Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz spoke at Tuesday’s Exercise Your Character event in Des Moines.

How does Iowa’s 2012 draft class look?  The season is yet to start but the  mix looks good.

Iowa’s Men’s track team is preparing for the upcoming Big Ten Championship from May 13 to May 15.

The Women’s softball team hosts Illinois today for a double-header.

DJK’s roommate pleaded guilty on Tuesday for drug charges.

Iowa leads the Big Ten in number of players drafted for the NFL.

The Men’s baseball team hosts Milwaukee on Wednesday.

Iowa’s  Jarred Hippen was named by the Big Ten as the Pitcher of the Week.

The Iowa vs. Nebraska’s football game will become a rivalry.

After no activity on the second day for the Hawkeyes, Saturday’s final day proved to be the winner.

On Thursday, Adrian Clayborn went in the first round to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and he was finally joined by five of his teammates in their new NFL fraternity on Saturday. Christian Ballard went in the fourth round to the Minnesota Vikings. Projected to go in the second or third round, news of his failed Combine drug test most likely hurt him and caused him to fall in the draft.

Next up was Ricky Stanzi. He was projected to possibly go in the third or fourth round, but he also had to wait longer than expected, going in the fifth round to the Kansas City Chiefs. Stanzi will join fellow Hawkeye tight end Tony Moeaki on the team, who had a great rookie year. Continue reading here

Iowa’s defensive end Adrian Clayborn hears his phone ring and gets drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The track team is looking for a successful run at this year’s Drake Relays.

Hawkeye Nation is loving the Men’s golf team thanks to coach Mark Hankins. The Men’s tennis team could use a little help.

Men’s baseball is headed north to Minnesota for a three-game series against the Gophers.

Iowa’s defensive end Adrian Clayborn was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the 20th pick in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night. Rumors had been swirling  the last few weeks that the Bucs would be selecting Clayborn and as one sports commentator noted, it was if Clayborn also knew the selection was coming because his outfit matched his Tampa Bay hat.

After his selection, Clayborn tweeted, “Great to be a buc!!”

Clayborn was the first Hawkeye selected in the 2011 draft and is the 18th first-round pick in Iowa’s history. In his career, Clayborn had 30 consecutive starts, 192 total tackles, 37 tackles for loss and 19 sacks.

There have been concerns about Clayborn’s shoulder from his Erb’s palsy but his leadership and accomplishments probably overrode this.

Here’s a story from Tampa’s local paper about the Buc’s newest player.

As round two begins on Friday evening, Clayborn’s teammates Christian Ballard, Karl Klug and Ricky Stanzi will continue to wait for their phones to ring.

News is coming out today that NFL-wannabe Hawkeye Christian Ballard failed his drug test at the February combine. Fox Sports reported the story and said Ballard was joined by Georgia’s defensive end Justin Henry for a positive marijuana test.

It’s unfortunate timing for Ballard as the draft is now two days away and he was expected to go in the second or third round.

Once again, the Iowa football team will be marred by drug use.

Ballard had a great career at Iowa and last season had 13 starts, playing both defensive end and tackle during his tenure. For the 2010 season, he had 43 tackles–with at least 40 tackles in each of his seasons on the team. Continue reading here