HeyJaredHawkeye State
An online repository for the thoughts of noted Iowa Hawkeye blogger, troubador and bon vivant Patrick Vint.
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Postgame Tears (opens the original)
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Kirk Ferentz has trouble hiding his emotions. We all know this.I remember the first time I saw Kirk Ferentz cry. It was at the end of Iowa’s victory over Penn State in 2004, a game you might remember as The 6-4 Game.He had good reason to cry: His father had just died, and he’d just created his magnum opus in his grief. Kirk has cried a lot since that day. He cried when they beat Nebraska in 2023. H
Here’s the Thing: Michigan (opens the original)
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There were seven playable characters in the original Mortal Kombat. The ‘tournament’ required you to beat each of the other characters, then beat two characters in one round, then face the two final bosses of the game (one of which was really just all the other characters embodied in an old guy).But sandwiched in the middle of that progression was the ‘mirror match’ in which your character faced himself. This always came after all of the other playable characters had been defeated and uppercutte
Here’s the Thing: Iowa State (opens the original)
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Last week, I watched a documentary on Ulysses S. Grant. While most of it centered on the Civil War, and Grant’s part in winning the war for the Union, I found the post-war portions most interesting. Grant famously pardoned the members of the Army of Northern Virginia when Lee surrendered at Appomattox, and let them leave with their handguns and horses. Grant then led some of the reconstruction efforts in the South, following Lincoln’s death. Like Lincoln, he preferred to welcome the Confederacy
Here’s the Thing: Northern Illinois (opens the original)
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NOTE FOR NEW READERS: I try to do one of these on the Friday before every game. They’re usually behind the paywall for paid subscribers, though we’re posting this one for free today. You can enter your email below to subscribe, and it’s five bucks a month or fifty for the year. As always, all profits from subscriptions are donated to the UI Children’s Hospital.<input class="email-input" name="ema
The Ball-Knowers (opens the original)
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Tim Lester opened the first of his two sessions on the ANF Podcast1 with a story from the 2012 Division III football playoffs. Lester was in his fifth season as the head coach of Elmhurst at the time, and led the Bluejays to their first playoff appearance that season. Lester had running back Scottie Williams, winner of the Gagliardi Trophy that season, but it wasn’t Williams or the running game that was the topic of discussion.Elmhurst defeated Coe College in the first round of the play
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