Category Archives: Sports

Oct 30

The world turned upside down, continued

Posted on Monday, October 30, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A mini-roundup of the reverberation of Iowa State’s sudden hot streak and the fully armed and operational Big 12 circular firing squad: Washington Post: It has reached the point where we might as well go ahead and say there are … Continue reading →

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Oct 29

The world turned upside down

Posted on Sunday, October 29, 2017, at 11:00 AM by Jeff

Here is the final call from the Cyclone Radio Network: pic.twitter.com/UWohbAXfHo — Cyclone Football (@CycloneFB) October 28, 2017 (Still can’t even.)

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Oct 23

Iowa State’s poll dance with Michigan

Posted on Monday, October 23, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

For the first time since 2005, Iowa State is a ranked football team. But, at the same time, Iowa State hasn’t been ranked since 2012. This contradictory situation exists because of borderline circumstances with the two major college football polls. In … Continue reading →

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Oct 11

When autofill goes horribly wrong

Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Western Illinois’ website has some problems, to say the least, with its schedule formatting. In the 2012 football schedule: Indianapolis has the Indiana logo. Both South Dakota and South Dakota State have the USD logo. Missouri State (formerly Southwest Missouri … Continue reading →

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Oct 08

HELL FREEZES OVER

Posted on Sunday, October 8, 2017, at 10:02 AM by Jeff

Due to a cascade of inexplicable subroutine malfunctions, the Matrix will be shut down for diagnostics and given a hard reset. The management apologizes for the inconvenience.

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Oct 04

Oklahoma’s tuneup for Texas

Posted on Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

This weekend, for only the second time in the Big 12 era, Iowa State is in a position it used to be in quite often — the warmup act for the Oklahoma Sooners the weekend before their game against Texas. … Continue reading →

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Sep 28

ISU football’s longtime, bigtime, primetime drought

Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Weeknight college football games, in a word, suck. Tonight against Texas is one of them. But without them, Iowa State would be even worse off for exposure. It has been years since an Iowa State football game was not available … Continue reading →

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Sep 20

Schedule locks Iowa with PSU, minimizes OSU

Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The Big Ten released its 2020 and 2021 conference football schedules last week, and a significant pattern emerged that takes the edge off for Iowa. A quick check of Iowa’s opponents reveals that the 2019-20-21 crossovers are the exact home/away … Continue reading →

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Sep 18

Directions to Baxter, Collins-Maxwell

Posted on Monday, September 18, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The eighth-ranked North Tama volleyball team goes to Baxter tomorrow night for the first meetup of the Redhawks and the Bolts. This, of course, is because Baxter broke off its athletics relationship with Collins-Maxwell. Both schools then joined the Iowa … Continue reading →

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Sep 16

Zipping along

Posted on Saturday, September 16, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Sept. 30, 2013: InfoCision Stadium in Akron, Ohio. Iowa State football’s occasional tour of the Mid-American Conference (NOT as an audition for membership, God willing) adds a never-before-visited location: Akron, Ohio. This is the tenth current MAC school ISU will … Continue reading →

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