Chad Leistikow🆑
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Pronounced LYE-stick-oh. Hawkeye sports columnist for @DMRegister & @PressCitizen. @PatMcAfeeShow once complimented my kitchen.
Joined April 2011
“Someday, it should be the biggest advantage ever.”. Iowa is the only FBS team to try to run the Shanahan offense that permeates the NFL. Eye-opening conversation with Iowa OC Tim Lester reveals a long-term vision for what's going well & what's possible.
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Got to ask Caitlin Clark her final media question as a Hawkeye: How did you hold it all together and bring it every night, all the way to scoring 18 points in the first quarter of the national championship game?. Her final answer as a Hawk:. “Oh, gosh. I don’t know. I don’t get.
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Caitlin Clark said she didn't see Angel Reese taunting her, she was focused on going to the handshake line and being grateful for being in that moment.
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Today, Iowa's Caitlin Clark will play her 139th college game . the exact same # as Kelsey Plum did. Clark has 3,921 career points and will end up more than 400 ahead of Plum's previous NCAA D-I women's record of 3,527.
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Minutes played?. Caitlin Clark 40:00.Gabbie Marshall 40:00.Kate Martin 38:37.Sydney Affolter 37:02. Yet they out-conditioned LSU to the four-quarter finish line.
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Gabbie Marshall: “I was staying on (Paige Bueckers') hip the whole game. And if I’m on her hip, the person can’t move into you, and they have to give you room to go around it. So … I hit it, and I knew it was a moving screen. I’m happy it was called.”.
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Caitlin Clark tearful in postgame presser: "I want my legacy to be on young kids and the people of the state of Iowa. I hope this team brought them a lot of joy.".
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After "hate comments," Iowa's Gabbie Marshall deleted her social media and reiterated that officials made the correct call on UConn's moving screen. “When the right call is the right call, it’s not fair to say you can’t make that with 10 seconds left.".
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Caitlin Clark left the last strand of net for Kate Martin. Unofficially her 13th assist of the night.
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Iowa's Gabbie Marshall helped hold Paige Bueckers, who was averaging 28 ppg in the NCAA Tournament, to 3 points in the final 15:27 (1-for-4, 2 turnovers) of last night's semifinal. Marshall: “I get to take on the challenge of guarding her. That’s so much fun. Who wouldn’t want.
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Jay Higgins says for the first time in his Iowa football career, Nebraska captains didn’t shake hands and couldn’t believe what Matt Rhule did pregame.
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UPDATE!! When OSU coach Ryan Day heard about this on Thursday, he told Jim he would send a private jet to Iowa City. Jim boarded the plane at 6am today and made the 57-minute flight to Columbus this morning and WILL be on the call for Ohio State-Michigan.
Jim Lachey has called 357 straight games as an Ohio State football radio analyst, encompassing nearly 28 seasons. But that streak will come to an end this Saturday in Columbus. Yes, on Ohio State-Michigan week. Instead, Jim will be in Iowa City to support his youngest son, Iowa
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And doing it after a grueling 39-game college season with the most rookie scrutiny in WNBA history.
Caitlin Clark is the fastest player in WNBA history to record 200+ PTS • 75+ REB • 75+ AST.
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Whenever and however this ends, how does Caitlin Clark hope people will remember about this Iowa team?. "People may remember we were in the Final Four twice, but people aren't going to remembermy buzzer-beating shots versus whoever. That's not going to matter to people in the.
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Is there any doubt Iowa's Kate Martin will be an amazing future coach? I asked her if she was nervous before Saturday's Sweet 16 game. Her answer was . a gem. “No, not nervous at all. Super-chill. I just think it’s a confidence in each other. I mean, I have Caitlin Clark on my.
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Hannah Stuelke said she got drug tested by NCAA last night and didn’t get to sleep till 2:30 a.m. Kate Martin jokes “surgery pending” after another shot to her nose vs. UConn.
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Notable photo for the “she didn’t beat the buzzer” crowd.
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And how about Kate Martin? . Big Game Kate with 21 points, including 16 in the second half. Her second-highest point total of the season.
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For everything Caitlin Clark, Hannah Stuelke and Kate Martin have done today . that Gabbie Marshall block will be the play of the tournament in my mind if Iowa wins.
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People tried but they can’t wipe the smile off Gabbie’s face.
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Last year, Kate Martin was drug-tested by the NCAA after Iowa beat South Carolina. This year, she joked she would beat some ass if someone tried to drug test her again. 😂😂 . She's the best.
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Iowa's Caitlin Clark was thankful in her final press conference. “It was sad going into that locker room for the last time with those seniors who I love to death. … But there’s so much to be thankful for outside of basketball. That’s where I found my peace and calm. Also, I.
