team to a 13-1 record and a Texas Class 2A … Read entire article »

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Phil Steele ranks the Iowa Hawkeyes 38th heading into the 2012 season

May 16th, 2012 | Add a Comment

Phil Steele, who is one of the best in covering college football, began releasing his top forty teams for the 2012 season. At number 38 is the Iowa Hawkeyes. In his forecast, he discusses the Hawkeyes schedule and says “Iowa’s schedule gives them a great shot at a potential 5-0 start and a chance to top LY’s 7 win total”. Iowa opens the season with 5 games (Northern Illinois, Iowa State, Northern Iowa, Central Michigan and … Read entire article »

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Updates on former Hawkeyes that took part in NFL rookie minicamps

May 14th, 2012 | Add a Comment

21 NFL teams had rookie minicamps over the weekend and that meant several former Iowa Hawkeyes got their first taste of professional football. It was a mixture of drafted and undrafted players that participated in these workouts. A couple of former Hawkeyes were battling injuries and others were on teams that did not have a rookie minicamp over the weekend. Here is an update on the Hawkeyes that took part in NFL rookie minicamps over the weekend. Share … Read entire article »

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Philadelphia Eagles ink WR Marvin McNutt to a four-year deal

May 10th, 2012 | Add a Comment

The Philadelphia Eagles announced that they have reached a 4-year agreement with former Iowa Hawkeye great Marvin McNutt. The Eagles selected McNutt in the sixth round of this year’s NFL Draft with the 194th overall pick. He had 82 catches for 1,315 yards and 12 touchdowns last season as a senior. McNutt earned some very impressive honors last season by being named first-team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and media. The biggest honor that he received for … Read entire article »

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Iowa gives offer to class of 2014 DE/TE Peyton Newell from Hiawatha, KS

May 8th, 2012 | Add a Comment

The Iowa Hawkeyes have given an offer to DE/TE Peyton Newell from Hiawatha, Kansas to be part of their 2014 recruiting class according to a tweet sent out by Preps2Prospects. Newell is not yet ranked by Rivals or Scout but both are stating that he has received an offer from TCU as well as Iowa. He is listed at 6’2”, 270 pounds. He put up some very impressive numbers from last season as sophomore on both sides of … Read entire article »

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More Iowa Hawkeye football game times announced

May 4th, 2012 | Add a Comment

The Iowa Hawkeyes have known that they will be playing Penn State at 7 p.m. on October 20th since last week and now more of their kickoff times have been revealed. For the second straight year, Iowa will play Nebraska in the Heroes Game the day after Thanksgiving with an 11 a.m. start time that will be televised on ABC. Iowa’s homecoming game against Minnesota will be at 11 a.m. on September 29th as they try to … Read entire article »

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Is Keenan Davis going to be Iowa’s next first round draft pick in 2013?

May 2nd, 2012 | Add a Comment

It is never too early to look ahead to next year and see if any current Iowa Hawkeye players could potentially be the programs next first round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. After the 2012 NFL Draft, the Iowa Hawkeyes have had three straight players drafted in the first round (2010 Bryan Bulaga, 2011 Adrian Clayborn and 2012 Riley Reiff) and there is a real possibility that streak could continue next year. If a recent … Read entire article »

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Unless a major comeback happened last night, here is the new Cy-Hawk Trophy

May 1st, 2012 | Add a Comment

The reaction was so negative last year when the new trophy for the Iowa-Iowa State football game was revealed that they decided to scrap it and let the fans vote for a new one. The Iowa Corn Growers Association asked both school’s fans to submit some ideas for a new a trophy and they narrowed down over 500 of them to three finalists. After the final three were chosen, it was the fans turn to vote … Read entire article »

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The in case you missed it Iowa Hawkeye 2012 NFL Draft recap

April 30th, 2012 | Add a Comment

The 2012 NFL Draft concluded on Saturday and there were 6 Iowa Hawkeyes that were selected over the three-day process. It didn’t take long for the first Hawkeye to get drafted as Reilly Reiff was selected by the Detroit lions with the 23rd pick on Thursday night. After that, the next Hawkeye wouldn’t get drafted until the fourth round, when Mike Daniels was drafted by the Green Bay Packers with the 132nd overall pick. Adam Gettis and … Read entire article »

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Detroit Lions add offensive line depth by selecting Riley Reiff with the 23rd pick

April 27th, 2012 | Add a Comment

The Detroit Lions needed to find a way to protect Mathew Stafford and they did that by selecting Iowa OT Riley Reiff with the 23rd pick in this year’s NFL Draft. Reiff was an early entrant into this year’s NFL Draft after leaving Iowa following his junior season in which he earned All-American and All-Big Ten honors. The 6-foot-6 and 300 pound tackle is latest in a long string of Hawkeye offensive lineman that have been … Read entire article »

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