Part of me really wants to see how it would play out. HROT would definetly be better for me.

. . . The great offensive mind of Steve Sarkisian turns to mush. Those play calls reminded me of BF and of Iowa in the Iowa State game this season. You have FOUR tries, if necessary, to get into the end zone from 36 inches away and tie the game, and you not only can't do it, you turn the game-tying TD into a game-deciding TD for the other guys.

It boggles the mind.

Get up under center and roll the QB out along the line of scrimmage. The slightest gap is a TD. Run Hayden's naked boot--fake the dive up the middle, and the QB rolls untouched into the end zone. Fake the QB sneak and throw a jump pass for a TD. Go '85 Bears and put your 325-pound lineman in the backfield and either hand him the ball or fake to him and have the QB follow him into the end zone.

First and goal at the one . . . Wow.

I guess the lesser of the conferences -- ACC, Big 12 and Mountain West don't want to get rid of the automatic bye, which I totally understand.

Would be nice to see just the top-four ranked teams get those spots, though.

I'm all for the possibility of upsets, but I'd rather see it with a higher-likelihood upset in the first round, rather than blowouts in the quarters, but what the hell do I know. This thing is just going to keep expanding, anyway.

But he’s still got one more day!
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It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

For those that don't want to dig through the other thread. Will try to add times(Central) & viewing option as they are announced.

11/2 - @ Oregon State 9pm Flo
11/9 - Stanford 1pm BTN
11/15 - @ Bellarmine ESPN+ 6pm
11/23 - ISU 6pm B1G+
12/6 - Iowa vs Princeton/Army @Franceis Howell High School in STL 6pm & 8pm UFC FightPass
12/29-30 - Soldier Salute B1G+
1/12 @ Wisconsin 2pm B1G+
1/17 - Illinois 6pm BTN
1/25 - Ohio State 1pm BTN
1/31 - @ PSU 6pm BTN
2/2 - @ Maryland 1pm B1G+
2/7 - Nebraska 7pm BTN
2/14 - @ Minnesota 8pm BTN
2/16 - Northwestern 1pm B1G+
2/23 - Oklahoma State 730pm BTN
3/8-9 - B1G Championships @ Northwestern sat 10am start, finals 430pm sun BTN/B1G+
3/20-22 NCAA Championships, Philadelphia ESPN/ESPN+

To Sue Gary Barta for these contract buyouts?

Prompted by someone saying that Fran’s defense is worse that Lickliter’s offense on Twitter.

I wasn’t coherent enough or didn’t know enough about basketball to watch and fully comprehend the Lickliter era. Which is worse?

Series that just dropped on Netflix.

Strong first episode.

Love the Readers added context
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I find it interesting that many years ago I became apart of the healthy food revolution.

Not so long ago, we had to fight for food labeling, and the identification ofGMOs.

We had to fight against Roundup.

Big surprise for some posters here. Back then, I was a Green Republican. There are such things, although the MAGAs will not accept that.

IMO, everything going on is counterproductive and counterintuitive.

People are yelling, rah rah, we won.

What exactly did you win? Please be specific. Documentation would help your arguments.

When it comes to schools sharing revenue:

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MAGA Monday!
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And yes, I’m high.

WHO: #9 Illinois Fighting Illini (7-1, 2-1 Big Ten)
WHEN: 6:00 PM CT (Friday, January 17, 2025)
WHERE: Carver Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, IA)
TV: BTN (Zach Mackey and Tim Johnson)
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network (Steven Grace, Mark Ironside)
MOBILE: foxsports.com/mobile
ONLINE: foxsports.com/live
FOLLOW: @HawkeyeBeacon | @Hawks_Wrestling | @IowaonBTN

Iowa's first Big Ten home dual meet of the season is tonight at 6 PM, against a solid Illinois team.

125: #28 Joey Cruz (SO, 13-6) OR Kale Petersen (rFR, 5-2) vs Caelan Riley (JR, 3-7)

133: #4 Drake Ayala (JR, 10-1) vs #2 Lucas Byrd (SR, 11-0)

141: #30 Ryder Block (2-2) OR Jace Rhodes (SO, 5-2) OR Cullan Schriever (SR, 3-5) vs #12 Danny Pucino (JR, 9-2)

149: #3 Kyle Parco (SR, 11-0) vs #12 Kannon Webster (rFR, 8-3)

157: Miguel Estrada (FR, 13-2) vs #20 Jason Kraisser (GR, 8-3)

165: #2 Michael Caliendo (JR, 11-0) vs #11 Braeden Scoles (rFR, 10-1)

174: #5 Patrick Kennedy (SR, 7-0) vs #21 Danny Braunagel (SR, 6-5)

184: #5 Gabe Arnold (rFR, 9-1) OR Angelo Ferrari (FR, 10-0) vs #10 Edmond Ruth (SR, 8-3)

197: #2 Stephen Buchanan (GR, 11-0) vs #18 Zac Braunagel (SR, 8-3)

285: #12 Ben Keuter (rFR, 9-1) vs #11 Luke Luffman (SR, 9-2)



133 is the clear match of the night with #4 Ayala and #2 Byrd -- that could be a preview of the Big Ten Tourney final and possibly a late round matchup at NCAAs as well. They have not wrestled previously.

