Hawkeye Trainwreck

I hate to post about the Hawks so early in the blog, but the College Football Guy like to be timely with his news.

The Hawks are paying Kirk Ferentz nearly $3 million/year to go 19-18 over the last 3 years, have a 3-6 career record against in-state rival Iowa State, and lose their last game of the season last year, at home, on Senior day, with a bowl bid on the line, to Western Michigan.

I don't know where it stands now, but when USA Today wrote this report in November 2006, Ferentz was the 2nd-highest paid coach in the country.

Million-dollar coaches move into mainstream

Also under his watch, Kinnick Stadium is being re-named Kinnick Prison. Seriously, look at this list:

List of recent Hawkeye legal troubles

Here's the latest news...

DMR - Warrants charge ex-Hawkeyes with sex abuse

ESPN - Arrest warrants issued in sexual assault case

This is on the heels of Pierre Pierce, the basketball player and two-time sex offender. Did I mention the possible/probable cover-up by the university, not reporting the incident to the police? It stinks in Iowa City right now, bad. My man Keeler at the Des Moines Rag summed it up pretty good the other day...

Night descends on Iowa football

Even the most hard-core Hawkeye fans and Ferentz supporters are starting to waiver, and for good reason. I pray that it never gets this bad in Ames.

In Kirk We Trust? Really? See you in September.