Horace said: What’s well begun, is half done. Iowa State certainly began well. Coin Toss Cy Sideline Reporter Kansans Quigley O’Connell Arnaud and Robinson Arnaud Kickoff Coverage Arnaud Arnaud Jones Arnaud Arnaud Arnaud Robinson Arnaud Arnaud Hamilton Touchdown Celebration Flags Kickoff Coverage Reesing Patterson Reesing Crawford Another Cyclone First Down!… Read More »Quintus Horatius Flaccus
I’ve come to the conclusion that I need to move my website to a different server. That is going to be a goal of mine in the next couple of weeks. Until then, I’m going to have to post all of the Kansas game pictures in the journal. I’m going… Read More »Stupid John Greenleaf Whittier
A few more pictures from the Kent State game. So now the Cyclones are 2-0. It might be about time to start planning that Independence Bowl road trip.
On Saturday the Cyclones were able to avenge one of their losses from last year. Once again it was a night game, so there are few images, but I’ll share a few. Although Iowa State did right a wrong, their performance was hardly impressive. Well, it was impressive at times… Read More »Retribution (Part 1)
Perhaps you were hoping to see pictures of the Cyclones schizophrenic performance last night, but I haven’t gotten that far yet. The pictures below conclude the pictures from Iowa State’s dismantling of South Dakota State. There aren’t many pictures because a night game isn’t a great environment for photo taking.… Read More »The Long Road Back (Part 3)
Below are some pictures from the pre-game. Once I got into The Jack I looked around the new concourse on the west side of the stadium. It was nice, as far as those things go.
Last Thursday, the Cyclones began their long return from the abyss. Last year the Cyclones were embarrassed at The Jack in their opening game of the season. This year they took another step towards redemption by routing their opening opponent. The South Dakota State Jackrabbits were not a match for… Read More »The Long Road Back (Part 1)
Shawn recently released his newest Cyclone wallpaper. Go ahead and download it. It will make you feel good. 2008 Cyclone Football Wallpaper I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: Shawn is a badass graphic designer.
These are the pictures I entered in the Boone County Fair. Campanile Self-Portrait VEISHEA Crane
In the last few months I have really considered joining more groups and organizations in an attempt to be the slightest bit more active in my communities. Strangely enough I consider myself to be a member of the communities of Boone, Ames, Iowa State and FUMC. Today I sent in… Read More »Johnny Joiner
I started my Saturday by stepping on the basketball court at Beyer Hall for the first time in over a year. To be more direct, it was the first time I have stepped on any basketball court in over a year. On the court with me was Andree, Russell and… Read More »Spring Game
VEISHEA was cold. A little bit miserable. However, there were some highlights. It took me awhile to see them because I was pretty upset that the good fried cheese curd stand was not there, but I eventually got over it. Who am I kidding? I’m still fuming about it. I… Read More »VEISHEA
My grandma is going through the herculean task of downsizing her possessions. She recently gave a bunch of yarn to Teresa. When Teresa was going through the yarn she found our grandpa’s Iowa State football season ticket from 1979. I started attending Iowa State football games with my grandpa in… Read More »ISU Football
My friend Shawn is a badass graphic designer. He recently made a new wallpaper featuring Jack Trice. You should know who Jack Trice is and if you don’t, then I have failed you as a friend. He is the man in this statue. Jack Trice was the first African American… Read More »Jack Trice Wallpaper
I’m very excited to announce that I got FTP capabilities back on my website. I’m hoping to get into a pattern of throwing up at least a brief blog every day. We’ll see how that goes. This is perhaps the end of the long blog era, but more pictorial blogs… Read More »Edwards on New Year’s Day
Many great things happened on Saturday. Iowa State beat Kansas State I got to take my nephew Johnathan to his first ever Cyclone football game. I got to tailgate with the Fausts, Willy, Jay, and Derrick. Then just to put icing on the Great Day Cake: Kansas put up over… Read More »A Great Saturday
“It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Von.” – Alex DeLarge (A Clockwork Orange) If all things are relative, the loss to Oklahoma on Saturday felt like a win since it was an incredible… Read More »Oklahoma
“Sorry don’t get it done, Dude. That’s the second time you hit me. Don’t ever do it again.” -John T. Chance Rio Bravo (1959) The Iowa State-Texas game was over about 2 minutes into the sad, sordid affair. It was a rainy, gloomy day. The pictures from this debacle are… Read More »Texas Sized Beatdown
When I look back on it, I believe that Saturday was a nearly perfect day. There is perhaps only one more thing that would have made the day better. I got to spend the day in a series of social interactions with some of my favorite people in the world.… Read More »Culbertson 15-13: A Parable of Redemption