kirk -- e maverick kirk as he refered to himself today or the big 10 coach of the year kirk -- they all sound nice -- but latter was just anunced -- cocoerence's coach of the year -- it's the 4th time captian kirk has won the award, the last time was 2009... this year they're 12 and oh for the first time in school history and playing in their first ever big 10 title game -- and as mia o'brien found out -- they belong. all season long... the hawks been criticized...

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everybody wrong, and really it's about us and what we do... this one holds maybe a little more weight but at the same time we're trying to game."but this saturday the hawkeyes will finally get to play that "top ten team" and be a battle. battle."both teams are gonna come in and play hard, and we expect nothing less than a 60- minute fight fight"they've got a lot of talent. they've got a lot of good players on thdefensive side espececlly and i know offensively they do as well ...i think it's the most talented bunch that we've played"especially one of the big ten's best -- quarterback