Week three of college football was the final tune-up for the Big Ten before the conference schedule began. This week, we’ll talk about Iowa’s 55-0 victory over Northern Iowa, Northwestern’s final game before moving into Ryan Field, and the Southern California showdown between USC and Oregon.
Riot Fest gets through a muddy 21st birthday with an ever eclectic lineup
When Caleb Williams went down with a hamstring injury in the fourth quarter of the Bears’ 9-3 loss to the Vikings, all else ceased to matter. Alex Izienicki tells the story of a miserable day in Chicago.
Owen Raefield covers the biggest performances and storylines from Iowa’s 55-0 beatdown of Northern Iowa on Saturday.
On a cool night, somewhere in between the last days of summer and first days of fall, the finale to the Hy-Vee Ampitheater’s inaugural season took place. Starring Arizona’s Gin Blossoms, hundreds turned out on their feet for the band in North Liberty’s newest venue.
Week two of college football gave us a pair of early Game of the Year candidates. Unfortunately for the Big Ten, those games came at their expense. This week, we’ll take a look at Iowa’s cathartic win over Iowa State, Oregon’s early-season struggles, and Ohio State’s meltdown against Texas.
Iowa may have missed the big tourney, but KRUI Sports Staffer Dan Wallace thinks Hawkeye fans have much to look forward to.
The Land of Lincoln also gave us Isaih Thomas, Jack Sikma, Derrick Rose, and Dwayne Wade. But who’s #1?
By Sam Kienzle 5. Love is Good: But the Minnesota Timberwolves are not. They are 16-50, and they also have Michael Beasley. On Wednesday, Kevin Love set the record for consecutive double-doubles (52 straight) with 16 points and 21 rebounds in a win against the Indiana Pacers. That is tremendous, but also goes to show that a team must have more than two reliable pieces to win games. 4. Duh, Winning: After winning the 2011 BCS National Championship, four Auburn football players are now dust in the wind following their arrests on charges of burglary. Not even Charlie Sheen and … Continued
“Hey, let’s pick up a tree and throw it!” Want to hear something alternative to sports? Try Scottish log throwing. It is as basic as it sounds and while it may seem barbaric to just about everyone outside of Scotland, it is seen as the manliest sport in the land where men wear skirts. Yup it’s just as simple as picking up a log the size of a telephone pole and throwing it as far as you can. Most people cannot throw it further than a few feet but let’s see you give it a try. Known as Caber Tossing … Continued
KRUI Sports Staffer Patrick Williams compares the opening spots in both rotations.
The Iowa Hawkeyes placed one point behind Penn State this weekend at the Big Ten Championships in Evanston Illinois. Here are some of the sights from the Hawkeye wrestlers. All photos by Lars Headington.
Nick Robertson gives his top ten list of pound for pound fighters in the MMA
Find out what Tom Brands, Cael Sanderson, Blake Rasing and others had to say about the Big Ten tournament.
KRUI Sports Staffer Taylor Axelson talks with Iowa forward Jarryd Cole.
By Nick Robertson 5. A Chast-izing Affair: The number three BYU Cougars took a big hit this week by losing their top rebounder Brandon Davies. Not because of injuries but because he was dismissed from the team for certain actions that went against BYU’s strict honor code. Davies allegedly admitted to having pre-marital sex, which goes against the honor code. Now I am not writing this because I think the honor code is wrong or because I think it is silly, I have no place in doing so, but this makes the list because of how thoughtless Davies was to … Continued
