Will win a minimum of $600 in my fantasy football league. Pick me a bottle of wine or bourbon to celebrate with. Wines, I prefer full bodied reds. Recently been drinking Frog’s Leap Cab and Petite Syrah.

This is as of December 17, 2024. Intended for the curious, not as a judgment.

Patrick McCaffery - Butler: 11.9 ppg, started all 11 games for 7-4 Butler. Shooting .470% from 3 - not sure if he changed anything or has just been on a heater.

Tony Perkins - Mizzou: 7.8 ppg, started 4 games, played 8 for 9-1 Missouri. Must have been hurt for a bit. Only has one game in double figure scoring.

CJ Frederick - Cincy: 1.6 ppg in limited minutes over 5 games for #19 Cincinnati. Yep, he's still around - he redshirted in Joe Wieskamp's freshman class at Iowa.

Ahron Ulis - Nebraska: 3.4 ppg in about 15 min/game for 7-2 Nebraska. Finally got to play after having to sit last year for the gambling investigation. We'll see him January 7th.

Dasonte Bowen - St. Bonaventure: Averaging 11.1 and 4.2 assists, starting 10/11 games for a 10-1 St. Bonaventure team. They lost to Utah State too - He had 15 pts.

Josh Ogundele - Tennessee State: Yep, he's still around too. Left Middle Tennessee last year and has already played in 11 games with the first 2 starts of his college career. 4.5 pts 3.7 reb. Team is 4-7.

Amarion Nimmers - Tampa Spartans: After a stop at Indian Hills CC, is averaging 16.1 ppg and shooting .426 from 3 for the D2 school, which is 7-2 on the season.

Time for HBOT to get their festivus on.

See Brad H. Twitter post. They are close to acquiring some talent and need our help. Go Hawks! If you can donate, donate.

I had always wanted to keep the B1G intact but the Washington Coach said he had heard the NIL payrolls of both OSU and Oregon was $20 million each. Iowa can't compete against that. I realize our payout would drop by 50% or more but that is ok.

If the big name schools all left to be in a Super Conference, I am ok with that.

Iowa just needs to play MN, WI, IL, NW, NE and ISU for a fun season.

Go Hawks!

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Former congressman Jim Leach passed away, and here is what the obit in the CR Gazette had to say about his wrestling career:

"But Leach’s humility receded when it came to his accomplishments as a wrestler. He won a state title in 1960 for Davenport High School.
“He liked to say that he'd been inducted in the Wrestling Hall of Fame,” Wierzynski said.
"I’ve always thought that the most equalitarian place in the world is the wrestling mat," Leach said in a 2009 interview. "You have two people operating with the same goal in mind and abiding by the same rules. Wrestlers may differ in height and body type, but it’s hard to say who has the natural advantage." "

Always a maverick, and always an Iowan. We will miss him.

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Aside from your own farts, which everyone loves.

My Sorel house slippers are about due for a run through the washing machine. They emit a bit of a musky odor somewhat reminiscent of a sour beer. It is objectively an "odor" but I actually kind of appreciate it.

Any other nominees?

I do like Limburger cheese, as well.

Lots of speculation. Will it be formally announced today?

Huge W for the guys over at the Flight Crew for making these. This one was by far the best. A great send off for the seniors. Plus, there's nothing like beating little brother bugeaters!

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This team was certainly going to have some growing pains. Tennessee is not going to the last team to expose weaknesses. Every player on the team has to get better for the Hawkeyes to have a 20 plus win season. Still, undue pessimism at the point is to sell this team and the coaching staff far too short! Next game is Wednesday night…

Iowa City is canceling a $1.3 million project that would have improved the Riverside Drive pedestrian bridge and spiral ramp at Iowa Avenue after no contractors bid on the project.



Construction on the project was scheduled to start in the spring of 2025 and end later in the summer. The rehabilitation project would have included improvements to the concrete on the bridge and ramp, expansion joint rehabilitation, as well as a new handrail and lighting.


A 2019 report found concrete spalling and exposed reinforcement on the bridge. The proposed project planned to improve the aesthetics of the bridge while also addressing concerns about the state of the concrete.




City Manager Geoff Fruin said the city has no structural concerns with the current bridge and will continue to evaluate the future of the bridge in the coming years while performing ongoing maintenance on the structure.

Minimizing travel impacts​

The deadline to bid on the project was Oct. 4, but the city extended the deadline after no contractors bid on the project. The decision to cancel the project was made earlier this month after the city gathered feedback from project contractors.


“The project schedule and work limitations were quite stringent as the City was aiming to minimize impacts on all modes of travel during construction,” Fruin said.


The pedestrian bridge, which crosses a busy Riverside Road, connecting the University of Iowa medical campus with the main campus, would have been closed for the entirety of the project. Additionally, one lane of traffic would be closed at times during the construction period.





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“As we explored other approaches to the project, we concluded that in the short-term that changes to the construction approach that could attract more contractors to bid on the project, would have had too significant of impacts on travel in that region,” said Fruin.

Shared maintenance responsibility​

The Iowa Department of Transportation, University of Iowa and City of Iowa City share responsibility for the maintenance of the pedestrian bridge.


The DOT is responsible for 50 percent of all maintenance costs associated with the bridge, while the city and university are each responsible for 25 percent.


Iowa City would have spent approximately $325,000 on the pedestrian bridge rehabilitation project.

Other pedestrian bridge will be studied​

A similar pedestrian bridge down the road also may undergo future work.


Preliminary work is underway to replace Iowa City’s Burlington Street Bridges, which cross the river east of Riverside Drive, one eastbound and one westbound. A 2021 inspection reported the bridges were in “poor” condition and “structurally deficient.” The cost estimate for the project is $30 million.


A consultant, Cedar Rapids-based HDR, is studying the bridges to offer a preliminary design for their replacement. Iowa City, the University of Iowa and the Iowa DOT are working together on the project.


As part of the study, the spiral pedestrian ramp and bridge at Riverside Drive and Burlington Street also will be examined. The current ramp — whose design is similar to the bridge at Iowa Avenue — is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.


A preferred design for the Burlington Street Bridges project is expected to be finalized in 2026.

This isn't surprising but jesus ****ing christ. The man is a nut. I'm curious how many animal carcasses he'll leave in random places or take home during the next 4 years.

I’d imagine most of the Iowa State players will play in its bowl game. On the flip side, I see Miami being gutted for the game. Transfer portal, leaving for the draft, sitting out cuz they’re pissed they didn’t make the playoffs, and an overall lack of interest in playing Iowa State (take a look at social media… there’s absolutely zero buzz out of Miami or its fans about playing ISU). That said, I see Iowa State winning this one big.

Wondering the same about Iowa - Missouri. Neither really had a chance at the playoffs, so other than a few star players (KJ, etc), I’m thinking a lot of starters will play. Or no? I’ll say Iowa by 4.