kirk ferentz--""to me, michigan is a really good football team, it starts there. and then sometimes, we've all been in games where you have a good football team and sometimes it just doesn't work. you know, one of those things." (giaimo) before suffering a thrashing to michigan for their first loss of the season northwestern had been playing extremely good football with no losses on their record.. michigan brought the wildcats back to earth but kirk ferentz knows that one bad game doesn't mean anything. (kirk ferentz) all you have to do is look at their body of work and every other game they've played they've looked really good. they've looked good in their big ten games and they've looked good against duke and stanford, two really good teams, so its, you know, that one just almost throw the film out. (giaimo) and iowa knows the wildcats will be looking to rebound from their blowout loss. greg mabin--""you know, they had a setback of a game last week against michigan and you know we handled them pretty well last year that we played them so we just feel like that's

they control their own destiny as far as the big ten title game-- but kirk ferentz is doing everything he can to keep his players focused on one game at a time. maryland is this week's focus and while they're 0-3 in big ten play-- how to terrorize their opponents. alex giaimo has more from iowa city. "(alex giaimo) the iowa hawkeyes are undefeated but still have 5 important big ten conference games remaining on their schedule. even with all their success this team is not looking ahead and remains focused on playing maryland on saturday. (cj beathard) we can't let that stuff get to our head and coach ferentz has done a good job on making us focus on our next opponent. um we still got five games left and we can't let all that stuff get to our head. (tevaun smith) staying focused. not thinking about the week after and all the other this week and that's when we get our next them. (giaimo) maryland has lost four games in a row but kirk ferentz isn't looking past the terrapins, a team that season. (kirk ferentz) we've got 62.5 percent of our big ten games left worry about those things is rea

iowa's kirk ferentz started the season, in the mind of many, on the hot seats. seven weeks in, ferentz emerges as a national coach of the year bryant award watch list. no complaints regarding ferentz right now, and no complaints about the even more maligned offensive coordinator, greg davis. davis' hawkeye offense averages 33 points a game. iowa is especially good on the ground, 5 yards per carry, and the hawks have back to back 200 yard games from two different guys. c-j beathard is banged up, but he's making plays too. it's all working for iowa right now. a much needed bye week gives iowa a chance to rest and heal. then check the schedule. if the hawks win all five games, or even four of five, iowa makes the big the royals can reach their second consecutive world series with a win today. the blue jays had other ideas. already up two zip in the sixth, bags juiced for troy tulowitzki, and tulowitzki sends everybody home. bases clearing double. game five to the blue jays, 7-1. series goes back to k-c with the royals leading 3 games to 2. the cubs are supposed to w

"we're playing good team football," said coach kirk ferentz. "i think that's part of team football. it's not just offense, defense, special teams but it's also when you need something or find a way to work around it." iowa and maryland kickoff at 2-30 on saturday. the hawkeyes are 16-point favorites. round one of the south dakota alcester-hudson gets a win in class 9b, 30 to 8 over wall. 34-13. in 9-a, irene-wakonda wins a wild one, 58-44. gayville-volin falls at top-seeded canistota, 52-nothing. round two of the class 1a and 2a tonight. the winners would be just two state tournament. in 2a, #12 lawton- bronson was home against maple valley, the eagles had a bye in round one -- and their postseason start was a little slow. mvao jumps out to a 7-1 lead -- senior leslie gosch gets the kill. rams are thinking upset. but lawton-bronson rallies to take the lead. jadin wagner hits a 15-5 run. the eagles win the first set. jaecee kamm wins the battle at the net. 25-22 l-b takes it. all eagles after that -- the school's all-time kills leader, ali verzani crushes one to the floor. lawton- br

breaking down why iowa's wins are still quite impressive miller credits changes by head coach kirk ferentz for the stellar season. " some people from the state say i sound like i'm whiney a person don't whine about things like that some people calling me a hypocrite for being pro iowa and pro ferentz right now when last year after the nebraska game i felt like it was time for a change i certainly said that and felt that way then kirk ferentz came out in january and said that he needed to make a lot of changes needed to reevaluate the program from stout to stern. he's done that and now they're being successful" jack: and we will have more from our interview today with jon miller coming up at sports on local five news at six. stephanie but for now-- time for another quick break... it was a warm and windy day today...chief meteorologist brad edwards will be back with one last look at our forecast, when we come back. stay tuned. brad/wxhang weather adlib: average today thanks to those warm, strong sw winds. look for it to stay warm and windy tonight with partly cloudy skies. tuesday will still

