Owen Raefield covers the biggest performances and storylines from Iowa’s 55-0 beatdown of Northern Iowa on Saturday.
On a cool night, somewhere in between the last days of summer and first days of fall, the finale to the Hy-Vee Ampitheater’s inaugural season took place. Starring Arizona’s Gin Blossoms, hundreds turned out on their feet for the band in North Liberty’s newest venue.
Week two of college football gave us a pair of early Game of the Year candidates. Unfortunately for the Big Ten, those games came at their expense. This week, we’ll take a look at Iowa’s cathartic win over Iowa State, Oregon’s early-season struggles, and Ohio State’s meltdown against Texas.
The Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers set Week 1 scoring records in a wild opening game of the 2026 season. Alex Izienicki details the 59-37 win for Chicago.
Owen Raefield breaks down the biggest players and plays from Iowa’s dramatic 16-13 victory in the Cy-Hawk series.
Week one of college football is in the rearview, but it feels like we’ve somehow already experienced a full season’s worth of drama. This week, we’ll dive into the (lack of) updates about Iowa’s quarterback battle, the “Bail Mary” in Ann Arbor, and the stakes of this weekend’s Ohio State-Texas game.
Iowa athletics hasn’t seen a decision of this magnitude in 35 years. Not since the winter of 1985 to be exact when star quarterback Chuck Long announced he would return to Iowa to help the Hawkeyes get a shot at a national championship and a Heisman Trophy. Instead of the gridiron, this decision came on the hardwood, and the subject of the decision was Luka Garza. His decision? It’s time to ramp up for the winter of 2020-21 as the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year. The consensus 1st-team All-American is returning to Iowa City for his senior season. … Continued
This is a promo for Gordi’s performance at Mission Creek Music Festival in Iowa City (Image via Gordimusic)!
Bassem Youssef is a political satirist that truly has caused some waves! Check him out at Mission Creek (Image via Mission Creek)!
Read about Elizabeth Moen’s music and upcoming Mission Creek performance here (Image via: elizabethmoen.com)!
“It doesn’t look like a lot on paper, but the sentiment is the underpinning of what love is.” The Pains of Being Pure of Heart’s “Echo of Pleasure” is now available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music.
Countless Upsets Stir Limitless Playoff Combinations One month ago, the College Football world told itself that the 4-team playoff would be filled with ease once again. At the time, the SEC, ACC, Big 10, and Big 12 conferences each presumed to be represented by their champion. Only the Big 12 conference’s presumed representative is the same as prior with the top of the rankings left to chaos. Oklahoma continues to hum past the remainder of the Big 12. The following list withhold the schools who were in the top 6 a month ago and still are today: Alabama. That’s it. … Continued
The shamisen–sometimes called a banjo, sometimes a lute. This staple of Japanese folk music has many faces.
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A look back at Bon Iver’s landmark album “For Emma, Forever Ago,” and the impact it has had. The album is getting a vinyl reissue for its 10th anniversary, along with an exclusive live concert of the album in Milwaukee in February 2018.
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Bully’s Alicia Bognanno talks new record “Losing,” their new music video for “Feel the Same” by Lazy Mom, and making it as a woman in the music industry in today’s political climate.
Political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow presents on the creation of This Modern World
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Invisible and Ignored no longer.
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