Bruce Davis has decided to leave the Hawkeye football team. The fifth year senior missed most of last season with a torn ACL he suffered at Arizona. Davis
cited personal reasons for his departure. The loss of Davis leaves the Hawkeyes thin at linebacker. Davis was listed as second string to James Morris at MLB. The Hawkeyes have also lost Shane Dibona and Dakota Getz for the season to injury.
The Hawkeyes have released their
two-deeps for Louisiana Monroe. The two-deeps this season haven't necessarily reflected the team Iowa always puts on the field. There are some changes though, Hyde is now a corner, so is Bernstine.
James Vandenberg received national recognition for his performance last Saturday. Vandenberg was named the
Big Ten's Player of the Week.
With all of the conference realignment talk there was some interesting research to emerge. The Hawkeyes are the fifteenth most popular team
according to the New York Times. Fellow Big Ten members Ohio State and Michigan are both number one and two.
For more conference realignment stuff, ESPN.com's Big Ten blog has this recap of
former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese's radio interview. There is a lot of good stuff in here, check it out.
Marc Morehouse found a ULM message board and says the
fans of the Warhawks are confident about this week's match-up with Iowa.
Re-tweets from today's Big Ten teleconference
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RT @jordangarretson: KF: Says preparation for Louisiana Monroe is "tricky." Doesn't remember a preparation quite like this defensively - very unique.
RT @Hlas: Ferentz: "When we came out of camp I wasn't sure what our receiver situation was outside of Marvin McNutt. ... a huge question mark for us."
RT @Hlas: Ferentz: ULM basically "runs two separate attacks out of two different personnel groups."
RT @jordangarretson: KF: "I think we looked at him [Vandenberg] like he was a starter last year." That said, hasn't played. Try to temper enthusiasm for him
RT @jordangarretson: KF comparing Vandenberg to former Iowa QB Matt Rodgers. "The good ones have a certain air about them."
RT @sbatt79 Ferentz: "Hopefully what we experienced late in Saturday's game will benefit our team in the long run."
Now, notes from the press conference:
I'm gonna have to use more retweets because the feed from Hawkeyesports was down.
RT @jordangarretson: KF on possibility of running no huddle, passing more: "we'll do whatever it takes."
RT @jordangarretson: KF: N MacMillan, Lowery will not play this wk. Both coming along.
RT @jordangarretson: KF: Tyler Nielsen is backup MLB right now.
RT @VoiceoftheHawks: Alvis moved outside because wanted to get him settled in one position. Had been playing inside, out.
RT @VoiceoftheHawks: Defense two weeks ago looked like a bad junior high team.
And now the feed is up
There's no excuse for James Ferentz not to be able to snap (in the shotgun).
KF on Binns: Always considered a starter, felt we had five guys last year. Had a good camp, good player, great guy. We're really counting on him. He's a different build but that's our story.
KF on captains: It's not my choice, it's the leadership group. Those four have separated themselves.
KF on the comeback: Not sure if it was one play but scoring that first touchdown really helped. Looked like a college team in the fourth quarter covering kicks.
KF on ULM: Offensively they have two different styles of attack. They play a couple quarterbacks. Give you unusual things you aren't used to seeing. They play with three down lineman, three linebackers and five DB's. Analogy is sorta like a wishbone team, something we don't see normally.
KF on bye week: We have to improve and get the win this week. This is an important week, have to keep the foot on the gas. A lot of things to work on and clean up.
KF on Z Derby: We'll see how everyone practices this week. Every guy in the group, even guys that didn't have catches Saturday did a nice job of catching the ball in practice. Zach continues to improve, played the best Saturday so we stuck with him. We'll see how the week goes.
KF: If you can't block you can't play for us.
KF on Bullock: (question: are we going to see more of him) I think so, he'll be in, he'll definitely be in.
KF on Hyde: He's our first or second team FS. We'll see how things go. He came up with two picks so it's hard to, it's nice to have that flexibility.
KF: Punter's punting well but I don't want to jinx it.
KF on Spading and Greenwood: We definitely do (contact them). It keeps everything in perspective. Those are real life things that are really tough.
KF on Iowa's balanced attack and recruiting WR's: Well, we threw for 400 and had three guys almost over 100 yards. Julio Jones was pretty good at Alabama, good players figure it out. If we were an option team it'd be a different story but we try to get the ball to the best players. Everybody sells what they got.
KF on lack of WR's in NFL and selling point: It might be a factor, we've had guys play here that were pretty good.
KF on conference expansion: Only time I listen to the radio is on the ride to my house. I heard this morning talk radio talking about the ACC. When I get out the car I leave it. I'm glad we're in a good conference.
