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Princeton Review Top Party Schools

Iowa comes in as the #9 party school per Princeton Review.  Discuss and analyze at your leisure.  We're one spot above DePauw (or DeLOL, in the parlance of our times) University in Greenscastle, Indiana which I was going to make fun of...until I read its Wikipedia entry:

"DePauw was named one of The 50 Best Colleges for young women by CosmoGirl magazine in October 2006."

Roadtrip?  Roadtrip.

We all know that this Wednesday is going to be exciting:  The Iowa Hawkeye Basketball team will of course have 30 turnovers match up against 14 and 6 Ohio State, but as mentioned, the Athletic Office is also putting together a number of incentives and promotions to get you, the casual Hawkeye fan, to the game. (are your eyes bleeding from comma misuse? I hope so.)

One of the promotions for Wednesday is for all (1200) fans to wear gold.  Another is for "select" football players* to be on hand to sign autographs (and maybe even don a USA hat or two?).  Coincidence?  Try higher calling.  So, if you are in fact heading to the game this week at CHA...might I be so bold as to suggest a piece of attire?

* Do I know Stanzi will be there?  I do not.  Will I still look awesome?  I will.

Although this isn't a popular opinion from a national perspective, the Iowa Hawkeyes are getting a front row seat to the strengthening of the Big Ten.  While the media focuses on an apparent changing of the Big Ten guard in Columbus, other teams are coming to the fore: Iowa just doesn't know how to lose, Penn State is still, well...Penn State, and Michigan will soon (if their coach stays in Ann Arbor) have a potent offense on the back of not one, but two very good young quarterbacks.  What's more, three other teams with talented new coaches (Michigan State, justNorthwestern, and Purdue) are quite obviously pointed in the right direction.  The Big Ten is not in trouble, its opponents are.

It's been an especially sweet reemergence for Iowa fans.  As a little kid in the stands during the late 80's and early 90's (I cried after the loss to Ohio State in 1990) I remember the feeling of always being close.  Even though Iowa didn't always win, they never seemed far from one.  Fry always seemed to be one "exotic", one big throw, one long Nick Bell rumble away from pulling one out.  This season (and, really...last season) feels a lot like those days.  Since that freezing cold evening when the Daniel Murray "I-win-you-lose-Penn-State-extravaganza" happened, we've seen a lifetime of amazing wins in 12 games:  the Murray kick, the Outback Bowl stomping, the UNI miracle, the Penn State sequel, and oh, yeah...last night.  These are the seasons fans hope for, the seasons we all dream about when looking at two deeps, watching spring ball, and pouring over every post of this amazingly awesome blog.  My point in the end is this:  go buy up the last remaining tickets on stub hub, go scalp to your heart's content, go buy a handle of Hawkeye vodka and a grill...and enjoy this year. 

Go Hawks.

According to arrowheadpride.com, Drew Tate is one of the 6 try out players at this year's Kansas City Chiefs mini-camp.  It looks as though they are looking for a 3rd QB with Croyle perpetually inured these days.  The picture of Tate looks like it might have been taken shortly after he finished partying in Iowa City with Kyle Orton:

YouTube video of the 2005 Capital One Bowl is thrown into the post for good measure (as it should be).

 
via images.stltoday.com

Rejoice Hawkeyes...We can all take a deep breath now...Todd Haley is the new coach of the Kansas City Chiefs.  Haley was scheduled to attend this year's pro bowl but cancelled at the last moment due to the Chiefs situation.  It sounds as though the offer has been extended, accepted and the contract work is now underway.  The countdown until next year's inevitable Kirk Ferentz rumors starts...now.

The Cleveland Browns look to have hired Eric Mangini as their head coach per the AP.  I assume Charles Barkley will yell, scream, and drive into a telephone poll in protest.  Maybe the Chiefs will hire Pioliolioreo and we can turn to speculation on Ferentz going to Kansas City.

Eric Mangini Hired as Browns Head Coach

Quote of the day:

The 37-year-old began his NFL career as a ballboy with the Browns in 1994.