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Iowa-ISU Aftermath

I sit here in Jack Trice Stadium's press box looking over a darkened field. It's cold in here, and it's wet outside. It's 8 p.m. That was some game, huh? Iowa and Iowa State, I mean. I get tired and bored of the press conferences, the hoop-dee-doo and hype, the weighty expectations of fans, the travel, glitches with unreliable wireless Internet that causes transmitting my columns to be an ever-frustrating affair, tailgates that I can't enjoy because I'm working, and much more woe-is-me nonsense that is nothing you (or I) should care about. I want to see good games. I want drama. I want emotion, the good kind of emotion. This game had it. Iowa State played valiantly, Iowa rebounded from its dormancy of the first-half that needs explaining, and the fourth-quarter was tense from start to end. Iowa State's 15-13 win ranks as one of the most interesting, entertaining games in the Iowa-ISU series. It doesn't bode well for the Hawkeyes, and I don't expect many more triumphs for the Cyclones this year. But this day, this was theater.   |    Login or Join to Post Comments