Hawkeyes blow it.

Thanks for nothing Iowa.

The Big Ten had a real good shot at pulling a 'Detroit Lions' and losing all of their bowl games this year. I thought maybe with that kind of collapse that the Big Ten might be in line for some TARP money or something. No dice.

Iowa beat the crap out of S. Carolina yesterday, 31-7. It's a nice win for Iowa which doesn't seem to have nearly as much trouble beating SEC teams as say...Ohio State.

There is a rumor floating around out there that Iowa Head Coach Kirk Ferentz will be leaving for the NFL, possibly the Browns' opening. Pete Fiutak from collegefootballnews.com sums up nicely...

Kirk Ferentz is gone. Watch for Ferentz to be among the top candidates for the Cleveland Browns opening, especially if Scott Paoli from New England becomes the general manager. Ferentz was a hot name for several NFL openings around five years ago, cooled off, and now he’s not going to let the ship sail twice. If Ferentz wants to take a step up and be in the NFL, now he has to do it on the heels of this great Outback Bowl win, and with a wee bit of a rebuilding job to be done losing Shonn Greene to the NFL and with some other key pieces also gone.

I'm not 100% sure I agree with this assessment. Sure, I'll bet Ferentz would take an NFL gig. Winning in Iowa on a consistent basis isn't easy. Just ask...Kirk Ferentz.

There was a nice little off-the-field mess in Iowa City last year too. I'm sure Ferentz would love to leave all that pesky disciplining to the NFL front office.

I'm not sure I'm willing to buy Ferentz as the next Cleveland Browns coach though. When was the last time we saw a collegiate coach jump to the NFL and succeed? I'm not sure the Cleveland faithful will buy another 'maybe he can do this' pick for the top spot.

And speaking of collegiate coaches and the NFL, what in the hell has happened to Steve Spurrier? It's been ten years since he was relevant.

He stunk it up with the Redskins. Now he's plodding his way through an extremely mediocre stint at South Carolina. Through four complete seasons he's been to three bowl games and won one.

What's most bizarre is that Spurrier has yet to put a QB on the field that's worth a shit. The latest hot-shot QB to waltz into Columbia and have a visor thrown at him is Stephen Garcia. He flat-out sucked against Iowa yesterday accounting for four turnovers in the first half before getting yanked.

Do you realize that Steve Spurrier won the SEC six times during his 12-year stint at Florida? Now he can't win the Outback Bowl.

To be fair, the SEC of the 1990's was not nearly as stout as the current group. The SEC has an All-Star cast of head coaches, correct? That's what I was told before this season anyway. How'd that turn out?

Fulmer is gone. Tuberville is gone. Croom is gone. Petrino is a scumbag.

Did I miss anyone?

My guess is you'll get one more season out of Spurrier regardless of how his team does next year. As is the case with Iowa's Ferentz, hard to win consistently when you're always second fiddle in your own conference.

I would advise Spurrier's caddy to enjoy your time off now. You're going to be busy after next season.