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

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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

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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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