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LOL. I definitely agree with you in theory, but I still think two years is a little short. Maybe my experience is skewed, but almost all of the people I know and work with have been at their positions for way longer than two years. Perhaps three would be reasonable compromise? Either way...

1000% agree with redefining congressional positions as service and not a pathway to wealth. That is an issue that deserves much more focus, IMO, and has contributed greatly to the decline of our system. I would piggyback that earmarks and pork-barreling need to completely be barred from the...

Well said. The "Holy Grail" is the proper balance between free-market capitalism and socialistic government regulations. It is a constantly shifting goal that will never truly be achieved in a world economy based upon freeing up and utilizing natural resources that are limited. I tend to have...

In fairness to the program, cases like Tracy are fraught with 20-20 hindsight. He was recruited as a WR and to serve as a bit of a gadget player and returner. The talent level around him wasn't the best, for sure, but he failed to take advantage of the opportunities when he got them - his hands...

He took a big shot just before he came out, so you have to wonder.

Ha. That's good. To make it even more analogous would be to add oversight organizations that would have punished you with a poor "Car Maintenance Equity Score" if you HADN'T filled your tank with 100% ethanol and doused the intake with ether...

Therein lies the rub, doesn't it? Historically, policies with intent to combat inequities (such as DEI initiatives) ironically end up hurting what should be a morally altruistic goal. There are multiple reasons this seems to happen over and over, so it's a complex issue for sure. A large part...

Both very good posts. At the risk of being accused of pushing a radical right-wing radical agenda (cause you know, intelligent discourse is no longer allowed in the age of hyper-reactive polarization...), I will push back on a couple of things here. 1. The conclusions of survey studies always...

To be clear, I wasn't referring to the Doyle situation specifically. As others have rightly pointed out, if he chose to exert his power in a bully fashion, he got what he deserved. Perception trumping facts is a much broader issue, but probably can be applied in his case. IIRC, one player...

Absolutely agree, and I'm definitely not defending people who essentially "make their bed" by being jerks. My take on whether times have changed for the "better" relates more to the current culture of, "If I perceive what you do or say as offensive, be it racist, sexist, homophobic...

The poor tackling is something I don't think any of us saw coming, and I'm sure it is driving Phil absolutely nuts. It's like a virus has infected the whole defense. Even Jackson's tackling has been off. He traditionally has made up for his lack of size with good pop and leg power, but this...

So, Elsbury's job on that play is to block........ nobody?

This is exactly right (though I'm not sure I entirely agree with your last sentence...). The old-school abusive types have been weeded out, in both sports and other vocations where that kind of behavior was rewarded, and that is definitely for the better. Where I give pause, is that in this...

Just to clarify, I don't know if I was being clear, but I was agreeing with you on Wallace. Just pointing out that if he is considered, someone undoubtedly will bring it to her attention.

When the time comes, my guess is that somewhere, somehow, someone will plant a bug in her ear about what happened with Wallace and Kallenberger. In this day and age of micro-vetting overkill, it will come to the forefront. How much significance she places on that information remains to be seen...

Yes. I'm sure that the thought from day one was that if QB didn't work out for whatever reason, WR and DB were very viable back-up plans. Obviously, a lot depends upon the recruit and how flexible they are. Still, it would have been quite interesting to see what he could have done with a few...

Yep. As was Kevin Kasper. Iowa has a long history of recruiting QBs, then converting them. Cooper DeJean also comes to mind.

I didn't think of it that way, but that's an interesting take.

Really awesome day to be at Kinnick. Perfect weather and a great home crowd. A few observations: Saw some real growth at a few spots today. Colby and Dunker probably played their best games as Hawks. For the most part, both were solid in both run and pass-pro. Stephens, however, struggled...