Illinois should be favored at 141 and maybe 157, though Estrada has looked very solid so far this season as a true frosh. 285 looks like a toss-up weight and 149, 165, and 184 look like potentially tight matches where Iowa will only be a slight favorite.

Lots of intrigue -- this looks like the first real test of any significance Iowa has faced since the ISU dual.

Action gets underway on BTN at 6 PM and I'll have results and thoughts in the comments here.

I have 2 season tickets, but I'm looking for 2 tickets to take my kids to the Iowa vs. Illinois meet tomorrow night. Let me know if you have any available, thanks!

An area of disturbed weather that AccuWeather meteorologists were closely scrutinizing all week over the waters south of Mexico became the first named storm of the 2022 East Pacific hurricane season -- Agatha -- early Saturday morning. Although Agatha is a small tropical storm, forecasters expect the storm to strengthen to a hurricane as it turns toward the Mexican coast into early week.

Within six hours of being designated Tropical Depression One-E by the National Hurricane Center late Friday, Tropical Storm Agatha formed early Saturday morning amid a cluster of showers and thunderstorms in the East Pacific. Winds within the center of the storm stood at 50 mph (85 km/h) at 1 p.m. CDT Saturday, up from 40 mph (64 km/h) during the morning hours.

Forecasters say the system will remain in an environment conducive for continued strengthening up until it moves onshore in Mexico. By Sunday night, Agatha is forecast to reach Category 1 hurricane strength (maximum sustained winds of 74-95 mph, or 119-153 km/h).

Sea-surface temperatures in the area are more than sufficient for continued strengthening, and as of Saturday, the ocean water in this part of the Pacific Ocean was around 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius). At a minimum, a sea-surface temperature of 79-80 F (26-27 C) is needed for the formation and maintenance of tropical systems. In addition, wind shear in the area is very light across this part of the basin, which will also contribute to the strengthening of the storm.

AccuWeather meteorologists will be closely monitoring the leftover energy from Agatha as it crosses Mexico and enters the Bay of Campeche during the first days of June. Here, it could redevelop into the Atlantic basin's first named storm.

..what do you think people will think of the movie Con Air? #100mg

No need to say anything else …#hoops

If you pop 15mg of adderall in the morning, do not consume ANY caffeine until at least 3 in the afternoon. JMO

/csb

At USC, the campus remains open and the spring semester will start on Monday, January 13, 2025 as planned, with in-person classes to be held fully indoors until the current fire situation has abated.

At UCLA:

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I found this interesting and I think if Iowa loses to UCLA they’re in even more deep do do…

1. 11 Teams in the Projected Field (by Overall Seed): 13. Oregon, 14. Michigan State, 15. Michigan, 16. Illinois, 22. Purdue, 24. Wisconsin, 33. Maryland, 36. UCLA, 39. Nebraska, 40. Iowa, 42. Ohio State
   Also Considered: Indiana
   Biggest Change: Greetings, Hawkeyes
   For the first time all season, the Iowa Hawkeyes have found their way into the projected field, albeit, with the type of bubble resume that can make a bracketologist's blood boil: zero great wins, but good enough metrics and zero bad losses.
   Iowa did pick up two nice wins this past week, both at home. The Hawkeyes rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to beat Nebraska in overtime, and then they smoked a bubble-y Indiana team by a final score of 85-60.
   They are now 5-0 vs. Quad 2, which is quite commendable. There are only 18 teams in the country with more wins against the top two Quads than the Hawkeyes have.
   But they're winless against Quad 1 in four tries, including a 31-point loss to Wisconsin, and the only other seven games on their schedule were all Quad 4 wins by an average margin of 29 points.
   All of a sudden, though, their metrics look great.
   When I pulled resume data last Sunday, Iowa was not top 45 in any of the seven metrics, and was in fact 70th in KPI. But now? Ranking 52nd in NET is the only one in which the Hawkeyes aren't in the top 45, all the way up to No. 43 in KPI.
   Behold, the power of trouncing a decent opponent by 25 points.
   Can they now survive the dreaded West Coast road trip, though?
   If the games don't get postponed due to the wildfires in California, the Hawkeyes are supposed to play at USC on Tuesday and at UCLA on Friday. And with nary a Quad 1 win to their credit, getting swept on that road trip would be a devastating blow to their case for a bid. (However, a win at UCLA would be massive.)