A majority of these stories spotlighted former strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle as the perpetrator but the Ferentz assistant of 20 years was not the only one indicted.

Names that were also brought to light included offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz and linebackers coach Seth Wallace. While they were not mentioned in nearly the volume Doyle was, their appearances were cause for alarm in the Iowa program.

Four months have passed since the summer turmoil surrounding Iowa football began. Ferentz and Wallace were heard for the first time since the allegations were publicly made against them this past Thursday.

“Starting in June, a lot of former players began sharing their experiences within the program and their thoughts on our program. It was surprising, difficult, and at times very painful to hear those things,” Ferentz said.

“For any player that had a negative experience in our program, who didn’t feel valued or respected on a human level, I am deeply sorry, and I offer a sincere apology. My personal goal as a coach, is to have a positive impact on young people, and it’s painful to learn that I may have fallen short in that department. But I think it’s a tremendous opportunity to learn and grow, and to improve.”

Ferentz, who joined his father’s staff at Iowa prior to the 2012 season as an offensive line coach, has been the Hawkeyes offensive coordinator since the 2017 season. He was named in some of the allegations made by players including James Daniels, Marcel Joly, and most notably Akrum Wadley.

“I love this program, I was born across the street, and for every one of my 37 years, Iowa football has been apart of my life, and it’s important to me,” Ferentz said. “But I feel that I have an added responsibility because my father is the head coach. I must be the very best coach and person I can be at all times, and I have been, I continue to be and will always be a work in progress.”

Seth Wallace’s case, the Hawkeyes linebacker coach since 2016, tied back to his conduct toward former Iowa player Jack Kallenberger. Kallenberger is the older brother of current Iowa offensive lineman Mark Kallenberger. Jack Kallenberger alleged that Wallace had coined the nickname “Simple Jack” for himself because of Kallenberger’s learning disability.

“What I read in the wake of everything that happened, it was eye-opening to see the sadness, to see the frustration, it was a good opportunity to grow,” Wallace said. “In this case, Jack and I have spoken, we had a very lengthy conversation with the both of us providing perspective on both ends and it was extremely positive.”

Wallace also noted he had spoken to Kallenberger’s father as well.

Members of the Iowa offense came to defend their offensive coordinator during their media day sessions with testimonies from sophomore receiver Tyrone Tracy Jr., and senior running back Mekhi Sargent.

“I respect Brian in every single way, he hasn’t done anything to me, he hasn’t said anything bad to me. The remarks that were said about him were very shocking,” Tracy said. “I went in to talk to him, we’re all on board and looking ahead.”

Mekhi Sargent went a step further, not only speaking about his experiences with Brian Ferentz, but speaking about his experiences with Chris Doyle, who resigned from Iowa on June 15th.

“Coach Brian is a great man, a great coach, I never had a problem with Coach Brian and I never had a problem with Coach Doyle,” Sargent said. “I can’t speak for the people who did have those problems, but for me personally, I’m from a diverse location, Key West, Florida. So I never had issues with the racial disparities.”

In response to the call for racial equality in the Iowa football program, the UI Athletic Department created the department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The department is lead by the former director of player development and Iowa defensive end, Broderick Binns.

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Miguel Recinos game-winning field goal to give Iowa a 31-28 win over Nebraska #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/exYMjTSiuN

— Quinn Douglas (@QuinnDouglas_FS) November 23, 2018

Recinos drilled a 41-yard field goal as time expired to give Iowa it’s fourth straight win over division-rival Nebraska, 31-28. In the following mayhem that ensued on the field, Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz was accidentally head-butted by Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley and suffered a couple of cuts on his face. “Our players saw Creed II on Wednesday night after our Thanksgiving dinner, and I promise you I was not in the movie or trying to duplicate it,” Ferentz quipped in his post-game press conference.

The Hawkeyes got out to a fast start in the first half following a pregame scuffle while both teams began stretching, starting off with an 11-play, 79 yard drive capped off by a 15-yard touchdown pass from Nate Stanley to Brandon Smith. Nebraska marched back down and scored on 4-yard pass from Adrian Martinez to Jack Stoll. Iowa would answer right back with two more touchdowns before half, one from Toren Young, the other from Mekhi Sargent.

