College Football Team News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
It looks like Las Vegas and the Sportsbook all think that Georgia fans should be ready to book their tickets for the SEC Championship. Last week, Las Vegas and the sportsbooks provided the projected SEC East Win Totals for the 2023 season. Georgia has won the SEC in five out of Kirby Smart’s seven seasons. […] READ MORE
The NFL Combine wrapped up on Sunday. The quarterback position was of particular focus during the four-day event. Fifteen quarterbacks participated in various degrees over the week. Alabama’s Bryce Young and CJ Stroud are seen as the top two quarterbacks in the class. They are likely to go in the first five picks. From there […] READ MORE
Exactly 364 days prior to this year’s Music City Bowl, Iowa and Kentucky went down to the final minute in Orlando in the 2022 Citrus Bowl. Kentucky’s game-winning touchdown drive ended the first college football game of the New Year. Now for the second time this calendar year, the Hawkeyes and Wildcats meet again. This […] READ MORE
The Iowa Hawkeyes have accepted their invitation to play in the Music City Bowl on December 31st, New Year’s Eve. For the second season in a row, their opponent will be the Kentucky Wildcats of the SEC conference. The Hawkeyes have never appeared in the Music City Bowl, despite having been invited after the 2020 […] READ MORE
Week one is in the books and gave us everything we could have expected and more. Inexplicable coaching decisions, upsets, field goal kickers struggling, and injuries on celebrations. This week, we get back to a normal schedule on a Saturday that is headlined by Alabama traveling to Austin to take on Texas. Now, let’s get […] READ MORE
In the Southeastern Conference, a major key to winning championships is being able to run the football. The Georgia Bulldogs used that and great defense as their formula to win the crown last season. The conference just churns out star after star at the running back position. Despite losing great players like Tyler Badie (Missouri) […] READ MORE
Cats Need Replacements On Both Sides Of The Ball A little over a week ago Kentucky had its first Spring football game in three years. In a contest played in weather more fitting of November the Blue Beat The White 32-0. Of course, if we’re being honest the score really didn’t matter that much. Now […] READ MORE
The old-school matchup between Kirk Ferentz and Mark Stoops in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl lived up to its expectations. Both Iowa and Kentucky played a physical game of football that ended with a 20-17 Kentucky victory. It took a huge drive with three minutes to play for Kentucky to get the win. The touchdown at […] READ MORE
The Iowa Hawkeyes are familiar with the sunshine state. Kirk Ferentz has led his team to a Florida bowl game 10 times in his 23-year run in Iowa City. This will be the 11th trip to Florida and first appearance in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl for Iowa. The Hawkeyes finished the regular season 10-2 before […] READ MORE
Iowa Accepts Citrus Bowl Invite The conclusion of the college football regular season brings the beginning of bowl season. The month-long, matchup mania of 84 bowl-eligible teams begins in just over a week. The Hawkeyes are rebounding after getting run out of Indianapolis by Michigan, but there is one more game to be played. This […] READ MORE
Nick Lemkau covers Iowa Hawkeye Football for Last Word on College Football. He is a member of the Football Writers Association of America, and a voter for the Outland Trophy, and the Lombardi, Maxwell, and Nagurski Awards.