{"id":13355,"date":"2021-07-22T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T17:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=13355"},"modified":"2021-07-22T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:38:24","slug":"hello-darkness-my-old-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2021\/07\/hello-darkness-my-old-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello darkness my old friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conferencepocalypse again<\/a><\/p>\n

ISU fans shout a big Oh boy<\/p>\n

Save us from the Land of Misfit Toys<\/a><\/p>\n

The Longhorns and Sooners have wandering eyes<\/a><\/p>\n

They’ll say goodbyes<\/p>\n

\u2018Cause there\u2019s the smell of money<\/p>\n

And the people bowed and prayed<\/p>\n

To the football god they made<\/a><\/p>\n

ESPN rules the college land<\/p>\n

It doesn’t care about the marching bands<\/a><\/p>\n

Or academics, just the shiny golden beams<\/p>\n

Of TV streams<\/a><\/p>\n

‘Cause there’s the smell of money<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Welcome to the Third Big 12 Missile Crisis, Iowa State. Here’s your water pistol.<\/p>\n

(apologies to<\/a>)<\/p>\n

(vaguely related: RIP Capitol Steps<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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