Category Archives: Sports

Nov 28

Still the whipping boy

Posted on Monday, November 28, 2011, at 12:34 AM by Jeff

Stewart Mandel: The only team with a remote chance of passing Alabama at the 11th-hour is Oklahoma State should it beat 9-2 Oklahoma impressively this weekend, though it will take a near-universal about-face from the voters, who currently have the … Continue reading →

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Nov 19

The view from Section O

Posted on Saturday, November 19, 2011, at 2:06 PM by Jeff

Iowa State was 1-1 in Super Sports Week, after the women’s basketball team rallied to beat Drake and the men’s team lost. With a $11 $17 ticket waiting for me, I headed to Jack Trice Stadium hoping that the Cyclone … Continue reading →

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Nov 19

Iowa State 37, (2) Oklahoma State 31 (2OT)

Posted on Saturday, November 19, 2011, at 1:09 AM by Jeff

Ames, Iowa — Now that is how you end a Super Sports Week. Article here. Condolences to Oklahoma State University, not on the loss, but on the fatal plane crash that is a reminder there are more important things than … Continue reading →

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Nov 17

ISU near 500th win – and 600th loss

Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 7:33 PM by Jeff

Friday’s game against Oklahoma State is Iowa State’s 1137th. That much the athletics office and the NCAA agree on. But even before superficially drilling into the numbers there’s a discrepancy. The NCAA says that through the end of 2010, Iowa … Continue reading →

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Nov 17

Big 12 begins (or continues) extrication from Kansas City

Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 1:28 PM by Jeff

By virtue of contracts, the women’s tournament is the next to go.* It’s heading to Oklahoma City, two years before the men potentially follow. Memorial Auditorium is old, and even in the Big 12 the women’s tournament pales in comparison … Continue reading →

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Nov 16

Super Sports Week starts with split decision

Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, at 12:01 AM by Jeff

The Cyclone men and women really need to work on their layups. Last basketball season, I took my first trips to the McLeod Center (UNI men 60, ISU 54) and Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa women 62, ISU 40). I was hoping … Continue reading →

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Nov 11

Armstrong-Ringsted’s last game(?)

Posted on Friday, November 11, 2011, at 10:48 PM by Jeff

The 2009 and 2010 8-man champions lost in the semifinals to Fremont-Mills. The district is already sharing every sport except football with North Sentral Kossuth, which itself is a shared pair at the moment. Football districts will be reorganized in … Continue reading →

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Nov 08

Losing history

Posted on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at 9:18 PM by Jeff

“If a man wants to divorce me and says our relationship has no value to him, and then he asks me if he can sleep with me, the answer is, ‘No.’ We’re not going to play them any more because … Continue reading →

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Nov 06

SEC approves Missouri

Posted on Sunday, November 6, 2011, at 6:02 PM by Jeff

Ainsworth, Iowa — It’s official. When I entered Missouri this weekend, it was a Big 12 state. Before I left the state, that future lay elsewhere. There is still the minor technical detail that Missouri has never left the Big … Continue reading →

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Nov 04

Yes, ISU’s 100-year rivalries ARE chopped liver

Posted on Friday, November 4, 2011, at 9:04 PM by Jeff

Jason Kirk, SB Nation: While nobody’s crying about the dead Mizzou-Iowa State series, that’s a whole lot of history to heave out the window in the name of money, prestige and a BCS system that’s not going to be the … Continue reading →

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