Category Archives: Football

Baier, Faust, Football, Jesse, Lowell, Mark, Robert, Toby

Gridiron Prophets – Year 3

December 13, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

As a third college football season drew to a close, a third season for the Gridiron Prophets (a College Football Pick ’em) completed. For the first time since its inception, Toby did not come out as a champion. Lowell came out on top.

This year’s standings:

1. Lowell Davis (The Perfect Storm)
2. Robert Henning (Bob’s Picks to Win)
3. Corey Faust (A-Rob All Stars)
4. Jason Baier (Hookie Hoo-Hah)
5. Jon DeWaard (Lemon Party)
6. Mark Wolfram (Taiwan Hawkeye)
7. Dan Dill (dandydan)
8. Toby Sebring (I Love Lamp)
9. Christopher D. Bennett (Tea Leaves)
10. Jesse Howard (Cyclone Goldie)
11. Jim Condon (obscene)

I guess I need to get Lowell’s trophy ordered.

Candid Portrait, Faust, Football, Iowa State, Jesse, Music, Night

It Ends

November 16, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

Saturday was the final home game for the Cyclones. I don’t have many pictures because low light and cold temperatures do not make for ideal photographic conditions.

Faust and I were defeated 12-10.

Jesse and his reversible hat.

Faust and his beverage.

Ames Party Bus

Senior Day

Joe

Cheerleader

ISUCFVMB Senior Tradition

Moon

Arnaud

Jack Trice Stadium

There are more pictures in the ISU vs. Missouri album in the Snapshots Gallery:

Iowa State vs. Missouri

Football, Iowa State

Cardinal Mystery

November 15, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

In case any of you have been wondering why the Cardinal in the football uniforms…

does not match the color of Cardinal that the cheerleaders or basketball teams wear…

the Athletic Department sent out a letter explaining the reason.

Dear fellow Cyclones:

This past year the athletics department made the decision to return to Iowa State University’s traditional school colors of cardinal and gold (as adopted by the institution in 1899). Although we are very excited about returning to these colors, we also recognize this decision is not something that can be fully implemented overnight.

It is our goal to have all of our athletics teams in the same shade of cardinal and gold, that represents our proud history and tradition, as soon as possible.
The purpose of this letter is to share several updates on the transition. Nike, our equipment provider, has designated the football and men’s and women’s track programs in their “elite” uniform division which means those sport’s uniforms are custom made in the colors we want (for example, what is being worn by the football team this season).

Unfortunately, Nike has not designated our other teams in that same category at this point, mainly due to our institution’s overall lack of retail merchandise sales. We are continuing to work with Nike on this issue and are optimistic that we can resolve it in the future.

In the interim, our other athletics teams, including men’s and women’s basketball, must select their uniforms and warm-ups from Nike’s stock colors. Nike’s stock cardinal color is darker than our football uniforms, and in some cases appears burgundy or maroon. In addition, Nike does not provide uniforms for spirit squads, dance teams or bands. Each of those programs has to order their uniforms from separate companies, which makes obtaining the proper shade of cardinal even more difficult for our department.

In closing, we simply ask you to have patience and understanding as we complete the transition.

Go Cyclones!
Sincerely,

Jamie Pollard

Brandon, Candid Portrait, Faust, Football, Formal Portrait, Iowa State, Jay, Music, Night, Willy

An Explosion of Catastrophe

October 27, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

Iowa State’s entrance video is pretty cool. It shows intersplices action from this season with footage of many of the greatest Cyclones in history. The song that plays over the action is Saliva’s Ladies and Gentlemen. The opening lyrics of the song describe the Cyclone season, but not in the way that was intended:

Ladies and gentlemen please
Would you bring your attention to me?
For a feast for your eyes to see
An explosion of catastrophe

The song goes on…

Ladies and gentlemen good evening
You’ve seen that seeing is believing
Your ears and your eyes will be bleeding

At least I can say that my eyes have yet to bleed, but there is still the Missouri game left.

Brandon

Faust

Photo by Brandon Kahler

Sumrall

Weather Lady

ISUCFVMB

Arnaud

Right before this picture, #44 puked on the sidelines about 5 or 6 times.

Scales

Robinson

There are about 50 more pictures in the Snapshots Gallery.

