http://community.foxsports.com/goodmanonfox/blog/2009/08/17/paulus_wins_starting_qb_job

I'm not sure whether or not to be scared or confident with this decision but am still leaning towards the latter.  What do you guys think of Marrone's decision? Does it help or hurt us?  I know that Paulus has absolutely no experience as a college gameday QB, but to me it's things like this that can sometimes seem crazy enough to work...

Innocently came across some valuable information, courtesy of Wikipedia (love this site):

Iowa head coaching career

On December 2, 1998, Ferentz was hired as Iowa's 26th head football coach to replace the retiring Hayden Fry. The team struggled during Ferentz's first two seasons with a combined 4-19 record, but the Hawkeyes earned their first bowl bid under Ferentz after a 7-5 season in 2001.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Ferentz

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I know, I know.... I became really bored, and ever since the stadium began to take shape I've been tortured by thoughts of what The Vault could look like when expanded to 80,000+ seats.  So, for your viewing pleasure only...

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 I was told from an insider that when the seating capacity is expanded there will be an upper deck stretching all the way from the north end of the horseshoe to the suites, so I think the representation would be fairly accurate.  I could definitely see this place easily being one of the most intimidating places to play in the Big Ten when the stadium adds those seats (barring whether or not all of those seats are filled of course).  It is very exciting to think of what it will actually end up looking like.  What do you guys think?

Also, because I know that the expansion itself is supposedly speculative, I'd like to poll the TDG audience by asking if and when this task will be completed.  I'm crossing my fingers, hoping that the demand will warrant it sooner rather than later.

(promoted ....)

So after reading up on the Hawkeye trashtalk at Black Heart Gold Pants, I decided that we need to either dig up some more dirt on that cornhole of a state (pun intended) or just state some of the obvious (they would probably call it making fun of them, but I regard it as fact).  Well, I did a little bit of both, in the form of YouTube clips and jokes, and hopefully others will follow suit.

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