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1. What University of Illinois Fighting Illini football star scored a kickoff return touchdown, four rushing touchdowns and threw a touchdown pass in a 1924 game vs. the Michigan Wolverines?
2. Who compiled a 15-17 record as head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2005-06? 3. The Mean Green is the nickname of what Conference USA school’s athletic programs? 4. What baseball executive resigned from the Boston Red Sox on Halloween in 2005 and left Fenway Park wearing a gorilla suit to avoid reporters? 5. Name the filmmaker who directed the 2016 comedy “Everybody Wants Some!!”, which was inspired by his time playing baseball for the Sam Houston State Bearkats in the early 1980s. 6. In the 1951 “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” National League playoff game, the New York Giants’ Bobby Thomson hit a walk-off home run against what Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher? 7. What university became the 11th member of the Big Ten Conference in 1990? 1. Red Grange.
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It would be hard to imagine the Iowa men and women’s basketball teams playing any better than they are at the moment, but the season is long and we’re just halfway through the schedule.
The 12th ranked Hawkeye women tied the school record for most points in a Big Ten game in beating Penn State Saturday, 108-67. Five Hawks registered double figures in points with All-American Caitlin Clark leading the way with 27. Iowa won its 14th game and is 6-1 in the conference, with a battle at Michigan State up next. The men shot 60% Sunday in an impressive victory over the Maryland Terrapins, their 4th win in a row. Iowa is 4-3, good enough for 5th place in the league. Tony Perkins career high 22 points led four Hawkeyes in double figures. Kris Murray knocked down 19, while Payton Sandfort and Connor McCaffery had 12 each. The Hawks are 12-6 overall. Iowa football saw its 11th player elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. Robert Gallery, an All-American offensive tackle from 2000-03, is from nearby Winthrop and East Buchanan high school. In 2002, the Hawkeyes were 11-2 overall and Big Ten Champions with an 8-0 record. That team averaged 37 points a game with Heisman Trophy runner-up, Brad Banks at quarterback. Gallery’s name and number will now be displayed on the face of the Kinnick stadium press box, next to the ten other Hawks that are enshrined. Those include Nile Kinnick, Chuck Long, Randy Duncan, Alex Karras, Duke Slater, Calvin Jones, Larry Station, Aubrey Devine, Gordon Locke and Andre Tippett, Robert Gallery played eight seasons in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks. Congratulations, Hall of Famer! Tight end Dallas Clark was on the ballot, but did not garner the percentage of votes needed for entry. You have to believe Dallas Clark’s “day in the sun” is coming. Go Hawks. The Squirrel, My Grandmother, and MeI was maybe about five when this took place. Grandpa remembers what happened just barely, so it had to be at a very early age. It is very common to see a lot of squirrels scampering on Alverno’s scenic grounds and they suddenly brought to mind this memory. It’s about a squirrel, your great, great grandmother and me.
Grandpa’s backyard had two walnut trees. Every August, when the nuts fell (or were shaken) from these trees, your great grandpa would peal away the outside green shells and lay out these walnuts to dry in his shop. Each fall I remember seeing my dad’s hands darkly stained from shelling walnuts. In late summer there would always be a few walnuts on the ground my dad had missed and they attracted squirrels. Maury, these squirrels would pick up the walnuts with their jaws, run away real fast and bury them in a garden, or other hiding place, for their food supply during the coming winter! One day my grandma was sitting on our back porch swing while I was playing in our back yard when both of us noticed a squirrel moving slowly in my direction. His objective was a walnut about ten feet from me but he was very cautious. I can still remember my grandma placing her finger over her mouth as a signal to be very quiet and not to move. After several minutes, during which he continually watched me while edging closer, he suddenly grabbed the nut and took off! Seeing this, I must have wanted to know if a squirrel would take a nut from my hand because I remember my grandma sitting on the porch swing while she had me sit on the lawn every day for about a week. Each day we’d place a walnut on the lawn for this squirrel, and each day we also shortened the distance between the nut and me. As soon as he’d appear we both were silent and didn’t move. Each day he’d cautiously go for the walnut while always watching me. It seemed, Maury, his confidence and faith in us grew daily. Then, a day after this squirrel had taken a nut less than a yard from me, my grandma had me hold a nut in my hand. And sure enough we again saw “our friend!” I remember holding the walnut in my outstretched hand as he watched me all the time. He, again, approached very slowly, more cautious than ever. He’d take a few steps, then stop. He’d do this over and over, all the while staring at me until he finally got the courage to come so close that I could touch him. Then, I remember holding the walnut with the edge of my fingers when he suddenly jumped, grabbed it “cleanly” with his mouth and was off! Maury, hope you enjoyed this. Much love, Grandpa. |