Scott Frost - a very rich unemployed person

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

How about we start talking about South Dakota now?

The Black Hills slam and Sioux Falls is underrated.

I have a relentless stock of Midwest takes. Don’t tempt me.

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

My only trip to Dubuque I must have missed that part. But there were some cool old buildings.
 
I will tell you one place that is unequivocally uncool, Moline Illinois. There's like tumbleweeds in the streets a 10pm.

Dubuque is the part of Iowa that’s quasi Rust Belt. It’s the oldest city in the state by a century. There was a big push to gentrify downtown in the last 5 years and there have been a bunch of cool bars, restaurants, and a couple great breweries pop up in that time frame. Combine that with the old east coast style row houses, hills, old dive bars, and local mountain bike scene and there’s a lot for me to enjoy.

[Sandman 3402]

1 minute ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Dubuque is the part of Iowa that’s quasi Rust Belt. It’s the oldest city in the state by a century. There was a big push to gentrify downtown in the last 5 years and there have been a bunch of cool bars, restaurants, and a couple great breweries pop up in that time frame. Combine that with the old east coast style row houses, hills, old dive bars, and local mountain bike scene and there’s a lot for me to enjoy.

My mom was born and raised in Dubuque. I never thought a Scott Frost thread would hit close to home but here we are.

Al, I've never been to Iowa and I can't ask my mom about it, as she passed years ago. She never really talked much about it. Would Dubuque be worth a visit? 

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

My mom was born and raised in Dubuque. I never thought a Scott Frost thread would hit close to home but here we are.
Al, I've never been to Iowa and I can't ask my mom about it, as she passed years ago. She never really talked much about it. Would Dubuque be worth a visit? 

I like it. Go in the fall. It’s absolutely beautiful. Drive the Balltown Road to Promised Land winery, poke around White Pine Hollow Preserve, bike the Heritage Trail. Cross over to Potosi, WI and hit the brewing Museum. The Mississippi valley through the Driftless Area is spectacular. Big hills, picturesque farms, and old Catholic Church steeples popping up everywhere. One of the most underrated parts of America, IMO. But I’m biased.

[sidis 9754]

Anyone else get the sneaking sense that Al has been embedding on the site for years in order to finally reveal he’s astroturfing for the Iowa tourism board?

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

Anyone else get the sneaking sense that Al has been embedding on the site for years in order to finally reveal he’s astroturfing for the Iowa tourism board?

I’ve been accused of being part of some secret Iowa chamber of commerce member before.

I just like where I’m from as much as most Texans do, but y’all are so not used to seeing that kind of energy coming from elsewhere that it’s jarring.

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

Raiola.
 
St. Lucas/Turkey Valley checking in. 

This guy’s been to the White House

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

Anyone else get the sneaking sense that Al has been embedding on the site for years in order to finally reveal he’s astroturfing for the Iowa tourism board?

I love that they snuck fucking 7 Oaks ski hill into that. We used to get shitfaced there and fall down the gradual slope that passes for a hill in Boone.

[Tex Pete 20179]

52 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I’ve been accused of being part of some secret Iowa chamber of commerce member before.

I just like where I’m from as much as most Texans do, but y’all are so not used to seeing that kind of energy coming from elsewhere that it’s jarring.

As my BIL and I discussed last weekend: don't say too much. We don't need invaders there like Texas is getting. My small town needs to stay small.

I have never been to the Amana Colonies, but definitely want to check them out. Never have time when I am up in the summer.

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said:

The Black Hills slam and Sioux Falls is underrated.

A segment of Sioux Falls desperately wants to be Minneapolis. It can get ridiculous with the local news pining to be a big city rather than a really nice smaller city. They regularly talk about creating an “urban” feel to the DTSF (“Downtown Sioux Falls”) area which is nice as is. Crime has risen in recent years, so maybe they see that as progress.

One news story I recall compared housing prices to “the other SF” which was San Francisco. Another recent story mentioned the population of Aberdeen only being 30,000 “compared to major cities like Fargo and Sioux Falls.”

[G650 14107]

1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Dubuque is the part of Iowa that’s quasi Rust Belt. It’s the oldest city in the state by a century. There was a big push to gentrify downtown in the last 5 years and there have been a bunch of cool bars, restaurants, and a couple great breweries pop up in that time frame. Combine that with the old east coast style row houses, hills, old dive bars, and local mountain bike scene and there’s a lot for me to enjoy.

Nice. Yeah it's been at least 5 years since I was there and didn't get to take in much anyway as was day trip.

[G650 14107]

1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I just like where I’m from as much as most Texans do, but y’all are so not used to seeing that kind of energy coming from elsewhere that it’s jarring.

I'd also like to point out I'm a native Virginian.

[Hurtlocker 2208]

On 9/15/2022 at 10:58 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

Pelini was definitely fired in part for being completely irascible and just a general jackass.

He'd fit in great here

[Hurtlocker 2208]

On 9/15/2022 at 12:06 PM, oSuJeff97 said:

I saw a guy in the Frankfort airport with OU gear on several years ago. Fucking guys.

