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Author Archives: Jeff
Oct
18
IA 1 bypass of Iowa City?
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The city of Iowa City wants to explore the idea of re-designating Iowa Highway 1 so that it bypasses the metro area rather than goes through town. Changing the route would stop the 85-year-old state highway from … Continue reading
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Oct
17
The Bootheel and the Platte Purchase
It’s 548 miles from Missouri’s northwesternmost county seat, Rock Port, to its southeasternmost, Caruthersville. But other than their license plates, they have little in common. Corn is in one corner, cotton in the other. One technically belongs to the Omaha … Continue reading
Oct
12
US End pages uploaded
I finally took some time to go into pages and fix link code for a bunch of US pages I created. They aren’t meant to be a substitute for Dale Sanderson’s but instead show the pictures I have taken at … Continue reading
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Oct
11
The Big 9½
It’s official: TCU is joining the Big 12. The first actual realignment news! With something that makes geographic sense! A&M won’t be able to gig ’em, though. It’s not official: Missouri thinks it can get big money and no whammies … Continue reading
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Oct
10
Conference roulette
Moving around the pieces… The Big 12 can’t be certain of its expansion plans until Missouri decides what to do, and teams the Big 12 is interested in won’t do anything until the conference is stable, except maybe TCU. The … Continue reading
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Oct
08
I-29 reopens in southwest Iowa
Really good news for western Iowa. Not just for the people there, but also for those who have had to go way out of their way for months. (And for the roads that got an extra beating from the diverted … Continue reading
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Oct
06
Everything’s out of date in Kansas City
(Iowa State vs. Kansas State, 2011, and the world’s largest use of Comic Sans) CBS’s Dennis Dodd: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Welcome to the Big Doughnut Hole. This used to be the center of the college universe. At least one … Continue reading
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Oct
05
Steve Jobs: 1955-2011
From a lifelong Mac user: Thank you, Steve.
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Oct
05
Lack of TV for homecoming added to Missouri’s “reasons”
The Huffington Post’s Hank Koebler thinks the lack of TV for the Missouri-Iowa State game is a reason for Missouri to jump to the SEC (that and, of course, the Longhorn Network): For a conference with a future currently contingent … Continue reading
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Oct
04
Distances from Missouri to Big 12, SEC stadiums
(May 2009) Missouri and Florida: A thousand miles away literally and metaphorically. For reference. Calculated with Google Maps, Faurot Field to the various stadiums. Bold is Big 12, underline is Big Eight, italics are neutral sites. Arrowhead Stadium 120, Edward … Continue reading