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Pat Harty

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Co-owner/founder of and in Iowa City, and a voice often heard on @KCJJ radio. RIP mom, dad, Buddy and Lakota.

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Joined August 2011
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5 years
The problem with @BuschBeer bailing on Carson King is that it suggests that people can't grow and learn from their mistakes, and that forgiveness is forever beyond his reach. Not excusing what he apparently said at the age of 16, but I'm willing to believe that he has changed.
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5 years
Instead of ripping the Iowa coaches for waiting 10 games to start and to feature Tyler Goodson at running back, why not be happy that they finally did start him, and that it was a key to beating Minnesota. Life is too short to always be bitching, moaning and complaining.
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4 years
The decision by Kirk Ferentz to honor Michael Lois’ scholarship despite an injury that will likely keep Lois from ever playing FB again is an example of the Iowa culture dating back to Hayden Fry, who did the same thing for my older brother 41 years ago. Class and compassion.
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5 years
A caller just suggested that Iowa should invite Iowa State fan Carson king to a game this season to lead the Wave as a way to help ease tension between Hawkeye and cyclone fans. I like that idea.
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2 years
Iowa doesn't win today without Payton Sandfort's 10 points off the bench. He was so clutch, and just a freshman.
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4 years
“Oh my God, these Iowa fans are incredible. They eat, drink and tip like there is no tomorrow.” A quote from the bartender.
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2 years
Micah Hyde was a 2-star dual-threat QB coming out of high school. Then he started playing for Phil Parker at Iowa, and now look at him.
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5 years
The NCAA should consider adding a continuous clock like what is used in high school when a football team trails by 35 points in the second half and call it the Nebraska rule.
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3 years
Notice some clapping from the Iowa bench, but even with his team trailing and struggling to make shots, Fred Hoiberg is not whining or complaining about the clapping being a distraction for his players.
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I’ve been covering Iowa athletics for nearly 30 years and have witnessed greatness many times before, but what Megan Gustafson has accomplished over the last two seasons is the greatest individual performance I’ve seen. Absolutely incredible.
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TJ Hockenson, Spencer Lee and Megan Gustafson is a lot of individual star power and class for one year of Hawkeye athletics.
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5 years
Two of Iowa’s most impactful players today were receiver Nick Easley and DB Jake Gervase, both of whom were walk-ons. That’s the essence of Iowa football under Kirk Ferentz.
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Devonte Young said his parents decided they will attend Iowa’s bowl game instead of senior Day and he was honored to have Kirk and Mary Ferentz fill in for them. Cool moment.
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4 years
Iowa might not have the best football team in the Big Ten this coming season, but it very well could have the most unified team in the conference.
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3 years
Saw on twitter that Nebraska and ISU fans are criticizing Iowa for winning the Big Ten West with its easy schedule that included wins over 3-9 Nebraska and 7-5 ISU. Reminder that Twitter provides a place for the weak and irrelevant to poke fun and feel better about themselves.
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5 years
A beat-down at Banks Field as the Iowa baseball team reminds us on this beautiful Saturday that Nebraska is a women’s volleyball school.
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Records since 2015 for the following football programs: Iowa, 34-13 USC, 33-15 Notre Dame, 31-14 Florida State, 31-15 Texas, 23-21 Texas A&M 28-18 Tennessee, 24-18 Nebraska, 20-25
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6 years
This Monday Night football game has former Iowa players all over the place, offense, defense, linemen skill players; recruits take notice and Iowa coaches take a bow. Nice work.
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5 years
Kirk Ferentz says he feels like Santa Claus when telling a walk-on he’s now on scholarship.
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2 years
Spencer Petras on what his message would be to Iowa fans.
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5 years
Iowa is the only team to complete two touchdown passes against Mississippi State this season.
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5 years
Hopefully, they won’t care that I shared this publicly, but the Iowa women’s basketball coaching staff sent this sympathy card after my dog was laid to rest last week. The letter also mentioned the death of my father last March. So touched by their kindness and class. Thank you.
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4 years
Alaric Jackson just said that he definitely will return for his senior season.
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5 years
I fully expect Oliver Martin to announce for Iowa in the next few days. Just give it some time. His visit to Iowa on Thursday morning went very well according to a well-connected source and he has no plans to visit any other schools. Oliver is returning home to be a Hawkeye.
