I was forwarded this page that Thomas Boskey started and thought I would share for anyone willing to contribute...

Football has been a blessing for my brother Chris and myself but as we got older it has become a curse for the both of us! I currently need a left hip replacement and right knee replacement and my brother Chris has had over 10 surgeries including two knee replacements! I’m trying to set up my home as a bariatric center for my brother Chris. He is a big man at 6’4” 375 lbs! He is disabled now so I’m looking to purchase a Hoyer lift, bariatric hospital bed and a hydraulic recliner/chair lift. I pray that your generosity may help us in obtaining these health care necessities. If you can’t donate, please keep us in your prayers because prayer from a righteous person is very powerful! GOD BLESS YOU!!!

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I came across a neat article from superwestsports on the 'new' Big 12 and its football stadiums.

Getting to know the Big12 stadiums

This doesn't sound good for Iowa.

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Episode 2 has two 5 minute segments on Will. One personal and the other on the field showing his first sack and the joy that brought the coach. They show a gymnastic kick up move he does on the field that everyone freaks out. I’ll post a tutorial in case @Cylent wants to try it at home.
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Al Lazard got a couple quick spotlights on the sidelines commenting on plays.

I freely admit this post is due to me procrastinating to avoid my daily workout. My workout equipment is in my solarium, which is a nice, bright room which is normally great to workout in. But it also has four large skylights and while they do a pretty good job of blocking the heat from the sun, they don't do what a normal insulated ceiling can do. So I stall. But I'm leaving for Ames late this afternoon which provides a limit to how much I can procrastinate. Anyway here are some random mid-week thoughts while I procrastinate.

1. Reggie Bush may have taken money, but he earned his Heisman and records on the field for his play. So why shouldn't he be allowed to keep those records and the Heisman? His athletic performance earn those. Punishment should fit the crime. The crime was violating NCAA rules by accepting money. Why shouldn't the penalty be monitory, or by providing unpaid service back to the NCAA. Or both? If he did something that brings the integrity of the game into question that's a different story. If his accepting money benefitted USC, then they should also be required to repay that debt to the NCAA with penalties. A bigger issue would be that taxes were not likely paid on that money and that should come with penalties.
2. Why is possession a crime? Why do we care what people do to their bodies? If someone has a cocaine habit, why aren't they free to partake without risking legal consequences? If there is any punishment, maybe it should be more on the lines of the cost to society. If something is known to cause health problems, maybe those that choose to use dangerous drugs should not be allowed to take advantage of government supplied benefits. If you smoke and get lung cancer, maybe Medicare doesn't have to foot the bill for your care. You made the choice and created a cost burden on society, so why should society pay for your poor choices? If your actions put others at risk, like driving drunk, then there should be penalties for that.
3. Regarding the gambling issue, I can totally understand the problem with betting on your own team. It brings into question the integrity of the game. But if your bet is only $5 and you really don't stand to gain much by winning that bet, shouldn't that matter? Is a guy really going to throw a game because of a $5 bet? It seems the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Betting on other sports seems like a stretch also, but even then shouldn't the amount of the bet mean something? Not the sum total of all bets, but the amount a bettor has at stake. It seems there is a transition between entertainment and corruption that should be drawn. Punishment for all, but what essentially amounts to a death penalty for a small bet seems too harsh. Yes, these guys should know better. But fit the punishment to the crime. Or in this case the NCAA violation.

My guilt is hit the tripping point and I need to go workout. Just in time too, because I was about to go on a rant about the political system and the way caucus goers and party operatives control a party's agenda and are generally more extreme than their less involved party faithful.

Had some fun putting this list together. Enjoy!

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Mike, Sydney and Lyn would be proud. My guess is Trump lost his crayon while coloring his report. All I can say is both parties are RACING to the bottom in limitless support for terribly character-deficient candidates simply because of political party. Trump has zero self-discipline/character and Biden can't remember which Pearl Harbor ship he was on when Japan attacked.

We CAN do better but why doesn't anyone try?

Making Weiss a special prisecutor is bad news for the son but will make it harder to get the goods on the father.

Sometimes, for a split second, this bold red banner make me think "oh s#!t" I've been infected with a virus. Sorry guys, it's just my phobia of potential computer problems.

It is being reported the The New York Post Ryan Glasspiegel sources claim that the a conference not named the SEC or Big Ten attempting to get in the way of how the two leagues construct the future playoff is risking getting "Pac-12-ing themselves" out of the tournament

Knowing that BY wants a true 4 time zones, and also potentially the assets of the Pac 12 conference, should the Big 12 scoop up the remainder of the Pac 12 , after Calford announces they find a home? What are the assets of the PAC 10 network worth? And does BY have a plan to use these assets?

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Just tuning in. The stat line shows Kolar has one target in the first series, no catch.

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JH is the best in the business!

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Just saw a posting that Jirehl Brock has voluntarily left the team. Not unexpected.

Lee, Brock and Sauser left the team. Dekkers is not practicing while he appeals, according to lawyers. No information, that I have heard on Hanika and Remsberg.

IIRC, Remsberg had a possibility of return under NCAA guidelines according to our limited knowledge. We also do not know how Matt feels about any returning this season or next. At least I don't know.

The Monty Show goes through the whole process of how the PAC 10 fell apart, including video interview with Michael Crow (ashamed he is an ISU grad, man is way over the hill).

Monty Show, death of the PAC 10

ESPN offered them 30M per school for 5 years. GK went to a professor at his school and had that guy estimate the value of that school and he came back with 50M, and then GK just applied that to all 10 schools, and wanted 500M from ESPN (talk about not doing your job professionally). ESPN saqid no thanks. BY then jumped in said the Big 12 would take that deal, and bam, Big 12 wins the battle. PAC 10 never understood what happened. They met on Friday morning at 7AM expecting to sign some GOR, but noticed that Oregon and Washington were not on the call, and realized, oh, oh, we might have a problem. DUH! Within 3 hours, they went from thinking they were the PAC 10, to now having to beg the Big 12 to take them. What freaking morons. Every AD and every President at these schools really need to be evaluated, they are complete morons!

I am a proud Papa today as my son Trevor was selected to be a part of the Iowa State Varsity Marching Band. Go Cyclones.

Not looking good for Butler to make Steelers roster. Too many drops

I’m glad the conference has and will be adding teams next year but the downside is the huge inequity in schedule strength. Ours is widely considered the toughest with the better teams on it and only 4 home games. Other teams don’t have to play many contenders and have more home games. It’s why most of us loved the round robin scheduling. Ugh.

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Ahead of third season, Sanders adds more polish to his game

How do writers even get motivated during the preseason write ups for each league. There is really nothing to predict. I went through and looked at the champions over the last decade or so, and these leagues are not really competitive.

If you are going to predict the Big 10 champ, your choices are Michigan or OSU. You would never predict another team.
If you are going to predict the ACC, only Clemson, no other team would ever be selected.
If you are going to predict the SEC, only Alabama and Georgia would be selected.

These leagues are dominated by the same schools over and over, and yet sport writers think this is exciting? Heck, there is no reason to evaluate talent on the other teams, it is that easy to predict these leagues. Why even bother with yearly predictions, just copy and past from the previous year. BORING!

Big 12 is wide open compared to the other P4 leagues.