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He was a culture changer. Not single handedly, but when he knocked Wisconsin's Chris Chambers out of a game in 2000, it was a turning point. Iowa would lose that day and finish the season 3-9 but Sanders had announced that times were changing, that Iowa would be arriving soon.

There is a very funny YouTube video out there of Eli going undercover as "Chad Powers" trying to make Penn State's team as a preferred walk on. He starts with simple throws, then ramps it up with deep outs, post patterns, up patterns, bombs. The Penn State offensive assistants start getting...

You can usually find Smithwicks at HyVee, Piggly Wiggly and specialty beer and liquor stores. Can't drink rhe Guiness here, never could. Loved it over there particularly when Touring the brewery in Dublin. Other faves were Carlsberg, Rockshore and Five Lamps.

The north was the true Ireland. Highest concentration of Gaelic tongue, least touched by pretension, most potato famine history, best scenery, best pubs,, best music,, most interesting social and political history which of course is still evolving in Belfast and Derry. Not to mention Sligo and...

Yahya Black had a hell of a camp and numerous sacks/TFL's in the exhibition games.

We had a fourteen day guided tour and our own fourteen passenger shuttle piggybacked by starting and ending in Dublin. Will have a difficult time topping it even if we go back. Rain was an issue on only two days. Wild Atlantic way was breathtakng from the Ring of Kerry to North of Donegal...

We will absolutely go back! Gotta visit the Wild Atlantic way from the Dingle Peninsula to Donegal to experience rhe true authenticity of Ireland (and where some Gaelic is still spoken). If in Dublin gotta get to the Temple Bar early if you want a table and for live music. Like around 9:00...

And a population of only 7-8 million and that's if you include Northern Ireland. The big cities are connected by expressways but if you want to get lost on Ireland's back roads you may never be found.

After our sixteen day trip there last fall I can assure you that the Irish truly walk to the beat of their own drum. Hearing the stories of the harsh conditions, rocky landscapes, how some parts of the country near Galway and Donegal didn't have power grids until the 1970's, not to,mention the...

Players still recovering from a few too many pints of Guiness at the Temple Bar

Lisa Bluder would be awesome to have a couple beers with. Her and Jan had a go to place after home games and it wasn't downtown-it was at a dive bar. Joe's maybe?

This story has reached its sad and inevitable conclusion. Megan passed away over the weekend at the age of 41. Currently residing in Tennyson Wisconsin she was my neighbor in Dickeyville for about ten years. She leaves behind a husband and three kids. She never progressed past being a...

Any updates on this story? That team has already lost two players at young ages. Roy Marble and Michael Reaves.

My dad liked his medium rare. I'm more medium to medium well but have to be careful in restaurants. Medium has become the new medium well in some of them. Order medium well and it might come out stuck to the plate.

A good steak needs neither. But when needed I prefer A1.