Category Archives: Sports

Nov 20

Decade milestone of the week (2)

Posted on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Columbia, Missouri, November 21, 2009 — It was entirely a whim. It turned out to be more meaningful than that. I happened to have the Friday and Saturday the week before Thanksgiving off. Iowa State (6-5, 3-4), under new coach … Continue reading →

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Nov 15

Iowa-Minnesota game preview

Posted on Friday, November 15, 2019, at 10:16 AM by Jeff

(I am glad ISU did not hire P.J. Fleck. At least, I think I think so.)

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Nov 13

North Tama volleyball’s turn in 2019 state tournament

Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

For the second time in three years — and by extension, the second time ever — North Tama volleyball is in the state tournament. The Redhawks will be playing a late quarterfinal tonight against Le Mars Gehlen, one of three … Continue reading →

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Nov 08

Iowa-Wisconsin game preview

Posted on Friday, November 8, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff
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Oct 16

GMG has the helmets, but not the headcount

Posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Almost three weeks ago, KCCI had a story about GMG having state-of-the-art helmets for its football team. (Video with story, un-embeddable. Also check out GMG’s new gym. Well, almost-decade-old gym.) But high-tech helmets don’t provide any protection from being a tiny … Continue reading →

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Oct 08

Website does everything my booklet did — statewide

Posted on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Obviously, I need to write something about this. I haven’t had time to. But I did want to put the story up before it got too much older.

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Sep 20

The Big WHAT kickoff?

Posted on Friday, September 20, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

In yet another attempt by Fox to differentiate itself from ESPN, the early Saturday college football game is getting some higher-profile teams. Let’s ignore for the moment that a talking-head set of Urban Meyer, Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, and Brady Quinn … Continue reading →

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Sep 18

RVTV for Traer: Start the campaign now

Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

^ A highway-related segment from last week’s RVTV. It’s obvious that Traer is never going to be a pass-through town on the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa because of its lack of county road access. But there is … Continue reading →

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Sep 16

The most Iowa State ways possible, continued

Posted on Monday, September 16, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Matt Campbell could be Iowa State’s Earle Bruce. The second Earle Bruce, I mean. The first Bruce won eight games at ISU three years in a row, but couldn’t get over a conference hump. He left ISU to go to … Continue reading →

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Sep 12

Orlando columnist still really, really hates Iowa State

Posted on Thursday, September 12, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

During Conferencepocalypse, Orlando Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi questioned the justification of multiple non-blue-blood teams, including Iowa State, in major-college football. Well, more than questioned. He railed to anyone who would listen (and those of us in existential angst) that teams … Continue reading →

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