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Another Year, Another Eight Wins for Iowa: On Being Consistently Pretty Good, Never Great, But Better Than Most
"Over the last 24 years, there have been a couple of down years but taking out that short season, the win average is 8.565."
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B1G Rivalries, Ranked
Over at the venerable publication The Athletic last week, B1G beat writer and Iowa insider Scott Dochterman ranked the top 100 CFB rivalries. The metric appears to take into account the frequency of games played, importance of each rivalry to the CFB landscape, the intensity of the hatred, and the
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Purdue Boilermakers Football - 2024 Season Autopsy
Let's get this out of the way before moving onto the fun stuff this week. The Purdue Boilermakers entered last season in year 2 of the Ryan Walters error. Hope and cautious optimism were in the air despite coming off an pretty uninspiring 4-8 season. In the second
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B1G 2025: It’s Indiana Week!!
This is bullshit, MNW. Indiana was tied for 2nd in the Big Ten, and because Purdue sucked so bad I got drug to the middle? That sucks. I’m supposed to be on vacation listening to my right-wing lunatic aunt tell me how there’s totally nothing in the Epstein
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Our Favorite Games from 2024: The Tallest Mountain in Ohio
The game wasn't competitive. It wasn't remotely close. Ohio State won 35-7 after 3 Emeka Egbuka TDs. Fans had already poured out of Ohio Stadium by the time Iowa put a damn point on the board, courtesy of a Kaleb Johnson 4th quarter garbage time run.
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Our Favorite Games of 2024
By my rough and likely inaccurate calculation, the Big Ten played in 81 conferences games and 154 total games last season. Some of them were stunning, exciting, wild affairs. And some of them involved Purdue! As we approach the 2025 season and the second year of the Bigger Ten, we&
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Which 5 Star Quarterback Will Be The Next Iamaleava?
It's July, which means next month is August, which means I just updated my college fantasy football dynasty league watchlist. For that reason, talent is currently on my mind. I'm stuck with the dilemma of whether or not to drop Malachi Nelson, a 5 star quarterback
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2025 Week Zero Preview: There's Whiskey in the Jar
Because it's never too soon to start thinking about football. Let's dive into the Week Zero schedule and get a taste for what's coming soon. Iowa State Cyclones v Kansas State Wildcats. Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland. 11:00 AM CT. ESPN. Man, these Ireland