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I love college football and tennis. I hope you enjoy what I write. Thanks for stopping by!

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, Walter Payton, Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander, Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    University of Iowa Hawkeyes (men's football & basketball)

  • Favorite Coaches

    Kirk Ferentz, Dr. Tom Davis

  • All Time Sports Moment

    1981 Iowa defeated Nebraska 10--7-it was fun seeing Nebraska fans cry for a change!

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Federer 237 weeks ranked as #1

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays-He suffered for his sport.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer without question...

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Time will tell...

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

    Big 10!

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  • Jack Darland posted 7 days ago

    Jack Darland

    Hi JA...thanks for sending that link....love your column and the chance to pick against the Might Y. Zultan....haha....looking forward to playing the game again next season!

  • Jack Darland posted 17 days ago

    Jack Darland

    Hi Mr. Allen....you offered a contest to pick the NCAA bowl games challenging us to, 'beat your picks,'....I never saw the follow-up column announcing the winners - if any - could you send me the link to that follow-up column...? That would be awesome! jackdarlandjr cedar falls iowa

  • reredeF0regoR posted 45 days ago

    reredeF0regoR

    ::Happy Birthday''JA'::⎝⓿⏝⓿⎠
    I hope all your birthday dreams & wishes come true.

  • Ash Marshall posted 98 days ago

    Ash Marshall

    Hi JA,

    Long time no speak. I thought I'd share with you this article about James Blake and the charity event he's holding later this month. It's for a great cause, hopefully you'll have time to give it a read or promote it to your readers.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/934508-br-interview-james-blake-speaks-about-his-foundation-and-the-tennis-community

    Thanks,

    Ash

  • Brandon H posted 146 days ago

    Brandon H

    Let Zultan out! Even without the competition element I'd love to see his predictions once the B1G conference games begin. I thought those articles were very clever.

  • Erik Wallulis posted 161 days ago

    Erik Wallulis

    Really liked your article about what a difference a year made in the Nadal Djokovic rivalry. Thought you offered interesting opinions and raised good questions for the reader to consider. If you have time, check out my article on matches Federer should have lost but managed to escape from. Thanks

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/840809-10-grand-slam-matches-that-roger-federer-should-have-lost

  • Sriram Ilango posted 197 days ago

    Sriram Ilango

    Hello mate! Just take a look when you are free. I would love to hear what you think.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/787070-tennis-current-state-from-the-prespective-of-a-roger-federer-fan

  • Matt Rogers posted 217 days ago

    Matt Rogers

    Thanks J.A.. I appreciate you getting back to me. As for the game, I got good news and bad news. It is free, but I don't got any prizes. We have 7 people so far, so if you are not interested anymore that is okay. But we would really like for you to play. The way you play is you email your picks to drawchallenge@yahoo.com before each tournament . I'm going to send an email to all players who said they were going to play on Friday with all rules. First tournament is next week with Atlanta. So if you are still interested, or have any questions, please email drawchallenge@yahoo.com. If you want to play ,just email that you want to play and I'll send you the rules and other information tomorrow. But if you are too busy thats fine. Let me know. Thanks- Matt

  • Matt Rogers posted 219 days ago

    Matt Rogers

    Anyone else is invited to play too!

  • Matt Rogers posted 219 days ago

    Matt Rogers

    Dear J.A.,
    I know this is a longer than long shot, but we run a US Open Series Prediction Challenge at drawchallenge.webs.com . For each of the 6 mens tournaments, you fill out a bracket by emailing them to drawchallenge@yahoo.com . We keep track of all standings and results on the website. We add up points from all of the tournaments combined to come up with a US Open Series Prediction Champion. Last year we did it and it was a lot of fun. Just to let you know, this is what a typical entry email would look like.

    1st round

    Kevin Anderson
    Robby Ginepri
    Ryan Sweeting
    Janko Tipsarevic
    Mardy Fish
    James Blake
    Xavier Malisse
    Ernests Gulbis
    Karol Beck
    Temyuraz Gabashvili
    Qualifier
    Horacio Zeballos

    2nd round
    Andy Murray
    Ernests Gulbis
    Feliciano Lopez
    Mardy Fish
    Janko Tipsarevic
    Marcos Baghdatis
    Robby Ginepri
    Sam Querrey

    Quarterfinals

    Sam Querrey
    Marcos Baghdatis
    Feliciano Lopez
    Andy Murray

    Semifinal

    Marcos Baghdatis
    Andy Murray

    Final Andy Murray

    I know you are extremely busy, but it would be very cool if someone of your stature would play. I'm sure it wouldn't take too long to send over your picks. Anyways, I'm sure your extremely busy, so thanks anyway for reading this. Matt (drawchallenge@yahoo.com)

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