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4 years
Crazy to think that the top 3 picks in the 2020 NFL Draft were teammates at Ohio State in 2017 and that Ohio State team lost 55-24 at Kinnick Stadium.
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1 year
Contrary to what you might have heard, Caitlin Clark @IowaWBB was the best player on the court Sunday because she was willing and able to adjust her game to the circumstances, and that made her teammates better and Iowa a winner.
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3 years
Iowa’s Daviyon Nixon is the Big Tens’s Defensive Player of the Year.
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6 years
The more I watch other head football coaches fail miserably in their job to lead and mold young men, the more convinced I am that Iowa is so fortunate to have Kirk Ferentz running its football program. Integrity should always matter.
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Kirk Ferentz just compared Tyler Goodson to former Iowa TE Tony moeaki in how nothing seems to faze Goodson at the college level. That’s quite a compliment because Kirk loves moeaki.
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5 years
A look at Nebraska’s 375th consecutive sellout just minutes before kickoff.
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3 years
Just watched Caitlin Clark score a career-high 39 points in a victory over Nebraska, and reminded that Iowa has Caitlin, Luka Garza and Spencer Lee all dominating at the same time. No other college can come close to matching that triumvirate in those three sports.
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Tyler Goodson said he was speechless when told that he would start against Gophers. But then his performance spoke loudly.
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Joey woody reacting to the Iowa men winning the big Ten title in a special private moment.
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Some of the comments I’ve seen about Maishe Dailey transferring are just reprehensible and disgraceful. All Maishe did was work hard and represent his team and his school with class and dignity. He deserves better.
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2 months
A moving screen is a moving screen even with 3.9 seconds left in an NCAA semifinal.
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5 years
With all due respect to the other star players, nobody changed the culture, tempo and attitude under Kirk Ferentz more than the great Bob Sanders. Kirk’s greatest and most influential player in my opinion.
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Bob Sanders is our Honorary Captain for this weekend’s #UIowaHomecoming game | #Hawkeyes #TheHitman
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Just witnessed a cool moment when a little boy after getting an autograph from AJ Epenesa turned and sprinted to his mother and said: "look mom, I got it. He signed it. AJ Epenesa signed my shirt." Kid was smiling from ear to ear. And so was mom.
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It just occurred to me that by not playing in the bowl game Noah Fant will get to experience how it would’ve felt if he had attended his home-state school.
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4 years
I have no problem with Wieskamp’s dunk at the end of a very close and emotional game. The Illinois assistant overreacted and looked horrible in doing so.
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2 years
Ohio State quarterback CJ Stroud has thrown 24 TD passes in six games this season, while Iowa quarterback Spencer Petras has thrown 21 TD passes in 25 starts as a Hawkeye.
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4 years
The fact that Iowa won a Big Ten road game without Fredrick, and with Joe Wieskamp scoring just two points is a testimony to the team’s resolve and talent.
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4 years
A very cool moment today when Kirk Ferentz said that AJ Epenesa and Tristan Wirfs both were almost embarrassed by the amount of attention and praise they received because they always put the team first and were raised to be humble and appreciative. That says a lot.
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3 years
Iowa football has certainly had some problems, but Penn State fans are the last ones who should be pointing fingers at any program for its behavior.
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4 years
The dining/drinking establishment that I’m currently festering in has been taken over by Iowa fans. I told the bartender it was about to happen, but I don’t think she believed me. She’s now working her ass off, but the tips are a nice reward. Iowa fans never disappoint.
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Connor McCafery finished with 11 points, seven assists, three steals and zero turnovers while playing 38 minutes. And I keep being told by idiots that he is mediocre at best as a Big Ten player. Please.
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At a time when many star players are opting out of bowl games, @HawkeyeFootball seniors Jack Campbell, Sam LaPorta and Riley Moss are determined to finish what they started, and that says a lot about them and the Iowa culture.
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Fran on what he said when he hugged Kris Murray after the Illinois game.
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So impressed with how Joe Wieskamp has handled Luka Garza’s rise to stardom. You could argue this was joe’s team heading into the season, but that perception has now changed, and yet, Joe just keeps working and competing and putting the team first. Joe is mature and unselfish.
