Those who watched local TV sports in the Quad Cities or central Iowa markets may be familiar with Chris Hassel, a notorious Hawkeye homer* who has taken his work (but not Cooter Ray Cornholer) to the ESPN SportsCenter desk. WQAD recently interviewed the Muscatine native.
I have to admire his rise, even if the only thing he and I have in common on the sports level is making fun of Nebraska.
*Who, of course, did not actually go to the University of Iowa (St. Ambrose instead).