The revelations of racial inequality within the University of Iowa’s football program over the last several weeks have been troubling. They’ve been difficult to swallow as fans and have clearly given the Iowa Hawkeyes a black eye. While the local media has done some introspection and questioned themselves for not sniffing things out sooner, the national media has spent no such time looking in the mirror. Rather, all efforts appear to have been focused the failings within the program and assigning blame to virtually all members of the staff and administration.
It was universally agreed upon almost as soon as the stories began to come out that Chris Doyle needed to go.