(kirk ferentz) we've got 62.5 percent of to be exact so to things is really kind of silly and you get defined but what you do on the field and the best thing we can do right now is just worried about this game. you know we've got a really big game coming up with maryland a team that beat us last year. (giaimo) and although maryland is in the middle of a losing streak they lost last weekend to penn state by just one point. (tevaun smith) from film they are kind of athletic guys and if you give them confidence they can kind of destroy you. so we got to make sure we are on our stuff and make sure we can execute everything on offense. (alex giaimo) the terps the state of iowa for this game for the first time in school history and kick off for the game is at 2:30pm. with your hawkeye headquarters report in iowa city, alex giaimo, local 4 sports. " iowa and maryland play at 2:30 here on abc. we'll breakdown the game on the cyhawk rewind starting at 6:30 here on local 5. jon: now that a little of the dust has settled-- iowa state has to focus on the task at hand. a texas team that is startin

alex giaimo--"maryland has lost f fr games in a row but kirk ferentz isn't looking past the terrapins, a team that beat his hawkeyes last t season." kirk ferentz--"we've got 62.5 percent of our big ten gameme ft to be exact so to worry about those things is really kind of silly and yoyoget defined bubuwhat you do on the field d d the best thing we can do right now is just worried about this game. you know we've got a realal big game coming up with maryland a team that beat us last year." alex giaimo--"and although maryland is in the middle of a losing streak they lost last weekend to penn state by just one point." tevaun smith--"from film they are kind of athletic guys and if you give them confidence they can kind of destroy you. so we got to make sure we are on our stuff and make sure we can execute everything on offense." parker hesse--"they're a really explosive offense. they're the type of offense that on any given play they can take it to the house, so it's a great challenge for us." chris: also in eastern iowa this weekend, south chris: also in eastern iowa this dakota looks for

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iowa head coach kirk ferentz has been named to the paul "bear" bryant watch list --- the award honors excellence in coaching while raising funds to fight heart disease and stroke -- finalists will be announced in december -- now the bye week means we don't get to talk to captian kirk, but defensive coordinator -- phil parker -- let us in on what makes the hawks -- the nation's 12th best defense. : this team has a chemistry... and togetherness that reminds me of some of the teams back in 2002 and 2004... teams that collectively they understand they're in the room... they're talking... and it's really important to each other... i think the chemistry of the team is probably the most important thing.. that's really impressed me... i question nobody's toughness on that field... with basketball season just around the corner -- the next spot on the media day train -- is cedar falls -- for u-n-i women -- last season tayna warren's group finished 4th in the valley -- winning 17 games gamesthis season they've got their leading scorer back in madison weekley along with jen kietel -- who's recove

today, an emotional jerry kill said it's iowa coach kirk ferentz had this comment: "coach kill has had a strong and positive impact on every program he has been associated with during his career. i have tremendous respect for the coaching job he has done at minnesota and even more so for the manner in which he has done it." undefeated iowa hosts maryland saturday at 2:30. iowa state football ranks #1. for best real field turf. the sports turf managers named jack trice stadium "college football field of the year" twice, in 1996 and 2012. the cyclones kicked more grass this year. lawnstarter ranks isu's field #1 for college football teams that still play on old fashioned iowa state and texas saturday night. the resurgent longhorns are 7 point favorites. and in the second longest game in world series history, the royals outlast the mets 5-4. the game took 14 innings. 5 hours, 9 minutes. it finished after 1 a-m on the east coast. game 2 under an hour away. jacob degrom against johnny cueto. first pitch at 7-07, and then the series shifts to new york. we are once again excited to announce a

