Author Archives: Jeff

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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Nov 03

I-680 into Nebraska reopens

Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2011, at 12:30 AM by Jeff

It’s been closed for four months, but is open to traffic weeks earlier than expected. It had to be completely rebuilt after flooding destroyed the concrete and the roadbed. Omaha World-Herald story here. Best quote, though, is from KETV/AP and … Continue reading →

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Nov 02

License Plate Countdown – YTA

Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2011, at 1:04 AM by Jeff

Getting closer. YR-YS must have been assigned outside of Polk County.

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Nov 01

Newman 31, North Tama 7

Posted on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, at 9:37 AM by Jeff

Mason City, Iowa — The defending Class A state champions are out of the playoffs. For the second time in three years, the North Tama Redhawks’ season ended at the hands of the Mason City Newman Catholic Knights. The results … Continue reading →

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Oct 31

20th anniversary of Halloween Ice Storm

Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011, at 1:16 AM by Jeff

What the East Coast just experienced was a throwback to a Midwestern weather event. In Minnesota, it was the Halloween Blizzard. In Iowa, it was ice. Lots and lots of ice. It wreaked havoc on trick-or-treating and resulted in some … Continue reading →

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Oct 29

Big tWelVe

Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2011, at 1:11 AM by Jeff

The Big 12’s website put up a press release welcoming West Virginia around 10:50 AM Friday. Second article here. But buried at the bottom were two sentences conspicuous in what they didn’t say: Beginning with the 2012-13 season it is … Continue reading →

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Oct 27

Hello Newman. Again.

Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011, at 6:13 PM by Jeff

If it’s the football playoffs, it’s time for North Tama vs. Mason City Newman. This is the third year in a row, but it keeps moving earlier, from the semifinals in 2009 to the quarterfinals in 2010 to the second … Continue reading →

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Oct 26

Now Congress gets involved in realignment

Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at 11:58 PM by Jeff

Cause and effect, chain of events All of the chaos makes perfect sense When you’re spinning ’round, things come undone Welcome to Earth, third rock from the sun — Joe Diffie, “Third Rock From the Sun” When the Big 12 … Continue reading →

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