This Tuesday the No. 12 Missouri Tigers will take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Insight Bowl. The game will be played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, and kickoff is set for 10:00 PM ET. The Tigers finished the season 10-2 and 6-2 in Big 12 play, while Iowa was just 7-5 and [...]
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About time we’re seeing some rules change in girl’s basketball. I think it’s a great idea to go from 8 minute quarters and play to 16 minute halves.
In my opinion, the high school athletes are better, stronger and physically capable of playing 60 minute or even 20 minute halves.
High school sports in general are changing and the rules should reflect that.
Here is an e-mail that I found on some message boards about the new rule changes:
During the 2010-11 varsity basketball season, varsity girls teams may play two 16-minutes halves during non-conference games with mutual agreement by both schools.
Conferences may also agree to play two 16-minutes halves in all conference games if the conference adopts the policy for the season. Please note that this experimental rule applies only to Varsity contests and is NOT mandatory.
If a conference votes to adopt the rule for its conference games, all schools must participate.
The reason behind this experimental rule is to provide more flow and excitement to the game, reduce heat up/cool down situations, potentially give more players the opportunity to play due to starter fatigue and to eliminate two frequent stall situations at the end of two quarters breaks.
This rule will not be used in the regional or state tournament.
Monday morning Univ. of Iowa offensive lineman Josh Koeppel was hit by a truck while riding a moped through an Iowa City intersection. The video was caught by a police cruiser’s dashboard camera.
Incredibly, Koeppel not only survived the crash, but walked away relatively unscathed – considering the impact.
Tuesday night, the QUAD CITY TIMES updated Koeppel’s condition: (more…)
Backup Iowa offensive lineman Josh Koeppel will miss the team’s season opener Saturday against Eastern Illinois with an injury – yet he’s one of the luckiest people we can think of. Why? Well, if you got hit by a truck while riding a small motorcycle and left the scene with only “scrapes and soreness,” we’d think you were lucky, too.
That’s exactly what happened to Koeppel two days ago, and when you watch the video below you’ll be amazed his injuries weren’t any worse. The moped is apparently an extremely popular form of transportation among Iowa football players, something coach Kirk Ferentz isn’t crazy about, especially since helmets are a rare sight among the moped users. Maybe this incident will make them rethink the headgear.
Video purportedly of Koeppel’s accident below. It fits the description here of what happened to a T, so we think it’s legit. You will be horrified/relieved for Koeppel.
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