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What's Bugging Andy?

Keith Murphy — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 04:35:14 +0000

In this week's "What's Bugging Andy?", giving his daughter a cell phone makes Andy reflect on the sports gambling scandal.

Really.

Murphy's Law: Tough questions. Easy answer. No answer.

Keith Murphy — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 04:21:22 +0000

In this week's Murphy's Law, two big questions in Iowa's sports gambling probe. At least one has an answer.

Faceoff: ISU vodka, butter Caitlin, Crossover at Kinnick, SEP stadium, Larson king in Knoxville

John Sears — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 04:17:56 +0000

Sears and Murph go back and forth on more topics from the week of sports.

Mr. Soundoff Says: Cyclones losing firepower, puts damper on season before it starts

John Sears — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 04:15:48 +0000

MR SOUNDOFF SAYS - The Hawkeye-Cyclone gambling investigation continues in the state of Iowa, more charges and punishments seem to unravel every week.

The Cyclones look to have lost a lot more firepower than the Hawkeyes. Hunter Dekkers, Jirehl Brock, Isaiah Lee, Deshawn Hanika, Jake Remsburg are either gone for good or will miss games. That's a tough pill to swallow for Cyclone fans before the season even starts.

John Sears has more on the disappointing saga that won't end.

What's Bugging Andy? So-called realignment bombshells

Keith Murphy — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 04:29:55 +0000

In this week's "What's Bugging Andy?", Andy is still waiting for the college football "bombshell" news.

Murphy's Law: college football can break your heart, and fill it with joy

Keith Murphy — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 04:23:12 +0000

In this week's Murphy's Law commentary, "Even in the abusive relationship of loving college football unconditionally, this week felt like a low blow."

Faceoff: US Women lose, ISU media day, Dekkers, gambling, Uwazurike/Blom, Littler, state fair

John Sears — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 04:18:50 +0000

Sears and Murph go back and forth on more topics from the week.

Mr. Soundoff Says: Athletes that gambled let teams down

John Sears — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 04:16:44 +0000

Mr. Soundoff Says - Earlier this week 7 athletes from Iowa and Iowa State were criminally charged with tampering with records, or concealing their identities to to conceal a crime, betting on sports.

34 other athletes are being investigated in to sports gambling and could be charged as well. NCAA punishments also loom for all.

John Sears can't believe all these athletes would risk so much for so little gain when all of them knew they were breaking the rules.

WHO 13 softball team dominates Zearing Days competition, remains humble

Keith Murphy — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 04:27:17 +0000

At Zearing Days, the WHO 13 softball team humbly crushed the unnamed competition by the one-sided score of 11-0, though all involved say, "It's not about who wins and who loses. Though, it should be noted, we did win."

No team members were available for additional comments.

Faceoff: Colorado, Pac 12, Fleck, Harbaugh, Uwazurike, Oppenheimer

John Sears — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 04:18:48 +0000

Sears and Murph go back and forth on more topics from the week of sports.

Murphy's Law: Mr. Irrelevant to Mr. Relevant

Keith Murphy — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 04:18:12 +0000

Brock Purdy puts 49ers Nation on BrockWatch, and tells us why he remains poised, no matter what.

Mr. Soundoff Says: Steveson social media stunt was lame

John Sears — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 04:17:01 +0000

Mr. Soundoff Says - 2 weeks ago 2-time NCAA champion and Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson got Hawkeye and Gopher fans all riled up by tweeting out cryptic posts about his future.

Steveson led everyone on to believe he was returning to college, either at Iowa or Minnesota.

He's not coming back. Instead he announced he's staying in the WWE. John Sears says the whole charade was lame.

What's Bugging Andy? Deciding how he feels about collectives

Keith Murphy — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 04:31:15 +0000

In this week's "What's Buggging Andy?", Andy has mixed feelings on collectives in college athletics, though he does label one move, "genius".

Faceoff: Willoughby, Kansas-ISU, CyHawk celebrity softball, black football field

John Sears — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 04:29:08 +0000

Sears and Murph go back and forth on more topics from the week of sports.

Murphy's Law: buzz returns to Hawkeye football

Keith Murphy — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 04:26:43 +0000

In this week's Murphy's Law, there's one main reason Iowa quickly sold out most of its home football season despite a lack of marquee match-ups.

Mr. Soundoff Says: Hurry up NCAA! Gambling investigation taking forever

John Sears — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 04:26:30 +0000

Mr. Soundoff Says - Back in early May it was announced that 41 Iowa-ISU athletes were under investigation from the DCI and NCAA for illegal sports wagering.

The investigation is still ongoing, with nothing settled, almos 3 months later.

John Sears says the NCAA needs to hurry up and make a decision on punishments because futures are in limbo with athletes.

What's Bugging Andy? Time to end MLB All-Star Game

Keith Murphy — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 04:30:57 +0000

In this week's "What's Bugging Andy?", Andy makes a case for dropping the once popular MLB Midsummer Classic.

What Northwestern can learn from A Few Good Men

Keith Murphy — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 04:22:18 +0000

In this week's Murphy's Law, Northwestern couldn't get out of its own way in the recent football program hazing investigation. The University ultimately fired Pat Fitzgerald, which it likely had to do whether he knew or did not know about the hazing. Here's why.

Faceoff: JT Rock, Joens/Duggan, butter athletes, Gabby Douglas, Netflix QB

John Sears — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 04:16:41 +0000

Sears and Murph go back and forth on more topics from the week of sports.

Mr. Soundoff Says: ESPY awards prove CyHawk fans will fight over anything

John Sears — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 04:16:12 +0000

Mr. Soundoff Says - The ESPY awards, an annual ESPN award show, took place this week with many Iowans tuned in to watch.

Reason being, Caitlin Clark and Brock Purdy were both up for the same award, 'breakthrough athlete' of the year.

Neither ended up winning, LSU's Angel Reese took hom the hardware.

John Sears reminds us CyHawk fans will find any reason to argue, even over a made up award that means nothing.