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Question: How does Iowa win that game without  Alex Padilla. Answer: It doesn't. If you are the BMOC and you get hurt before the big dance and someone else has to dance with the Homecoming queen, you do want the show to go on, but it is something to live with if your...

It may amaze you to know that some people don't actually like The Wizard of Oz. I think it has to do with watching it for the first time at an age when flying monkey kidnappers and wicked witches seem all too real. Even so, for most there is a lot of fun in those ruby...

I guess the Iowa hope here was that both offenses would be anemic, the defenses would rule, and special teams would tip the balance for Iowa. Not so, after all. As it turns out, here in Iowa we forgot to consider the WcgWdgW factor, which is normally referred to as...

A win is a win. We use this phrase with fondness in our family when we put on our Iowa football hats (figuratively speaking) and watch the game, sometimes in the same room, sometimes on couches set in California, Iowa, Wisconsin, Florida and Germany. And sometimes one...

To recap the season thus far, the defense is miserly, and the offense is still finding its way. Nothing like offensive mediocrity to keep you hungry, and when you are 6-0 and find yourself ranked #2 overall with an offense ranked 100+ in the country you are still very...