Stanford lost the Fiesta Bowl, in part, when a Freshman field goal kicker missed a chip shot at the end of regulation. Then in overtime, Stanford started with two running plays despite having Andrew Luck in can't miss mode. Predictably, the poor young kicker missed again. Oklahoma State took advantage, and the Cowboys will stake a reasonable claim to #1 if Alabama upsets LSU...
OSU coach Mike Gundy dedicated the win to the four people who died in a plane crash the day before Oklahoma State lost at Iowa State...
The Rose Bowl was also a video game. Wisconsin's Russell Wilson put the Badgers in position to tie Oregon late, but Wilson forgot the clock starts before the ball is snapped. Two seconds wasn't enough. Game over. Oregon's first Rose bowl win in 95 years. Wisconsin loses its second straight Rose. Still, the Badgers made it to Pasadena again...
Georgia missed a kick in OT to beat Michigan State. Good thing for the Big Ten. It saved the conference from going 0-5 in one day...
Penn State fell hard to Houston in something called the Ticket City Bowl. Penn State lost its mojo for something the players had no part in. It's hard to imagine Happy Valley being happy again anytime soon...
Did Ohio State and Florida really meet with neither team ranked? Yep. Did Ohio State really end the season with a losing record? Yep. Don't look for that again anytime soon...
Nebraska had a better season than Iowa, but it still wasn't what Cornhusker fans expected. The Cap One loss to South Carolina showed another national championship appearance for Nebraska looks as likely as Bo Pelini teaching anger management class...
Rock Center with Brian Williams had an exclusive interview with University of Iowa professor Stephen Bloom. Bloom shows no regret for his complete trashing of the Hawkeye state and the people who call it home. He also makes a week defense of "satire":
http://rockcenter.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/02/9900130-controversy-over-stephen-blooms-observations-from-20-years-of-iowa-life
And here's the original article:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/observations-from-20-years-of-iowa-life/249401/?single_page=true.
Bloom wrote some harsh truths about Iowa in his Atlantic article, but he did it in such an elitist, condescending manner, it comes across mean-spirited and hurtful. Bloom also fails to even make a half-hearted attempt at balance. I know Iowa and the people of Iowa are far from perfect, but the good far outweighs the bad. I've lived here for 22 years and I have no idea where Bloom came up with some of these examples. I'm still waiting for someone to ask me if I hunt my dog.
I will vigorously defend Bloom's right to say and print whatever he wants. I just don't know why he'd want to live in Iowa when he holds such contempt for the people and places...
I watched "The Company Men" with Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones. The movie centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing, and how that affects them and their families. It's chilling, but also has a strong message of what really matters. Recommended...
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