Author Archives: Jeff

Oct 05

Class distinction

Posted on Friday, October 5, 2012, at 1:56 PM by Jeff

When the IGHSAU said it was creating five classes and using “5A” as the top designation instead of adding “A” for the smallest, I thought there might be the potential of a school designated A for football but 2A for … Continue reading →

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Oct 03

They call it progress

Posted on Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

“My father had a farm in eastern Dallas County…” — “Progress,” Robert John Ford (from the musical “Utopia”) The sight last week was so incongruous I couldn’t pass it up. Three bins, one tractor, one cornfield, just like so many other … Continue reading →

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Oct 01

A history of gas prices around Oct. 1

Posted on Monday, October 1, 2012, at 12:50 PM by Jeff

Since I travel a lot, I have steadfastly kept a table of gas prices since college. Mostly, this was to calculate my mileage. However, as time went on, the chart became less of a personal measurement and more a log … Continue reading →

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Oct 01

The worst part about the Texas Tech loss

Posted on Monday, October 1, 2012, at 12:50 AM by Jeff

It’s not that Iowa State’s path to a bowl is now much harder, or that there’s another quarterback controversy, or the fear that West Virginia is going to imitate the Nebraska teams of the ’90s and drop 70 points. It’s … Continue reading →

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Sep 29

Bye week blues

Posted on Saturday, September 29, 2012, at 11:05 PM by Jeff

Saturday’s loss to Texas Tech is yet another case of Iowa State being unable to capitalize on a bye week. However, there is a little more to it. Of Iowa State’s seven eight games after bye weeks in the past … Continue reading →

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Sep 29

NT remains undefeated against GR

Posted on Saturday, September 29, 2012, at 12:22 AM by Jeff

That is all. So it’s only 11 games in 25 years. Still counts!

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Sep 28

New US 20 mainline paved, needs finishing touches

Posted on Friday, September 28, 2012, at 3:27 PM by Jeff

Shoulder work remains to be completed on the new road from US 71 to IA 4, reports the Sioux City Journal, whose editorial board is pleased. If the ribbon ceremony is the weekend or the day before Thanksgiving, I will … Continue reading →

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Sep 28

In which I learn I cannot be president of France

Posted on Friday, September 28, 2012, at 10:22 AM by Jeff

Since Iowa was part of the Louisiana Purchase, I was eligible for it until recently, although I still would have needed to learn French. Now I shall go away before being taunted a second time.

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Sep 26

Road trip through the SEC (not mine)

Posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, at 1:11 PM by Jeff

He may be from a backstabbing university, but I have to like anyone who does road trips like I do. In this case it’s Missouri alumnus/SB Nation writer Bill Connelly and a friend going nearly nonstop through the Southeast U.S., visiting … Continue reading →

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Sep 22

Toledo intersection stoplight pattern debated

Posted on Saturday, September 22, 2012, at 11:27 AM by Jeff

Sept. 21, 2007: This mileage sign was at the 1954-2010 intersection of US 63 and US 30 in Toledo. The stoplight assembly that’s the subject of this post is on the left. When the stoplight at US 30/63 was set up … Continue reading →

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