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From today's Geno Auriemma transcript. Q. How do you plan on stopping Caitlin Clark?. "We don't. We don't plan on stopping her. Because I tried calling all the other coaches that have stopped her, and none of them answer the phone. So we're going to have to find a different way.
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Per NCAA 2022-23 rule book on bench decorum, if the head coach is outside the coaching box at any time during live action, "the head coach will be assessed a technical foul without warning.". We will discuss officiating at length on tonight's @hawkcentral radio show (6-7, KXNO).
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Iowa coach Lisa Bluder after Caitlin Clark reaches 3,650 career points to surpass Lynette Woodard's 3,649: “Tonight is the night of the real record. For some reason, the NCAA doesn’t want to recognize the basketball that was played prior to 1982, and that’s wrong. We played.
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Molly Davis tells the crowd, from a wheel chair: “You don’t have to be the biggest … tallest. Hopefully I showed little girls out there that you can play at this level.”.
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God bless Patty & Mike Street. This is their first game in Hilton Coliseum in 30 years, since their late son Chris was a Hawkeye sophomore in 1991. Got 2 tix from Kenyon Murray.
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Gabbie Marshall on motivation: “I wanted this so bad. I kept telling everyone that I've never wanted to win a game more in my career than I did tonight. And when I’m locked in, I’m locked in.”.
Kim Mulkey on Iowa: “I can’t imagine them being more motivated than my team.”.
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This is awesome.
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Iowa is 25-4 in the postseason during the Caitlin Clark era, including a staggering 16-1 the last two seasons with wins over the defending national champs in back-to-back years. Her career includes 4 B1G championship game appearances, leading her team to 3 straight B1G titles.
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Syd Affolter got a text from McKenna Warnock right after the game. Last year, Warnock's big offensive rebound off a Clark miss sealed the Final Four win vs. South Carolina. This year, it was Affolter's O-board that sealed the win over UConn.
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Ladies and gentlemen, they got her. Top transfer-portal PG target Lucy Olsen, the nation's #3 scorer behind Caitlin Clark & JuJu Watkins, is going to be a Hawkeye.
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Kirk on the 3 timeouts. "Figured we'd take Floyd with us and leave the timeouts here.".
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Lisa Bluder says it's a "brutal" feeling to walk away with a loss. But adds:. “I’m so proud of the women they are. I’m so proud of what they stand for.”.
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The highest-paid OL in NFL history hails from Mount Vernon, Iowa.
Sources: Buccaneers and three-time Pro-Bowl OT Tristan Wirfs reached agreement on a five-year, $140.63 million contract extension that now makes him the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history. Wirfs was in the final year of a contract scheduled to pay him $18.24 million
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B1G West standings thru Week 5:. T1. Illinois 1-1.T1. Iowa 1-1.T1. Minnesota 1-1.T1. Nebraska 1-1.T1. Northwestern 1-1.T1. Purdue 1-1.7. Wisconsin 0-2.
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Iowa's Caitlin Clark needs four 3-pointers today to reach 200 for the season. The previous Division I record (man or woman) was 162, co-held by Davidson's Steph Curry.
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Unbelievable. Iowa (10-2) vs. Michigan (11-1) at 7pm Saturday on Fox. With a win, Hawkeyes go to the Rose Bowl, at minimum.
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Iowa DC Phil Parker has WON the Broyles Award as top assistant in college football.
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Nick Jackson: “You only get one chance to be a Hawk. There’s no doubt in my mind I’m playing in the bowl game. I’ll give everything I’ve got to this program, these fans.”.
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Nicholas Baer on the end: “I wish everybody could have this feeling, to love something this much that you’re so upset that it’s coming to an end. I love this university, I love these guys. I’ve loved every minute of getting a chance to wear the black and gold. I’ll miss it.”.
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The Caitlin Clark love keeps coming . this time for her work in the classroom. The Iowa senior for the second straight year has been named the "Academic All-America Team Member of the Year" by the CSC. Clark, a marketing major, carries a 3.64 GPA.
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Gabbie Marshall to play her record 166th and final game as a Hawkeye today.
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👀👀.
You cheered for us. Now it's our turn!. All of Chiefs Kingdom is rooting for you tonight, @CaitlinClark22 🏀
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Caitlin Clark: “This was no sort of revenge game for us. I feel like if you live in the past too much, it kind of ruins the present. That’s what we talked about. Just be where your feet are. And the biggest thing for us in this game was worry about Iowa.”.
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After scoring a tournament-record 103 points, Keegan Murray is the Big Ten Tournament MVP.
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Iowa's final-season rankings in the Big Ten:. --Scoring defense: 1st (17.8 ppg).--Total defense: 2nd (293.6 ypg).--Rushing defense: 2nd (109.5 ypg).--Passing defense: 3rd (184.1 ypg).--Interceptions: 1st (20).--Sacks: 3rd (35). Quite a season for Phil Parker, Seth Wallace & Co.
