The Wiz of Odds

Here's Your Highlight From the Insight Bowl

The Iowa-Oklahoma matchup in the Insight Bowl was the latest installment in what is becoming a long line of bowl snoozers this postseason, so you are excused if you didn't make it to the end of Friday night's game.

However, you missed the most exciting moment. The overhead camera at Sun Devil Stadium tumbled to the field with 2:22 left in the fourth quarter, nearly hitting Hawkeye receiver Marvin McNutt.

Guard Fired for Attacking Fans as They Rushed Field

A security guard working last Saturday's Iowa-Minnesota game at TCF Bank Stadium has been fired after he was videotaped tripping and pushing fans who rushed the field after the Golden Gophers' 22-21 victory.

The guard's actions were captured on video by Bobby Krzmarzick of Plymouth, Minn. He told the Star Tribune that the guard  "didn't really seem to have any purpose. He would knock over people and they would just keep running. ... He was really going after the people who were not as big as him."

You can see the guard in action in the lower-left corner of the video.

Kinnick Stadium Card Stunt

If you haven't seen the video of the card stunt pulled off Saturday by the 70,585 fans at Iowa's Kinnick Stadium, here it is. The stunt was executed before kickoff against Northwestern.

Having attended an Iowa game or two back in the day, the amazing part had to be that officials were somehow able to get fans to leave the tailgate early. Frankly, it takes a lot to separate Hawkeye fans from beer.

After the jump is a time-lapse video of the game shot from the north end zone by Cedar Rapids Gazette photojournalist Brian Ray. The card stunt appears at the 40-second mark.

Men of Steele

Saturday's Iowa-Iowa State game was arguably the best of the day. Here's an image of Cyclone students streaming onto the field from high atop Jack Trice Stadium after Iowa State's 44-41 victory in three overtimes. In Ames, they're saying Cyclone quarterback Steele Jantz is the second coming of Seneca Wallace. Jantz will get national airtime Friday when the team plays at Connecticut.

Coach, Can You Sign This Please?

Here's an inside look at what really happens at conference media days. Check this video of Iowa's Kirk Ferentz being asked for an autograph last Friday by KHAS-TV's Ed Littler, who wants it to impress his girlfriend, Jeanette. KHAS is located in Hastings, Neb.

The Wisconsin-Iowa Game Narrated As a Nature Film

And now, for something entirely different, the 2010 Wisconsin-Iowa game in the form of a nature film. Thanks to Ty Hildenbrandt and Dan Rubenstein of Solid Verbal.