Crazy story from Kickin it.

[CY9008]

A truly wild story that I had no recollection of.

For those that listened to the full episode- what’d you think of Tim’s comments on Tangs spygate?

1.) I like Tim. His takes on the conference and KSU teams are reasonable and he obviously has a wealth of knowledge.

2.) I’m sure he has some purple colored glasses while looking at the spy-gate situation in Ames and If ‘around here’ means coaches and players - maybe that was the case. But he was missing the piissing match on twitter from KSU fans for weeks.

3.) This sentence specifically really grinds my gears “It was odd to watch Iowa State media and fans perpetuate the story”. This was a major allegation that HE broke the story on- perpetuate isn’t the correct word for confirming the truth or ending speculation.

 

[Paz23]

We did acetylene bombs while building Veishea floats in the early 90's. Most were small bags with about a 1/3 acetylene to 2/3 oxygen mix. Seal it, put it on the end of a 20 foot stick of rebar and swing it into the burn barrel. Made a nice boom and it usually put the barrel out at the end of the night. Experimented with the ratios a bit if I recall, but I think 1/3 - 2/3 ended up being the best recipe.

Then spring break - probably 93 or 94 - we escalated things. 55 gallon bag full of the same mix. welded two pieces of rebar together for added distance because we were all about safety first. Cops figured out where it came from and that was the last one.

 

[ruxCYtable]

I remember when it happened and that it happened on a football Saturday, but not that it was (almost) connected to the game itself. Weird, wild stuff.

 

[Cydkar]

Did anyone listen to Kickin it today? At the end the guest tells an insane story about the tweet above. Starts with about 8:30 minutes left. Does anybody remember anything about this or heard about it before?

Doesn't sound crazy these days...

 

[wxman1]

A truly wild story that I had no recollection of.

For those that listened to the full episode- what’d you think of Tim’s comments on Tangs spygate?

1.) I like Tim. His takes on the conference and KSU teams are reasonable and he obviously has a wealth of knowledge.

2.) I’m sure he has some purple colored glasses while looking at the spy-gate situation in Ames and If ‘around here’ means coaches and players - maybe that was the case. But he was missing the piissing match on twitter from KSU fans for weeks.

3.) This sentence specifically really grinds my gears “It was odd to watch Iowa State media and fans perpetuate the story”. This was a major allegation that HE broke the story on- perpetuate isn’t the correct word for confirming the truth or ending speculation.

Love Mahoney and Woody but it would have been nice to press back on that some regarding the report that Kellis had a couple of days after it.

 

[groomsie]

Story on declassified report 10 years later

I'd never heard this story.

 

[nrg4isu]

I'm usually not one for conspiracy theories...

But I have a hard time NOT believing that the intent was to detonate the bomb inside Memorial Stadium and inflict as much damage as possible. Was it a suicide? absolutely. But it seems super likely that the intent was to take others out with him.

 

[Nader_uggghhh]

Love Mahoney and Woody but it would have been nice to press back on that some regarding the report that Kellis had a couple of days after it.

I like Tim but that irked me too. Iowa State media didn't perpetuate allegations of US cheating. It was Wichita media followed by national media and we were forced to flip the script. "TJ said he'd look into and I thought we were going to leave it at that." Yeah til you went to the Wichita Eagle and tried to drag our program through the mud. **** these guys

 

[JM4CY]

Did anyone listen to Kickin it today? At the end the guest tells an insane story about the tweet above. Starts with about 8:30 minutes left. Does anybody remember anything about this or heard about it before?

Clean human remains off the KState bus?! My god…

I know it’s kind of in bad taste but I first thought of that scene in Boondock Saints with the cat.

 

[HFCS]

A truly wild story that I had no recollection of.

For those that listened to the full episode- what’d you think of Tim’s comments on Tangs spygate?

1.) I like Tim. His takes on the conference and KSU teams are reasonable and he obviously has a wealth of knowledge.

