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Home > Blogs > On Iowa by Marc Morehouse > Week 12 - Fat Floyd calls for all hands On Iowa by Marc Morehouse Week 12 - Fat Floyd calls for all hands Posted on Nov 21, 2009 by Marc Morehouse .

Iowa's game against Minnesota on Saturday will feature a different kind of Senior Day for the Hawkeyes, but not just because of Pat Angerer's personality.

Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 11:42 p.m. Read more: College , College The last time James Vandenberg started a home game in Iowa, he was suiting up for the Keokuk Chiefs in the state championship game in 2007.

The Gophers offense, battered and bruised, has broken. Saturday afternoon at Kinnick Stadium, it officially came to a halt in the shadow of Iowa's goal posts in the fourth quarter of a 12-0 loss to Iowa.

Right now, it's pretty clear that a Big Ten team will play in a BCS bowl game, likely the Fiesta Bowl or the Orange Bowl.

Tate Forcier threw four interceptions and fumbled in his end zone, and No. 9 Ohio State took advantage to beat Michigan 21-10 Saturday for its sixth straight win in the series.

Two key Gophers defenders were on the sidelines at the start of Saturday's game.

Minnesota recovered an Iowa fumble on the Hawkeyes' 29-yard line. With the help of a pass interference penalty, the Gophers set up on first-and-goal from the 2. First down, Pat Angerer and Mike Daniels stuff quarterback MarQueis Gray for no gain.

Home > Blogs > The Hlog by Mike Hlas > Gameday Hawkeyes Reading Room - Gopher fans come to Floyd The Hlog by Mike Hlas Gameday Hawkeyes Reading Room - Gopher fans come to Floyd Posted on Nov 20, 2009 by Mike Hlas .

Destination, TBA. All signs are pointing South but that's all the Iowa football team knows right now.

Joel Maturi's mind may already be made up. The Minnesota athletics director was less definitive than ever in appraising third-year football coach Tim Brewster after watching another horrid offensive performance as the Gophers lost 12-0 to No.

Posted on Nov 15, 2009 by Mike Hlas . COLUMBUS, Ohio - Saturday's Iowa-Ohio State football game gave us a lot to chew on, so here are some bites: 1. Were you as shocked as apparently the rest of Western civilization when the Hawkeyes tucked it in when they had the ball at their 33 with 52 seconds left in the fourth quarter and two timeouts ...

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Iowa City, Ia. - The score of last year's Iowa-Minnesota game still echoes inside the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex: Hawkeyes 55, Gophers 0. 'You know what?' Minnesota coach Tim Brewster asked reporters.

Posted on Nov 19, 2009 by Mike Hlas . I've witnessed a few of these University of Iowa football seasons now, and this has easily been my favorite year.

Iowa in danger of being remembered more for its finish than its fantastic start.

PLAYER OF THE GAME Hawkeye hopes seemed to be fading early in the fourth quarter, until Derrell Johnson-Koulianos returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown.

James Vandenberg is just beginning his climb with several miles to go before he moves into the neighborhood where Chuck Hartlieb and Matt Rodgers reside on Iowa's career passing charts.

Last year Minnesota arguably suffered the worst loss in school history when Iowa beat the Gophers 55-0 in the last game of the season before the Minnesota faithful.A The score does not reflect how lopsided the game was for the Hawkeyes.

Everyone Iowa was about a million miles from bowl talk. Kirk Ferentz was into Joe Namath references while explaining his decision to throttle down with 52 seconds left and a timeout.