I’m sure this is a long term play by Wile E. Coyote.

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20 Clown second chance points tonight off 18 Clown offensive rebounds.

100% unacceptable, but it's the same sh*tty lack of rebounding, different game.

The Clowns win 89-80 after Iowa had led for 33:28 of the game (the game was tied for 3:27).

Iowa led by 13 points in the first half (39-26 with 4:09 to go) but blow the opportunity.

5pm BIG
Sioux Falls, SD

Iowa -1.5
O/U 163.5

Utah (8-2) beat the Iowa (8-3) in March in the NIT. I expect another Ute’s win tonight, 89-83

Knocked off last season’s last loss

Not that there is a lot of Hawkeye basketball to talk about right now, I thought rather than 40 different threads, why not just have a mega thread. Up tonight, game #6, and they need that first win. I think they finally get it.

I realize that she was hurt and did not practice/play for a long time, but it seems like what minutes she has earned have resulted in a lot of positives.
Seems like her minutes should increase but on the other hand we have a senior dominated starting 5 and most if not all subs have played well and you can only go so deep. To me she seems like a really good player.

I'm a couple miles from the airport. I'm used to that when I'm in Tucson and Boise as the two airports combine. That's not normal for Eastern Iowa Airport.

They were headed East under the clouds. Anyone in the QC? Shooting down drones?

WHO: Utah Utes (8-2)
WHEN: 5:00 PM CT (Saturday, December 21, 2024)
WHERE: Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, SD)
TV: BTN (Chris Vosters and Shon Morris)
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network (Gary Dolphin, Bobby Hansen)
MOBILE: foxsports.com/mobile
ONLINE: foxsports.com/live
FOLLOW: @HawkeyeBeacon | @IowaHoops | @CBBonFOX | @IowaonBTN
LINE: Iowa -1.5 (total of 163.5 points)
KENPOM: Iowa -3 (Iowa 58% chance of winning)

On Saturday, Iowa will face its final non-conference test of the season (though there's still one more cupcake on the menu -- a visit from New Hampshire on December 30), and play the third of its three neutral-site games in the non-conference portion of the schedule. The Hawkeyes prevailed over Washington State in Moline, but fell to Utah State in Kansas City; now they'll try to take down Utah in the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

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Interesting thought my wife had. It does seem like we have less serial killers now, and obviously more and more school shooters. Are the same people who used the age into serial killing now going off earlier at school? Who knows. I found the thought intriguing.

NM

It's remarkable they've kept these flying, especially the Tomcats! I wish we could get them back since we stupidly destroyed all of ours. Once Iran's F-14s are done flying, the plane will sadly be gone for good.


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Here is my prediction on how the remaining 24 regular season games shake out....

Last year I predicted 15-16 (7-13) and they finished at 18-13 (10-10)

Just curious if the kid pays because the PSU guy is going to about 6 or 7 places. That would be a lot of out of pocket money!!????

If anyone wants to test me

Came across Kirk's introductory press conference yesterday and thought who would have projected his 24 year run at Iowa. Many people asked who? Of course everybody wanted Stoops. Kirk was very articulate in that press conference and his answers were well thought out.

After a one win first year and three win second, I doubt many thought he'd last.
Interesting today, many college coaches say Kirk is everything that is good about college football.

He develops young men for football and life after football, he is a man of high integrity, he doesn't go for more points late when the game is in-hand, has given back to the university many time over.

Now in his twi-light years of coaching, he stands near the cusp for most wins by a Big Ten coach. I'm proud to have him as our coach.

Thanks Coach for many great memories! Hope there's a few more, you deserve it.

So many Idiots in the gamethread at the end. BAU. ISU is elite. Iowa could have easily won and failed at the end. Beat Utah and the rest of the non con teams and then get after it in the BIG.

Going to pin this one to the top.

With the current playoff and bowl game situation, does a team even want to be a lower qualifying team for the playoff system? Indiana's post season reward is a trip upstate to South Bend? Oh my what fun. Obviously the benefit of post season is the extra practice, but every bowl team gets that.

I think we are seeing the beginning of the end anyway. Especially for post season bowls with the transfer portal and opt outs. I know Iowa is feeling a bit of pain there too, but Nashville is still a better destination than South Bend.

Here you go.. yearly "battle" of message boards dudes arguing 1A/2A vs 3A.. some great matchups in this tourney

IAWrestle full rankings article

Couple weights:

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Please note that "Baby it's Cold Outside" is ineligible in this thread because the backlash against that song is woke nonsense and it's actually a really great duet song.

The WORST Christmas song of all time is this:

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Prove me wrong.

I like the concept a lot. You're investing in someone who's invested in the program.

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University of Northern Iowa President Mark Nook and Director of Athletics Megan Franklin announced on Tuesday that Todd Stepsis has accepted the UNI Football head coaching position. Stepsis joins the Panthers after a six-year stint as the head coach at Drake University. He has also served as Drake's offensive coordinator for the past three seasons.

The Shelby, Ohio native guided the Bulldogs to consecutive appearances in the FCS Playoffs after winning back-to-back Pioneer Football League championships. Drake compiled a 16-7 record over that two-year span in 2023-24, including a 15-1 mark in conference play. Stepsis earned Pioneer Football League Coach of the Year honors for a second consecutive year in 2024.

Franklin confirmed that Stepsis has agreed to terms of a five-year contract. He will be formally introduced to the UNI community at a press conference in the near future. Details on that event at the McLeod Center will be shared when finalized. Coach Stepsis' introductory press conference will be streamed live via the UNI Athletics YouTube channel.