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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowas visiting football locker room received a Michigan makeover Saturday before the teams squared off in a prime-time game at Kinnick Stadium.Instead of the famed pink walls that have come to define the space, Michigans equipment staff redecorated with a room full of maize and blue pictures, flags and phrases.The equipment team posted a 58-second video on Twitter showing off the new look while Hail to the Victors played over the sound system. Some areas were draped in large, blue tarps. There were plenty of block M images and Jordan brand logos to go around.Former Iowa coach Hayden Fry had the Hawkeyes visiting locker room painted pink in 1979, purportedly as a means to gain a pregame psychological advantage against opponents. The school rebuilt its pink locker room in 2005 during a stadium renovation project, and it has been the subject of controversy since.No. 3 Michigan (9-1, 7-1 Big Ten; No. 2 AP) entered the game as a three-touchdown favorite, but the Hawkeyes won 14-13 on a last-second field goal. Craig Kimbrel Jersey . I cant pinpoint a date, but I do remember a player from my youth. Brian Downing was with the Chicago White Sox at a time when I listened to every game I possibly could on the radio. That particular season the late great Harry Caray was calling the White Sox games. Christian Vazquez Jersey . Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. https://www.cheapredsox.com/2841z-brock-holt-jersey-red-sox.html . In what the team had called a retirement, Ryan said Thursday that he is resigning as chief executive of the Rangers in a move effective at the end of this month. Babe Ruth Red Sox Jersey . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Drew Pomeranz Jersey .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. The game started the same way the Vancouver game started the night before, with the Jets taking the first two penalties of the game and killing off the first, but the Oilers getting on the board first, scoring on the second man-advantage. Australia are planning to take advantage of a depleted England forward pack as they look to end Eddie Jones unbeaten record at Twickenham on Saturday.Jones is aiming to become the first coach to lead England to 14 successive wins in a 12-month period, but hell be unable to call on the services of the outstanding Brisbane-born No.8 Billy Vunipola whos sidelined with a knee injury.Vunipola, who moved to the UK as a child when his father, former Tonga captain Fe`ao Vunipola, signed for Welsh club Pontypool, has been an integral part of Englands renaissance in 2016.The damaging ball carrier is a huge loss for the hosts, who are already without locks Joe Launchbury (suspended) and the injured Maro Itoje, and giant Wallabies second-rower Rob Simmons hopes their absence can be fully exploited.I definitely hope so, Simmons said.Were preparing the best we can and whatever happens on the weekend will be what it is.I really enjoy watching Billy play. I think hes quite a talented number eight so itll be a big loss for their team and they play a lot of their footy off the back of his big carry so whoever fills his shoes will be up for a big task.Coach Michael Cheika ordered the 70-times capped Simmons to add some extra physicality to his game and the Queensland Red belieeves hes made huge improvements during this tour and embracing the new responsibility of calling the line-out.ddddddddddddIt has been good, I think this tour in particular Ive come a long way, he said.Im working on those things at training and trying to impress and make myself a better player as well as moving forward in the line-out and scrum.Its been enjoyable personally to be doing a couple of things a bit better, I was a fair way off at the start I suppose.England have been confidently talking up their physically gifted pack since their success in Australia earlier this year.However, without Vunipola and Itoje - two stand outs in the 3-0 series win to contend with - Simmons believes theyre more than capable of matching the hosts.Its been a focus of the forwards not just this whole tour, but the whole year, he said.Something weve been trying to raise the bar in is the physicality, especially for the tight five.Its an area we (the tight five) need to own and the team runs off the back of that.If we can set up a platform, especially for the ball players off nice front-foot ball, it makes it a lot easier for the rest of the team. ' ' '