Category Archives: Sports

The Des Moines Register: In the CIML, football teams are leaving grass for greener pastures — all-weather artificial surfaces. Indianola, which shares its field with Simpson College, installed a $750,000 surface in 2001. West Des Moines Valley opened an $8 … Continue reading →

Not the University of Iowa, not the universities or our D-III college conference, but football in Iowa, period. Last week, a Cyclone fan wrote to Big 12 blogger David Ubben about all the current head coaches who had links to … Continue reading →

The 11 Division I-A football conference commissioners (and Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick, can’t forget him, reminding us that Notre Dame answers to no one) are reportedly close to announcing what the new college football postseason structure will look like. … Continue reading →

Noted Iowa State hater Pat Forde is at it again. What about the move to outlaw 6-6 teams from bowl games: That will definitely spur some discussion and debate. In that scenario, several bowls likely would be put out of … Continue reading →

Summitt on the sidelines vs. Baylor, March 26, 2012 My tickets for the 2012 NCAA Women’s Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight games were right across from the Tennessee bench. I finally had a chance to see coaching legend Pat Summitt … Continue reading →

An essay on athletes, toughness, and determination by former ISU basketball player Lindsey Wilson. Just as interesting is the credit line: Wilson is a certified hypnotist.

(All images CBS) Tuesday was the 15th anniversary of Iowa State’s 1997 appearance in the Sweet 16, its first since 1986. Those who remember it will recall it as a Bittersweet 16. The Cyclones blew a 16-point lead to UCLA … Continue reading →

Regarding the WBB game Saturday: Thirty turnovers won’t endear you to anyone, not even the Associated Press. Iowa State was in the NCAA tournament for the sixth year in a row. But the Cyclones sneaked into the field after losing to … Continue reading →

“We ran into a buzzsaw today…” — Fred Hoiberg Ames, Iowa — When the wheels fall off a Cyclone team, they spin out far and wide. First up, the women against UW-Green Bay, which more recently has been de-emphasizing the … Continue reading →

It had been 4019 days — precisely 11 years — since the most infamous loss in Iowa State basketball history. Then, in 2 hours and 51 minutes, the title of “most recent 2 seed to lose to a 15” turned … Continue reading →