I know a lot of service guys who got their degrees from OU overseas, never stepped foot on campus

[Hurtlocker 2208]

29 minutes ago, G650 said:

I'd also like to point out I'm a native Virginian.

what part?

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

22 minutes ago, Hurtlocker said:

I know a lot of service guys who got their degrees from OU overseas, never stepped foot on campus

ou has a sucks abroad program? 

[G650 14107]

37 minutes ago, Hurtlocker said:

what part?

Ye olde Tidewater, the oldest part. Born in Portsmouth and raised in Virginia Beach

[camel at sea 589]

34 minutes ago, Grade of D as in David said:

ou has a sucks abroad program? 

OU has campuses / "study centers" in Italy, Mexico, and Brazil.  I believe there is one planned for Turkey as well.

[nnm 36101]

Corn doesn’t need to track planes or decipher hotel decor.  They have sources embedded deep in the bowels of NU athletic complex. 

 

[Huckleberry 32703]

2 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I’ve been accused of being part of some secret Iowa chamber of commerce member before.

I just like where I’m from as much as most Texans do, but y’all are so not used to seeing that kind of energy coming from elsewhere that it’s jarring.

I wouldn't call it jarring. Everyone should be proud of where they're from, unless they're from Oklahoma. 

[LTtxfan 48980]

urban -- culture builder ???

 

 

Edited September 16, 2022 by LTtxfan

[Lhorn 4886]

I’d love to see them throw a bunch of money and a decade long desperation contract at Urban and have him phone it in and ultimate fail.  Ya know, “Jimbo Fisher” it.  

[General Specific 3233]

Come on guys. Stop interrupting the great Midwestern Flyover States Travel Meta Thread with your Nebraska Coaches info!!!! Fuck.

[Valmy77 13094]

36 minutes ago, nnm said:

Corn doesn’t need to track planes or decipher hotel decor.  They have sources embedded deep in the bowels of NU athletic complex. 

 

Does Nebraska have enough big dick energy?

[Deej 76568]

4 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

Historically, present day, or both? My vote is both.

This Yankton visitor was cool…

Undefeated.

[Trojan Man 429]

41 minutes ago, nnm said:

Corn doesn’t need to track planes or decipher hotel decor.  They have sources embedded deep in the bowels of NU athletic complex. 

 

That might actually be true, but not for the reasons Husker fans want.  Fox is doing their Big Noon show for Oklahoma/Nebraska this weekend so Urban Meyer will be there.  I'm sure interviewing Alberts about what went into the decision to fire Frost and what they're looking for in their next coach is part of that.

[Laxtonto 11934]

The funny part is I sorta don’t give a shit if they break the bank to hire Urban or whether he has success or not. If he’s having success at corn, everyone knows they have sold their souls to do so to become nationally relevant again and there is no way it doesn’t come at the cost of King Khakis at Michigan or Dickhead Day at OSU.

It kills the Nebraska doing shit the right way and puts another dagger in the best fans bullshit narrative to boot.

Let them overpay to hire Urban. When Texas was looking to bring him in it would have been seen as a master stroke accusation of talent, but now his failure in the NFL and the personal baggage that pushed him out the door makes him damages goods that a team would need to be desperate to hire at the price it would take to bring him in.

[Kennythetiger 9335]

38 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Does Nebraska have enough big dick energy?

They’ll need a night shift and a day shift. 

[Parliament 14138]

And McRibs

[Tex Long 4348]

The Pope? To Lincoln?

We are laughing, certainly, but... I really want this to happen. The conjunction of fuckups from every direction absolutely has to be a serious source of entertainment.

Make it so.

 

[Deej 76568]

Can Urban's crotch handle some 260 pound corn-fed co-ed grinding up against it? He might even lose a finger. 

[Murfdogg21 4412]

55 minutes ago, Deej said:

Can Urban's crotch handle some 260 pound corn-fed co-ed grinding up against it? He might even lose a finger. 

This reminded me of Mike Price and “oh, it’s rolling, baby!”

[Hurtlocker 2208]

6 hours ago, G650 said:

Ye olde Tidewater, the oldest part. Born in Portsmouth and raised in Virginia Beach

awesome, my oldest goes to UVA now - continuing to segue the shit out of this thread

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

10 hours ago, Kennythetiger said:

Bunch of territorial cocksuckers in Yankton. 

Not that I would ever disrespect aggy, but Yankton College (Lyle Alzado’s alma mater) closed almost 40 years ago, yet they can still claim more Rhodes Scholars than aggy.

Yankton College 9

gig ‘em aggy 5

https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media/45775/2021-rs_number-of-winners-by-institution.pdf

Edited September 17, 2022 by ImissWallyPryor

[ClubWhatever 12087]

Porta potty girl would wipe the floor with Husker janitor. 

[G650 14107]

6 hours ago, Hurtlocker said:

awesome, my oldest goes to UVA now - continuing to segue the shit out of this thread

This is clearly the travel thread now.

 

Charlottesville is an awesome spot, I'll be up there in a couple weeks.

