Marc Hansen's comments on KFXA Fox News

[DrewDog]

Did anyone see Marc Hansen's commentary on KFXA Fox News on Wednesday's 9 pm news? Hansen, a Des Moines Register columnist, said that we are currently in a "golden age" of college football in Iowa since both Iowa and Iowa State have gone to a bowl game in the same year several times since 2001. I kept waiting for him to bring up the Panther's football season but he never mentioned the Panthers. So I dropped him an email asking him why he never mentioned the Panthers. Feel free to do the same: [email protected].

[Jonsoup]

I dropped him a e-mail even thou I live in OHIO!

[oldcat]

This is the response I got back from him....................

The Panthers were in the original draft but were cut when the spot ran over. Should have dropped something else. My mistake. Thanks for noticing.

Marc H

[northwest iowa panther]

northwest iowa panther

I got the same type of reply. I believe he is being honest.

(In my opinion) It's just another example of big brother (Iowa) having to be continually patted on the back and the little brother (State) having to be praised or they will be offended. All lthe while the poor cousin (UNI) is to be left in the closet.

[VeloPanther]

Sounds like an honest mistake to me, too. Unfortunately, the Panthers being put on the back burner is just about par for the course around here. When UNI beat LSU last month, guess what made it on the top of the page of the CR Gazette? The contract status of Steve Alford, even though he has 3 1/2 yrs remaining. UNI was relegated to below the fold of the sports page.

[Catnep]

I never go to the newspaper anymore if I want info on my panthers(Des Moines Register). After any game I will go to Panthermania.com to read updates or log onto PN. I remember back in the 80's when I had to rely on the newspaper or local news channels for info. Usually, the Register would have an article(box score) on the back page and local new channel might pop up a quick score with no details. Thank god for the net!

[igo4uni]

The Courier does a good job with Panthermania.com. No doubt about it. Let the Register boys crow about Iowa and ISU. We know where to go for Panther info.

peace

igo4uni

[CR Panther]

Oh, the CR Gazette is awful. Anything Iowa is in color and covered on front and 3 following pages. UNI is 3-4 pages back with one column. I had to cancel my subscription some time ago. Doesn't matter how significant UNI sports is, it is secondary to the Squakeyes.

[Newsbreaker]

Oh, the CR Gazette is awful. Anything Iowa is in color and covered on front and 3 following pages. UNI is 3-4 pages back with one column. I had to cancel my subscription some time ago. Doesn't matter how significant UNI sports is, it is secondary to the Squakeyes.

Well, it is the Cedar Rapids Gazette...they're just playing to their readership and community. You wouldn't expect much coverage of Iowa or UNI in the Ames paper.

[GonzoCat]

But UI is in Iowa City I believe, not CR, and whereas I doubt the Ames paper has any circulation beyond cowtown I imagine the CR paper considers itself somewhat of a regional publication with readership as far away as CF/Wat.

[Newsbreaker]

But UI is in Iowa City I believe, not CR, and whereas I doubt the Ames paper has any circulation beyond cowtown I imagine the CR paper considers itself somewhat of a regional publication with readership as far away as CF/Wat.

I agree, I'm sure the Gazette considers itself something of a "regional" paper, though I doubt they have much circulation in the Cedar Valley.

Remember, CR is almost to Iowa City like Waterloo is to Cedar Falls. They have aligned themselves (the two cities and the University) in many ways, including economically and in terms of business development. There is a reason that I-380 between the two cities is one of the busiest pieces of roadway every morning and afternoon in the state...becasue HUGE numbers of people live in CR but work in Iowa City, many for the University. In fact, it's only a matter of time before you can't tell where IC ends and CR begins. In every sense other then geography, those two towns are one.

I'd venture a guess (and I'm sure the Gazette, who also owns the Iowa City paper, and the two share staff, which makes a big difference) that if you were to take a poll of sports fans in CR, the Iowa/ISU/UNI proprotions are in the 70/20/10 range, maybe even higher for Iowa. That's a black and Gold town, but there is HUGE opportunity for UNI to grow there.

[MGLD Panther]

The Gazette is owned by a seperate company than the Iowa City paper. The Iowa City paper is owned by the same company as the Register, Gannett.

[Newsbreaker]

The Gazette is owned by a seperate company than the Iowa City paper. The Iowa City paper is owned by the same company as the Register, Gannett.

I stand corrected. I thought they were basically one in the same.

[Jonsoup]

At least the paper doesn't own a local TV station like here in town. As well part of the NHL team.

[TH1974]

I stand corrected. I thought they were basically one in the same.

There used to be an Iowa City Gazette, owned by the CR Gazette Co. It was mostly the same paper, but with more IC news. They stopped publishing that paper about 4 years ago. As mentioned earlier, the IC Press Citizen is owned by Gannett, and is predictably bad.