In 2002, the Iowa football team reeled off nine consecutive victories after a stunning home loss to rival Iowa State. An 11-1 regular season had fans playing the “what-if” game the rest of the way with BCS national championship scenarios — theories I still hear from time to time nearly 20 ...

High school football isn’t necessarily predictable, but a deep playoff run doesn’t just happen on a whim. In 2020, five of the six state champions finished the regular season ranked in the Top-4 of their respective classes. The same number — all but one — of title programs were in ...

We are in the golden era of college football scoring, where programs from across the country put up video-game like totals for points and yardage on a regular basis. Average team scoring eclipsed 30 points per game for the first time ever five years ago and hasn’t looked back since. In 2004, ...

The focus for Saturday’s historic Iowa-Iowa State football game is on everything these Hawkeyes and Cyclones are. The narrative makes sense, given this will mark the first time in the history of the rivalry both programs are ranked in the Top-10 at kickoff. The buzz is both justified and ...

Customer service has almost become a lost art in today’s society. Companies rely on technology and automation to make experiences “easier” for the consumer. In reality, businesses often turn their backs on what built them in the first place: taking care of workers and clientele, first ...

The Field of Dreams game was an absolute spectacle. A living, breathing painting. For one night, Iowa was the center of the baseball universe. And in many ways, Thursday may be identified as another turning point in the ebbs and flows of the sport’s popularity. It has the potential to be that ...