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The movie "Bat 21" with Gene Hackman & Danny Glover was based on something that happened in Vietnam, the rescue of a downed aircrew member named Lt. Col Iceal Hambilton. I met the former Forward Air Control pilot, Darrell Whitcomb, the wrote the book titled "The Rescue of Bat 21." The movie...

I began being a Hawkeye fan in the 50's as a kid, watching the two Rose Bowls that we won. I kind of drifted away from it until I was in the service in the late 60's & guys were always talking about their home state football teams. I couldn't say much because Iowa was lousy then. I went to my...

Thanks for including the pictures & sharing your experiences.

My expectations for this season were Iowa would go 0-12, then every time Iowa won I would be happy & willing to eat crow. After a few games in to the season, I thought it would be really cool to win the West Division. Once that was locked up, I was nervous as hell because I wanted to beat...

Boy you brought back some old memories. I remember listening to that Iowa/USC game & Iowa just marching up & down the field against them. I always liked listening to Bob's TV show. So many times when he was asked about the next game, he would say "We have to go play with reckless abandon." I...

I want Iowa to win for many reasons. 1.The guys on the football team have earned the reward of being Big Ten Champions for going undefeated versus where the team was picked to finish in the preseason prognostications. 2. The loyal fan base. 3. I was born & raised in Iowa & have been a...

"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck" - Tony Robbins

One of those brilliant minds even said one reason he didn't like Iowa is because it is a boring state. Now I am sure that the CFP selection committee takes that into account. Another observation regarding Jason Whitlock. He said that even if Iowa won the Big Ten Championship game, he still would...

All the parking lots mentioned in these posts are good ones, not far to walk to Lucas. There is an old line Indianapolis deli called Shapiros. http://www.shapiros.com/locations/downtown-indianapolis/ I have parked in one of their lots for Colts games as long as you eat there. I don't know if...

It is interesting you mentioned Earle Bruce. He was at Iowa State from 73 - 78. His W/L record was 4-7, 4-7, 4-7, 8-3, 8-4, 8-4 then he left for Ohio State. I remember many Iowa State fans were glad he left. I think his main problem is he isn't a very nice guy, & he rubbed too many influential...

I attended the Michigan game in November 2013, the coldest game on record in Kinnick, & Iowa won.

The graphic of how many 4 star/5 star players was amazing. Iowa has 8 -4 stars, 0-5 stars. Alabama had something like 54 - 4 stars, 6- 5 stars. It is amazing that Iowa is even in the top 5 with that sizable talent difference. Iowa has a reputation of having very good teams every 5 years or so, &...

I used to listen to Paul Finebaum's radio show on Serius/XM when I was traveling. I liked the show, & found him to be reasonable in his opinions. He made no secret that he is an Alabama guy even though he is a Tennessee grad. The show was broadcast from Birmingham, Alabama. I don't care about...

Paul Finebaum. He is on ESPN now, has a daily show. He had a radio talk show in Birmingham, Alabama. He is definitely one of those that because the SEC won the National Championship so many years in a row, the SEC must now be the permanent top toughest conference. What is interesting is his...

I was unaware of Bob's drinking problem. One of my memories of watching Bob on his weekly TV show was when asked what they needed to do against the next opponent. Bob would say, "We just have to go out & play with reckless abandon." I had heard he campaigned for the Iowa job, speaking to I-Clubs...