Brent Blum

Blum: Squaw Creek Evil

There is some scary, supernatural stuff happening in the Bergstrom Football Complex. Evil spirits have infiltrated the building. Since the…

12 years ago

Blum: Past and present

I spent most of last week at a technology conference in California discussing sexy topics like instructional design and learning…

12 years ago

Blum: Hipster Cyclones

I hate columns that start with a definition. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word hipster as, "a person who is…

12 years ago

Blum: Indisputable Chaos

I left Jack Trice Stadium well after midnight amidst a lightning show and impending hail storm. The clouds opened and…

12 years ago

Blum: Knock-Out Punch

The college football world will have its eyes locked on Ames on Thursday night. The focus of the gaze is…

12 years ago

Blum: Candy Crusher

Throughout most of the summer, America was consumed by the smart phone and social media game Candy Crush. For those…

12 years ago

Blum: Enough chatter; time for football

Take a deep breath, the gauntlet is about to begin. The start of the 2013 season has been as disjointed…

12 years ago

Blum: Running Game Intervention

Dear Iowa State Running Offense,Go ahead and grab a seat old friend, we need to have an intervention. You see…

12 years ago

Blum: Elementary Rivalry

There is something elementary about Cy-Hawk week. For a game talked about constantly and analyzed from every conceivable angle, there…

12 years ago

Blum: Steele Reversal

Modern day college athletics can be a fickle beast. In the click of a Twitter, a player's standing within the…

12 years ago