Scott Nagy (final lab project)

Here is my edited video of Scott Nagy's post game information. Here Nagy discusses why his team seems exhausted after playing 4 games in 8 days against some tough D-I opponents. He implies that lacking D-I experience is hurting his team, but they will find that experience in the next couple of years. Nagy seems a little depressed, how could you not be after your team starts its season with a 2-7 record. I don't believe the record really reflects his efforts as a coach though, it is obvious that the men's team was not as ready for the D-I transition as much as the women's team.

What I learned in MCOM 225

Intro to Digital Delivery was probably one of my favorite classes this, not to suck up, it just was. I learned a lot about the internet that I otherwise would have overlooked. I now know what bandwidth means when it is discussed on website forums. I no longer am clueless about things like what an mp3 or mpeg4 really is. Since I am from Iowa, I never really knew much about South Dakota news, but since I actually read the news now, I finally understand a little more about the politics here, and just politics in general. I also learned how to shoot and edit video, which I thought was the best part of the whole class. It is also good to know there are journalism professors out there who still believe in the Hawkeyes, even if Tate and the gang are sucking it up.

Nick Adams interview

Here is my group's interview with Nick Adams, right fielder for the Jacks baseball team. In this interview, Nick speaks about SDSU, playing right field, his MVP award in the New York Summer Baseball League and autographs. Nick seems like a very nice guy and I wish him the best of luck for his future. Big shout out to Lindsay Hagan and Sarah Veum, without them this interview wouldn't have been so awesome.

Searching for the perfect spot

1) Searching for the perfect spot, originally uploaded by dan_spengler.

This picture introduces my mother's epic journey of perch fishing on Thanksgiving weekend. It was a beautiful day back home in Northwest Iowa. The day was warm and the wind was still, so still that nearly perfect images of trees and clouds could be seen on the surface of the ponds. In this picture, my mom is looking for a spot to begin. She caught around 8 yellow perch and one channel catfish in about an hour and a half. This has been the latest "open water" fishing trip that we have even taken out to the Ocheyedan Sand Pits. I will never forget this day, it meant a lot more than just fishing to me.

Fishing lures

Over the past few months I have been hard at work creating my own line of freshwater fishing lures. My first lure (not present in the picture above) was created using trial and error as a technique. Although it's appearance was poor, it did catch fish, which challenged me to create more lures. I have noticed some slight progression with each lure I create, and I hope to eventually market them. Here is a picture of 12 lures. Each lure begins with a trip to the band-saw. After the basic body type is created, I carv each lure to the appropriate size and sand them down. After applying the blanks with screw eyes and hooks, I wood burn details, add holographic eyes, gorilla glue and three coats of vinyl finish. So that's it in a nutshell. So far I have caught 4 different species of freshwaters fish on them, but look to add to that list next summer.

Justin Morneau = MVP

The Twins first baseman won the 2006 AL MVP award over Derek Jeter by a total of 14 points (320 to 306). Overall, three members of the Twins were in the top seven for MVP. In addition to that, Joe Mauer won the AL (and overall) batting title and Johan Santana won the Cy Young award this year. I think this is a pretty amazing team. Infact when was the last time this happened; an MVP, a Cy Young winner, and a batting champ all on one team. It seems pretty remarkable, and to think, if Francisco Liriano wouln't have gotten injured he may have won rookie of the year, now that's something to think about! Additional information on this story can be found at Fox Sports

Cowbell

A few members of the South Dakota State Basketball team and their coach get together for this short film. It's all about ringing the cowbell here at SDSU.

Michigan at Ohio State

The biggest showdown in college football this season will be at Columbus, Ohio this weekend. This is where no. 1 Ohio State (11-0) meets no. 2 Michigan (11-0), the winner will head to the national championship, the loser may not find themselves out of a title shot either. If the game is close and decided with a dramatic finish both teams could find themselves in a rematch Jan. 8. Other coaches around the league are stating their opinion on the match up, as well as stating their stance on which other team(s) should be in the title game. On ESPN a few coaches showed signs of dislike to the possibility of two Big Ten teams in the national championship game.

Hawkeyes fall short in the fourth

The unranked Iowa Hawkeyes came close to the upset of no. 16 Wisconsin this Saturday, but their comeback fell short in the fourth quarter. Iowa came back from an early 10-0 deficit to obtain a 14-10 lead, but the final score ended up 24-21 Wisconsin. One of the Key plays toward the end of the game was Scott Chandler's dropped pass which would have given them a first down with about 5 minutes to go. The hawkeyes, now 6-5, will play Minnesota next week.