It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Southwest Airlines pilot arrested at Georgia airport

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Brilliant.

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anyone have this?

I believe our old friend torbee suffered from this.

Personally I'll poop wherever. Airport, stadiums, but my favorite is the magic toilet in the executive wing of the office. It has a butt warmer and electric lid.

The open bribery and corruption and violations of the emolument clause are going to be epic. Besides stuff like this it's gonna be 4 years of looting and plundering. Oligarchic takeover of the United States! Yay, we're 1990's Russia!
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Part of me really wants to see how it would play out. HROT would definetly be better for me.

. . . The great offensive mind of Steve Sarkisian turns to mush. Those play calls reminded me of BF and of Iowa in the Iowa State game this season. You have FOUR tries, if necessary, to get into the end zone from 36 inches away and tie the game, and you not only can't do it, you turn the game-tying TD into a game-deciding TD for the other guys.

It boggles the mind.

Get up under center and roll the QB out along the line of scrimmage. The slightest gap is a TD. Run Hayden's naked boot--fake the dive up the middle, and the QB rolls untouched into the end zone. Fake the QB sneak and throw a jump pass for a TD. Go '85 Bears and put your 325-pound lineman in the backfield and either hand him the ball or fake to him and have the QB follow him into the end zone.

First and goal at the one . . . Wow.

I guess the lesser of the conferences -- ACC, Big 12 and Mountain West don't want to get rid of the automatic bye, which I totally understand.

Would be nice to see just the top-four ranked teams get those spots, though.

I'm all for the possibility of upsets, but I'd rather see it with a higher-likelihood upset in the first round, rather than blowouts in the quarters, but what the hell do I know. This thing is just going to keep expanding, anyway.

But he’s still got one more day!
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It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

For those that don't want to dig through the other thread. Will try to add times(Central) & viewing option as they are announced.

11/2 - @ Oregon State 9pm Flo
11/9 - Stanford 1pm BTN
11/15 - @ Bellarmine ESPN+ 6pm
11/23 - ISU 6pm B1G+
12/6 - Iowa vs Princeton/Army @Franceis Howell High School in STL 6pm & 8pm UFC FightPass
12/29-30 - Soldier Salute B1G+
1/12 @ Wisconsin 2pm B1G+
1/17 - Illinois 6pm BTN
1/25 - Ohio State 1pm BTN
1/31 - @ PSU 6pm BTN
2/2 - @ Maryland 1pm B1G+
2/7 - Nebraska 7pm BTN
2/14 - @ Minnesota 8pm BTN
2/16 - Northwestern 1pm B1G+
2/23 - Oklahoma State 730pm BTN
3/8-9 - B1G Championships @ Northwestern sat 10am start, finals 430pm sun BTN/B1G+
3/20-22 NCAA Championships, Philadelphia ESPN/ESPN+

To Sue Gary Barta for these contract buyouts?

Prompted by someone saying that Fran’s defense is worse that Lickliter’s offense on Twitter.

I wasn’t coherent enough or didn’t know enough about basketball to watch and fully comprehend the Lickliter era. Which is worse?

Series that just dropped on Netflix.

Strong first episode.

Love the Readers added context
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I find it interesting that many years ago I became apart of the healthy food revolution.

Not so long ago, we had to fight for food labeling, and the identification ofGMOs.

We had to fight against Roundup.

Big surprise for some posters here. Back then, I was a Green Republican. There are such things, although the MAGAs will not accept that.

IMO, everything going on is counterproductive and counterintuitive.

People are yelling, rah rah, we won.

What exactly did you win? Please be specific. Documentation would help your arguments.

When it comes to schools sharing revenue:

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MAGA Monday!
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And yes, I’m high.

WHO: #9 Illinois Fighting Illini (7-1, 2-1 Big Ten)
WHEN: 6:00 PM CT (Friday, January 17, 2025)
WHERE: Carver Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, IA)
TV: BTN (Zach Mackey and Tim Johnson)
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network (Steven Grace, Mark Ironside)
MOBILE: foxsports.com/mobile
ONLINE: foxsports.com/live
FOLLOW: @HawkeyeBeacon | @Hawks_Wrestling | @IowaonBTN

Iowa's first Big Ten home dual meet of the season is tonight at 6 PM, against a solid Illinois team.

125: #28 Joey Cruz (SO, 13-6) OR Kale Petersen (rFR, 5-2) vs Caelan Riley (JR, 3-7)

133: #4 Drake Ayala (JR, 10-1) vs #2 Lucas Byrd (SR, 11-0)

141: #30 Ryder Block (2-2) OR Jace Rhodes (SO, 5-2) OR Cullan Schriever (SR, 3-5) vs #12 Danny Pucino (JR, 9-2)

149: #3 Kyle Parco (SR, 11-0) vs #12 Kannon Webster (rFR, 8-3)

157: Miguel Estrada (FR, 13-2) vs #20 Jason Kraisser (GR, 8-3)

165: #2 Michael Caliendo (JR, 11-0) vs #11 Braeden Scoles (rFR, 10-1)

174: #5 Patrick Kennedy (SR, 7-0) vs #21 Danny Braunagel (SR, 6-5)

184: #5 Gabe Arnold (rFR, 9-1) OR Angelo Ferrari (FR, 10-0) vs #10 Edmond Ruth (SR, 8-3)

197: #2 Stephen Buchanan (GR, 11-0) vs #18 Zac Braunagel (SR, 8-3)

285: #12 Ben Keuter (rFR, 9-1) vs #11 Luke Luffman (SR, 9-2)



133 is the clear match of the night with #4 Ayala and #2 Byrd -- that could be a preview of the Big Ten Tourney final and possibly a late round matchup at NCAAs as well. They have not wrestled previously.

Illinois should be favored at 141 and maybe 157, though Estrada has looked very solid so far this season as a true frosh. 285 looks like a toss-up weight and 149, 165, and 184 look like potentially tight matches where Iowa will only be a slight favorite.

Lots of intrigue -- this looks like the first real test of any significance Iowa has faced since the ISU dual.

Action gets underway on BTN at 6 PM and I'll have results and thoughts in the comments here.

I have 2 season tickets, but I'm looking for 2 tickets to take my kids to the Iowa vs. Illinois meet tomorrow night. Let me know if you have any available, thanks!