SuperCars in Indy

Photo via IZODIndyCar on Flickr.It's a bit of disappointing that Indianapolis is hosting the Super Browl this year and we no longer live there (simply owning a house doesn't count). As a loyal Vikings fan, born after their four Super Bowl appearances, my favorite Super Bowl to date was when the local Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI. It was the closest that I got to ever getting on the Colts band wagon and it was a lot of fun to live in a city so excited about the game leading up to it. And, that game was in Miami.

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Coach Paul Rhoads gets a website

You're hard pressed to find a Cyclone fan that isn't excited about the man behind the football program: Coach Paul Rhoads.

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Exciting times for Cyclone football

The Cyclones take the field to battle Kansas. Photo from Iowa State Football on Facebook.It's been a roller coaster of a football season for the Cyclones. Picked for dead last int he Big 12 (as usual) many thought there is no way that second year head coach Paul Rhoads could duplicate the surprising success he had in year one. Especially in light of the fact that many online services rated our schedule as the toughest in the nation.

However, here we are just into November and Rhoads has the Cyclones almost exactly duplicated last year's success since we're a mere one game away from bowl eligibility (with three to play) and have a program defining road win that no one expected (at Texas two weeks ago).

Where does that leave us? The rest of the schedule isn't going to be easy. Lucky for us, two of the three remaining games are at home but no-so-lucky is the fact they're against Nebraska and Missouri (two teams ranked well ahead of us nationally). We have a seemingly winnable road game at Colorado in between but as anyone knows who's followed us for a few years that inexplicable losses in Boulder happen more often than not.

Speaking of those three games - if you don't have tickets you may want to check out a new ticket broker at IowaStateCyclonesFootballTickets.com. These good folks noticed that I tend to post about my Cyclones and liked the content. They asked to advertise here and I obliged(1). So, if you need tickets, check 'em out:

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Sports reporter pet peeve

Tough blow for the Packers, I'm reporting RB Ryan Grant is done for the year w severe ankle and leg injuries. Will be placed on IR.Tue Sep 14 17:36:03 via ÜberTwitterJay Glazer
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I'm over the sports reporter practice of starting each news story with "so and so is reporting...". You hear it all the time on sports radio and see it on ESPN. However, the tweet above is the first time I've ever seen a reporter credit himself in a tweet. Ridiculous.

Ames floods

Image by Arturo Fernandez/The Register

The flooding in Ames this week has been quite simply amazing. It was captivating yesterday to follow the updates from friends and connections in town on Twitter and Facebook, as they sent information on road closures and pictures of the damage.

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The Story of ISUtoBig10.com (or, we put up a site that received 12k unique visitors in 7 days!)

Updated on Monday, June 21, 2010 at 10:59AM by Geoff Wood

Early last week the news broke that the Big XII conference was sure to collapse and that Iowa State, along with Kansas, Kansas State, and Baylor had nowhere to go. Nebraska was set to go to the Big Ten (which happened) as was Mizzou (which didn't happen). Colorado was set for Pac 10 (which happened) as was the rest of the South Division (which didn't happen).

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And, I thought the Saints were dirty...

Image from NYTimes.comAfter the Vikings lost the NFC championship to New Orleans Saints, I wrote the following in a blog post: 

However, the Vikes looked pretty darn good. I’m a homer but it certainly felt like the Vikings outplayed the Saints – only they kept turning the ball over which was ultimately the deciding factor. In fact, they turned it over 5 times! And the Saints gameplan was obviously to take Favre out (which they almost did) which was legal but felt dirty. The Saints racked up 3 unsportsmanlike penalties and a few others that looked like they should have been called.

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