Maddie Manning – Ankeny Hawkettes

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Bobby LaGesse – Ames Tribune

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Tom Kakert – Hawkeye Report

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Matt Norlander – CBSSports.com

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1) Ben Dorenkamp 343.96
2) Nate Smith 336.68
3) Marty Tirrell 335.52
4) Trent Condon 315.06
5) Fred Sturgeon 314.92
6) Jeff Wilking 310.56
7) Doug Heiser 310.06
Patrick Meyer 283.86
9) Nicholas Topp 278.88
10) Will Lynch 261.84

Ray Cole – GM ABC 5

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Mark Krosner – Austin Statesmen

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Ryan Fagan – The Sporting News

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Marc Morehouse – Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Blair Kerkhoff – Kansas City Star

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Bob Ryan – ESPN, Boston Globe

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NFL

Patriots 23, Ravens 20 -Evans, Cundiff, missed opportunities. So close, but yet so far.

As far as Cundiff’s kick, you have to make it, but why was he marched out there so late? Why does John Harbaugh not use a time out to make sure everything is set?

Did Bellicheck call Kirk Ferentz right before the half? Up 13-10, with 2 timeouts and Tom Brady Old Bill told Brady to take a knee. Sound familiar?

A side note, what the hell was up with the national anthem? I know it was Steven Tyler, but don’t you at least audition the guy – make him sing it once?

Giants 20, 49ers 17 – Wow, what a difference a fews weeks make? Remember back in November when Tom Coughlin had one foot out the door. Dead man walking. String together one hell of a run and your playing for the Lombardi trophy. Not too bad.

Gotta feel for backup punt returner Kyle Williams. Two huge miscues. You hate to see guys fail on such a big stage. It will be interesting to see what San Francisco adds to next years team.

Super Bowl XLVI
So now we get the rematch of Super Bowl XLII. Honestly I am not very excited for it at this point. Almost feels like the BCS title game. We’ve seen these teams, we’ve seen this game before. I’ll watch, maybe the two weeks of hype will help.

Any chance we get a consolation game for the Harbaugh’s put together next week? Ravens-49ers as a pre-cursor to the Super Bowl?

College Basketball
Is Iowa State putting the pieces together? The Clones have won back-to-back road games and has beaten two road foes by 20+ points for the first time since 1944.

One other interesting stat – ISU is 11-0 when outshooting its opponents. Iowa State travels to Austin to face Texas Tuesday and hosts Kansas on Saturday.

Third place Drake, winner of the last four, travelled to Cedar Falls Sunday night to face UNI and fell to the Panthers 66-52. The road gets very bumpy this week as the Dogs face MVC league leaders Creighton and Wichita State. Ugh.

I am not a Michigan State fan, but I do have respect for Tom Izzo and the program he has created. Also, I think their BB fans are pretty classy and decent, well until Saturday. During the Spartans game against Purdue a few fans in the Izzone started chanting – “Hummel don’t tear your ACL.” They were talking to Purdue forward Robbie Hummel who tore his ACL his junior year, then at the first practice of his senior year he tore it again.

Kid fights that hard to get back after a tough injury like that and you throw out that chant? I would expect Illinois fans to do something like that, but come on MSU.

Watched the end of the FSU-Duke ball game. Is there anything better than watching another team dance a victory jig on Coach K court.

College Football
TheOnion.com, as usual, hits it with the headline – Joe Paterno Dies In Hospital; Doctors Promise To Tell Their Superiors First Thing Tomorrow.

The death of Joe Pa is sad. The last 6 months, really the past decade of Joe Pa’s life is sad. Deep down I think Joe Paterno was a good man that did many, many good things. He lived for his family and players and for Penn State University.

During his career he turned out many great men and gave back to the school he loved at every opportunity.

Unfortunately, when he needed to step up and lead the most, he failed. When told that a friend and assistant coach was molesting a child he didn’t do the right thing.

Jerry Sandusky shouldn’t be Joe Paterno’s legacy, but it is a very bold moment that should not be swept under the rug.

Hopefully the sins of one man, and the failures of others will lead others to do the right thing. If Joe Paterno’s failure to do the right thing help others – it might be his greatest legacy.

And finally…
Where is the chivalry?

In a 2nd round match between Lleyton Hewitt and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Stebe halted the match because there was a bug on the court. Rather than flick it with his racquet or kick it with his shoe he made a ball girl come over and pick it up. Horrible job.

1) 287.74 Nate Smith
2) 286.5 Ben Dorenkamp
3) 282.68 Marty Tirrell
4) 271.16 Fred Sturgeon
5) 266.8 Jeff Wilking
6) 262.4 Doug Heiser
7) 257.16 Trent Condon
8 ) 250.86 Patrick Meyer
9) 250.78 Nicholas Topp
10) 219.68 Will Lynch

Blair Kerkhoff – Kansas City Star

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Bob Ryan – ESPN, Boston Globe

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John Petersen – Ankeny Basketball Coach

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