Football

Blum: Squaw Creek Evil

There is some scary, supernatural stuff happening in the Bergstrom Football Complex. Evil spirits have infiltrated the building. Since the Cyclone football team officially moved into the new football complex in mid-November of last season, Iowa State is winless at Jack Trice Stadium. First, let’s entertain a history lesson. Jack Trice Stadium was built near …

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Blum: Past and present

I spent most of last week at a technology conference in California discussing sexy topics like instructional design and learning management systems. There are a lot of bright people at this conglomeration, me withstanding; but it is not exactly a collection of sports minds. One evening I was attending a vendor party at a local …

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Blum: Hipster Cyclones

I hate columns that start with a definition. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word hipster as, "a person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns." We all have a hipster in our life. Hipsters get characterized for their mismatched clothing, oversized earrings and multitude of tattoos, but in reality a …

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Blum: Candy Crusher

Throughout most of the summer, America was consumed by the smart phone and social media game Candy Crush. For those unfamiliar, download at your own risk; Candy Crush addiction is real. I have spent hours upon hours on this frustratingly simple piece of software. The basic parameter of the game is to connect three candies …

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Blum: Steele Reversal

Modern day college athletics can be a fickle beast. In the click of a Twitter, a player’s standing within the fan-base and across the country can undergo a complete reversal. Last Monday, Florida State met up with Pittsburgh in a prime-time Labor Day match-up. It was the only thing worthwhile on television that night. (Unless …

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