My sis worked at First Ave. probably 20 years ago. Prince came in and ran the soundboard one night, cool place.
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Football Writers of America, gave Grantland Rice trophy to Iowa. That was quite prestigious because it was awarded after the bowl games. AP and UPI voted before the bowl games.
Very cool place. As big as Prince became, he never forgot his Mpls roots. Still lived in the area and frequented local music gigs, etc. all the way up to his last days.
He also learned that Nebraska was kicked out of the AAU for having inferior academic standards so he should be able to recruit “quality” individuals.
Edit: I apologize to all the dumb people out there that are still borderline quality individuals.
Yep, not a record to be proud of. I think Nebraska will be improving in men’s football and basketball. Not much doubt but how much? Maybe a great deal. Football should improve some this year but the 85 scholarship limit needs some upgrades. 2019, 2020 and 2021 classes should put us in much better position. Basketball needs a big upgrade at the 4 and 5 positions. The 1, 2 and 3 positions are athletic but need upgrades in consistent shooters.
By the way, I respect the football program that Ferentz has built. They do a great job in S & C with Doyle. They develop position players so well over the years. Take hardly recruited, lightly recruited and heavily recruited players and develop them at a high level. Have some misses but less than other programs. Like my Huskers for so long. That is/will be changing.
You have a well-deserved reputation for a tough, strong and physical offense and defense. The thing where you’ve maybe come up a bit short is skilled players on offense especially and defense. Team speed is a bit short at times. It’s hard to recruit top skilled players to leave far away from home.
But Iowa is well- coached, strong, physical and tough. Things Nebraska will get back to. Hopefully, with more skilled players and team speed. Wisconsin is another program, I think, very similar to Iowa. The people in Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska are similar whether people want to acknowledge it or not.
But our disadvantage is only 1.9 million people in the state. Iowa, has a million more, but has three division one football programs. That makes it tougher. Anyway, I hope all the Big Ten teams stay relatively healthy in the 2019 football season. The king of the mountain(Meyer) retired but left a full 85 scholarship total for the next Day. So some doubt is there, even if the talent is very strong. Michigan is very talented overall like PSU.
Those three programs probably have the best 85, right now. Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska and MSU are very close in comparing the programs 85 scholarship rosters. Northwestern(could be in the second group) and Purdue seem to be really close to the second group in its 85 rosters. Maryland(the DMV area), Minnesota and Indiana are improving and pushing forward with Illinois and Rutgers striving for a better future. Those two programs do have populated states they reside in.
Overall, the Big Ten is a well-coached conference in football. Investments in facilities and football staffs are rising faster than most other conferences. The future is bright and probably brighter in football. The conference kicks ass in wrestling and women’s volleyball. The other sports I am not as keenly aware compared to other conferences. Good luck next football season and I hope either the Hawkeyes, Badgers, Wildcats or Gophers finish behind the Huskers in the West Division.
I wouldn’t be negative about Lincoln or Omaha in comparison to the best cities in Iowa.
Did I say anything specifically negative about any cities in Iowa? No. I just stuck up for the two largest cities in Nebraska. State pride, you know. LOL. Both states have a lot of things in common. One is native residents who live in the rival state, hate the verbal abuse from the fans of the current state residing in. That is a common and sometimes hate inducing reaction. I read and here it a lot.
Yes, very nice to see another that appreciates the talents of those bands. Uncle Tupelo was pretty amazing, as are the bands that that band spawned.
What guys were playing with the Jayhawks? I know Chris Mars from The Mats and Jody Stephen's from Big Star played drums with them on occasion. I'm a huge Big Star fan.
I'm sure you like Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown also, despite the recent news about him. Ugh.. Neko Case is pretty amazing, as is Tift Merritt. Ruby Boots is a band I've been listening to some lately..
Agree to disagree. AP and UPI were the two biggies back then.
Maybe if you had more knowledge of why we were kicked out of the AAU, you wouldn't look so silly right now.
