Category Archives: Sports

Sep 03

No pressure

Posted on Friday, September 3, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

(Through September 1, 2021. Updates will be marked as needed for the 2021 season.) 39,824: Days between November 23, 1912, when Iowa State won a share of the 1912 Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association football championship, and December 4, 2021, … Continue reading →

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Jul 28

And now, a word from your parents

Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Mom: Kids, we know you have noticed your father and I have been pretty quiet the past few days. Dad: The company’s two most profitable divisions are being relocated to the southeast. Mom: It caught the CEO by surprise. Dad: … Continue reading →

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Jul 27

How it’s going

Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff
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Jul 26

How it started

Posted on Monday, July 26, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Ames Times, January 23, 1908: Will play in the Big Nine Will join Missouri Valley Conference. Student body delighted. Bigger games with bigger teams next season. Ames accepts the invitation to join the Missouri Valley Athletic Association. Such is the … Continue reading →

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Jul 22

Hello darkness my old friend

Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

Conferencepocalypse again ISU fans shout a big Oh boy Save us from the Land of Misfit Toys The Longhorns and Sooners have wandering eyes They’ll say goodbyes ‘Cause there’s the smell of money And the people bowed and prayed To … Continue reading →

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Jul 14

Photo 39,005

Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 27, 2018 After Iowa State’s 40-31 Homecoming victory over Texas Tech, we looked at the decorations on campus. The preceding pictures were chalk on Victory Lane, so I’m posting this instead, which was near the stadium entrance. This, like … Continue reading →

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May 27

The unbelievable part of ‘Superman and Lois’

Posted on Thursday, May 27, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The whole super powers thing? I’m basically a Superman apologist (Synderverse excepted). Clark Kent at his gosh-darn-shucks-iest moving back to the family farm and town he loves? I will eat that up. Star reporter quitting in statement fashion in light of … Continue reading →

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Apr 05

‘Against Professionalism’

Posted on Monday, April 5, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

From the Cedar Rapids Republican, March 15, 1901: Against Professionalism. At the close of the football season last fall representatives of ten middle western colleges and universities met in Chicago and adopted a set of rules to the regulation of … Continue reading →

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Mar 25

Not like that

Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I try to keep this a clean blog, so I will simply say that last night’s Iowa State women’s NCAA game happened. ESPN said ISU had a 98% win probability with 39 seconds left. Probability, two dozen turnovers notwithstanding, does … Continue reading →

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Feb 18

NT boys play tonight after last-second win

Posted on Thursday, February 18, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

This post is mainly to link to the Newton Daily News article about North Tama beating Baxter on Monday night on a 3-pointer by a freshman. The Redhawk boys play a district basketball semifinal tonight at Meskwaki Settlement. (edit: mistimed … Continue reading →

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