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November 14, 2006

If there’s any doubt out there that dome stadiums are a blight on society, check out this tidbit from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:
A crowd of 63,924 cheered loudly when the Jumbotron screens displayed an aerial view of the Metrodome, followed by a shot of several planes streaking across a cloudy sky. At the same time, the […]

November 13, 2006

This weekend #1 Ohio State plays #2 Michigan in the biggest college football game of the year. Who will win? To find out what the experts think, I’ve invited noted ESPN commentator Lee Corso to debate the outcome with a potted plant.
The potted plant says: The Ohio State – Michigan rivalry is one of […]

November 12, 2006

Note to the marketing department of the NFL and the Green Bay Packers: I stay tuned to every Packers game through to the end even if it’s a blowout, so making these contests into nail-biters is doing nothing for your audience numbers; it’s just giving me an ulcer.
Boo-ya! The Packers go into the Humpty Dump […]

We’re just an hour away from kickoff at the Humpty Dome and I have yet to write one disparaging word about the Vikings. Thankfully, the Packer Palace has more than enough trash talk to make up for my lack of attentiveness. But here, belatedly, are the five reasons Green Bay will win today in the […]

(Warning: The following contains mean-spirited and inappropriate remarks from a fan of a suck-ass football team who has no business trying to take the piss out of much better teams. Reader discretion is advised.)
My Cyclones may have suffered yet another disastrous, disappointing, and embarassing loss yesterday at the hands of Colorado, but at least now […]

November 11, 2006

It’s a good thing that there’s no Brats & Beer podcast because I’ve lost my voice screaming at the TV for the last three hours. The good news, though, is that Wisconsin finally beat the Iowa Schmuckeyes 24-21, closing out their Big 10 schedule with a 7-1 record. But it was not an easy game […]

November 10, 2006

You know, I never really got the whole T.G.I.F., Thank God It’s Friday thing. I understand the part about the weekend being here and all that, but I’m not sure that Fridays themselves are really worth celebrating; you still have to go to work, then you have a couple too many hi-balls while bitching about […]

November 9, 2006

I suppose there are some people out there in Cyclone Nation shedding a tear for Dan McCarney, who officially resigned yesterday as head football coach at Iowa State, but I can’t say that I’m one of them. The writing has been on the wall for a few weeks now, and the 41-10 loss to Kansas […]

November 8, 2006

Thank goodness the election is finally over. I know that our representative democracy is one of the things that makes this country great and special in the world, but I could really do without the barrage of inane political commercials. And don’t even get me started on the coverage of the elections by the news […]

November 7, 2006

This is absolute gold. Courtesy of Deadspin, here’s a picture of U of Iowa quarterback Drew Tate wearing tights.
The claim is the picture is from Halloween, but I’m pretty sure this is a typical night out for Tate and his tights-wearing butt posse. It would be a crime if Wisconsin doesn’t totally beat down the […]