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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What happens out in the lots, stays out in the lots.
Re-alignment Realities: What options do B12 schools have?
By user
/ August 26, 2021
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
By user
/ March 8, 2021
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
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/ February 4, 2021
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
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/ February 3, 2021
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
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/ February 1, 2021
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
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/ January 28, 2021
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
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/ January 28, 2021
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
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/ January 8, 2021
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
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/ August 5, 2022
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
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/ August 1, 2022
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
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/ July 28, 2022
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
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/ July 25, 2022
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
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/ July 22, 2022
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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5 On It: 20/20 Vision
In which the Tailgate Society’s Sylvia June gets personal about her New Year. The end of each year is a momentous time for me. But not exactly because we are ringing in a new calendar year — I celebrate my birthday at the end of December. Birthdays are the occasions that I believe are the […]
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Sports & Corks 1.20: Bowl Szn Greetings
Bowl szn is in full swing (1:06). College basketball continues to provide chaos (17:23). Wild card weekend is coming up (24:45). Mental health awareness gives us the bigger than sports moments for the week (31:05). Emily J Twitter – https://twitter.com/emily_shaleenEmily C Twitter – https://twitter.com/emilproblemsSports & Corks Twitter – https://twitter.com/SportsCorksThe Tailgate Society Twitter – https://twitter.com/tgatesocietyYou can […]
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We’re Not That Drunk 4.05: Balls out with Sean Roberts
We’re Not That Drunk is the seminal podcast of The Tailgate Society and is the spark that ignited this entire venture. WNTD touches on an insanely wide variety of topics including guest interviews with staff and media members, Tonight Ted Flint, Jared Smith, Jake Vos are joined by producer of The Morning Rush on KXNO […]
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Too Early 2020 Wyoming Football Predictions.
No assumption about the Arizona bowls will be made, the focus here is the 2020 season for your University of Wyoming Cowboys. Grab the popcorn, next season is going to be a ride. The Pokes are going 10-2, as of December 2019.
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5 On It: TGS Picks the Best Music of 2019
Why not revisit the best music 2019 brought us as we watch the last days of the year dribble away? Members of The Tailgate Society selected their top five songs/albums that came out this year. These are their picks. Nicole Gustafson All in all, 2019 was a pretty good year for new music releases. Elder […]
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The Stuff ‘N Things Podcast 2.24: Scratch Where It Itches
Welcome to the Stuff ‘N Things podcast! We’re talking a lot of Iowa sports and whatever nonsense we may drift off in to! We’re always open for questions, you can find us at @StuffNThingsPod on Twitter. Check it out, if you don’t like it, we’ll refund your money! We’re back with some Hawkeye basketball talk this week! […]
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Sports & Corks 1.19: Smiling’s My Favorite
We’ll now return to your regularly scheduled Sports & Corks, with college football bowl talk (1:21) , college basketball updates (11:22), a dash of NFL action (27:07), hot takes (29:52), some nice wine selections (34:24), and of course, a bigger than sports moment (41:44). Anchor.fm, Google, Spotify, iTunes, Breaker, Overcast, and RadiopublicEmily J Twitter – […]
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Getting Over: AEW Dynamite Review (12/18/19)
With Christmas falling on Wednesday of next week, this week’s episode of Dynamite effectively serves as the winter finale. A number of mini-programs and feuds have been teased over the last couple of weeks, leading to an all-hands-on-deck episode of Dynamite. Will AEW end 2019 on a roll, building off of last week’s success? Or […]
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TGS’ 2019 Bowl Draft
Austin Narber, Tom Danielson, and Spencer Hughes rotated through the draft posing as bowl representatives and offer brief explanations for their selection. Take a look and tell us what your think.
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From David to Goliath
The next realignment in college athletics will have a new playbook as the landscape of media and screen usage has changed drastically since the 2007 advent of the Big Ten Network.
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