Missing the trademark mane of Hawkeyes defensive tackle Mitch King? Well, there’s always this photo to help us remember November 17, 2008
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Mitch King before brush cut
From Associated Press via Baltimore Sun. Caption:
Iowa’s Mitch King puts his helmet on before an NCAA college football game against Penn State, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, in Iowa City, Iowa.
Related: Read more under Good Hair Day by The Gazette’s Marc Morehouse.
Kurt Warner and Arizona Cardinals to be in high-scoring affair with Dallas Cowboys? AP VIDEO October 9, 2008
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Associated Press caption accompanying THIS VIDEO:
Dallas vs. Arizona could be a high-scoring affair. Veteran quarterback Kurt Warner leads a Cardinals team that is third in the NFL in passing. Dallas QB Tony Romo threw three touchdown passes last week. (Oct. 9)
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GAZETTE CLASSICS: THE KURT WARNER FILE September 5, 2008
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Image by Getty Images via Daylife (New page at ‘Looking in at Iowa’) Click on tab above or this link to read select articles about Kurt Warner from The Gazette’s text archives.
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Source for ESPN: Kurt Warner to be named Arizona Cardinals’ starting quarterback August 26, 2008
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From Yahoo! Sports:
Kurt Warner will be named the Arizona Cardinals’ starting quarterback after Matt Leinart’s poor performance Saturday night in Oakland, according to an ESPN report. …
The ESPN report cited an unnamed team source.
The report was news to Chuck Price, Leinart’s agent, who said, “I’ve been in touch with Matt and we haven’t heard anything.” …
From ESPN:
Matt Leinart’s poor performance Saturday night against the Oakland Raiders probably sealed the decision.
Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt told radio station KTAR on Monday that he hasn’t made a final decision. …
Related column by Matt Sohn at Pro Football Weekly, Arizona can’t afford to appoint Leinart over Warner.
Carolina Panthers overlook talented ex-Hawkeye’s Houston Texans tattoo, or ‘enemy stamp’ August 19, 2008
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From International Herald Tribune:
Showing up at training camp as a rookie sporting a tattoo from another NFL team is a recipe for constant harassment.
But when you’re a third-round pick thrust immediately into the starting role at free safety, constantly ask questions, don’t miss a practice and perform well in preseason games, veterans might give you a break.
So as Charles Godfrey runs around in a Carolina Panthers uniform, he hasn’t had to worry about that Houston Texans’ logo on his right hand. …
Godfrey claims he’s still adjusting to the speed of the NFL and another position change after he recorded five interceptions and didn’t allow a touchdown playing cornerback for the Hawkeyes last season. …
From Gazette article in April:
Former Iowa cornerback Charles Godfrey was selected in the third round by the Carolina Panthers, while the Pittsburgh Steelers picked Godfrey’s former teammate Mike Humpal in the sixth round. … Godfrey, 22, was picked fourth overall in the third round, the highest state player selected. He could play safety and on special teams for Carolina. When asked about his playing style, Godfrey said “physical, fast and consistent.” …
Article about Iowa native and Washington Redskins rookie guard Chad Rinehart August 10, 2008
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From The Hawk Eye:
ASHBURN, Va. — Chad Rinehart certainly fits the role of the stereotypical Iowa lineman: Raised in a small town, worked on a corn farm, grew to 300 pounds and played football at a state university.
Rinehart, the son of a truck driver and a school teacher, baled hay and detasseled corn before enrolling at Northern Iowa. Of all the Washington Redskins rookies, perhaps none is getting better reviews at training camp than the third-round pick from Boone — population 12,000. …
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Photos of Kurt Warner at Cardinals training camp July 26, 2008
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From Yahoo! News – Photos:
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner throws over teammate Matt Leinart’s back during the first day of the NFL football team’s training camp Friday, July 25, 2008, in Flagstaff, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Matt York)
Arizona Cardinals quarterbacks Matt Leinart (7), Kurt Warner (13) Brian St. Pierre (2) and Anthony Morelli (12) take snaps during the first day of their NFL football training camp Friday, July 25, 2008, in Flagstaff, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Matt York)
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner cools down during the first day of the Cardinals’ NFL football training camp Friday, July 25, 2008 in Flagstaff, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Matt York)
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Draft pick Adrian Arrington from Cedar Rapids agrees to terms with New Orleans Saints July 20, 2008
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From SaintsInsider via Scout.com:
The New Orleans Saints have agreed to terms with two of their 2008 draft choices, reaching deals with sixth-round pick kicker Taylor Mehlhaff and seventh-round selection wide receiver Adrian Arrington on three-year contracts. …
Originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Arrington chose to forgo a remaining year of college eligibility after posting career highs as a junior with 67 grabs for 882 yards with eight touchdowns, earning the Desmond Howard Award as the Wolverines’ top receiver. …
Article about incoming Hawkeye kicker Trent Mossbrucker July 14, 2008
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From The Indianapolis Star:
“If he were 6-3 or 6-4, there’s no doubt in my mind he would have been recruited heavily as a quarterback,” Mooresville coach Mark Bless said. “He has a great understanding of the game.”
But [Trent] Mossbrucker knew his foot would be his ticket to Big Ten Conference football, always a dream. He impressed Iowa’s coaches at a camp last summer and accepted a scholarship offer, turning down Illinois and Indiana. …
NYT: ‘After Tornado Destroys [Parkersburg] High School, Football Coach Tries to Save Season’ June 9, 2008
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From New York Times:
Eight people died, and students from the school have helped dig their graves.
The tornado also wiped out Ed Thomas’s football program. And Ed Thomas is not the type of man to stand for that.
That is why, minutes after emerging with his wife, Jan, from beneath the basement steps to find their house on Conn Street and all the ones around it virtually erased from their foundations, Thomas walked — his two cars were destroyed, too — the few blocks to school. And he started to rebuild the past 33 years. …
Improbably, for a school of about 240 students, four former players are in the N.F.L.: defensive end Aaron Kampman of the Packers; defensive end Jared DeVries of the Lions; center Casey Wiegmann of the Broncos; and center Brad Meester of the Jaguars. …
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