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Tag: Iowa

  • IOWA Main Street and Town Square Bracket Challenge- SWEET 16

    IOWA Main Street and Town Square Bracket Challenge- SWEET 16

    Following a fun debate at work about town squares in my own region, I decided to create a bracket of 64 for Main Streets and Town Squares in Iowa. These Main Streets and Town Squares have been the center of commerce, life and history for these communities across the state. Due to the sheer number […]

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  • Iowa Heartlanders: The New Boys in Town

    Iowa Heartlanders: The New Boys in Town

    Are you an established hockey fan? Or, perhaps, you’re a die-hard college football fan who needs something to do on the dreaded off-days. Or maybe you’re just an Iowan who can appreciate a beautiful logo and team design.  If any of these statements even partially apply to you, please allow me to introduce you to […]

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  • City View Readers: Please Vote Wisely

    Your vote matters to those in your community. You vote with your dollar and your vote.

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  • Good Teams Win, Great Teams Cover: Week 9 College Football Picks

    Good Teams Win, Great Teams Cover: Week 9 College Football Picks

    Northwestern/Iowa Under 37.5- Both of these teams have some offensive concerns to say the least. Northwestern can’t do anything well, averaging less than 4 yards per rush, completing less than 50% of their passes, and operating at a -6 in turnover margin this season. Iowa has spent most of their season trying to change their […]

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  • The 2019 Tailgate Society College Football Preview

    The 2019 Tailgate Society College Football Preview

    While the usual suspects appear set to be making a run at the college football playoff, there’s always plenty of room for surprises in the world of college football.

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  • College G(Ames)Day: Iowa State’s Most Likely GameDay Opportunities in 2019

    College G(Ames)Day: Iowa State’s Most Likely GameDay Opportunities in 2019

    Unless you are a college football blueblood, the stars have to align nearly perfectly to host the most coveted preview show in all of sports.

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  • Nice guys finish 7-5

    Nice guys finish 7-5

    This past Saturday was without a doubt the worst Iowa football game that I can recall.

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  • 2017 Iowa Hawkeyes: New Year, New Faces, New Roles.

    2017 Iowa Hawkeyes: New Year, New Faces, New Roles.

         You know the narrative that has followed Kirk Ferentz’s Iowa teams over the years. When they’re expected to do great things, they fall short of those expectations (see 2005, 2010, or 2016). When nobody is talking about them, they come out of nowhere to end up playing in a BCS bowl (2002, 2009, 2015). […]

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  • This week in the Group of Five: Week 1

    This week in the Group of Five: Week 1

    The return of college football is right up there among the most required activities ever. 2017 has been a beast, but maybe the time stretching quality of the news cycle these days will spill over to CFB as well, and it won’t seem like the season is over in 3 hours. In 2017, the non-P5 […]

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  • America Needs Farmers, not your acronym

    America Needs Farmers, not your acronym

    On a national scale, the Iowa-Iowa State rivalry is a quiet and somewhat forgettable matchup. In the state of Iowa, it seemingly continues to grow louder and more heated, thanks in large part to the rapid-fire social media platform Twitter, where fans can easily take jabs at one another about every non-issue they want to […]

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