About

Formerly Al NamiasIV.

I'm an Iowa Hawkeye fan that was born in New York City, grew up in New Jersey, went to college in Pittsburgh and is currently living in Madison, Wisconsin.

Furthermore, there are three words I won't use in reference to football: Leaders, Legends and "stud." The former two are in reference to the Big Ten's division names and the latter is in reference to some people confusing human beings with horses.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Sean Considine, Bob Sanders, Fred Russell, Jerome Bettis, Keith Hernandez

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Iowa Hawkeyes, NY Mets, Pittsburgh Steelers

  • Favorite Coaches

    Kirk Ferentz

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Tate-to-Holloway 2005 Capital One Bowl

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Dimaggio's consecutive game hit streak

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Gehrig

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Marino

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Ray Bourque

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    Big Ten

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  • Ken Kraetzer posted 168 days ago

    Ken Kraetzer

    David: Do you take your own pictures? I try to use my own whenever possible covering Army. West Point is an hour from my office so I can only get to an occasional practice. Best, Ken

  • Garrett Derr posted 177 days ago

    Garrett Derr

    Hey man I wrote an article about the Top 10 Pro Athletes Who Would Make Good UFC Fighters. Would love to hear what you think man. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/817080-10-pro-athletes-that-would-make-good-ufc-fighters

  • Ken Hammerick posted 179 days ago

    Ken Hammerick

    David! It's good to re discover you, with the name change and all.

    Onaje Miller (TrF) is gone, not at MSU, released.

    Baker can not stay healthy, he has a bad hamstring. Caper will emerge this year and so will Nick Hill.

    Dion Sims will make lots of big plays at TE.

    Go Hawks!

  • Turk Steffens posted 184 days ago

    Turk Steffens

    P.S.- Do you remember Matt Hughes? He came into Nate Kaeding's restaurant [Shorts Burgers & Shine, just down from Iowa Book & Supply] & recognized me as this HUGE Hawkeye fan at Facebook. LOL!

  • Turk Steffens posted 184 days ago

    Turk Steffens

    I thought maybe you changed your name here. Are you on the "lam" from the law??? LOL Just kidding! :-) Go Hawks!

  • Thom Burns posted 206 days ago

    Thom Burns

    Al: Love your Hawkeye coverage. But dude, people and players get the personal pronoun "who." They're not "players that show potential" etc. It's "players WHO..." Same goes for coaches.

  • Ryan Vooris posted 285 days ago

    Ryan Vooris

    If there is someone that knows more about Big Ten football than Al, I'd like to meet him.

  • Bleacher Report posted 300 days ago

    Bleacher Report

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/673765-nebraska-offfense-circa-2011-challenge-big-10-idealogy-and-tradition

  • Puppet Master posted 570 days ago

    Puppet Master

    Oh, Mr. Al Namias IV.........

    An artiocle of mine that begs for Hawkeye input. Please take a look when you can and we would be delighted to hear from you.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/425049-college-football-2010-ranking-the-top-ten-coaches-of-the-sec-and-big-10

    Doc Masters

  • Richard Bowler posted 735 days ago

    Richard Bowler

    Check out my newest Mock Draft
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/343886-nfl-mock-draft-2010-version-20

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