2005 December 07 » Brats & Beer

December 7, 2005

The rivalry is back on! Iowa State hosts Iowa this weekend for the biggest game of the year. The Schmuckeyes are 7-2 coming into this one after an earlier loss to Texas and a 67-63 loss to Northern Iowa last weekend. Greg Brunner is their all-star this year, shooting better than 46% from the field […]

The ISU Cyclones accepted a bid to play in the EV1.net Houston Bowl on New Years Eve. The name is pretty goofy, but I think it’s a lot better than the Independence Bowl down there in Shreveport where Iowa State has ended up twice before. They’ll be playing the fightin’ Horned Frogs of Texas Christian […]

Wisconsin accepted a bid to play the Capital One Bowl in Orlando the day after New Years. Yeah, it’s no Rose Bowl, but it is a big time game. The Badgers will be up against Auburn, who finished second in the SEC West with a 9-2 overall record. Early consensus points to a win by […]

Not sure why it took so long, but Javon Walker cut his ties with Drew Rosenhaus yesterday.
I’m sure you remember the story, Walker hired the uber-agent back in February to renegotiate his contract with the Packers and later threatened to hold out of training camp if a new deal wasn’t signed. Eventually, though, he did […]

The wisenheimers at Deadspin recently chose their top three Packer blogs. Unfortunately, Brats & Beer didn’t make the cut (okay, maybe they didn’t know about it), but congrats to the three that did. Packer Palace was the top ranked site, for obvious reasons. It is fall down, laugh yourself silly hilarious. Great Packer-inspired animations and […]