SimonOnSports (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... the winners in the degrees of loss separation and divide both by the # of degrees. The Game: Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Ohio State Buckeyes At the start of the season this is the game that was marked on the Big 10 calendar. What people did not realize was that Iowa was going to be the team that is undefeated and these squads would be sitting with a loss a piece. Regardless the game...
Black Shoe Diaries (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL UPDATE TIME! Many of us watched the beat down laid on Ohio State on Wednesday, and if you watched the BTN on Sunday evening, you also saw the destruction of then-No. 7 Minnesota (which actually occurred on Friday night). Each match was straight sets and the usual suspects all had spectacular games. Last Wednesday, Ohio State came to town 4 days before Hate Week...
UM Hoops (Free subscription) | yesterday
For those of you that haven’t been following the site over the summer (shame on you), here is a listing of some posts from this off-season that might be of interest. Feel free to mention other posts in the comments if you think I forgot something. General An Early Look: Big Ten Returning Minutes First Look: Non-Conference Schedule Preseason [...]
Mole's Progressive Democrat (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
This blog got some major readership during the election. Not sure how much of an effect it had, but certainly in some of the smaller races where I cover Progressive Majority candidates I think I make a bit of a difference. Lots of election roundups in this issue. Progressive candidates did very well in Washington State and Minnesota. Not so well in Pennsylvania or Colorado. Virginia and...
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | yesterday
Northwestern stuns No. 8 IowaIOWA CITY, Iowa - threw a and recovered a for another touchdown, and Northwestern snapped No. 8 Iowa's 13-game winning streak with a 17-10 victory Saturday.It was the first win vs. a top-10 opponent for the Wildcats (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten) since knocking off then-No. 6 Ohio State 33-27 in overtime in 2004.Iowa lost quarterback Ricky Stanzi to an early in the second quarter....
ESPN (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
had 63 yards rushing for Iowa, whose national title hopes are all but over. The Hawkeyes can still win at least a share of the Big Ten title with victories over Ohio State and Minnesota in their final two games.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... the first win over a top-10 opponent for the Wildcats (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten) since knocking off Ohio State 33-27 in overtime in 2004.GAME REPORT: Iowa lost quarterback Ricky Stanzi to an apparent ankle injury early in the second quarter. Freshman was just 9 of 27 for 82 yards filling in, and couldn't lead the Hawkeyes (9-1, 5-1 Big Ten) to any points after Stanzi left the game.Northwestern scored...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Dan Persa threw a touchdown pass and Marshall Thomas recovered a fumble for another score, and Northwestern snapped the Hawkeyes' 13-game winning streak with a 17-10 victory Saturday.It was the first win over a top-10 opponent for the Wildcats (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten) since knocking off then-No. 6 Ohio State 33-27 in overtime in 2004. It also ended the nation's second-longest winning streak.Iowa played...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... win over a top-10 opponent for the Wildcats (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten) since knocking off then-No. 6 Ohio State 33-27 in overtime in 2004. It also ended the nation's second-longest winning streak.Iowa played without starting quarterback Ricky Stanzi after he sustained an apparent ankle injury early in the second quarter. Freshman James Vandenberg was just 9 of 27 for 82 yards and couldn't lead the...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... win over a top-10 opponent for the Wildcats (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten) since knocking off then-No. 6 Ohio State 33-27 in overtime in 2004. It also ended the nation's second-longest winning streak. Iowa played without starting quarterback Ricky Stanzi after he sustained an apparent ankle injury early in the second quarter. Freshman James Vandenberg was just 9 of 27 for 82 yards and couldn't lead...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... win over a top-10 opponent for the Wildcats (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten) since knocking off then-No. 6 Ohio State 33-27 in overtime in 2004. Iowa lost quarterback Ricky Stanzi to an apparent ankle injury early in the second quarter. Freshman James Vandenberg was just 9 of 27 for 82 yards filling, and couldn't lead the Hawkeyes (9-1, 5-1 Big Ten) to any points after Stanzi left the game. Northwestern...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... win over a top-10 opponent for the Wildcats (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten) since knocking off then-No. 6 Ohio State 33-27 in overtime in 2004. Iowa lost quarterback Ricky Stanzi to an apparent ankle injury early in the second quarter. Freshman James Vandenberg was just 9 of 27 for 82 yards filling, and couldn't lead the Hawkeyes (9-1, 5-1 Big Ten) to any points after Stanzi left the game. Northwestern...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... win over a top-10 opponent for the Wildcats (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten) since knocking off then-No. 6 Ohio State 33-27 in overtime in 2004.Iowa lost quarterback Ricky Stanzi to an apparent ankle injury early in the second quarter. Freshman James Vandenberg was just 9 of 27 for 82 yards filling, and couldn't lead the Hawkeyes (9-1, 5-1 Big Ten) to any points after Stanzi left the game.Northwestern...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
N'western knocks out QB, upsets No. 8 Iowa 17-10By LUKE MEREDITHIOWA CITY, Iowa -- Dan Persa threw a touchdown pass and Marshall Thomas recovered a fumble for another touchdown, and Northwestern snapped No. 8 Iowa's 13-game winning streak with a 17-10 victory on Saturday.It was the first win over a top-10 opponent for the Wildcats (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten) since knocking off then-No. 6 Ohio State 33-27...
Underground Facades (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... so-called Fox supporters of the so-called tea-party people. And Michelle Bachman of the 'great' state of Minnesota. That crazy bitch got aligned with some huge corporate people who bussed in four thousand people to stage a show in front of the Capitol yesterday. Did you ever look at her eyes? She is ON something. But the media laps it up. Everyone loves a show. In a perfect world,...
