Journey

I'm gonna do something a little different. I started this blog mainly as an Iowa Sports blog. Ok mainly an Iowa Football blog. But now that the football season's over for the most part, I'm going to change directions a little. I'll still talk about Iowa sports like the Outback Bowl and Iowa basketball. But I'm also going to talk about a little more.

To start out with, I'm going to talk about the new Journey CD. Steve Perry left the group a few years ago saying he refused to work with them. And since him and his voice basically was the band, he ended it. That is unless they could find a new lead singer with a similar style and voice as Steve. And amazingly, they found him. How did they do it? YouTube. His name is Arnel Pineda and he is Philippino.

When you first hear him talk, you would think no way. He has a small voice with a heavy accent. But then he opens his mouth and sings. When i first heard him, my jaw dropped. Some songs sound exactly like Steve Perry, or just as good in his own way.

The CD includes 2 CD's and one special edition comes with a live DVD of them. The first disk on the CD is 11 new songs. I only liked a few select songs of these, but the ones i did like sounded just like the classics. And in my opinion just as great as them. The second disc is 11 of their most popular songs, rerecorded with Arnel singing.

For 12 dollars, this is a great buy for any Journey fan. The classics sound great, some new songs sound great, and the DVD is awesome.

Inside Laughter

This week, ISU coach Gene Chizik left ISU for Auburn. Apparently he also lied about going before he did. He denied that he would be leaving, but the moment they offered him the job, he left. Now I know that this is a very bad situation for ISU,and i'm a little upset about it. On the outside at least. On the inside, I can't help laughing hysterically at them and their misfortune. I hate ISU, i just try not to show it out of respect to other fans and Iowans. But every time ISU's program gets a little worse, my smile gets a little bigger. Sure i do hope they get a coach, I just hope he's not a very good one.

Shonn Greene highlights

highlights for the season

part 1



part 2

Confirmation!

The Hawks were selected to go to the Outback Bowl. After USC defeated UCLA, Ohio State's spot in a BCS bowl were secured which allowed Iowa to go to a January 1st bowl. That bowl just happened to be the Outback Bowl in Tampa Bay, Florida, where they will be facing South Carolina.

Postseason Hopes

Iowa succeeded in winning their last two games to bring them to have an 8-4 record. They beat Purdue 22-17 in a game that was way too close. Then they crushed Minnesota 55-0. And Shonn Greene continued is incredible performance rushing 211 yards against purdue an for 144 yards in the first 3 quarters against Minnesota. After that he was taken out and the backups came in. Now Greene is 5th on the Heisman watch list and could be heading to New York for the Heisman ceremony. Now the Iowa football team is either going to the Alamo Bowl or Champs Bowl, or depending how other teams do, could go to the Outback or Capital One Bowl. Oregon State lost to Oregon this past weekend so now Ohio State has a much better chance of getting into a bcs bowl. As long as that happens Iowa will go to either the Capital One Bowl or the Outback Bowl.