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11/17: #21 Michigan def. Iowa, 42-17

  • WebFire
    Iowa travels to the Big House to take on the Michigan Wolverines. Iowa is not good, but seems to have the Wolverines number lately, having won the last 3 meetings. Robinson is expected to be out again, save for a few plays to honor him in his last game at Michigan Stadium.

    Michigan shouldn't have a problem this week. I say Michigan by at least 14, but wouldn't be surprised if closer. Northwestern gave Michigan fits because of the option, which they struggle defending. But Iowa will not present that this week.

  • WebFire
    Devin Gardner was named B1G player of the week.
  • vball10set
    This game will be the final nail in Ferentz's coffin...tsun big, very big
  • gorocks99
    vball10set;1318528 wrote:This game will be the final nail in Ferentz's coffin...tsun big, very big
    No way does Ferentz get fired, even if he loses these last two games. His buyout is enormous and I doubt the university is willing to take on that financial burden (it would be about $250,000 a month, every month, until January 2020, or $3 million a year).
  • WebFire
    How long is his contract?
  • gorocks99
    WebFire;1318540 wrote:How long is his contract?
    He signed a 10-year, $39 million contract in February 2010: http://hawkcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/ferentzcontract.pdf

    If he is terminated "without cause," that is, without violating rules/without being physically unable to perform his job, he gets paid 75% of his guaranteed amount (base salary [~$2m per year], plus supplemental payments [~$1.5m-$2m per year]) for the remainder of the contract.
  • vball10set
    gorocks99;1318537 wrote:No way does Ferentz get fired, even if he loses these last two games. His buyout is enormous and I doubt the university is willing to take on that financial burden (it would be about $250,000 a month, every month, until January 2020, or $3 million a year).
    We'll see, rocks, and ya' gotta' love those famous last words, "no way" ;)
  • WebFire
    gorocks99;1318543 wrote:He signed a 10-year, $39 million contract in February 2010: http://hawkcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/ferentzcontract.pdf

    If he is terminated "without cause," that is, without violating rules/without being physically unable to perform his job, he gets paid 75% of his guaranteed amount (base salary [~$2m per year], plus supplemental payments [~$1.5m-$2m per year]) for the remainder of the contract.
    Well, Iowa deserves what they are getting then.
  • gorocks99
    WebFire;1318597 wrote:Well, Iowa deserves what they are getting then.
    Oh, absolutely, it's a ludicrous contract - conceived solely because when Cap'n Kirk went to the Orange Bowl, everyone thought he would ditch Iowa for the NFL and Iowa foresaw themselves sliding into mediocrity as a result, so they gave him an offer he essentially couldn't refuse. Turns out they slid into mediocrity regardless.

    I would love to see them bite the bullet and end up paying for, essentially, two top-tier football coaches for the better part of a decade because it would cripple their athletics program, but I don't see it happening.
  • vball10set
    WebFire;1318597 wrote:Well, Iowa deserves what they are getting then.
    :thumbup:
  • 0311sdp
    Michigan 42 Iowa 13. Iowa will be decent again in a year or two, like most of the B1G teams this season they play a lot of young players. Ferentz has always been loved by the media and thus over-rated as a coach. As for deserving what they are getting, they are getting what Iowa has always gotten good some years, bad some years. They are not an elite program.
  • bigkahuna
    0311sdp;1319080 wrote:Michigan 42 Iowa 13. Iowa will be decent again in a year or two, like most of the B1G teams this season they play a lot of young players. Ferentz has always been loved by the media and thus over-rated as a coach. As for deserving what they are getting, they are getting what Iowa has always gotten good some years, bad some years. They are not an elite program.
    I'll agree to this. Iowa has always been the type of program that rebuilds, develops, and is good in a cycle of 3-4 years. Unlike Michigan, OSU... they don't get elite talent every year, so they develop the 2-3 stars athletes they get into solid players that fit the "tough nose" type of system. I think Hawkeye fans are ok with this cycle.
  • Trueblue23
    Sucks that Denard won't be able to play in his last home game at Michigan. That dude has represented the UofM better than any athlete in memory.
  • JU-ICE
    I would not be surprised to see him on the field in some fashion, even if for a token play.
  • Trueblue23
    JU-ICE;1320459 wrote:I would not be surprised to see him on the field in some fashion, even if for a token play.
    If that game ends with Michigan in the victory formation, I full expect Denard to take a knee.
  • GoChiefs
    Almost game time.

    GO BLUE!
  • gerb131
    Denard deserves at least that.
    Iowa is pitiful.
  • WebFire
    Looks like Fitz just broke his leg/ankle.
  • End of Line
    Well, his ankle just snapped in half.

  • Trueblue23
    Ouch.....
  • Trueblue23
    I can't imagine being a LB seeing Thomas Rawls running at me full speed.
  • WebFire
    Longest 6 1/2 minutes ever.
  • Pick6
    This is how Michigan should have been using Denard all this season IMO
  • WebFire
    Pick6;1322147 wrote:This is how Michigan should have been using Denard all this season IMO
    You mean last 2 seasons.
  • vball10set
    I'll say one thing for Gardner, he's got Denard's "let's just throw this thing up in the air and hope one of our guys catches it" play down pat ;)