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    What are you doing today to kill time until tip off?

    Long work out before the sun comes up. Then some XBOX. Basketball. Basketball. More basketball. I'd love to play some golf but mid 30s isnt warm enough for this getting old guy. I wont admit to crying over the waste of time picking my bracket was
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    Rose Thread

    Is this new Kirk or old Kirk ?
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    Wally Burnham Retires

    Thanks Wally ! Enjoy retirement ! Im never going to forget Wally coaching a high school kid after the Saturday summer camp was over. Just he and the kid off to the side while everyone else was shaking hands with CPR and walking off the practice field.
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    Mark Richt

    They had enough of going 9-3 ?
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    How much is a Gene Chizik "TEAMWORK" motivational poster worth?

    Why is there an empty Iowa football helmet on #21's back ?
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    ***Official Iowa State vs Kansas State Gameday Thread***

    Too the players.. Thank you for all you do. To the coaching staff, if you aren't already fired... Do the noble thing and quit.
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    Iowa High School Football 2015

    Over the past 8 years, I have volunteered to be a big brother (Big Brother Big Sisters) to a now high school athlete here in Central Iowa. I can sit there and look at the football rosters and pick out kids playing for Urbandale, Johnston, WDM, and Ankeny that played with him on a Des Moines...
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    People on football sidelines

    As someone who has been on the field as a nonplayer, it is an experience you cant get in the stands. I have been on the field in Ames Twice as part of the Big Brother Big Sisters Kick off kid promotion (Army and and an 11 am ABC game against Oklahoma). For a lifetime ISU fan, it was an...
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    8 types of Iowa Fans

    Has anyone seen the elusive, HuskerHawk ? I grew up in western Iowa back when it was all Nebraska and Iowa all the time. Northwest Iowa was litered in the 1980s and 1990s with HuskerHawks. Nebraska football fans (obnoxiously so) and when basketball season rolled around, they mysteriously...
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    Pet Peeve

    I have three Iowa State polo shirts that I have bought from official retail outlets of Cyclone gear during the past three seasons. They are all different shades of red. Which ones are acceptable to the clothing police and which ones arent ? BTW, the coaching staff was wearing white shirts...
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    Minivan question

    Newsflash to minivan drivers, you legally have to stop at stop signs when exiting the fairgrounds. Second, the people going on Dean Avenue dont have to yield to you. Third, dont flip the person off who was 100% legally in the right. Fourth, dont try to run said person off the road in your POS...
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    Mothers Day Weather Thread

    You do know there are MANY.. MANY... ways to stay up to date and stay safe, right ? Internet. Other TV stations, some of whom are dedicated to weather. Radio Stations. Looking out the damn window. So is FOX 17 uncaring since they arent covering this tornado over 2 hours away from Des Moines ?
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    People who seem to forget you have to pay for things. If you refuse to leave the 1980s, you can mostly fill out your check while your purchases are being rung up. Have your wallet out and ready when you hear the total. I'd be really picky and demand you put the cell phone down but ... People...
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    High School Football skills development

    Looking for recommendations or ideas for the development of a high school footballer. He will be a Junior in the fall. He is a 2 year starter (Fresh and Soph teams) at Defensive Tackle and there is talk of moving him to Offensive Guard. He is a good natural athlete who excelled at all the...
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    Driving home from work, cars with your windows UP???

    If everyone on the road had a tuned up car and mufflers, I would roll the windows down or at least crack the sunroof open a little
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    Friday OT #2 - Shows That Went On Too Long

    Under the Dome - Started out kinda like the King book then made into multiple seasons because everyone watched it. Celebrity Apprentice - Too much Donald Trump. Real House Wives of .......
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    MarkCharter.com $100 giveaway today!

    76-71 cyclones
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    KRNT Reuniting Marty & Miller

    Could the real reason behind no 1350 am be a noncompete in Ken Millers old KXNO contract ? I find it hard to believe that KXNO would let him go to a competing radio group after only a couple of weeks off air.
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    11/10 - 11/11 Possible Winter Weather Thread

    During winter, the 5 day EURO model is the most accurate... Yesterday, central Minnesota into Wisconsin was going to get buried...
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    NFL: ***Official Week Seven Thread***

    How about them Cowboys !