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Category Archives: Sports
Oct
19
Philosophical
If Iowa State loses another game in the last minute in heartbreaking fashion, and it was on the Longhorn Network, and the entire state of Iowa wasn’t able to watch nearly all of the first half on cable, did it … Continue reading
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Oct
10
Unique Homecoming at ISU
Because of some creative scheduling for TV contracts, Iowa State will be playing a non-conference game for Homecoming this year. According to the ISU media guide, Toledo is only the second non-conference Homecoming opponent in nearly a century and sixth … Continue reading
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Oct
07
‘College GameDay’ in Mississippi
Last week, ESPN’s “College GameDay” went to the Grove in Oxford, Miss., for the first time ever — and was there for Ole Miss to beat Alabama. This week, GameDay is staying in-state and going to Starkville for Mississippi State … Continue reading
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Oct
06
NYT college football map
Western Iowa and Lansing, we need to have a talk about state loyalties… I continue to have concerns about treating Facebook like it’s a statistically valid population sample, but the New York Times is doing it anyway again. After mapping … Continue reading
Oct
02
ISU football sets TV sports record
But not the kind we wanted… (emphasis added) The Baylor/Iowa State college football game drew a 0.9 overnight rating on FOX Saturday night, down 25% from Arizona/Washington last year (1.2), down 68% from Texas/Oklahoma State in 2012 (2.8), and tied as … Continue reading
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Sep
17
ISU jersey from Jack Trice era found
Wow. Josh Kagavi has done yeoman’s work in finding this piece of Iowa State football history.
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Sep
13
Cyclone. State.
In Kinnick, again. 😀 I have no idea how that happened.
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Sep
06
The difference a coach makes
Through 1988, the year before Bill Snyder became the head coach at Kansas State, Iowa State had a 20-win margin in the all-time series, 44-24-4. Today, after the 98th meeting between the teams, that margin is down to four. Kansas State … Continue reading
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Sep
02
Way better than Kliff Kingsbury morphing into Charlie Weis
Despite the subject matter, it is not possible for me to hate this ad. (Flying over the map! Little icons!) Well done, Big Ten, well done. If you want to see the animation slowed down, and know something about HBO, … Continue reading
Aug
29
Football season approaches
Yay? (Expectations are…not high.) It would feel incomplete without Pat Forde taking a cheap shot at Iowa State (item 29): But the Sooners will not run the table. In fact, both they and Baylor could run into trap-game scenarios at … Continue reading
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