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    Will We Have Football in the Fall?

    Didn't ND proclaim that football was an essential activity? If the fighting Irish are up then maybe the UI should look and see if there is an open Saturday where they can play a game to make up for the one that was canceled after JFK was assassinated. Perhaps some sort of ad-hoc schedule between...
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    Who wins the West this year?

    Agree. It's Hayden's legacy of "Scratch where it itches" being passed down by Barry. It's one thing to know who you are, but being somewhat flexible doesn't mean you give up on your core principles. Loved the three QB sneaks in a row in the Holiday bowl. I thought that epitomized the principle...
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    Who wins the West this year?

    Let's face it, Wisconsin has the best Athletic Director. The other guy works for him.
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    Robert Gallery sells home

    Not my cup of tea either, but 5 acres and an East Bay location...
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    Herby says the upcoming season is in big time doubt

    There might be something to this. I noticed that Phoenix has a relatively low number of confirmed cases for having 4.7 million people in its' metro. Could be the lack of testing but now that we have tested one million people the numbers are interesting. Less than 20% of those tested are...
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    Iowa Football Position Preview: Hawkeye Receiving Corps Might Be Ferentz's Best

    If this is the best then the Hawkeye QB, Petras most likely, is going to look great providing the OL steps up. The weak link this season, due to the Wuhan SARS Corona virus pandemic, might be a traditional Hawkeye strength - that is conditioning. Hopefully the returning linemen will just need...
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    Iowa Football Position Preview: Spencer Petras Leads Inexperienced QB Group

    Could be a huge advantage if the entire time period is contiguous as far as rote learning goes. Some guys naturally take more back to back repetitions to get "wired" for a particular task. This is especially important for new players in the system. This is why some experienced players seem to...
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    Lift Records

    ... If I counted correctly five are current players.
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    Did Nate level off his last season?

    Arguably the only stat that matters at the end of the season is the number of wins. Every QB during the Ferentz era had his most wins, for a variety of reasons, in the year in which he became the outright starter with the exception of Nate Stanley. Nate garnered one more win each season over the...
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    Iowa Football Preview, Prediction: Hawkeyes Take on USC in Holiday Bowl

    Including Farley I count four corpses on that list. Hard to believe they are gone...
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    Howe's Friday 5: Signing Day, NFL Draft, Cy-Hawk Hoops, Holiday Bowl

    Talking about an Iowa win in the Holiday you said "It also would improve Iowa’s record to 2-3 against Top 25 teams this year and push it into the Top 15 of the final AP Poll for just the second time this decade.". Actually Iowa is already setting at 2-3 against the top 25. A win in San Diego...
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    Duncan...

    Just checked and he needs 3300 votes to catch Blankenship. All I have to say is that Duncan has moxy!
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    OT: Casey's General Store

    Wait...There is a doughnut store a couple blocks from my house called "Casey's". Come to think of it they do sell gas and pizza.
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    Kirk/Brian in game play calling

    Correct. It all changed during the 2000 Grammy awards broadcast. Some guy w/ a van full of radio tuners pulled up in the Staples Center parking lot. The tuners were connected to a multi-track tape recorder. This guy recorded the signals from wireless mics on stage w/ the performers, security...
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    What Happen To Blimps?

    I think that went out when they closed runway 00. That is the old runway that runs due North and South. Put a lot of traffic over the healthcare complex.
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    Best TV for Watching Sports?

    A 4K Plasma would be the ultimate TV. The panels That Pioneer and Panasonic made have a very long life but the switching power supplies that power them were junk. I think the future we will see enthusiasts revive them a lot like we see a niche in audio for tube amps and preamps.
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    Best TV for Watching Sports?

    Plasma boy here. Had high expectations that OLED would be the ticket. The tech is still too young and they suffer from issues similar to the early plasmas. And they have artifacts that exasperate compression artifacts in your source media. I have an acquaintance who is associated w/ Canon and...
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    Question

    I heard it from KF's mouth himself - During the pregame Saturday Dolph said (close paraphrase) "Coach this game has all the earmarks of being a low scoring game" to which KF replied enthusiastically "I'm OK with that" or words to that effect. I knew right then we were doomed.
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    Game Day Rituals During A Bye...

    So I find myself engaging in my regular weekly game day ritual during bye weeks. It obviously didn't carry over after the last bye and my wife thinks it just displays poor hygiene on my part. Therefore I want to know if others do or don't so I am posting a poll to get an idea if this is a...
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    George Kittle

    Play of the game... https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/49ers-hold-off-late-cardinals-push-jimmy-garoppolo-heats-up-raises-super-bowl-ceiling/live/ No anchor so you have to scroll down about 2/3s of the page.
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