with the iowa success comes a lot of awards and coach kirk ferentz is in line for a big one. coach ferentz has been named to the paul bear byant coach of the year award one of 22 coaches on the watch list and the winner will be announced january 13th. it was a good week for the iowa wrestling team getting verbal commits from 3 time state champion carter happel of lisbon and two time bettendorf state champ jack wagner. happel is ranked as the 25th best senior prospect by flowrestling. he has won 118 straight matches and has a chance to break the iowa all-time win mark this year. two time ncaa champ mark ironside is excited to see what happel can do in a hawkeye uniform. i think carter happel going to iowa is huge. you get a guy as dominant as he is local talent from lisbon where there is a lot of tradition going on to follow him at iowa it gives iowa fans a local boy to cheer for as we have seen from the past with standouts from cedar rapids and lisbon it is fantastic for the program and carter happel. it is gonna be a big transition for carter but i think he understands that h

"it's a big void but this team's done a good job of handling adversity," said head coach kirk ferentz. "they've done a good job of, if we're hurting a little bit here, other areas pick up the slack a little bit and it's a positive for the team so far." "we don't worry about that. that doesn't change what our jobs are," said senior tight end henry krieger coble. "as far as who's in there and doing what, we just go out there and we just got to do our job either way." iowa beat northwestern 48-7 last year. kickoff is at 11 am. a state medical examiner says former iowa safety tyler sash died from an accidental overdose after mixing two powerful pain medications. a history of painful shoulder injuries were also a factor. sash was found dead at his home in oskaloosa, on september 8th. the autopsy determined a mixture of methadone and hydro-codone caused sash's death -- both are legal and used to relieve severe pain, but are a history of chronic shoulder pain were also "significant conditions" in the death. the new nebraska high school football rankings are out from the ap. in class a, norfo

coach kirk ferentz talks about how he is preparing his team for this weeend's game versus maryland. tv9's scott saville will go one on one with hawkeyes head coach, coming up in sports. stay with your 24 hour news the day staying with us through thursday. west-northwest winds are expected to push lows tonight into the 30s as highs stay in the 40s tomorrow. overnight some drizzle and, yes, snow flurries may mix into the air, especially across the north. sunshine with 50s make a return visit friday. trick or treaters may have to dodge a few lingering showers on halloween. tonight: drizzle/flurri es low: 33-39 winds: w 15-25tomorrow: m/cloudy, patchy drizzle high: 46-52 winds: nw 15-25tomorrow night: some clearing low: 30-36 winds: lightfriday: partly cloudy high: 52 - low: 33 saturday: showers likely high: 54 - low: 45 sunday: partly cloudy high: 62 - low: 42 monday: partly cloudy high: 64 - low: 44 tuesday: mostly sunny high: 66 - low: 45 wednesday: partly cloudy high: 65 - low: 46 up next tonight, scott will have reaction from minnesota coach jerry kill on his health today as the he

has been for the hawks -- before the season started all the experts had no faith in the -- "new" kirk ferentz and his hawkeyes -- now through 8 weeks -- and 7 and oh start -- they're all on the iowa bandwagon bandwagonone that according to them -- has an 86 percent chance of winning the west -- and now everyone has the hawks going undefeated -- but to ferentz all that is white noise "none of this stuff ally matters. it's october. we haven't even hit november, and all you're trying to do is advance. we've got 62.5, to be exact, percent of our big ten schedule to play yet. so to worry about those things is really kind of silly." silly.":"before the season started people were saying the opposite and now they're all of a sudden thinking we should go undefeated and all that stuff. you know, who knows what they know, they don't know much and we know that. we just havto stay focused." the iowa women's basketball team didn't just graduate 3 starters -- bluder's bunch lost the highest scoring trio easy shoes to fill for this yearar squad especially with a team so young -- but the hawkeyes aren't rebui

canzeri who went down early in the game saturday-- only suffered an ankle sprain according to kirk ferentz. needless to say this bye week couldn't have come at a better time especially for guys like canzeri and quarterback c.j. beathard who was noticeably hindered by a leg injury. " you know it's a big week we got a lot of guys banged up. me personally i'm banged up and it'll be nice to rest and just hang out for a little bit. this bye week we're going to rest up use it to rest up a little bit when we come back after the bye we're going to focus on our next opponent. you know being a little banged up obviously the bye week is going to help us kind of collect ourselves and make a push for these final 5 games " jon/sx3s stephanie/sx3s jack/sx3s we'll be right back... you're com is your home for the latest in news, weather, and sports. jack/wxhang: now one last check of your weather, with chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: weather adlib: after three weeks of dry weather, some areas finally got a little rain earlier today. and there is more in the forecast, but we should be mainly dry int