Sargent and Young were the workhorse for Iowa on Friday as the Hawkeyes rolled up 266 yards rushing on the porous Husker defense. Mekhi Sargent rushed for a career-high 173 yards and scored two touchdowns, Toren Young added another 83 yards and a touchdown. It was much-welcomed appearance of an Iowa running game that seemed to be lacking for most of the season.

Sir, yes sir.@HawkeyeFootball‘s Mekhi Sargent marches in to the end zone. pic.twitter.com/9XxcZAPQOJ

— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 23, 2018

After halftime it appeared Iowa was well on their way to another dominating victory against the Huskers as Stanley hit Mekhi Sargent for a 5-yard touchdown to give Iowa a 28-13 lead. Iowa’s defense, which had great individual efforts from Matt Hankins, Anthony Nelson and A.J. Epenesa forced another Nebraska punt. Iowa would march the ball inside the Nebraska five before getting denied on a controversial fake field goal attempt.

It proved to be the open door the Huskers were looking for, marching the ball 98 yards, converting three, fourth downs in the process, and striking on a 28-yard touchdown pass from Adrian Martinez to Maurice Washington.

Big Red strikes back! pic.twitter.com/jCL0KoDN41

— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 23, 2018

Many Iowa fans feared of memories from the Hawkeyes 2014 collapse against Nebraska, which saw the Huskers come back from a 24-7 deficit to beat Iowa 37-31 in overtime, as Nebraska tied the game following a touchdown rush from Martinez and a completion to redshirt freshman receiver Kade Warner, son of former UNI quarterback and NFL Hall of Famer, Kurt Warner.

It appeared as if Iowa was doomed for another collapse, like the many they had suffered throughout the 2018 season. However, that’s when Nate Stanley flipped the script and completed the 4th and 8 pass to T.J. Hockenson for the first down, setting up well inside Miguel Recinos field goal range. Recinos then sent himself and 13 other seniors out as winners, and undefeated against the Huskers.

Iowa SID Steve Roe announced to the media that a bowl announcement is expected next Sunday, following the results of the conference championship games across college football.

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With winds gusting up to 45 miles per hour, moving the ball through the air had to have been difficult, some had thought. While it was not the passing attack that worked for the Hawkeyes this week, it was the defense that came up with the big plays all throughout the course of the game.

The Iowa Hawkeyes (6-1, 3-1) defeated the Maryland Terrapins (4-3, 2-2) 23-0 in a defensive grudge match.

The Hawkeyes held Maryland’s offense to 47 passing yards and only 68 rushing yards on Saturday for a grand total of 115 yards. The output was the lowest yard total Maryland has had all season. The next closest was when it had a resounding 220 yards of total offense against Michigan.

The defense pitched its first shutout since 2016 when it blanked Illinois in November of 2016.

“They’ve (defense) have been playing really well overall and pretty consistently,” Head coach Kirk Ferentz said. “But today was a really unique challenge… but preparing well and then you have to play with really good discipline.”

One of the true stars of the defense was defensive end Parker Hesse. Hesse tallied five total tackles, one sack and two total tackles for loss.

“We definitely (wanted) keep the zero up there,” Hesse said. “That’s something that’s kind of a feather in your cap.”

Defensive lineman A.J. Epenesa had a sack of his own, and safety/outside linebacker Amani Hooker picked of an opposing quarterback for the second time this season.

Defensive Lineman Anthony Nelson also recovered a fumble in the endzone for a touchdown.

Offense was a different story for the Hawkeyes.

Quarterback Nate Stanley wasn’t his sharpest. He threw for only 86 yards on 22 attempts. He had a touchdown pass to Brandon Smith and an interception as well.

The rushing attack, though, proved to be the best, and easiest, way to move the pigskin against the Terrapins on Saturday.

Ivory Kelly-Martin led the way with 98 yards on 24 carries. Chipping in was Mekhi Sargent with 54 yards on ten carries and Toren Young with 21 yards of his own.

“When you’re in the Midwest, you’re going to have days like today where it’s windy and tough and all of that,” Ferentz said. “If one thing is not going well, you’ve got to find something else that’s going to kind of propel you forward.”

Iowa will head to State College next week for a top-25 tilt against Penn State. Coverage will start shortly after 2:00 p.m. central time. Listen to all of KRUI’s remote broadcast on the Mixlr page.

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