FootballOctober 06, 2005

Inside Iowa

Oct. 7, 2005

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Today
Iowa and Purdue square off on the gridiron inside Ross-Ade Stadium Saturday in West Lafayete, Ind. It’s an opportunity for the winner to begin to lay the groundwork for an upper division finish in a very tough Big Ten Conference.

Thursday, Oct. 6
There’s no wool being pulled over the eyes of the Iowa football team this week. As they prepare for Saturday’s game at Purdue, they aren’t paying any attention to anything but history and what they need to do to come out of West Lafayette with a victory.

Wednesday, Oct. 5
Iowa’s volleyball team travel to Minnesota tonight after learning how just fine the line is between a win and a loss last weekend inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Brent Balbinot visits with Cindy Fredrick about the Hawkeyes’ educational experience.

Tuesday, Oct. 4
Coach Layne Anderson’s Iowa women’s cross country isn’t ditching the theory of growing pains are a requirement with young teams. The bar has been raised for the Hawkeyes reports Brent Balbinot in today’s installment of Inside Iowa.

Monday, Oct. 3
Gary Dolphin and UI Director of Athletics Bob Bowlsby talks a little about the pink locker room inside Kinnick Stadium. Bowlsby says the lockerroom debate happening on the UI campus is one appropriate for a University setting.

Friday, Sept. 30
It’s Iowa versus Illinois on Homecoming Day and on new grass inside historic Kinnick Stadium. Gary Dolphin visits with Kirk Ferentz about the opponent: The Fighting Illini of Ron Zook, a group that has the respect of the Hawkeyes and their head coach.

Thursday, Sept. 29
Iowa’s field hockey team is nationally ranked and achieving at a high level despite a roster filled with a number of new names. Coach Tracey Griesbaum talks about her team’s success so far in 2005.

BLACK OUT SATURDAY

Fans of the Iowa Hawkeye are encouraged to wear black on Saturday, Oct. 22, when the Hawkeyes entertain Michigan in the first-ever ‘Black Out Saturday” event at the UI.

Wednesday, Sept. 28
LarryWieczorek believes his Iowa cross country team is on a roll. The nationally ranked Hawkeyes placed third last week in the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis. This week, it’s the state of Maine and the Murray Keatinge Invitational – an interesting meet and an interesting place to run, according to Wieczorek.

Tuesday, Sept. 27
Coach Carla Baker’s Iowa soccer team had a pretty good two days of competition last weekend, playing both nationally ranked Wisconsin and nationally ranked Northwestern to 2-2 ties at the Iowa Soccer Field.

Monday, Sept. 26
Gary Dolphin takes a look back at the Hawkeyes disappointing performance at Ohio State. He also visits with Andy Fenstermaker, who has established himself as Iowa’s No. 1 punter and who was arguably the lone shining star in Columbus last Saturday.

Friday, Sept. 22
No. 8 Ohio State and No. 21 Iowa boast many of the nation’s top linebackers. That’s one slice of the game on Saturday in Columbus that is intriguing to both host Gary Dolphin and the participants.

Wednesday, Sept. 21
Golf courses are also busy during the fall months across the country including in Iowa City where Coach Terry Anderson’s University of Iowa golf team hopes to use the current fall season set the stage for next spring. The Hawkeyes travel to Michigan this week for a good fall test.

Tuesday, Sept. 20
Larry Wieczorek’s 2005 Iowa men’s cross country team entered the new year with the momentum of a strong finish a year ago and a nationally ranking. Brent Balbinot visits with the Hawkeyes’ head coach in today’s installment of Inside Iowa.

Monday, Sept. 19
Gary Dolphin visits with Bob Bowlsby about the new installation of turf inside Kinnick Stadium. As fans of the Hawkeyes know, there’s a new playing surface being installed in the stadium this week. UI official expect the new surface to be more than ready when Iowa entertains Illinois on Oct. 1 in this year’s Homecoming game.

Thursday, Sept. 15
The baseball season in 2004 was a good one on the UI campus. Fall practice starts this week for Coach Jack Dahm’s squad and expectations are high for the Hawkeyes.

Wednesday, Sept. 14
Paul Federici has a bucket load of experience that, ultimately, pays great dividends for the student-athletes at the University of Iowa. He also has state-of-the-art facilities to assist in the rehabilitation of injured Hawkeyes.

Monday, Sept. 12
Gary Dolphin review the happenings on the gridiron in the Big Ten last weekend including a look back at Iowa’s loss at Iowa State in the annual battle for football braggin’ rights. Five turnovers cost the Hawkeyes dearly, but it was also a strong defensive effort by ISU that kept Iowa out of the endzone.

Friday, Sept. 9
It’s almost here…Iowa versus Iowa State. It promises to be another classic. Gary Dolphin takes a look at the Cyclones who, he says, are a much better team than that which played and won last week in Ames. Dolphin says each team has potent offenses that will be put to the test on Saturday.

Thursday, Sept. 8
The Barkema family needs to ride the fence one week each college football season. C.J. is a Hawkeye. His brother, Ben, is a Cyclone. It’s an interesting twist for what is always an interesting week in the state of Iowa. Brent Balbinot visits with the Hawkeye.

Wednesday, Sept. 7
Chris Doyle’s value to the University of Iowa football program. Fans of the Hawkeyes looking for more evidence of his contribution saw it on the football field Saturday. Several Hawkeyes who were injured a year ago were big-time players in Iowa first win of 2005. Brent Balbinot talks to Chris Doyle about strength training.

Tuesday, Sept. 6
Brent Balbinot talks with UI women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder who is looking to use some extra practice time now allowed by the NCAA to help the Hawkeyes overcome injuries to two key members of the 2005-06 squad.

Monday, Sept. 5
Gary Dolphin takes a look back at Game 1 of the nationally ranked 2005 Iowa football team and the renovated Kinnick Stadium. He says UI Coach Kirk Ferentz was pleased that penalties were kept to a minimum in the game. UI Director of Athletics also was pleased that there were no “flags thrown” associated with the construction project.

Friday, Sept. 2
Gary Dolphin says its that time of year again…the start of college football season and the time of that season that teams like the Iowa Hawkeyes need to square off against someone other than their teammates on the practice field.