Video: Iowa Hawkeyes Tailgating

December 7, 2010 in Videos

Here’s a peek into what it is like to go tailgating in Iowa City. Bonus points for the enthusiasm Hawkeye fans bring each week. I am sure the Wisconsin tailgaters will deduct point for their unoriginal choice of song.

Video: Iowa Can Lady Loves Her Some 50 Cent

September 10, 2010 in Videos

By know you know the can man, or in this case the can lady, can be one of the 14 Tailgaters Who Annoy the Crap Out of You. Little did we know when compiling that list the tailgating parking lot can collectors can be so entertaining as well. In addition to entertaining tailgaters with her righteous dance moves, she also serves as a cornhole distraction. (I thought distractions were only encouraged in beer pong?) The front facing fanny pack is also a nice touch. A true triple threat in the parking lots of Iowa City.

Weekend Wrap-Up #112: Melanie Collins Edition

August 22, 2010 in Babes, Mailbag

This week’s lesson in “How to Properly Use Twitter” is brought to you by none other than Melanie Collins. Who is Melanie Collins you ask… Well, she’s a former bikini model that has turned her propensity for looking scorchingly hot in a bikini into a gig as a reporter for the Big 10 Network. She’s also on Twitter, @melanie_collins, with over 5,000 stalkers, er, followers. As you can imagine, a hot girl talking about sports in a football crazy league like the Big 10 would tend to garner a few followers on Twitter. So when Melanie Collins tweeted that her sources were telling her that Michigan quarterback Tate Forcier was going to transfer, she immediately recognized the error of her ways. Despite deleting the tweet minutes later, the damage was done. The news took off like wildfire within the sports blogosphere and the UM message boards and Google searches for Melanie Collins just made a jump.

So here is the moral of the story – be a responsible tweeter and think before you press send. Much like drunk dialing your ex-girlfriend after 3 am, what you tweet may come back to haunt you. A wise man once said, “You never regret the things you DON’T say.” Keep that in mind when using Twitter. Links follow the pic:

Melanie Collins

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