2.) I’m sure he has some purple colored glasses while looking at the spy-gate situation in Ames and If ‘around here’ means coaches and players - maybe that was the case. But he was missing the piissing match on twitter from KSU fans for weeks.

3.) This sentence specifically really grinds my gears “It was odd to watch Iowa State media and fans perpetuate the story”. This was a major allegation that HE broke the story on- perpetuate isn’t the correct word for confirming the truth or ending speculation.

Yeah Tim...that'll happen when you smear someone with accusations of cheating, racism and assault while taking ZERO responsibility for it.

National outlets were running stories about his coach's lies so yes we did have to address it before we could move on...but real closure on this sort of thing comes when someone like Tang is a man and apologizes or admits fault. He never did.

 

[HFCS]

I like Tim but that irked me too. Iowa State media didn't perpetuate allegations of US cheating. It was Wichita media followed by national media and we were forced to flip the script. "TJ said he'd look into and I thought we were going to leave it at that." Yeah til you went to the Wichita Eagle and tried to drag our program through the mud. **** these guys

The skipped the "I'm sorry" or "we were mistaken" part of the process and then act shocked that there's any problem with that.

It's like they've never been part of society.

 

[inCyteful]

Did anyone listen to Kickin it today? At the end the guest tells an insane story about the tweet above. Starts with about 8:30 minutes left. Does anybody remember anything about this or heard about it before?

Seems there is a Darwin Award component to this story.

 

[Die4Cy]

Love Mahoney and Woody but it would have been nice to press back on that some regarding the report that Kellis had a couple of days after it.

We are long past the point of moving on, so I understand the guys not pressing him on it. But that was straight up homer bull **** from Tim Fitzgerald. And I don't doubt one bit that Tang is beloved by many inside the Little Apple, but outside of it people think he's a weirdo, and that's why controversy seems to follow him about so much.

Woody and Grant have great chemistry and it's probably the best ISU related podcast I listen to.

 

[franzrinkleff]

How nobody lost any fingers or a hand...

i remember one of my chemistry professors counting the things we needed to do on his hand. after almost a semester with him i realized he was missing half a finder. i became friends with his daughter and learned he blew it off as an undergrad making explosives.

 

[Cycsk]

A truly wild story that I had no recollection of.

For those that listened to the full episode- what’d you think of Tim’s comments on Tangs spygate?

1.) I like Tim. His takes on the conference and KSU teams are reasonable and he obviously has a wealth of knowledge.

2.) I’m sure he has some purple colored glasses while looking at the spy-gate situation in Ames and If ‘around here’ means coaches and players - maybe that was the case. But he was missing the piissing match on twitter from KSU fans for weeks.

3.) This sentence specifically really grinds my gears “It was odd to watch Iowa State media and fans perpetuate the story”. This was a major allegation that HE broke the story on- perpetuate isn’t the correct word for confirming the truth or ending speculation.

Hmmm. Interesting parallels:

1. Reporters have largely forgotten or overlooked the bombing incident.
2. This reporter has largely forgotten or overlooked the Tang incident.

What is it with KSU journalists?

 

[JayV]

It was in the podcast

Thank you. So far I've only read the Wikipedia entry. I will find time to listen to the podcast.

 

[Al_4_State]

I had forgotten about this, but when it came up I absolutely remember. I was at ISU at the time and it was in the news for the following week, and then the next game came and went and people quit talking about it.

 

[CycloneVet]

I remember in the early 90s, there got to be a thing with people blowing up 2-liter chemical bottle bombs in the areas near the dorms. Just for the noise. Over at Friley iirc.

Works toilet cleaner and tin foil? Or dry ice in water?

 

[CascadeClone]

Works toilet cleaner and tin foil? Or dry ice in water?

IIRC it was cleaner and aluminum foil. It wasn't me doing it, of course, I just remember it was considered an annoyance for a couple weeks. It was in the Daily.

 

[CycloneVet]

IIRC it was cleaner and aluminum foil. It wasn't me doing it, of course, I just remember it was considered an annoyance for a couple weeks. It was in the Daily.

Deny deny deny, always my motto