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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nothing makes me happier than when Iowa football makes everyone else SO MAD

Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I made it through the entire holiday season last year without hearing All I Want For Christmas Is You or Last Christmas. JUST TRY MY, BOOMER MUSIC RAG

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I always watch USC football just long enough for the band to play both of the songs they know.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"It's Week 4. I have no idea if Iowa is correctly ranked. I am quite sure that Michigan will be the biggest test the Hawks have faced this far -- and that Iowa will be the biggest test Michigan has faced, because Oklahoma has not looked good at all." -- me, this week

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Here's the thing about Kirk Ferentz: After every game he coaches, *somebody* is absolutely LIVID

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hot take: if you saw how Indiana struggled last night with an admittedly good Northwestern team, you might understand why I think Kirk Ferentz prefers that his team's success should not primarily rest on the QB's shoulders.

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Big Wonderful Wyoming @wydot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wagonhound (West), 9/26/2026, 7:26:25 AM

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I was honest about the fact that "Gypsy" is my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. It didn't end well.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As the Big Ten jumps into the conference play pool with both feet, we ask ourselves what's going to happen to our teams, some of which are tested, some of which aren't, and some of which have already failed. broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Sweep, Week 4: *bleep* Gets Real

The nonconference season is over for us, and now we move on to the opening week of conference play. That's great news for those of us who do...

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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The Sweep, Week 4: *bleep* Gets Real

The nonconference season is over for us, and now we move on to the opening week of conference play. That's great news for those of us who do...

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Long-time readers of Pickin' On The Big Ten and The Sweep know that once or twice a season I go off on a bizarre tangent, like last season's "Lake WoB1Gon" column. In the past I've also done columns in the style of an episode of Good Eats and a Sunday morning realtor show. WELL ....

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Of the Sweepiverse's five teams, how many have defeated a Power 4 opponent? How many have been defeated by a Power 4 opponent? And which team was too chicken to even play one? broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Drop, Week 3: Sole Survivor

There were so many deliriously goofy things that happened in college football last weekend, but it's already Wednesday as I write this and I...

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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The Drop, Week 3: Sole Survivor

There were so many deliriously goofy things that happened in college football last weekend, but it's already Wednesday as I write this and I...

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

All these sports/prediction betting market companies need to be boiled in oil and then flushed down the garbage disposal. The damage they are doing is immense.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

brb, gonna start nailing shoulder straps to wooden barrels

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hear me out: Tuesday Night Football

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

... I feel like there was something I was supposed to remember today.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The man's fingerprints were all over the early 1970s.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This hits differently for us Gen Xers who studied the Tasaday people in grade school, only to later discover that they were a hoax.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It wasn't a good week in the Big Ten, unless you're a Michigan fan or maybe an Iowa fan. For everyone else, there's only one thing to do. broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Drop, Week 2: Pull The Handle And Flush

Big Ten teams played eight games against Power 4 opponents this past weekend, and lost six of the eight games. The sole victories were earne...

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My one and only moment of fantasy football glory was the year MarTay Jenkins led me to the championship because he was the Cardinals' kickoff returner and their defense was ghastly.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My word, Minnesota, get it together, this is embarrassing and I am an *Iowa* fan saying that

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Mithippi State is making mechanically separated Gopher meat rn

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

[opens Bluesky] So ... still think ESPN is worth watching. Flush the self-proclaimed "world wide leader." It is nothing but the ens**ttification of sports broadcasting in real time. Enjoy your gambling ads too.

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eb99 @eb99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think it's more comforting for some people to think of OBL as some evil genius or tragic victim of imperialism rather than a bog standard delusional ideologically extremist billionaire failson who thought he could accellerationism his way to a theocratic utopia

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Iowa fans, keep an eye on the NIU-Illinois State game at 4 pm. NIU is a 4.5 point dog in its own stadium. If NIU overperforms, that's a good sign. Iowa State fans, hope that Southern Illinois plays SEMO closer than you did.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I would rather have this than a GNX.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"For its part, Bowling Green lost to something called 'Tarleton State' last week. If you lose to a school that sounds like something Yosemite Sam would shout at Bugs Bunny, I can't take you seriously." Enjoy the picks. Iowa 34, Iowa State 17. broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Sweep, Week 2: Football-Like Protoplasm

There are some great games in the Big Ten this weekend! Unfortunately they all involve the other thirteen teams in the conference! Meanwhil...

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dexter is trying to tell me that I need to go to bed so that HE can go to bed.

A pitbull mix dog with light brown fur lies on a loveseat in a home office. He has a doleful look on his face.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It would really be a shame if we managed to fool AI into thinking we all were interested in aardvark recidivism.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Sweep drops a day earlier than usual because I'm too busy to mess with it tomorrow. Anyway, it's a good week of games in the Big Ten; here are my picks for the games that don't figure to be as good. broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Sweep, Week 2: Football-Like Protoplasm

There are some great games in the Big Ten this weekend! Unfortunately they all involve the other thirteen teams in the conference! Meanwhil...

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I have accepted that there's a future I won't be a part of, so now I am also disengaging from the present and remembering the past. But sometimes the horror of missed opportunities, past, present, and future, completely overwhelms me.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My rates for such advice are, I assure you, quite reasonable.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Every year on Labor Day I kinda sorta miss the Jerry Lewis telethon. Not enough to overcome its gross patronizing of people with muscular dystrophy, however.

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Betting Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) @chiefsplus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I’ll go ahead and say it: between the extra second at Michigan and the debacle of a women’s volleyball match at Wrigley, the conference itself did not have a good weekend.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Today in The Drop, five things I am *not* saying about the Big Ten after Week 1: broomcornsweep.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yup, those pajuniforms are cursed

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Clark Moore @clarkaliciouss.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

That could be an area of emphasis for my viewing this season; see just how far this troubling pajunification trend has advanced.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Michigan gonna burn these pajuniforms

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If It's A Safety, Why Are You Running?: Towards A Post-Structuralist Hermeneutics Of Special Teams

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

That was a terrible play by Bryce Underwood.

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Chris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Maize jerseys are good if we're playing hockey, not so great when we're playing football.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

These Michigan uniforms are just a giant SpongeBob face away from being a 4 year old's pajamas.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

That was, dare I say, Haydenesque.

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Steve Casburn @scasburn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It makes a lot of sense, really. North Dakota is full of pitchforks, and the Fordham players have probably never even seen one much less thought about how to defend themselves against one.

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Mark Hasty @markhasty.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

North Dakota State is running a pitchfork through Fordham, which I realize isn't surprising, but still.

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