Introduction

I’m a sports junkie.

I’ve spent most of my life talking, debating, and ranting about sports, so why not try to put pen to paper finger to keyboard and let everyone know what I’m thinking.

I grew up in Eastern Iowa. Not exactly a sports Mecca. This basically meant that I had no required teams to support based on location. So I had to come up with which teams I wanted to support. I’ll save you the long and drawn out stories for each team and keep this short. I basically chose the teams that were good when I was young, except when it comes to college sports. I will cover that a little more later.

Here are the teams I support:

§         College - Iowa State (Most important one)

§         NFL – Dallas Cowboys

§         NBA – Chicago Bulls

§         MLB – Minnesota Twins

§         NHL – Pittsburgh Penguins

§         MLS – FC Dallas

§         BPL (that stands for Barclay’s Premier League) – Manchester City

So how did I become an Iowa State in Eastern Iowa, where U of I dominates the market? Growing up, my family cheered for all things from the state of Iowa. This meant supporting UNI, UI, and ISU. Even though the only one of those schools that my parents did not attend was ISU, my mom tended to support them in the Cy-Hawk rivalry. So I kind of picked up on that I guess. As I got a little older, and trash talk got more prevalent, I was pushed more to the ISU side. I never liked the way Iowa fans acted, so things escalated quickly. The only thing that made my love for ISU grow more was going to school (and graduating) from there.

Anyways, that is enough of a background of me for now. Go State!