More U of I News: The Regents and the Rape Report and Criticizing Kirk
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By Emily Geiger
I had an awful flashback over the weekend.
I happened to be watching Iowa Press on Sunday morning, and found that Regents' President David Miles and Regent Bonnie Campbell were on discussing the recently released Stolar Report on the U of I rape case, as well as the flooding in Iowa City, and various other issues.
I know this show is usually taped on Friday, but I found it absolutely obnoxious that Miles was up there giving an interview on the report, but then admitted that he hadn’t actually read the report yet himself.
That’s when the flashback happened. Is David Miles taking leadership lessons from Stu Iverson? In case you’d forgotten, Stu had to admit on live radio that he hadn’t actually read the GOP state platform two days before the GOP state convention.
I hope Dave had some free time over the weekend to get that little detail taken care of.
And in more U of I news, yet another football player was arrested this weekend for public intoxication. In other words, it was basically just another day that ends in “y” for the football team.
But the big Hawkeye headline involves Kirk Ferentz’s coaching decision to put Jake Christensen in at QB for the second half of the Pitt game after Christensen had started the game, struggled, and was replaced by Ricky Stanzi, who, by most accounts, was putting in a very solid performance on Saturday.
The reason for Kirk’s decision? He said he had a “gut feeling.”
Everyone and their brother is criticizing Kirk for this decision and this lame excuse.
It’s funny how everyone thinks they have a right to question Ferentz about this decision, but questioning his decision to send football players to live in/contaminate a crime scene seems to be off-limits for most Hawk fans.
Priorities, people, priorities.
Reader Comments (1)
Hey hey! Ho ho! All the Regents have got to go! They're obviously completely incompetent. It doesn't matter that it's a "volunteer position," this entire thing, from start to finish, has been a complete embarassment to the state. Thank goodness that the "University" of Iowa isn't on the national radar as an academic or athletic institution, like say, Duke, or Iowa would be a national embarassment, too.
And priorities, indeed. The "University" of Iowa had the most arrests of any Division I football program in the nation last year. Normally, that would result in a championship at the end of the relevant football season. Examples of such "dirty programs" in championship-garnering seasons past include the likes of Nebraska, Florida State, Miami, USC, Ohio State, etc.
The "University" of Iowa needs to commit one way or the other. Either, be a dirty program that wins championships, which is a very, VERY important pursuit; it totally matters. A LOT! Or, be a "clean program" and be "competitive," but never win a championship. This being a dirty program, in fact, the DIRTIEST program last year, and not even be in sniffing distance of a national championship just shows what a rinky-dink, Mickey Mouse program they are. Man up, or get out.
And nevermind about "academics." With Iowa's Top-12 Party School status, and virtually non-existent admissions standards (have a pulse and the money, you're in! have a criminal record? you get a scholarship!), and remedial curricula, they obviously haven't cared about "academics" for a long time.
So get your act together, "University" of Iowa! WE WANT A CHAMPIONSHIP! WE WANT IT NOW! Recruit criminals who can play, for god's sake!
Pathetic, all-around. They can't do anything right there.