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How the Big 12 Could Be the New Big East

The college football landscape is in turmoil as an eight-team conference scrambles to hold on to power and relevance among the new world order. No, I’m not talking about the Big 12 in 2021. I’m talking about the Big East. The Big East Conference – barely one decade ago – was in a similar situation to the eight programs that now remain in the Big 12. The Big East’s story could teach us lessons about what to expect from the university presidents, athletic directors, and television executives who hold power and will be making decisions among the Big 12 landscape. This story will undoubtedly sound familiar. Some schools lucked into upgrading, like Louisville, rocketing up the ranks from Conference USA…
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Re-alignment Realities: What options do B12 schools have?

Week after week, terrible headline after terrible headline, Iowa State fans are bombarded with news of Armageddon in the college football world. Every headline from The Athletic (who does not have a dedicated writer for a single remaining B12 team), CBS (who currently partners only with the SEC in college football through 2023), ESPN (The Mothership of the ongoing/impending CFB attack), or whatever website is getting in on the click parade spells the end of the world for the 8 little worthless schools sitting in the middle of America. But reality is perhaps not what these people and their giant media conglomerate overlords say, and the headline always seems to sting a little more than the actual content inside the…
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Let’s look forward, Nebraska

The future doesn’t have to be bleak for Nebraska. Nebraska is still one of the great brands in the sport, but looking back is not going to fix the problem moving forward.
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Matinee Baseball -Super Bowl Buffet

With the Super Bowl coming up we thought it would be nice to put all our Football podcasts in one spot for you to get you ready for the big game. Matinee Baseball 2.11 : Fall ball – The Waterboy Matinee Baseball 2.10 : Fall ball – All The Right Moves Matinee Baseball 2.09 : Fall ball – The Turkey Bowl Matinee Baseball 2.08 : Fall ball – Remember the Titans Matinee Baseball 2.07 : Fall ball – Necessary Roughness Matinee Baseball 1.18 : Winter Workouts – The Replacements Matinee Baseball 1.16 : Fall ball – The Program Matinee Baseball 1.17 : Fall ball – Little Giants
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Ranking Every Iowa State Football Win in the Matt Campbell Era

I’ve been trying to put my feelings into words about a top-10 Iowa State Cyclone football team and the progress this program has made under coach Matt Campbell, but words have escaped me. There’s nothing I can say that hasn’t already been said and with so much happening in the world outside of sports, writing about the greatest era of Iowa State football just hasn’t felt appropriate yet. So instead of trying to contextualize my thoughts on something bigger than wins and losses, I’m going to stick to just wins and losses—actually, just wins. All 35 of them in the Matt Campbell era, to be exact. What better way to celebrate the greatest era of football in school history than…
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Culture Check 2.3: Community

Arnold Woods and Emily Cornell continue on talking about tv shows by chatting about NBC’s Community.
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Old Man’s Strength: 2.03 – Forgiveness

Tim and Chris  talk to Ken Miller The Godfather of DSM sports radio about his and Chris’s unlikely friendship and their history with Marty Tirrell. We hope you enjoy this story of good things come from bad situations.
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Sports & Corks 3.4: Nia Dennis Stan Podcast

Emily and Emily chat about college basketball rumblings and tumblings. They briefly touch on the last weekend of the NFL before the big one. They share many updates about women’s soccer, hockey and gymnastics (because how could they not). They round out your time with them with games of the week, hot takes and wine picks. Also peep this week’s personal plug: Sift + Sprinkle Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emily_shaleen Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emilproblems Sports & Corks Twitter – https://twitter.com/sportsandcorks The Tailgate Society Twitter – https://twitter.com/tgatesociety You can email Emily and Emily at sportsandcorks@gmail.com
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Old Man’s Strength: 2.01 Silver Linings

Tim Johnson and Chris Shipley are just a couple of old dudes who came together to talk about the way it used to be and the way it has to be now. They laugh, get mad, cuss and talk about how to handle adversity with careers and family and how to come out on top. Try to find the silver lining! Listen as Tim and Chris talk about Chris’s cancer journey, how he let his faith take the lead.
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Matinee Baseball: 4.06 Kingpin

Ted Flint, Jake Vos and Shawn Fensterman share some drinks and talk about 1996’s Kingpin. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6EKoSvoUbxFjdtMI0pidL1?si=7aaa88285d5a412b
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F1: Hungarian GP Takeaways

The Formula One season is a long grind, and this week the teams arrived at the Hungaroring for the final race before the summer break. Everyone hoped to capture some momentum to carry into the home stretch. Some unpredictable weather shuffled the leaders in every practice session, making it difficult to tell who would have the advantage on Sunday. But when all else fails, you can bet on two things: Max Verstappen to prevail and Ferrari to leave everyone confused. Here’s how it went down. Vos Immediate reaction: WTF is Ferrari doing? I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a systematic failure as egregious as what Ferrari has had this year. While they’ve had a few GPs where they have shown…
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Mount Rushmore: Best NBA Players to Never Win MVP