Iowa State vs. Texas A&M Aggies

I guess the important thing to remember is that the team is really young and the experience that they gain now will undoubtedly lead to a conference championship in the next couple of years.

Brandon, Candid Portrait, Football, Formal Portrait, Night, Russ, Sara, Teresa

Last Home Game

October 25, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

Last Friday was Brandon’s final home game. It was the first time that I’ve been to a Boone High football game since I graduated high school.

It was an interesting experience. Some things have changed. Some surprising things happened. I took some pictures.

Dan

Behind the bleachers fenced off.

Brandon is #78.

I was very surprised to see that the underside of the bleachers are now fenced off. That is where all the good stuff at a high school football game is supposed to happen.

I ran into Dan and had a nice conversation with him. Dan has shaved his head since the last time I’ve seen him. Not a bad look for him.

I ran into Dan’s wife Kim. She thanked me for forwarding on news of her work on attempting to block the strip club/juice bar from coming into town. She was very happy that the news had made it all the way to Illinois. She also revealed the real reason why she wants to stop the strip club/juice bar from coming to town. I’m not sure it is a legitimate reason.

It was also exciting that Sara made it all the way from Des Moines to the game. This was also the first high school football game that Sara has been to since she graduated from Ogden. I honestly can’t believe that she came.

Candid Portrait, Football, Iowa State, Music

Nebraska Debacle

October 19, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

I have posted pictures from Iowa State’s latest embarrassing debacle.

Here is a taste.

ISUCFVMB

Flyby

“S”

Arnaud

Injured Nebraska Player

Cannon

Reggie Stephens

If you follow the link below you will find 94 more pictures from a football gameday that’s highlight was taking down a 16 oz ribeye after the game.

Iowa State vs. Nebraska

Two last points.

1. Because I have to rebuild the galleries, anybody that registered so that they could Favorite pictures or leave Comments, your registration has been deleted. If you would like to re-register so that you can Favorite picture or leave comments, all you have to do is click the “Register” button and fill out the info. If you want me to register you, for you, then you will have to send me the following information:

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2. I would urge you to try to make it to picture 100 of the ISU vs. Nebraska gallery if you want to see my personal shame from Saturday. I would suggest that somebody that has eaten Cyclone Crunch and makes a mean cherry cheesecake might be particularly interested in that last picture.

Commercial, Flowers, Football, Iowa State

Functioning Feature

October 17, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

Now that my website is on a new server and my galleries exist again, I’m excited to announce that there is a new feature you can use in the galleries.

That new feature is eCards.

If you were to navigate yourself one of these two ways:

GALLERY DELETED

While you are looking through the pictures, you will see a little envelope. If you click on that envelope you can send an eCard out to any of your chums.

Let me provide you with some examples of why you would want to do such a thing.

Example 1:

Say that you have gotten into the doghouse with your lady friend. You don’t have time to call Barb Henning at Everlasting Flowers and Gifts. Navigate your way on over to the Flora Album. Pick out a flower picture and slap on some romantic poetry.

Before you know it, she will have completely forgotten that you said that she was turning into her mother.

Example 2:

Perhaps you have a friend that needs to take his personal hygiene up a notch, but you don’t want to say to his face, “Dude, you stink.” Just send him a reminder like this through the magic of cyberspace.

You could even recommend that he use a STRONG yet gentle soap like Little White Lye Soap, if you wanted to take it up a notch.

Example 3:

Perhaps Iowa State turned in an embarrassing performance against Nebraska again and you wanted to let your friend from Nebraska know that it didn’t change anything in your mind.

One of my favorite things Stephen Colbert ever said:

“The reason I love sports is because it is the only place left where blind regional hatred is still tolerated. Go team from where I’m from! Boo team that is from the place that is near where I’m from!”

I hope you enjoy this new feature and maybe you can look forward to getting an eCard in your mailbox from me in the near future.

Candid Portrait, Football, Iowa State

Doesn’t Turn Soggy in Milk

October 9, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

I woke up this morning with a mighty powerful hankering for some Cyclone Crunch.

Contributed Camera Phone Photo

It is mighty tasty and I encourage you to go out and buy some today. It tastes mighty good after doing some crowbar work on a party bus. But I talk too much.

To the game…

I don’t have much to say about the 2nd half. I combined all the 2nd half pictures into one big entry.

