10.20.09 - Hawkeye Links

Black Heart Gold Pants reviews Iowa's 20-10 win over Wisconsin and does a nice job of summing up where the Hawkeyes stand now at 7-0. The Gazette's Mike Hlas is asking on The Hlog whether or not Iowa is getting enough respect nationally? The Hawkeyes' high strength of schedule is noted and BCS chances are discussed by Jon Miller at his new Hawkeye Nation site. Rich Tellshow has been tracking and projecting the BCS Standings for about as long as the BCS has been around. Here is what he predicts the Final BCS Standings would look like if each team wins out: 1 Undef. SEC Champ (UF or Bama) 2 Undef. Texas 3 Undef. Iowa 4 1 loss (reg season) SEC Champ ( UF, Bama, LSU) 5 1 loss Pac 10 Champ USC, Ore (close call with the 4 seed depending) 6 Undef. Boise St 7 1 loss ACC Champ (UM, GT) ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg's Midseason Review on Iowa is up, as well as this review on the Big Ten's BCS tiebreaker rules. In basketball news, The Gazette's Scott Dochterman reports JuCo transfer Devon Archie injured his shoulder in practice and could miss up to two months.