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Football. Cole Still Chipping Away at the Rock

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By DARREN MILLER
hawkeyesports.com

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- There were times in Colin Cole’s football career when the easy thing to do would have been walking away. But the 6-foot-3, 300-pound defensive tackle from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, isn’t wired that way.

Cole played as a true freshman for the University of Iowa in 1999, a year that produced one win and 10 losses. During that offseason, Cole wanted to return to Florida for good, but close friends and his parents convinced him to stay.