ISUCFVMB

Entrance

The Kansas coach, but every time I see him I think about John Doe from Se7en: “An obese man… a disgusting man who could barely stand up; a man who if you saw him on the street, you’d point him out to your friends so that they could join you in mocking him; a man, who if you saw him while you were eating, you wouldn’t be able to finish your meal.”

Versus Camera

Leonard Johnson

I don’t know the name of the dude on the left, but I like this picture.

Alexander Robinson

Reesing

Travis Ferguson being blatantly held.

Travis Ferguson

Reesing

Quigley

Kansas converted not 1, but 2 4th Downs on this drive.

We will own the 4th Quarter gesture.

Christopher Lyle

Noise

Not winning any longer.

Reesing

Kurtis Taylor

Replay ref

Cheerleader

ISUCFVMB

Arnaud

Sharp

Arnaud

Hamilton

Cheerleaders

RJ Sumrall

Timeout

Houston Jones

Sedrick Johnson

Arnaud

Onside Kick

Sedrick Johnson (#2) recovering the onside kick.

We lost.

After Arnaud’s overthrown pass for Sumrall hit the turf on 4th Down, some of the people in my section overreacted. The guy in front of me hit the seat in front of him.

Believe me, I’m as passionate (remember passion does not mean the thing that you love but the thing that you are willing to suffer for) about Cyclone Football as any guy that I know, but I don’t hit things when we lose. That is an anger management issue.

You see, the Cyclones losing was sad, but not a tragedy. I like quotes. Some people don’t. Some people view quotes as letting somebody else think for you. I view quotes as finding words perfectly placed in the right order and tone that precisely describe how you feel.

I considered a couple quotes about tragedy to close the Kansas game set of entries.

The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.

Heywood Broun

The tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.
W. Somerset Maugham

The tragedy of man is what dies inside himself while he still lives.
Albert Schweitzer

All good quotes, but not how I feel about this game.

Melodramas are, by definition, black versus white, where the villain takes all the badness on himself and gives all the goodness to the hero; whereas, in tragedy, fault is always shared by the hero.
Orrin E. Klapp

Close, but not quite there. Then I found it.

Is not the decisive difference between comedy and tragedy that tragedy denies us another chance?
John Updike

Fortunately, the Kansas game is a comedy for Cyclone fans. All you can do is sit back and laugh and remember that we have another chance this week in Waco, Texas against the Baylor Bears.

Candid Portrait, Football, Iowa State, Linda

Work Half Done

October 8, 2008 Christopher D. Bennett

Before delving further into the Cyclone game, I need to post a website.

WEBSITE DELETED

You should check out this website if you live anywhere near Kansas (which according to Google Analytics none of you do, but I am strangely big in Gillette, Wyoming) and head to this sale.

My Aunt Linda is downsizing her possessions as she is looking to move into a smaller house. She has some pretty sweet stuff for sale. I am personally eying the bowl of billiard balls. But there is much, much more.

1950 Mar Company metal dollhouses
Unique small, black Duncan Phyfe table
3 Treadle sewing machines
Washboards
Wooden rolling pins
Handmade maple bread boards
Electric freestanding roaster
Red & White Graniteware
Wilton cake pans
2 Living Room sets – 4pc & 3pc
Old kitchen cabinet
Antique pot belly stove
2 antique cook stoves
2 Wood desks circa 1950
Treddle sewing machine base table
4′ Oak church pew
Wooden school desk
Gossip bench
Claw-foot bathtub

I don’t even know what a Gossip bench is, but it sounds pretty cool.

To the game…

I am told that “work half-done isn’t done at all”. The Cyclones ended the 2nd Quarter with the game half done and owning a commanding lead.

Reesing

Dance Team

Arnaud

Bass

Flags

Crawford

Robinson

Halfback Pass

Arnaud

Darks

Mahoney

Harris

Mahoney

Arnaud

Robinson

Arnaud

T-shirt Cannon

Hail Mary

Exit

Cyclones 20 Jayhawks 0

I have to be honest. Sometimes being a Cyclone fan is like being hit in the head with a mallet every morning. I’ve seen the Cyclones blow enough leads in my time that with a 20-0 lead, all I could think about it during halftime was when we fumbled the ball away in the red zone and lost a scoring opportunity.

Candid Portrait, Football, Iowa State