Today

This post is about what a Championship Game Should NOT Be and the connection between the University of Iowa and Clemson in the Clemson English Department.

To begin, I watched Clemson defeat Alabama in the College Football Playoff national championship. Someone in our house asked, "Where is Clemson?" As I sat on the couch, I used my cell phone to perform a quick search using Google. I learned Clemson is located in South Carolina. While on the Clemson website, I decided to look up information about their English department. I found their Faculty and Staff and identified connections to Iowa!

1. Professor and Chair Susanna Ashton has a tie to Iowa: Ph.D. English, University of Iowa
2. Associate Professor Nic Brown has his M.F.A., University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, Fiction

To read more about Clemson's English department, go here.

But back to the actual game, I can't say it was much of a game. Clemson routed No. 1 Alabama 44-16. "It was the Crimson Tide’s biggest loss under its legendary coach Nick Saban," per Fox News.


Additional information about the game and Clemson's English department:

1. Look at the muscles on the arms of the quarterback! That's impressive!

2. There was a typo on the English department's page.

Recap from Last Night

I was having a decent night, going through some old folders in a futile attempt to locate a folder with our wedding ring and other jewelry information, but at 9:15 last night, I gave in. I turned off the TV and told Karen I was going to bed. Here's what I can recap in the world of sports.

1. One of my favorite pro wrestlers, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, is being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a part of Wrestlemania 2015.I missed the last 45 minutes of Monday Night Raw, but based upon reading this analysis of the final segment where heels Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins, and face John Cena gathered to sign their contract for their 3-Way-Dance (I like that phrase better than the more commonly used "Triple Threat Match") at the Royal Rumble on January 25, 2015, I am content.
2. The OSU Buckeyes defeated the Oregon Ducks 42-20. The OSU QB began the season as the third string QB and last night, in the national championship game, he was making his third career start. He's a sophomore. All I could think is, "Wow, why can't the Iowa Hawkeyes recruit a third string QB like that?!?"
3. Heart has announced a concert in Cedar Rapids at the US Cellular Center with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts opening on Saturday, 03/21/2015.