You absolutely have to be every part of a saint. It wouldn't hurt if you could split an atom and maybe win a fellowship. And hey, if you can block or tackle or run a blistering 40-yard dash, all the better.
The Hawkeyes' record last season was 6-6, not acceptable with the stakes where they are in the big-time of the Football Bowl Subdivision and with high-dollar luxury seats in Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes also have a record off the field that's rather lengthy — 18 players in trouble with the law if you go back to April 2007.
Monday was media day in Iowa City. This is the day for bright-eyed optimism and happy thoughts. There was a little of that. There was more talk, however, about the task at hand.
But it's not that easy for the 2008 Hawkeyes. It's not task, it's tasks.
Iowa football, you now have the floor to state your case. You have 12 games and who knows how many off-field temptations to state your case.
"We can't take any of that back. It hurts everybody, it cuts to the core of all of us,"
Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz said. "We take great pride in this. We have ownership, we're not ignoring that.
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