- As predicted by everyone, including Nostradamus, the Hawkeyes will start the season in the AP top ten (9). Iowa has done much better in the Ferentz era with low expectations, but Iowa has the talent to win 10+ games, even while hunted.
- Iowa State will play four (!) teams in the top ten. That's a brutal schedule. (Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
- I received a sneak preview of the Register's special Hawkeye preview section. It's good. Look for it Sunday.
- Kirk Ferentz unintentionally sent the Iowa media into a frenzy Friday night when he went on Fox Sports Radio's Petros & Money show on 1460 KXNO. It sounded to many like Ferentz said Brandon Wegher had returned to practice, but his heart wasn't in it, so he left again. Turns out Ferentz was talking about early in camp, and there was no "news". Wegher is still absent. You can always use a Wegher, but Jewel Hampton looks like the guy, with Adam Robinson a proven, productive option. Hampton is suspended for the first game though. Jewel, the folk singer, could play against Eastern Illinois, and Iowa would win. As long as she doesn't sing, "Who Will Save Your Soul".
- Prices at the Iowa State Fair are absolutely ridiculous, if not scandalous. I don't know how many families afford it. Someone should seriously look into why it can't be more reasonable. $6 for a cinnamon roll? And it's $10 just to get in. Our state fair should be an affordable day for Iowa families, not a day at Disney.
- Quick, what teams played in the Arena Bowl? I had to look it up. Spokane and Tampa Bay. Spokane won.
- The documentary on former NFL player Pat Tillman is a movie I need to see, though I'm sure it's heartbreaking.
- We're headed to Miller Park this weekend. My fourth of five planned MLB stadiums. (Wrigley, Fenway, Kauffman, Miller, Target)
- Seriously, how is the state fair allowed to be that overpriced? I guess the short answer is, we're willing to pay.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Our State Fair Is A Greatly Overpriced State Fair
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The price of stuff once you're inside the fair is the main reason my family of 4 doesn't go. By the time you drive 130 miles each way, and eat two full meals plus assorted snacks and drinks, it's not worth it.
completely with you on the price of the fair
Agreed. With this economy a family of 5 can't afford the fair. I grew up going, but haven't been able to afford to go for the past couple of years, and feel my kids are truly missing out on a great thing.
Maybe before the people in charge of the fair start whining about lower attendance at this year's fair, they should think about prices. It is absurd.
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