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handful of random thoughts as the calen-
dar turns and we begin the march to the
madness of March:
Twitter is an incredibly powerful communications
tool. We use it effectively to tell the "Win. Gradu-
ate. Do it Right." stories that are happening every
day in the athletics department at the University
of Iowa. Without questions, it has been an in-
strument of much good. It has also been a tool of
ignorance.
e National Football Foundation announced in
late February that it will be partnering with the
Football Writers Association of America on a new
weekly poll during the college football season.
Does it hurt to have another list to review and
debate? We'll see the "FWAA-NFF Grantland Rice
Super 16" each Sunday through the fall with the
last appearing on the day aer many of the nation's
top conferences play their championship games.
For the youngsters, here's a link to answer the
question, "Who is Grantland Rice?" HERE.
It seems there's always talk about night games and
college football this time of the year. We all should
be careful what we wish for because mid to late
November can be unpredictable weather-wise. I
also gave a nod to 2:30 p.m.(CT) kickoffs. Now
we're learning of talk about Friday night college
football: HERE. Preliminary research related to
the Big Ten's fast-approaching discussions with
their television partners, but the headline caught
my attention and caught the attention of many
fans of Big Ten football.
Brunner, Hansen, Haluska, Horner, Henderson,
ompson, Freeman, omas, Reed. ese are
the names listed in the box score for the Iowa
basketball team's most recent appearance in the
By Rick Klatt
NCAA Tournament — March 17, 2006. In a few
weeks, that group is going to be replaced by this
year's squad and how exciting is that?
Iowa's Samantha Logic should not only be in the
conversation as the Big Ten Conference player of
the year in women's basketball, but the favorite.
She's the only player in our league to average more
than 14 points, six rebounds and seven assists a
game, and is the only player in the history of the
Big Ten to have three triple-doubles in one season
— another reason you should be buying tickets to
the upcoming first and second round games of the
NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament that will
be played at Carver in mid-March. You can buy
your tickets online HERE.
Late in February, the Big Ten released the list of
opponents the league's men's and women's basket-
ball teams will play next year, the first season to
include Rutgers and Maryland. On the men's side,
I was disappointed to see that Indiana wouldn't
visit Mediacom Court for the second straight sea-
son. Fran McCaffery's team does get to entertain
Rutgers and Maryland in single-play games. On
the women's side, I was hoping at least one of the
two newcomers to our league would be coming
to Iowa City because of the "local angle" — Ce-
dar Rapidian Brenda Frese is the head coach at
Maryland and C. Vivian Stringer, our former head
coach, runs the show at Rutgers. Neither will be
bringing their team to the Heartland.
e Iowa baseball and soball teams are well into
their championship seasons. So are Iowa's two golf
teams, tennis teams, and track and field teams. It's
now up to Mother Nature if we'll get the opportu-
nity to watch any of these teams in competition in
Iowa City.
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