en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1244651 Comments by Loyal_Son http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/blogs/docs-office/2010/09/03/death-of-a-rivalry-iowa-wisconsin#IDComment96791664 I think Hugs4U's "weak sister" comment was referring to the way ISU has been treated by the conference formerly known as the Big XII. It certainly doesn't fit the Hawkeyes. Glad it's almost ISU week again! Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:29:02 +0000 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/blogs/docs-office/2010/09/03/death-of-a-rivalry-iowa-wisconsin#IDComment96791664 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/docs-office/2010/09/03/heres-the-traveling-trophy-for-iowa-purdue#IDComment96789862 How about a large bronze question mark with a picture on Jim Delaney on the base and a crossed out Wisconsin logo on the bottom?! Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:15:33 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/docs-office/2010/09/03/heres-the-traveling-trophy-for-iowa-purdue#IDComment96789862 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/the-hlog/2010/09/01/big-ten-may-have-been-scooped-of-its-own-scoop-espn-joins-others-who-say-iowas-lumped-in-a-football-division-with#IDComment96488637 I'm OK with the divisions, except I'm not crazy about our protected rivalry being Purdue. Tough to call that a "rivalry" when Wisconsin is being dropped from the every-year schedule. Wed, 1 Sep 2010 21:55:45 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/the-hlog/2010/09/01/big-ten-may-have-been-scooped-of-its-own-scoop-espn-joins-others-who-say-iowas-lumped-in-a-football-division-with#IDComment96488637 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/blogs/the-hlog/2010/08/05/djk-his-personal-story-is-genuinely-rags-to-riches#IDComment91236289 Too bad "The Blindside" has already been made - this sounds like a movie! My son got his autograph as the Spring Game, and he was clearly enjoying signing for the kids. What a great story, and the best is yet to come! Go Hawks! Go DJK! Fri, 6 Aug 2010 18:09:23 +0000 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/blogs/the-hlog/2010/08/05/djk-his-personal-story-is-genuinely-rags-to-riches#IDComment91236289 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/docs-office/2010/07/15/rivalries-at-risk-in-big-tens-new-division-shuffle-with-poll#IDComment86969037 Actually, the divisions will only be used for football. Other sports will be completely unaffected. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:04:00 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/docs-office/2010/07/15/rivalries-at-risk-in-big-tens-new-division-shuffle-with-poll#IDComment86969037 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/blogs/on-iowa/2010/07/07/my-no-8-2005-capital-one#IDComment85384279 I can't believe this game is not higher than number 8! I've had season tickets since the late 1980s, and for me, that was the greatest Hawkeye game ever. (I was not at No. 1 Iowa 12 No. 2 Michigan 10). The greatest swing of emotion I've ever experienced at a sporting event - from "oh ___ we aren't going to have time for the field goal" to pure elation in the blink of an eye. I was in the end zone behind the Iowa offense and saw Holloway come open, but was afraid he would be tackled just short of the goalline. The stunned looks on the LSU fans was priceless. Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:35:28 +0000 http://oldgo.gazlab.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/blogs/on-iowa/2010/07/07/my-no-8-2005-capital-one#IDComment85384279 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/docs-office/2010/06/29/new-big-ten-scheduling-formula-wont-create-many-problems-in-2011#IDComment83166548 I still prefer the Big 12 format, because I don't want any conference opponent to be too sparse on the schedule. I'd hate to have any conference opponent coming to Kinnick only two times a decade. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:57:10 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/docs-office/2010/06/29/new-big-ten-scheduling-formula-wont-create-many-problems-in-2011#IDComment83166548 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/05/08/some-eastern-iowa-churches-find-room-to-grow-on-outskirts-of-city#IDComment82590379 It is if you can't fit everyone in that wants to attend! What's the alternative? Sorry folks, we're full, you're not allowed in here. Imagine how that would be viewed! "Critics decry church for turning people away. Are they racist, elitist, cultish, or all of the above?" Anyone else sense that the churches can do no rigjht in some peoples eyes? Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:55:14 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/05/08/some-eastern-iowa-churches-find-room-to-grow-on-outskirts-of-city#IDComment82590379 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/05/08/some-eastern-iowa-churches-find-room-to-grow-on-outskirts-of-city#IDComment82589910 The former Cedar Hills (now Stonebridge) site was sold to another congregation as it's first permanent facility. Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:50:28 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/05/08/some-eastern-iowa-churches-find-room-to-grow-on-outskirts-of-city#IDComment82589910 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/05/08/some-eastern-iowa-churches-find-room-to-grow-on-outskirts-of-city#IDComment82589702 Presumptuous and unfounded. It's easy to be an expert on things you know nothing about, isn't it. Stonebridge moved less than 1/2 mile, from one West Side location to another; from a 1/2 block site to a much larger area with room for ministry and growth. Have you tried finding a 20 plus acre site in the inner city that a church could afford? Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:48:09 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/2010/05/08/some-eastern-iowa-churches-find-room-to-grow-on-outskirts-of-city#IDComment82589702 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/on-iowa/2010/06/16/dividing-up-the-12-in-the-big-ten#IDComment80612960 The problem with rolling divisions (i.e. restructuring them periodically to promite parity) or divisions with a matched cross-divisional rival (a la SEC) is that some schools may not match up for extended periods. For the sake of continued conference identity and coheseivness, I think that's important. I want each school to regularly play each other home and away. I'd play eight conference games, five in division and three cross division. I'd play cross divisional teams 1-3 one year, teams 4-6 the next. The re-do 1-3, with the opposite home-away. Then re-do 4-6, with opposite home and away. I'd even support going all the way up to 11 conference games to play a true round robin! That way, no team is off the schedule for more than a year, and home-away matchups are preserved within a 4 year cycle. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:04:07 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/on-iowa/2010/06/16/dividing-up-the-12-in-the-big-ten#IDComment80612960 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/on-iowa/2010/06/11/pollard-on-the-big-ten-network#IDComment79645171 Just when I'm feeling sympathetic to ISU, Pollard opens his mouth and says something truly stupid. Quit whining! It's as if he's arguing to his next employer why it really weasn't his fault. Shut up and do someting productive for your school! Time to make some lemonade out of the lemons ISU has been handed. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:55:43 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/on-iowa/2010/06/11/pollard-on-the-big-ten-network#IDComment79645171 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/the-hlog/2010/06/07/theres-no-cause-for-hawkeyes-to-be-scornful-of-cyclones-other-than-pure-rivalry-reasons#IDComment79179153 As a proud Iowan and avid Hawk fan with two graduate degrees from the University of Iowa, I have actually become protective and defensive about ISU as this process has evolved. It may be good for Hawkeye athletics to see ISU diminished, but it's bad for the State of Iowa. Hawkeyes and Cyclones are like brothers, which is why the rivalry can get so intense. Brothers may fight, but they stick together when the other is being picked on. Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:01:46 +0000 http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/the-hlog/2010/06/07/theres-no-cause-for-hawkeyes-to-be-scornful-of-cyclones-other-than-pure-rivalry-reasons#IDComment79179153