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Iowa has come to be known for its smart, tough and physical offensive lines.This season, the Hawkeyes earned an award for that prowess that had special meaning to coach Kirk Ferentz.Last week, Iowa was named the winner of the second annual Joe Moore Award, given to the nations top offensive line. The honors namesake was one of the most respected line coaches in the history of college football -- and made a deep impression on Ferentz during a season spent as a graduate assistant on the same staff with Moore at Pittsburgh in 1980.The 21st-ranked Hawkeyes (8-4) will try to finish the season on a four-game winning streak when they face No. 20 Florida (8-4) in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 2.Hes probably the reason Im here right now. On a lot of levels, said Ferentz, who also played high school ball under Moore, on Thursday. He was a really special person in my life.Unlike many college football honors, the selection process for Moore Award finalists and its winner is tough to dispute. Every FBS line coach in the country gets a vote, and the award committee evaluates line play by video every week.Despite leaky play at points in 2016, Iowa beat out Alabama and Ohio State because of what committee chair Aaron Taylor, a former All-American lineman under Moore at Notre Dame, said was teamwork.The Hawkeyes needed nearly every lineman they had this season.Iowa was forced to use eight different starting units, and none of their linemen started all 12 games. But the Hawkeyes put it together down the stretch, throttling Nebraska 40-10 in the season finale.Iowa was also a finalist for the award in 2015.It honors a group. Not an individual. And when you talk about the offensive line, thats what its all about, Ferentz said.The good news for the Hawkeyes is that every lineman listed as a starter against the Gators will be back in 2017.Whether that will be enough to help fix one of the lowest scoring offenses in the country will be heavily debated in the offseason.Iowas young receivers didnt do much developing in 2016, although the expected return of star wide receiver Matt VandeBerg should give the Hawkeyes more stability. Freshman quarterback Nathan Stanley looked solid in limited duty, and running back Akrum Wadley will be among the early favorites for Big Ten player of the year.But it will all start up front -- and the Hawkeyes look like theyre in good shape there moving forward.The thing Im happiest about and proudest of this football team thus far is just the way theyve stayed with things. Theyve stayed determined, theyve stayed positive, and stayed together. Theyve pushed forward. 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Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. Cheap Fake Air Force 1 . Kozun faked to the forehand and beat Monsters starter, Calvin Pickard, pad side in the second round for the winner. Spencer Abbott also scored in the shootout for the Marlies (25-13-4). SNOQUALMIE, Wash. -- For a change, Fred Couples wont be receiving the most attention and the largest galleries when the Boeing Classic tees off Friday at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.The Seattle native is missing his hometown tournament for the second time since he joined the senior tour six years ago. Couples had to withdraw during the 2012 tournament, but didnt enter this year because of back problems that have sidelined him since February.With Couples bid to finally win a tournament in his hometown put on hold, most of the focus will fall on tour newcomer John Daly.Everywhere he goes, theres a buzz. Everyone just loves John, they love to watch him hit the ball a long way, but just his personality and the way he conducts himself on the golf course, everybody has fun, said Billy Mayfair, who in his first start on the senior tour finished second behind Gene Sauers in the U.S. Senior Open. He brings a lot of people out to watch and I think its great. Listen, everyone here in this field would love to see John play well. Weve always been that way.Daly has three top-20 finishes in 10 PGA Tour Champions starts since turning 50, with the best a tie for 11th last month in the Dicks Sporting Goods Open in New York.Right now, for me, my game is not where I want it, so its more of a grind and its very hard to enjoy it as much as guys that are playing really good out here, Daly said. They come in, theyre playing really good, theyve got confidence. Im just coming in trying to find it.Last week, he tied for 51st in the regular European Tours Czech Masters.A little jet-lagged today, but it wasnt too bad, Daly said. It was nice. We went Prague, Amsterdam, straight here.He visited the NFLs Seattle Seahawks on WednesdayI didnt get a chance to kick any. We did the chip off, Daly said. It was a beautiful facility. I got to talk to Coach (Pete) Carroll. I havent seen him in a while since USC kicked the living you-know-what out of the Razorbacks. Beat uss like 70-3 or 70-7 or something.dddddddddddde found Snoqualmie Ridges greens demanding.The greens are tough, Daly said. The greens are hard to hit right now. For me, Im hitting it so bad that the fairways are very generous, but Im really struggling getting the ball close, and of course Im putting like a blind man so thats not helping either.The tour was off last week, giving Sauers an opportunity to relish his first senior victory. Sauers took advantage of a late collapse by Miguel Angel Jimenez to beat Jimenez and Mayfair by a stroke.I was almost kind of beginning to doubt myself whether I can win again, Sauers said. This is my fourth year out here and I havent won. Ive won on the PGA Tour, Ive won on that Nike Tour, and that was one of my goals, to win out here on the Champions Tour, and I got me a good one. The victory capped an amazing comeback for Sauers 10 years removed from nearly dying. He was incorrectly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, spent seven weeks in the hospital and was given a 25 percent chance of survival. Eventually he was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare disorder of the skin and mucous membranes that causes the skin on the extremities to burn from the inside out.I didnt touch a club for seven years. You got to relearn everything, Sauers said. Hitting the ball wasnt so bad, but just around the greens, chipping and putting, the bunker shots and all that, that kind of took a little extra time to try to master. Still havent mastered it, still working on it, but had me a good week. But just coming back from all that stuff is extra special.The tournament is in its 12th year and is the only regular stop of any of the major golf tours in the state of Washington. The tour announced on Thursday that Boeing would remain the title sponsor of the tournament through 2021. ' ' '