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Hawkeyes ranked as high as No. 2 in preseason polls

By Teddy Greenstein
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

For years Iowa football could play the no-respect game. With Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin getting all the love and attention, Hawkeyes coaches could fire up their players by trotting out the media's preseason rankings. Those days are over. The Hawkeyes will no longer be the underdogs. Now they're the top dogs, and the Iowa coaches will have to alter their pep talks. "Yeah, funny you say that," said Lester Erb, who coaches the receivers and special teams. "I'm sitting here watching 'Seab ...

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