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Payton Sandfort with a hilarious story about growing up with and competing against @CaitlinClark22 .
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3 years
Phil Parker makes $1 million annually now and still might be underpaid. The guy just keeps delivering.
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Kirk Ferentz speaking at the memorial for Hayden Fry today in Texas.
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5 years
I just hope Iowa fans fill Carver for the ncaa tournament and show support to Megan and her cohorts because they certainly deserve to play in front of a full house after everything they’ve accomplished.
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Iowa TE TJ Hockenson picked eighth overall by the Detroit Lions. So in just three years he has gone from being an unheralded recruit with just two power 5 scholarship offers from Iowa and Iowa State to a first-round pick and a millionaire.
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The more I read Scott Frost’s comments after losses, the more he seems like college football’s version of Steve Alford in that it’s never his fault, while his players repeatedly get tossed under the bus for not executing, or for not following the game plan.
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Clean up at Kinnick continues with more now helping the cause.
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Only one power 5 school offered a scholarship to Desmond King, Josh Jackson, Amani Hooker and the legendary Bob Sanders, and we know who that was: Iowa.
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3 years
As expected, 5-star defensive back Xavier Nwankpa commits to Iowa.
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Ed Miles said today on the radio that he was leaning towards committing to USC until Lane Kiffin turned down a chance to eat his mom’s fried chicken during a house visit. Phil Parker not only ate dinner with Ed and his family, but also helped with the dishes. Ed then picked Iowa.
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Just confirmed that former Iowa basketball player Jeff Moe has moved back to Iowa City, and that his son, Pete Moe, has enrolled at West High. Pete is a 6-8 junior forward, who was ruled eligible today.
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Connor McCaffery said the whole thing at the end could have been diffused if the officials would have just called a foul on Illinois when its players were hacking and trying to foul in the final seconds. He’s right.
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Jordan Bohannon just said that incoming freshman joe Wieskamp dunked over Tyler Cook during their first open gym this summer, and that it made quite an impression.
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Iowa needs to let @IowaWBB fans watch the Final Four on the video scoreboard at carver if it’s possible. I’m guessing the line for ice cream would be 500 deep at least.
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We laid my mom to rest today. She and dad are now reunited forever. Make sure to hug your parents and say you love them while you still can.
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Always humble and appreciative, and such a great representative of @IowaHoops and the state of Iowa. Like Fran says, Keegan and Kris are both zero maintenance. Raised the right way.
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Keegan is rewarded the @NBA Rookie record for most 3-pointers in a season during pregame 🏆
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George Kittle is quickly turning into one of Kirk Ferentz’s best stories. Son of a former Hawkeye, who helped lead the resurgence under Hayden Fry, and an unheralded recruit who just keeps getting better in stunning fashion in the NFL.
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I'll be honest, I didn't have Iowa winning six games in a row after the 0-2 start. Kirk Ferentz has taken his share of criticism, and some of it deserved, but he also deserves credit for holding this team together and for keeping the players motivated, focused and unified.
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Devonte Young; the ultimate team player. The Iowa football program was fortunate to have such a class act.
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5 years
As expected, Oliver Martin is on campus and attending classes at Iowa. He’s officially a Hawkeye.
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5 years
Harty column: After two years at Michigan, all signs now point to Oliver Martin returning home to be a Hawkeye receiver.
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In no way am I saying that Geno Stone is the second coming of the great Bob Sanders, but Geno is another talented, determined, undersized and under-recruited defensive back from Pennsylvania who is rewarding the Iowa coaches for believing in him.
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That was one of the most enjoyable halves of Iowa football that I can remember for quite some time. Iowa clearly looks like the better team, from coaching to execution and even the speed factor. Ihmir looks like the fastest player on both teams.
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I normally hate calling out the officials because it's usually a weak way to find blame for a loss, but the officials ruined this game today with too many touch fouls, with the absurd T on Clark, and by not calling obvious fouls both ways. A brutal ending to a great tournament.
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Kaevon Merriweather speaks highly about Cooper DeJean with Cooper standing in the back of the room embarrassed.
