Brent Blum

Basketball

BLUM: Believe the Hoiball hype

Iowa State can win a National Championship this year. This program which has grown exponentially in the last four years is on the cusp...

Football

BLUM: Reliving the 2002 Nightmare in Norman

There is a point in all of our lives where our sports fandom transitions from child-like enthusiasm to the cynicism of an old-timer. Iowa...

Football

MONDAY MUSINGS: No moral victory in that loss to Texas

Google the phrase, “Learning how to win.”That’s what I just did and the results were not surprising. On page after page, I found cliché...

Football

BLUM: Enough was Enough

Forty-eight hours after the Jamie Pollard press-conference and controversy continues to boil. The Des Moines Register reported on Monday afternoon that Big 12 Commissioner...

Football

Blum: Adjustment Bureau Returns

Note: Parts of the following are fictional.....we think.Lost in the chaos following Iowa State's shocking win over Oklahoma State in 2011 were a group...

Football

Blum: Rhoad Dogs

Life on the road in power conference college football is hard. I'm not talking about brutal, cramped 12 hour bus trips capped by accommodations...

Football

Blum: A real rivalry

My twin brother turns thirty this weekend. He is a University of Iowa grad. I guess that means I also hit the big 3-0....

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