the iowa hawkeyes host minnesota in two weeks..today iowa head coach kirk ferentz released this statement on jerry kill.... "coach kill has had a strong and for the coaching job he has done at minnesota and even more so for the manner in which he has done it. jerry is an outstanding person and i wish both he and with halloween coming up this week, many of you are wondering what time trick-or-treat will be in your town. all you need to do is head over to our site - k-w-w-l dot com. when you get to our home page just scroll down and click on the 2015 trick-or-treat times in the featured reports. there you will find the exact times and date for trick- or-treating in towns throughout eastern iowa. let's go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel for a last look do you think when you are president you'll be paid as much as if you were a man-male... this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesn't happen. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same... ...as the men who are doing that

(kirk ferentz) uh i talked about akrum protecting the ball but he also did a good job blocking the other day and we've had a lot of time to practice since then too. (giaimo) and he's doing everything possible to be ready. (akrum wadley) i went to the trainer, he gave me a football, and i took it and now i've been carrying it around practice. if i go to class i got the ball in my hand, if i go home i sometimes i take naps with it. (giaimo) with your hawkeye headquarters report, alex giaimo." iowa kicks off at 2:30 here on local 5 on saturday. saturday. the iowa mens basketball team hits the court tonight for an exhibition game against division two sioux falls. iowa returns mike gesell-- jarrod uthoff-- anthony clemmons and adam woodbury around those four will seniors will have to shoulder the load for an otherwise young squad. load for an otherwise young squad. " i think this time of year everybody is excited to play another team. we've been going at eachother since june we've got a lot of work to do with our young players to be able to get together and play another team look at different

kirk ferentz told his team to dream big during the bye-week. so, lets dream big. a perfect season. walking out of memorial stadium with the whats that trophy called again.. who cares.. its nebraska. winning game-12 infront of 90-thousand huskers. beautiful. im dreaming of palm trees on new years eve... another orange bowl means winning the big 10 title. hey, ohio state is 53rd in the country against the run. hawks have a surplus of backs, and a top 25 ground game. you make it to the semifinals, the national championship is just one win away. think thats crazy-dreaming... go back 11-months... when jake rudock was escorted by police out of the locker- room and jonathan parker throwing forward laterrals on special teams... a new coach seemed more realistic than 7-0. undefeated iowa hosts maryland saturday at 2:30. in ames, the new look cyclones host the resurgent longhorns. texas a 7 point favorite. gabby douglas trained in west des moines when she won all around olympic gold. douglas left chow's gymnastics, but she's not done competing. today, douglas just missed winning the world ch

players thinking about the task at hand, kirk ferentz has gathered of one around and read -- of upsets happening around college football lately. scott reister, kcci. andy: the hawks and the terps saturday at 2:30 on abc. hawkeye wrestling fans are snapping up the tickets for the outdoor show known as the grapple on the gridiron. iowa announcing today that more than 30,000 tickets have been sold for the season-opening outdoor wrestling dual meet with oklahoma state at kinnick stadium. iowa state's new feature running back is racking up yards and gaining some attention. redshirt freshman mike warren was added to the watch list for the doak walker award today. the award given out to the nation's best running back. he's the only freshman on the list right now. warren is the nation's freshman leader in rushing with 797 yards on the season and ranks in , the top 20 nationally in yards per game and yards per carry. paul rhoads says that has a lot to do with the o-line up front blocking better and warren's improving vision. >> you could see him approaching and you can see where his eyes were i

the hawks are 17 point favorites to get their eighth straight win this week---but head coach kirk ferentz is more inclined to remember last year's game and he is quick to remind people that maryland beat the hawks last year at maryland maryland is a team that beat us can run and good skill players, veteran guys up front defensively. they've got some good players up there too, and the guy up front, no. 7, the defensive end, really active, really hard player to block and contain. and they got one of the better dbs veteran in the back end, but one of the better dbs off at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. the iowa state cyclones host texas tomorrow--but one of their biggest fans was in fort worth texas last night cheering on fifth ranked t-c-u. two weeks ago a pregame picture of 7 year-old abby faber and horned frog star quarterback trevor boykin went viral when the heisman candidate be-friended young abby who is suffering from cerebral palsy. a student group has since raised $30-thousand dollars for abby faber's medical expenses and last night a generous t-c-u booster flew faber and her family on a