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Admittedly, I'm a lover of power-pop, so these next songs are sort of a mix of poppy alt-country, Brit-pop, and Indie. Lydia Loveless..
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If you've never seen the documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop," first of all, see it. It is great! Secondly, this song accompanies the opening and closing credits..
Hoiberg was 4-1 against Iowa, while recruiting to Ames. In Lincoln he will no doubt get the players, so I think he will win his fair share against Iowa and be a lot more successful in the B1G than Miles.
The fact that LSU was ranked #1 for the last 6 weeks of the season, went unbeaten and hardly was scored upon during the season and if both of those polls voted after the bowl games LSU would have remained #1 in both polls.
Iowa beat Cal in the Rose Bowl that wasn’t even in the top 15 in the country...
Schools have won the AP,Coaches (BCS) and the FWAA all in the same year and I have never seen them show off the FWAA trophy but they all show the AP, UPI or BCS trophy’s..
You really are going thru alot of trouble just to prove a invalid point...
Iowa and the NCAA claim that Iowa has a NC in 1958...
That's enough for everyone else ....I guess unless you're a cornholer...
Issue is closed it was 60 years ago..doesnt mean anything now just like the 70s and 90s
All ancient history...
26 NC University of Iowa...will add more here in the near future...definitely closer then nubbsville ,except I guess in girls VB...
You know for a fact LSU would have been voted #1 after the bowl games?
Funny you should arbitrarily pick Top 15...and not 10 or 20. Maybe because Iowa’s opponent was #16? And LSU’s #12?
Iowa’s tie and loss were both to Top 10 teams. And they beat two Top 10 teams during the season. LSU didn’t play anybody ranked in the Top 10. Iowa played a SIGNIFICANTLY tougher schedule. LSU barely won their bowl game. Iowa destroyed Cal in the Rose Bowl.
Oh......and don’t forget....there were no black players on LSU, any of their SEC opponents, or the team they beat on the Sugar Bowl (Clemson).
Sorry....you lose.
Oh yes, yes you should!
Des Moines & Iowa City are way more fun than Omaha & Lincoln.
Unless if you don’t like fun then I suppose they’re even.
I have no problem with this. Nebraska seems to be a school right now that is "selling its soul" a little bit for wins, we will see if it works out without the place being burnt to the ground. I think Fred has a GREAT eye for talent but isnt a great coach as far as X/O goes. My other issue is my guess is he is keeping one eye on the NBA while he is there.
It's no different than UCF claiming a NC a couple years ago because there was a poll that had them #1. The NCAA doesn't crown a NC ever, they just record when a team claims a NC.
It doesn't make more or less of a championship claim, it just doesn't boost the legitimacy of the claim at all. Texas A&M decided to claim championships that occurred years ago that many would argue aren't legit, but they claim them nonetheless
You guys should really stop living in the past Aren't you aware...NCAA football started in 2000.
Dan Murphy from Soul Asylum and Kraig Johnson from Run Westy Run joined them on stage for the "Until You Came Along" finale. Johnson played with them for a few others as well; back when he was a member of The Jayhawks.
Definitely a Big Star and Adams/Whiskeytown fan. I'll check out those others since we clearly have the same good taste in music. Thanks for the tips!
You've officially lost your mind. Des Moines and Iowa City combined don't offer the amount of entertainment Omaha offers by itself, let alone Omaha and Lincoln combined. That's what comes with the metro area of Omaha having nearly a million people, you goof.
I found a pirated CD of Wilco once in the drive through of a bank. All I remember was "Ghost" was written on it. I never did listen to it, fearing how awful it might have been. But you're saying they're decent?
Jeff Tweedy (singer and song writer of Wilco) IMO is the best song writer of his generation. I'm a bigger fan of their older work (Sky Blue Sky and before), but he is still the best song writer out there today IMHO...
Wilco's best album to me, Being There..
Omaha's infrastructure is in terrible shape. Des Moines metro is routinely mentioned in top 10 cities on the up & up. Iowa is sound financially, Nebraska is always in the red. Is what it is.
