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Home > Blogs > On Iowa by Marc Morehouse > The Spotlight Dance - Northwestern On Iowa by Marc Morehouse The Spotlight Dance - Northwestern Posted on Nov 06, 2009 by Marc Morehouse .

Iowa City, Ia. - A Kinnick Stadium crowd of 70,585 caught its first glimpse of James Vandenberg on Saturday.

The Northwestern Wildcats have a hold over the Iowa Hawkeyes. With its 17-10 upset of No.

Iowa linebacker Pat Angerer and Wisconsin defensive end O'Brien Schofield have been named semifinalists for the 2009 Chuck Bednarik Award, given annually to the nation's top collegiate defensive player.

FOOTBALL: Iowa linebacker Pat Angerer has been named one of 16 semifinalists for the Chuck Bednarik Award and coach Kirk Ferentz one of 15 semifinalists for the George Munger College Coach of the Year Award.

Kirk Ferentz's approval rating might be at an all-time high these days with Iowa football unbeaten and off to its best start ever and the Hawkeyes running near the front of the national title race.

The Iowa football team has dealt with injuries, illnesses and a weekly tendency of taking its games down to the wire, and now the Hawkeyes have another challenge to overcome -- the Sports Illustrated cover jinx.

City High will be selling first-round playoff tickets to Monday's game against Dubuque Hempstead from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today and Monday in the City High main office.

Is it a mantra or a self-fulfilling prophecy? The undefeated and eighth-ranked Iowa football team has greeted every injury with the words: 'Next man in.' But the holes in the Hawkeye line keep mounting, even extending to the coaching staff, and that could create significant challenges and opportunities.

Around campus, the Iowa football team has been the toast of the town with congratulatory handshakes and compliments waiting inside every classroom.

The voice on Amari Spievey's cell phone offers encouragement, and a reality check.

Rankings and national attention might be nice, but it does not win football games.

Iowa's euphoric, history-making season continues to mystify college football fans around the country.

COACH FERENTZ: We were thrilled to get the win the other night. That was a great defensive football game, went 58 minutes without a touchdown getting scored and each team scored in the last two minutes.

Concluding its brief two-game road trip, the Indiana football team meets No. 7/8/4 Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.

For a moment there on national television, Kirk Ferentz seemed to choke up. Kirk Ferentz and Ricky Stanzi have been at the center of Iowa's 8-0 start.

Posted on Oct 25, 2009 by Marc Morehouse . Caption: Iowa's Pat Angerer and David Cato stop Michigan State's Edwin Baker on the one-yard line on a third down during the third quarter of their game Saturday, Oct.

PLAYERS OF THE GAME Daniel Murray provided the only points for Iowa in the game's first 50 minutes.

Home > Blogs > The Hlog > Monday morning Hawkeyes reading room - Iowa '09 is like Alabama '08, and more The Hlog Monday morning Hawkeyes reading room - Iowa '09 is like Alabama '08, and more Posted on Oct 18, 2009 by Mike Hlas .

Iowa City, Ia. - Cast your vote. Who is the most valuable player for Iowa's football team - so far? "If there is an MVP, I don't know who it is," running back Adam Robinson said.