Archive for August, 2011:

2011 Off The Crossbar Fantasy Rankings – The Rest

Tweet Due to my ability to procrastinate I have decided to not do separate posts for the rest of my fantasy football position rankings and put them all in one (the QBs can be found here). Here are the rest of the 2011 Off The Crossbar Fantasy Rankings (all rankings assume health will not be

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20 Q’s With… Marc Morehouse

Tweet This week’s feature is Iowa Hawkeye football reporter Marc Morehouse.  Marc has covered Iowa football for The Cedar Rapids Gazette for 13 years and for three seasons at the Telegraph Herald before that (“Time flies” he tells me).  Marc says he still gets nervous for everything he writes and hopes that never goes away.  It’s

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2011 Off The Crossbar Fantasy Rankings – Quarterbacks

Tweet Here are my top 10 fantasy quarterbacks for 2011 – 1 – Michael Vick (Phi) – Vick put up big numbers in his return to a starting role in 2010.  He should be able to duplicate his success in 2011. 2 – Aaron Rodgers (GB) – Rodgers leads one of the most efficient offenses.

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20 Q’s With…. Bob Wilson

Tweet Bob Wilson was born in a small town, into a big family.  He is 1 of 8 children, but also was a 10 pound baby.  Now at over 20 times his initial weight, Bob at least appears to be an adult. Where did you grow up? Janesville, Iowa.  My parents used to run a creamery there.

20 Q’s with…. Tim Smith

Tweet This week’s feature is on Tim Smith. Yes that is his real name, not to be confused with the other 15 or so Tim Smith’s in the phone book.  Tim lives in the great city of Urbandale, Iowa with his lovely wife of almost 12 years and three beautiful daughters, 10, 8 and 3.

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Interview Strategy for Job Seekers

Tweet Not too long ago I was trying to find a job in the field I went to college for:  computer programming/analysis.  I entered college at a time when students were being offered full-time jobs before they graduated (2000).  By the time I was half-way done the economic recession of 2001 hit and Principal Financial

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If You’re Going To Tailgate….

Tweet We’re getting closer and closer to the college football season and the greatest tradition that comes with it:  tailgating.  Fans will pack parking lots, golf courses, private lawns, and every other place they can and will proceed to eat, drink, and be merry until it’s game time.  One thing I don’t/can’t understand are the

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20 Q’s with… Lee Reighard

Tweet Lee Reighard [pronounced:  reerd] is a 30 year old black-and-gold bleeding Hawkeye fan and self-loathing Cubs fan. He is originally from Urbandale, IA and graduated from WDM Valley HS in 1999. He graduated from the Univ of Iowa in 2004 with a degree in Political Science and worked in Corporate America through 2010. Due to

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