Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz, assistant suspended over recruiting violation [Video]

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz and an assistant coach will be suspended for the No. 25 Hawkeyes’ opener against Illinois State on Aug. 31 over a violation while recruiting a player.Iowa athletic director Beth Goetz said Thursday the suspension of Ferentz and wide receivers coach Jon Budmayr was self imposed. Seth Wallace, assistant defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, was named assistant head coach in January and will fill Ferentz’s role for the game against the Redbirds.“There’s a line,” Ferentz said at a news conference. “I crossed that line.”Ferentz informed his staff and players of the penalty, which also includes a loss of one week of off-campus recruiting, on Thursday morning.“The bottom line is this — I tell our players that we abide by the rules,” Ferentz said. “In this specific case, I did not do that. I made a mistake in the recruiting process.”Ferentz is beginning his 26th season at Iowa, …