Anyone who has followed the Iowa football program in recent years knows the school’s PR department does an awful job of getting in front of message board speculation and rampant rumors. So when running back Marcus Coker’s Insight Bowl suspension for a university conduct violation entered the wires, fans inevitably began to ponder what the [...]

Iowa (7-5) running back Marcus Coker, who finished near the top of the Big Ten conference in 2011 with 1,384 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns, is suspended for the Dec. 30th Insight Bowl versus Oklahoma (9-3) due to a violation of the Student Athlete Code of Conduct, the university announced in a press release yesterday. [...]

According to The Kansas City Star, rookie quarterback Ricky Stanzi may start for the Kansas City Chiefs instead of incumbent Tyler Palko this Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium against the undefeated Green Bay Packers. Stanzi led Iowa to three straight bowl wins, including an 11-2 season in 2009 that culminated with an Orange Bowl victory over [...]

Although it’s foolhardy in the modern college football landscape to take a coach’s words as 100 percent truth, Kirk Ferentz is more reliable than most. The man whose contract at Iowa runs until 2020 told reporters last week he will stay at the helm of the Hawkeyes until they want him no longer, and based [...]

Kevin Buford, a speedy three star defensive back/running back from Canton, Michigan, committed to play football for the Iowa Hawkeyes yesterday. Buford, who is 5 ft. 9 and 165 pounds, holds a host of MAC offers and had previously committed to the Toledo Rockets before making his official visit to Iowa City last weekend. He [...]