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Jim Lachey has called 357 straight games as an Ohio State football radio analyst, encompassing nearly 28 seasons. But that streak will come to an end this Saturday in Columbus. Yes, on Ohio State-Michigan week. Instead, Jim will be in Iowa City to support his youngest son, Iowa
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Iowa’s Caitlin Clark finished her Big Ten Tournament career with 112 assists. Previous record was 67.
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Have confirmed that Iowa-Wisconsin will kick off at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 22; game to be televised on Fox. Kinnick night game against a top-5 team. 👀.
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Gabbie Marshall was unavailable for interviews because she was being worked on by trainers. Marshall didn't score, just Jan Jensen said this about her: “Gabbie Marshall’s D was crazy.”.
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Hearing that official numbers will be a WBB record 14.2 million viewers on ESPN Friday night for Iowa vs. UConn women, topping the 12.3 million four days earlier for Iowa vs. LSU.
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Caitlin Clark speaking the truth 🗣️: . “People that are showing up and coming to our games, they really love the way our team plays. They’re cheering for everyone, like when Gabbie makes a 3, when Kate makes a 3, you can just feel the energy and the joy and the excitement that.
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Kirk Ferentz: “We’re not the prettiest car in the lot but we get from Point A to Point B pretty well.”.
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10 targets for Kaleb Brown today, the Ohio State transfer grabbed 7 catches, 71 yards and one Big Ten West Champions ball cap.
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This is quite the collection of kudos for Caitlin Clark.
Congrats, Caitlin! 👏. It’s not everyday someone breaks the all-time scoring record, so you know we had to go B1G. 😏
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Iowa TE Luke Lachey said on Iowa State week, “I just like to smile.”. Here he is with mom Ann after surgery today. Day 1 of recovery. Still smiling. 💛🖤
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Iowa backup PK Marshall Meeder had tears in his eyes during his final question today about Drew Stevens. Thought this quote from the walk-on transfer was total class: “We both love each other. He's my brother. Like, I wish this were him, honestly, kicking the game-winner. I don't.
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All the Lions needed to do to break a 32-year playoff win drought was draft 2 Hawkeyes in the first 34 picks.
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Lisa Bluder today on Gabbie Marshall, who played 40 mins vs. LSU: "She's a trooper. She'll go do whatever we ask her to do. We tell her to go over screens, under screens, choke off this person. It doesn't matter. She remembers her scout, her personnel, and she gets the job done.".
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Jay said he made a point to shake Matt Rhule’s hand afterward. He sure did.
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Without Molly, Iowa doesn't go 34-5. Not the way she wanted her college career to end, but getting 20 seconds in the national championship game and so much fan love will hopefully stick with her forever.
AJ Ediger just said on her TikTok live that Molly Davis had knee surgery this morning. #IowaWBB.
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The two most stunning numbers beyond the record 18.7M average viewers for Iowa-South Carolina:. ✅Peak of 24M viewers!! 🤯. ✅Up 89% over last year’s Iowa-LSU title game of 9.9M, which we already deemed incredible.
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Kirk Ferentz on son Brian going out of Kinnick Stadium as a winner: "I was proud of him. He's been admirable in the way he's handled a very tough situation. I'm not quite sure I know how he's done it, but I'm really proud of him as a dad.".
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All due respect to his predecessors, but Jack Campbell is the best linebacker in Iowa history. Not taking questions or comments at this time.
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Iowa associate HC Jan Jensen will be coaching in tonight's Elite 8 matchup vs. Louisville with a heavy heart. Her father passed away this morning. Dale Jensen was able to have this story read to him before he passed.
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Caitlin Clark on ESPN says Angel Reese shouldn't be criticized and has a ton of respect for LSU and adds, "I’m lucky enough that I get to play this game and have emotions and wear it on my sleeves. And so does everybody else. That should never be torn down.".
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Caitlin: "Yeah, they had 25 O-boards but McKenna Warnock had the biggest rebound of the game.".
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Kylie Feuerbach has announced that she will return for a sixth-year senior season at Iowa.
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McKenna Warnock will be playing her 122nd and final game for Iowa tomorrow. She's moving on to dental school rather than using her COVID year & will find out May 1 where she got in. She hopes to be accepted at Iowa so she can go to the games next year.
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Brings a tear to your eye on many levels, including the love from the managers who carried her off: Longtime program staples Will McIntire & Isaac Prewitt. The player-manager relationships are very special for @IowaWBB and @iowaWBBmanagers.
After suffering an injury to her right leg, Molly Davis is carried off the court! . Prayers up for Molly! 🙏
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Iowa's Caitlin Clark addresses why she got tearful in the postgame presser and the technical foul, too, but mostly is appreciative for the special season. "I can’t wait to get back home and to the state of Iowa and celebrate everything we did.".