(kirk ferentz) uh i talked about akrum protecting the ball but he also did a good job blocking the other day and we've had a lot of time to practice since then too. (giaimo) and he's doing everything possible to be ready. (akrum wadley) i went to the trainer, he gave me a football, and i took it and now i've been carrying it around practice. if i go to class i got the ball in my hand, if i go home i got the ball in my hand. sometimes i take naps with it. (giaimo) with your hawkeye headquarters report, alex giaimo." iowa kicks off at 2:30 here on local 5 on saturday. jon/3shot (wrap sports) stephanie: jack: we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at 10. wemid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night (probably after 10pm for the metro) through saturday

nebraska game i felt like it was time for a change i certainly said that and felt that way then kirk ferentz came out in january and said that he needed to make a lot of changes needed to reevaluate the program from stout to stern. he's done jon/sx3s stephanie/sx3s jack/sx3s we'll be right back... you're watching local stmiss a story? don't forget to visit local 5 on the web. we are iowa dot com is your home for the latest in news, weather, and sports. jack/wxhang: now one last check of your weather, with chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: weather adlib: temperatures were 15-20 degrees above average today thanks to those warm, strong sw winds. look for it to stay warm and windy tonight with partly cloudy skies. tuesday will still be mild, but there will more clouds around with a slight chance for some t-showers mainly in the afternoon/evening hours. temperatures will reach the low to mid 70s for highs both tuesday and wednesday, but then we will cool back down to more average temps later this week. a few showers may linger into wednesday morning, but not much rain is expected the next t

kirk ferentz is saying he is doing his best to keep his team focused. kirk: my message, none of this really matters. it is october. we have not hit november. you are just trying to advance. college football is a one-game playoff for everybody. whether it is championship race or a bowl game. you only play 12 games, you better take advantage of each week. it is not like you get 162 of them. andy: game number 8 on the season is tomorrow kickoff live on abc, the terps come in at 2-5. the hawkeyes are ranked 10th in the country. but haven't played in front of a sold-out kinnick stadium all season long. the streak likely won't end tomorrow when maryland comes to town. but it will two weeks later, three weeks actually, when iowa plays minnesota. iowa's rivalry with minnesota is a sell-out. buoyed no doubt by increased interest in the team, as well as 30,000 plus tickets already sold to wrestling fans for the outdoor meet with oklahoma state. it's joel lanning or bust tomorrow in ames. paul rhoades says he trusts joel way. paul: the biggest piece that came out o

johnson is a hugeeiowa hawkeyee sports fan..and that kirk ferentz is a big zach johnson fan. this saturday both worlds collide ---zach johnson has been named honorary captain for the tenth ranked hawkeyes' gaa this week against maryland. the hawkeyes are 17 point favorites to beat the terps this week and improve to 8 and 0. and many experts are talking about te hawks running the table --all the way to the big ten championship game--unbeaten. but iowa quarterback c.j. beathard says the players don't listen to the experts. that's very important because you can't let that stuff get to letting that stuff go to your undefeated and all that stuff..who knows what they know they don't know much..we know that. we have to stay focsed on what we can do and the same tiue we have that chip on our shoulder--we know people are going to be againss us every year--that stuff doesn't really phase us doesn't really matter we expect stuff like that anyway--we are not epecting people to talk really good about us we are just focused on us and that is what is really important big hype for iowa state

