Category Archives: Sports

Jul 24

Rhoads work

Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

KCRG misspelled Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads’ name Monday on its website — twice. (Notice the spelling in the link is different from that in the screenshot.) Maybe if he beats Iowa again his name will get out there more.

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Jul 24

Coverage of NT in state baseball tournament

Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at 1:27 AM by Jeff

North Tama’s run in the postseason ends at the hands of a private school from northern Iowa (again). KCRG has video (30-second ad for 30-second clip). KCCI has a full recap of the quarterfinals (NT is last). KWWL, the Waterloo Courier and … Continue reading →

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Jul 18

Redhawks to state! Again!

Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2012, at 10:52 AM by Jeff

The North Tama baseball team beat seventh-ranked BGM for its first trip to the state tournament in a decade, and the first since the tournament moved to Des Moines. The Redhawks will be the 8 seed playing Algona Garrigan. Marshalltown … Continue reading →

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Jul 15

North Tama district baseball champions

Posted on Sunday, July 15, 2012, at 12:45 AM by Jeff

With only two hits! There is one more game (substate) before the state tournament. North Tama has never played in Sec Taylor Stadium.

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Jul 12

Help! Help! I’m being repressed!

Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2012, at 12:47 PM by Jeff

Stewart Mandel revisits his medieval college football pecking order and…well, duh. Peasants: Arizona, Baylor, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Duke, Minnesota, Indiana, Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Northwestern, Rutgers, Temple, USF, Wake Forest, Washington State and Vanderbilt. What’s noticeable at the … Continue reading →

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Jul 11

We’re not good, but we’re still here

Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at 2:00 AM by Jeff

Last week SBNation calculated the “greatest” sports states by historical winning records of the pro and major-college teams that played in those states. Iowa is the, um, least greatest — one-thousandth of a point behind Missouri and two-thousandths behind Illinois. … Continue reading →

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Jul 10

The toughest job in college football

Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at 7:21 PM by Jeff

David Ubben, who as ESPN’s Big 12 blogger doesn’t do Iowa State any favors, isn’t saying anything wrong in his ranking of football coaching jobs. It’s just that when you look at the aggregate like this, the bleakness really shows … Continue reading →

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Jun 29

Goodbye to Missouri and A&M

Posted on Friday, June 29, 2012, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

IOWA STATE/KANSAS: I hope you’re happy! I hope you’re happy now! I hope you’re happy how you hurt your cause forever! I hope you think you’re clever! MISSOURI/TEXAS A&M: I hope you’re happy! I hope you’re happy too! I hope … Continue reading →

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Jun 21

NBC Sports’ blogs need a copy editor

Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2012, at 12:34 AM by Jeff

“A sneak peak at Maryland’s new basketball uniforms?” Peak? Really? (Also note: Mismatched socks are a thing now, at least if you’re Maryland. It could be worse.)

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Jun 20

ISU, BCS loner

Posted on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at 11:35 AM by Jeff

CBS Sports adds up the BCS finishes by conference from the past five years based on 2014 conference memberships and “Iowa State is the only [Big 12] member without a Top 25 BCS finish since 2007.” However, that status is due to Texas … Continue reading →

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