College Football Week 12

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This week we'll add a picture of the Nebraska Cheerleaders. We want to make sure Bo Pellini is unhappy with us....If Nebraska thinks the Big 12 isn't giving them any breaks in their last year of football with the conference, the Big 10 didn't do them any favors withe the scheduling in 2011. Games against Kansas and Colorado are replaced with Wisconsin, Ohio State, Penn State as well as in-division rivals such as Michigan, Michigan State and Iowa. After that, Lawrence and Boulder may not look so bad.....Wisconsin has had the opportunity to put style points up against a few teams this year. It isn't a given this Saturday when Northwestern travels to Madison. But Ohio State hosts a porous Michigan Defense, and it shouldn't surprise anyone if the Buckeye Offense looks to impress against the rival Wolverines......This is the first year the Big Ten has extended their regular season until Thanksgiving weekend. Among the reasons for doing this is to help prepare conference teams for bowl season. Once the 2010 bowl season is over, it will be interesting to see how different the conference teams look compared to that of past years.

Night Out on the Town

Since the Gophers and Twins have left the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the popular stop on the way to the games may have taken a hit in popularity. Huberts was the place to stop before or after many of the events at the downtown sporting venue.

Generally a packed place prior to most of the sporting events, Huberts is a great place to grab a sandwich with a cold refreshment while waiting for kick off or the first pitch.

Many photos of Minnesota's greats line the walls inside. Outside during the Summer months has various tables to enjoy the Minnesota Summer air.

Senior Day for Video Students, too.

Saturday at Kinnick Stadium was Senior Day for 26 Iowa Football players. But they weren't the only ones experiencing their last trip to Kinnick as a member of the Iowa Football team. The Iowa Video Staff also had two students who were shooting their last game in Iowa City.

Erick Tjarks of New Sharon and Kyle Yoder of Lone Tree were recognized at the Johnson County I Club breakfast on Friday and again in front of more than 70,000 over the replay board.

Erick has spent over two years as a member of the video staff, with Yoder concluding his third season. These are the ones who spend the fall afternoons shooting practice from one of the many lifts at practice as well as braving the elements on to give the coaches the video necessary to teach and coach from.

A Video Guy in the Making

After observing the video guys shoot practice at Kinnick Stadium last Thursday, my son Colin decided he could be like one of Daddy's video guys. However he was missing a valuable piece - the tripod. We decided to make a trip to Best Buy to price one for him, letting him know that Santa would arriving soon and he could ask for one from him. That wasn't good enough as he was willing to spend his own money. The next night Mom took him back to Best Buy where they found one originally opened, and now discounted. He proudly walked grabbed the tripod and proceeded to the check out stand.

Now with his still camera attached to it, he is preparing to "shoot a video" when the video guys come over for Thanksgiving dinner.

Gary and Ed IA v OS '10 Highlights

A few of the highlights from Saturday's Iowa - Ohio State game as seen from the Iowa Learfield Radio Booth. Gary Dolphin and Ed Podolak on the call.

A Big Thank You to Hawkeye Sports Properties for allowing me to place a camera in their booth.

Hawkeyes lose for second straight week.

The Ohio State Football team celebrates their Kinnick Stadium win with their fans and leave Iowa City with a 20-17 Big Ten victory. The loss for the Hawkeyes take them out of title consideration and will be playing Minnesota in one week to hold onto the Floyd of Rosedale trophy.

College Football Week 11

This TCU cheerleader looks like she knows her team will make the BCS Title Game. One thing we have learned is that it is a long season, and games played on Championship Saturday (1st week of December) find a way to make things interesting....Heisman ballots were mailed to the voters today. If Cameron Newton is the favorite to win the award, will voters select him now, or wait until the end of the season to see fi he is eligible.....This week Northwestern takes on Illinois is a game that is crammed into historic Wrigley Field. While I have been a propenent on this site for Iowa to be the first team to play in Wrigley Field, it may be the best idea to let someone else break in the Friendly Confines. Locker rooms were built in the early 1900s with little room expected for the participating footbal teams.
ball teams. The walk for the team is long from the locker room and the home team is dressing in Evanston riding the "EL" to Wrigley.