iowa's kirk ferentz started the season, in the minds of many, on the hot seat. or at least a warm seat. that seat is now ice cold. seven weeks in, ferentz emerges as a national coach of the year contender. he's one of 22 coaches on the bear bryant award watch list. the hawkeye defense has led the way. iowa ranks 10th nationally in points allowed, and is fourth against the run. the hawks also lead the big ten in interceptions, six from all-america candidate desmond king. iowa is plus six in turnovers, a year after being ranked near last. a much needed bye week gives iowa a chance to rest and heal. then check the schedule. if the hawks win all five games, or even four of five, iowa makes the big the republicans finally admit it. >>"republican kevin mccarthy saying ...the committee investigating benghazi and clinton's emails was created to destroy her candidacy..." "everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? but we put together a benghazi special committee... what are her numbers today?" republicans have spent millions attacking hillary... ...because

hawkeye head coach kirk ferentz is one of 22 men on the bear bryant, coach of the year, watch list. iowa is one of just two schools in theheountry, with two road wins against ranked teams. iowa's next game is on halloween against maryland, in iowa city at 2- 30. briar cliff has trotted out some young men's basketball lineups the last couple of years. those young players have grown up and today -- the chargers were chosen as the preseason favorite in the gpgp conference. the chargers went 13-7 in the gpac last season and were 22-11 overall, earning a trip to the naia national tournament. the chargers have their top four scorers back, and they're all guards. shane graves, clay herreld, forbes all averaged between 10 and 11 points per game. bc mighthte a little small, but "we just got to be the more feisty team, the more aggressive team and just get after those 50-50 balls because we k kw we're not going to win all the rebounding battles," said junior guard austin lefler. "we're not going to out- muscle people but we can out-quick them and out-hustle them definitely." "if you asked our

iowa head coach kirk ferentz has been named to the paul "bear" bryant watch list --- the award honors excellence in coaching while raising funds to fight heart disease anan stroke -- finalists will be announced in december -- now the bye week means we don't get to talk to captian kirk, but defensive coordinator -- phil parker -- let us ion what makes the hawks -- the nation's 12th best defense. : this team has a chemistry... and togetherness that reminds me of some of the teams back in 2002 and 2004... teams that collectively they understand they're in the room... they're talking... and it's really important to each other... i think the chemistry of the team is probably the most @ important thing.. that's really impressed me... i question nobody's toughness s that field... speaking of that iowa defense -- desmond king found himself on 2 mid-season all america teams --- cbs-sports dot com and s-a today dot com -- the hawks lead the big 10 witit15 takeke-ways -- king has 6 of them -- and sits second in the nation with 6 interceptions. the pantrs have dropped three straight games -- the

now curt faron says it is time to get back to wor -- kirk ferentz says it is time to get back to work. the hawkeyes have a tricky game a little later on today at kinnick stadium. they play a maryland team that has just been a mess this year but that is the exact situation where a great team can come in and stub it's tow. they have got to keep dialed in on every opponent if they want to make this season special. >> my message is none of this stuff really matters. all you are trying to do is advance, that is all it is. college football is a one-game playoff for everybody every week. whether it is a championship race or a bowl game, you only play 12 games so you better take advantage of each week because it's not like you get 162. andy: the game is live on abc. at 2:36. country but have not played to a sold-out kinnick stadium since the cyhawk's showdown last year. it is not going to be a sellout today either, but it will be a sellout two weeks later. officials announcing yesterday that iowa-minnesota is sold out, no doubt buoyed by increased interest in this team as well as tickets sold

kirk ferentz'a team is 7-0. maryland is a mess. a team that fired head coach randy edsall a couple of weeks ago. ferentz has been stressing that the records and rankings aren't what his guys should be paying attention to. kirk: my message, none of this stuff really matters. it is october, we have not hit november. all you are trying to do is advance. in college football, it is a long gameplay offer everybody every week. whether it is a championship race or a better bowl, you only play 12 games. you better take advantage every week. it is not let you get 162 of them. andy: iowa and marilyland at 2:36. not a second earlier. this night always feels a little strange. a friday night without high school football. the last time it happened was the last week of the state fair. the next time it happens, it will be the day after thanksgiving. but even though there are no games, there's still plenty to talk about. and congratulations to a couple of metro big men. urbandale offensive lineman caleb bright named to the an earlier >> residence rose family drama. exclusive. she gave birth to rosy's adopted daughter. th