Alex Izienicki breaks down the wild ride that was the Chicago Bears’ 27-24 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football.
Owen Raefield covers the standout players who powered the Iowa Hawkeyes to a 24-10 win against the Northwestern Wildcats.
It’s been a minute since we last checked in on the Big Ten, but a few general trends have continued over the past couple of weeks. Michigan and Oregon keep spiraling, UCLA and Indiana keep winning, and here in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes seem to be more of a week-to-week thing. Let’s check out some of the biggest games coming up in this first weekend of November.
KRUI In The Homecoming Parade By Kade Grierson | Photos by Cael Ferguson It was the night before Halloween, which is the day before the national college student hangover day known as All Saints’ Day. I’d been walking out the door talking to a friend on the phone who told me to “break a leg” when I told them I was going to march in a parade. According to OurIowaHeritage the first homecoming parade was in 1917 with horse-drawn floats. Which would make this homecoming parade a hundred and something—it’s difficult to track down which homecoming parades were canceled due … Continued
Logan Melia talks with Willis Alan Ramsey ahead of his performance at the Iowa City Songwriter’s kickoff show at The James Theater
Your guide to the second edition of the Iowa City Songwriter’s Festival from November 5-7 across the city.
Read the second installment of The Media Court here! (Image via: Media Education Center)
Akrum Wadley high-steps his way to a negated touchdown (HawkCentral) IOWA CITY, Iowa – This was not your typical Iowa football game. Iowa received the ball to begin the game and Nate Stanley led an initially impressive opening drive, capped off by a disappointing fumble into the back of the end zone by Nick Easley. This resulted in the Mean Green of North Texas getting the ball, leaving Iowa stunned with nothing to show for its 12-play, 77-yard effort. On the sixth play of the ensuing drive, Jeffery Wilson of North Texas scampered for a 41-yard score with … Continued
For the first part of this article, to learn about Park Factors, OPS+, and FIP-, click here. Digging into the park factors, other than Penn State, there were no large changes that caused a park to go from a pitcher’s park to a hitter’s park and vice versa. They went from a 97 park factor(slight pitcher’s park) to a 116 park factor(hitter-friendly). Nebraska is no longer the most hitter-friendly park and Purdue remains as an extreme pitcher’s park with a 63 park factor rating. There are seven teams who have a pitcher-friendly park and six teams who have a hitter-friendly … Continued
NCAA Baseball can have sabermetrics, too. The “sabermetric revolution”, or the application of using objective methodology to determine and understand player performances, is swirling all around Major League Baseball. Statistics such as On-Base Plus Slugging Plus(OPS+) for hitters and Fielding Independent Pitching Minus(FIP-) with pitchers, among many more sabermetrics. All these unique stats determining player performance are great ways to understand the game of baseball from a unique perspective. The MLB and everyone working with it/alongside it make these stats easily available. I thought to myself, why not do some digging and research to have these metrics present in NCAA … Continued
Johnny Cash was well known for his incredible voice and outlaw image, but did you know he was an outspoken advocate for the rights of prisoners? (image via New York Daily News)
Iowa City, Iowa – Once again Iowa footballs scheduling tactics are under fire, this time after adding Middle Tennessee to the 2019 non-conference line-up. Well known Iowa football critic and FS1 personality Colin Cowherd joined the conversation yesterday on his show ‘The Herd’. Nothing new but Colin once again brought up his ideas of Kirk Ferentz’s speed dial. The first number he’d imagine, “1-800-CREAM-PUFF”. Each year Colin ridicules Ferentz for dialing up the Northern Illinois’ and Iowa States of the world. He has a point; Iowa hasn’t put much into its non-conference schedule in recent years. In addition to Iowa … Continued
State Champs, Against The Current, With Confidence, and Don Broco put on a hell of a show at Wooly’s in Des Moines, Iowa on 4/11/17. (Image via: facebook.com/statechampsny)
DIIV makes waves in Iowa City, playing for almost an hour longer than scheduled for.
Dickie, The Feralings, and Pieta Brown all performed at The Mill during this year’s Mission Creek Festival. (Image via: redhouserecords.com)
Read about Cloud Nothing’s with openers Maiden Mars and Younger at the 2017 Mission Creek Festival. (image via: diymag.com)