[Royalfan5 2348]

7 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

Not that I would ever disrespect aggy, but Yankton College (Lyle Alzado’s alma mater) closed almost 40 years ago, yet they can still claim more Rhodes Scholars than aggy.

Yankton College 9

gig ‘em aggy 5

https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media/45775/2021-rs_number-of-winners-by-institution.pdf

I’ll claim those Rhodes Scholars over Aggy too because my Alma Mater of Doane technically absorbed Yankton College when it closed, and handles the transcripts and such.

[demos 2992]

Can Urban's crotch handle some 260 pound corn-fed co-ed grinding up against it? He might even lose a finger. 

Maybe not urbs, but I’m intrigued. Go on…

[WhatTheBuck 28713]

21 hours ago, Js1 said:

I didn't realize the University of Nebraska is in Iowa.

State of Iowa talk not going away, is that where Scott Frost is going? 

They could really use a new OC. 

[WhatTheBuck 28713]

14 hours ago, Trojan Man said:

That might actually be true, but not for the reasons Husker fans want.  Fox is doing their Big Noon show for Oklahoma/Nebraska this weekend so Urban Meyer will be there.  I'm sure interviewing Alberts about what went into the decision to fire Frost and what they're looking for in their next coach is part of that.

Don’t drag logic and common sense into discussions about Urban Meyer and college coaching jobs. That doesn’t fly around here. (Pun intended.)

[Capt. Squints 176]

18 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I’ve been accused of being part of some secret Iowa chamber of commerce member before.

I just like where I’m from as much as most Texans do, but y’all are so not used to seeing that kind of energy coming from elsewhere that it’s jarring.

Isn't Iowa where the Mustard Museum is? And the world's largest ball of twine? When I get back from the FL Keys, I'm heading to Iowa with guarded anticipation.

[trza-hawk 269]

Trev Alberts and Chris Klieman have known each other since middle school in Cedar Falls Waterloo Iowa. This fact is all the rage in Nebraska right now.

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

5 hours ago, Royalfan5 said:

I’ll claim those Rhodes Scholars over Aggy too because my Alma Mater of Doane technically absorbed Yankton College when it closed, and handles the transcripts and such.

A friend of mine played FB at YC when they closed. He transferred to Dakota Wesleyan. Steroid use was rampant in the NAIA in those days (Lyle Alzado lol). They didn’t test until years after the NCAA started. I know someone who plays at a D-II school (previously NAIA), and he said most of the lifting records are still from the NAIA days.
 

The Yankton College numbers include a college in ND that was basically a 2-year “business” college that only operated for about a decade before closing 100+ years ago. None of the Rhodes Scholars came from there, so aggy doesn’t have that excuse. 

[HornsOverIthaca 2333]

Ames, Iowa:  Home of the world's largest concrete gnome

[AeroHorn 735]

22 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I’ve been accused of being part of some secret Iowa chamber of commerce member before.

I just like where I’m from as much as most Texans do, but y’all are so not used to seeing that kind of energy coming from elsewhere that it’s jarring.

My 2 cents. I lived in Ames for two years (MS) and my impressions from early 1990s.

- People were very polite. Even the newscasters were very diffident when hoping for a Cyclones win the coming Saturday. Quite a flip when I moved to Austin (PhD), though the results during early/mid 1990s in Austin were not much better.

- As a foreign student, I volunteered to speak at various schools across central Iowa about different cultures, along with other foreign students. The community hosted us in their homes (one student per family), and it was a blast. The teachers told us that our visit was the talk of the town (population 500) for the whole week, and for most of the kids, we were the first non-whites they had seen in their lives. They showed us their weekly paper that was just about our visit and what they were planning. They took us to visit farms. When they saw my job drop at the size of the farm (>1000 acres) and the equipment, in their typical mid-western modesty (I think), they said that this is one of the successful farms and other farmers are not doing as well. At one time, my host, who was a pastor, had to go out because of a road accident and it was his turn to be a volunteer firefighter. After dinner they arranged for community activities. Once I remember we went tobogganing in the night at a nearby hill. They had hot chocolate, smores, etc. 

- The cold was biting. I remember -40F with wind blowing snow horizontally and me trying to figure out where the sidewalk is. Summers were great. Biked everywhere.

- Lastly about ISU. Very pretty campus with great people. ISU engineering is very good and it should be ranked higher, imo.

[Texasrocks 2124]

27 minutes ago, HornsOverIthaca said:

Ames, Iowa:  Home of the world's largest concrete gnome

I believe that's the Iowa QB

[jw4381 3063]

Looks like it’s a good thing they fired that loser Frost.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

50 minutes ago, Texasrocks said:

I believe that's the Iowa QB

What’s he doing in Ames?

[CurlyDumps 4440]

I hope this was worth the extra $7 million or whatever. lawl

[Francisco 2.0 32342]

I'm off to find some recordings:

 

From The Athletic article on the OU-Nebraska game:

https://theathletic.com/3603202/2022/09/17/nebraska-observation-oklahoma-urban-meyer/

 

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Like Brenden Stai, an assistant AD, on Friday who aired his grievances over more than an hour about Frost and Nebraska into a hot mic recorded online during breaks in a Lincoln radio show.