Most NBA fans argue the tier 1 greats. Michael Jordan vs. Lebron James vs. Kobe Bryant. But what about those tier 2 greats, who just never made it tier 1? I give you the Mount Rushmore of NBA Players to Never Win MVP. Patrick Ewing Patrick Ewing dominated the 80s and 90s and made being a Knicks fan cool. He averaged over 20 points per game for 13 straight seasons including his best season in 1989 where he averaged 29 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks, and shot 55% from the field. He finished 5th in MVP voting that season behind Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, and Karl Malone. Elgin Baylor Elgin Baylor is considered one of the greatest players…
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F1: French GP Takeaways

After a week off, Formula One arrived in Le Castellet, France. Fans at the track were treated to French-speaking driver Charles Leclerc, from nearby Monaco, winning pole position on Saturday. But a potential showdown between Leclerc and Max Verstappen ended early in the tire barrier when Leclerc lost control of his Ferrari. Verstappen cruised to victory and likely soon a second championship. Here are our thoughts following the French Grand Prix. Vos Immediate reaction: Ferrari does Ferrari things… again Carlos Sainz was forced to start in the rear, Leclerc started on pole and did a great job to get out in front and hold off Max in the early portion of the race, yet Ferrari managed to have a massively…
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Matinee Baseball: 4.05 Major League 3

Ted Flint, Jake Vos and Shawn Fensterman have too many drinks and talk about Major League 3: Back to Minors. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4l5HcDq6mDWyJZOmVuaJ73?si=182706b36fd84f40
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  • Sports & Corks 3.25: An Episode for the TB12 Fans

    Sports & Corks 3.25: An Episode for the TB12 Fans

    Emily C. is joined by numbers guy Rahul to chat about NFL veteran Tom Brady and the young guys he’s up against, as well as viewership. They pepper in some college football and tennis.  Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emilproblems Rahul Twitter – ​​https://twitter.com/rahuldhami777 Sports & Corks Twitter – https://twitter.com/sportsandcorks The Tailgate Society Twitter – https://twitter.com/tgatesociety You can email […]

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  • Getting Over: The AEW Weekly Stock Report

    Getting Over: The AEW Weekly Stock Report

    This is a week that AEW has been building towards for months, as the company presents two shows that, on paper, look to be in contention for the strongest in company history, certainly in terms of in-ring matchups. Last week, I fantasy booked this week’s AEW Dynamite Grand Slam and, impressively, got nearly everything wrong. […]

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  • Sports & Corks 3.24: Upsets, Tea, and Football Things

    Sports & Corks 3.24: Upsets, Tea, and Football Things

    Emily and Emily chat about the past weekend of college football and NFL games. They also give some time to coaching rumors. Naturally, they round the time out with games of the week, hot takes, and wine picks.  Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emily_shaleen Emily Twitter – https://twitter.com/emilproblems Sports & Corks Twitter – https://twitter.com/sportsandcorks The Tailgate Society Twitter – https://twitter.com/tgatesociety You […]

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  • Getting Over: The AEW Weekly Stock Report

    Getting Over: The AEW Weekly Stock Report

    Coming on the heels of All Out, an almost instantly historic show reported to have done well over 200,000 pay-per-view buys, AEW was tasked with capitalizing on that momentum with last week’s Dynamite and Rampage shows. With intrigue in the company at an all-time high, the 9/8 Dynamite was watched by over 1.3 million viewers […]

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  • I Refuse to Budget My Childhood Video Games!

    I Refuse to Budget My Childhood Video Games!

    ESPN put out a tweet this week that’s a version of the $15 budget meme, featuring tiers from $1-5, featuring sports video games mostly from the early 2000’s. Usually I’ll play along and at least offer up an answer or attempt to make the $15 budget, but this time I simply refuse. The list of […]

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  • Bitter Units: A Beer Podcast: Northgate brewing’s Adam Sjogren

    Bitter Units: A Beer Podcast: Northgate brewing’s Adam Sjogren

    A survivor of the Minnesota brewing scene, Adam Sjogren was a co-founder and owner of Northgate Brewing. If he knew how to lock up his scooter, you could normally find him tooling around nordeast. Yell at him at @adamlikesbeer.

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  • Old Man’s Strength 2.18 Josh Knipfel

    Old Man’s Strength 2.18 Josh Knipfel

     Josh hops on the podcast with Tim and Chris to talk about the CyHawk rivalry, what he thinks about the upcoming game.  He walks down memory lane about the last time GameDay was in Ames and his triumphant comeback after being ejected in the Baylor game by mistake.

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  • GameDay Guest Picker Nominations

    They’re back! ESPN’s College GameDay is coming back to the heartland for yet another Cy-Hawk rivalry game. I polled The Tailgate Society contributors with some rooting interest in the game for who’d they like to see at the desk with Rece, Desmond, coach, and Herbstreit. Here’s what we said. Georges Niang (Iowa State, Philadelphia 76ers) […]

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  • How the New Big 12 Stacks Up

    How the New Big 12 Stacks Up

    BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF appear headed to the Big 12, and that means a shake-up among the Power Five. Can the Big 12 keep up with the others in money, power, perception, and (most importantly) winning? To try to answer that on-the-field question, I turned to advanced metrics. Specifically, I reviewed SP+ data from […]

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  • AEW ON TGS 2.04: All Out Preview

    AEW ON TGS 2.04: All Out Preview

    Ted Flint is joined by Tom Hyde and Jason Mitchell for the drunkest AEW wrestling podcast you will find. It is time for them to talk about AEW All Out.

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