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When I interviewed KF on Thursday, I had mentioned that my son had gotten sick at school just before we talked. Today, he approached me after interviews and asked, "How's your son doing?" . That's KF.
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Exactly 10 years ago, Patrick McCaffery was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Today, he scored his 1,000th career point as an Iowa Hawkeye. Said his father, Fran McCaffery: “When you think about when he was 14 years old, would he get 1,000 points in the Big Ten? We didn’t know if.
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Ben McCollum, who grew up a die-hard Hawkeyes fan, comes out firing before his first question. “How are our teams going to look? … Have you ever seen Chris Street play? . Everything Iowa stands for is what our team is going to look like. When you watch our team, I want you.
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Iowa City, can you believe you get two more years of Caitlin Clark?.
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Talked to one Iowa coach today that really hoped Sharon Goodman would win the highest academic award tonight at the Final Four . and Sharon did. Sharon is the recipient of the Elite 90 award, which goes to the athlete at the Final Four (men's or women's) with the highest GPA.
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Iowa PK Keith Duncan on hearing Nebraska pregame chatter that came his way: “I think they’re (more) worried about growing mustaches than playing football.”.
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Remember that time when social-media warriors were outraged that Caitlin recreated the Kobe trophy photo?.
Vanessa Bryant gifted each of the Iowa WBB players with their own pair of 'Venice Beach' Kobe 8s 🔥.
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How cool is this: Monika Czinano and McKenna Warnock will play the maximum # of games possible in their final year as Hawkeyes. They get to finish in the NCAA title game vs. LSU.
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It’s wildly unexpected yet totally unsurprising (if that makes sense) to see how many minutes Kate Martin is getting for the 2-time defending WNBA champs. She has that corner 3 down. And she plays hard every second she is on the floor.
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"I got no idea what Petras is looking at." -- Fox's Joel Klatt.
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Micah Hyde.AJ Epenesa.Desmond King.Tyler Linderbaum.Geno Stone.George Kittle.Lukas Van Ness.Anthony Nelson.Tristan Wirfs .Kaevon Merriweather .Jack Campbell .Sam LaPorta. … all among ex-Hawkeyes playing in the NFL playoff divisional round next weekend.
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Drew Stevens on his moment: “Max takes the ball from Mahomes Jr. and here we go.”.
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The University of Iowa interviewed several sitting ADs around the country but has settled on Beth Goetz as athletics director. She officially succeeds Gary Barta and is the only female AD in the Big Ten. Great move by Iowa. Beth has been a rock star thus far.
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FINAL: Iowa 77, South Carolina 73. Caitlin Clark 41 pts, 6 rebs, 8 asts. Gamecocks' 42-game winning streak is over. Iowa heads to NCAA title game. Wow.
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Lisa Bluder says it breaks her heart that Molly Davis hasn’t been able to come back and would love it if she could get Molly into tomorrow’s game, even for a few seconds.
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Big Ten defensive backs of the year under Phil Parker:. 2012: Micah Hyde.2015: Desmond King.2017: Josh Jackson.2018: Amani Hooker.2021: Riley Moss.2023: Cooper DeJean.
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Iowa fan at the World Series still stewing over the called-back Cooper DeJean touchdown.
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Oct. 15, 2023: Caitlin Clark kicks off a historic senior season at Iowa in front of 55,646 fans at Kinnick Stadium. Oct. 16, 2024: Caitlin Clark becomes the first rookie on all-WNBA first team in 16 years. An incredible year for CC.
Your 2024 All-WNBA First Team ⬇️. Napheesa Collier.A'ja Wilson.Breanna Stewart.Caitlin Clark.Alyssa Thomas. #WelcometotheW
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History. One win from an NCAA championship. First title game in Iowa basketball (men or women) since 1956. Caitlin Clark rises to the occasion.
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At breakfast this morning, I said a prayer of thanks to be placed in this situation to tell the stories of what is arguably the most captivating Hawkeye sports team of all-time. This has been unforgettable and life-changing for me, too. Here are some of my favorite stories . 🧵.
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Kadyn Proctor on picking Iowa again: “No bridges were burned. That’s why it was so easy for me to pick them when I did enter the transfer portal because I had those relationships. Even when I was doing bad in the SEC, they hit me up and said, ‘We’re proud of you.’”.
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Caitlin Clark: “I’ve played a lot of basketball games in my life, and that was by far the most fun.”.
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First his father's death, then a season-ending injury as he was playing his best basketball. Yet Jack Nunge, through tears, stands strong and serves as an inspiration for the Hawkeyes. Thanks, Jack, for talking. Iowa fans everywhere are rooting for you.
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