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Phil Parker made first-team All-Big Ten three times in a row as a Michigan State defensive back (1983-85), and has coached 15 first-team All-Big defensive backs at Iowa, including 11 since 2009. That's a lot of firsts.
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The people who still are pissed that Oliver Martin didn’t pick Iowa over Michigan out of high need to get over it and embrace his return home. He is just what Iowa needs as a talented receiver with high character.
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Michael Lois said all the members of Iowa's 2020 recruiting class, which currently consists of 22 players, are making plans to attend the Penn State game on Oct. 12 at Kinnick Stadium as a group. He says the class is very close and gives much of the credit to QB Deuce Hogan
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Watching all these bowl games has convinced me that Iowa, when playing well, could defeat any college team except for probably LSU, Clemson and Ohio State.
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4 years
In nearly 30 years of covering Iowa Hawkeye athletics, no student-athlete changed the culture, tempo and attitude in a sport more than Bob Sanders, and he did it in football, which fuels the entire operation, and at a time when the program was at a serious crossroads. Legend.
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I’ve covered the Iowa football team for almost 30 years and it’s hard to think of another player who has been more humble, unassuming, appreciative, accountable and team-oriented than Nate Stanley.
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4 years
I’ve heard from a source that the big ten is looking to start the football season in either late September, October, November, December, January, February or early March.
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4 years
Luka Garza, Kathleen Doyle and Spencer Lee is quite the triumvirate to be leading your three most prominent winter sports teams. Hard to think of any better in the big Ten right now, or the nation for that matter, in those three sports.
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3 years
At the risk of sounding redundant, it's time to move the student section courtside at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, and let them in for free because, obviously, the current setup isn't working, and the problems with the arena go way beyond the students.
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Good luck to Jack Nunge as he continues his career at Xavier. Hopefully, he can stay healthy and have some success. Iowa fans will be cheering for him.
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4 years
Felicia Goodson said this morning on the radio that Iowa FB should consider forming a leadership group, or a committee consisting solely of black players who address issues as they develop and who provide a voice for awareness and acceptance. Great idea.
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Very cool. We need a lot more of this.
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@PatHarty He was my son Carvers favorite player. When we asked him to take this photo he was so willing!!! I wish him nothing but the best!!! @maishedailey #alwaysahawkeye
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Win or lose against Baylor on Monday, Megan Gustafson, Lisa Bluder and the Iowa women's basketball team have given fans a season to cherish forever.
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Stanley now has 3 TD passes against a Mississippi State defense that allowed just 5 TD passes during the regular season.
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Isaiah Moss said today that he understands why his minutes were reduced in the second half at penn state because the combination was working with Connor McCaffery on the court. Isaiah said his only concern was winning. Pretty mature response and a good sign.
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Look who’s at the United Center. Great to see Dolph.
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Tom brands says he gets e mails from Spencer Lee’s professors saying what a nice, humble young man Spencer is and what a joy he is to teach.
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One thing that's easy to overlook about the three Iowa players who declared for the NFL Draft on Tuesday is that all three are quality young men who represented their team, their school, their fan base and their families with class and high character.
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Much respect to Fran and his players for not wilting under tough circumstances and for battling back against a quality opponent. This loss will sting for a while, but the players showed their character today.
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6 years
Jamie Pollard is probably kicking himself for not scheduling Dowling instead of Drake.
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6 years
My 91-year old father ascended to Heaven on Sunday and I miss him dearly. He was the greatest and most courageous man I ever knew. RIP dad.
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Every time I listen to AJ Epenesa answer questions from the media, I'm reminded about what a great job his parents did in raising him. Loyal, humble and respectful.
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From hanging drapes at Carver-Hawkeye Arena to cover empty seats to now having to pause 2023-24 ticket sales due to "overwhelming interest," the popularity of the @IowaWBB team continues to soar to unprecedented heights.
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Just told somebody who was passing through Iowa City that I cover Iowa Hawkeye athletics and his response: “must be neat covering such a classy and dignified head football coach and that wave brings me to tears whenever I see it.”
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Just spoke with somebody who says she tailgates with Alaric Jackson’s mom and knows her quite well, and that his MRI showed no ligament damage, according to Alaric’s mom, and that he is expected to miss one or two weeks. I’m not confirming this, but I trust this person.
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