2/22/2026 In League With Creighton, Week 15: “To Creighton, With Love” Edition I usually attempt to fill these columns with humor and obscenely obscure references. But in covering Creighton this season, it feels necessary to address the shadow that has hovered over this team all year. Normally, I steer clear of the human component of the game. It is easier to view players as nameless automatons, born solely to execute a high pick-and-roll. But that isn't what is happening on

2/16/2026 Another example of “can we take them seriously” as a contender. The Cyclones 62-55 loss at TCU dropped them to 21-3, which is a darn good record. Now, winning every contest is not realistic, however, losses at Cincinnati and TCU are maddening. Hopefully these two losses will not be weighed greater than wins over St. John's and at then #1 Purdue, Since the Purdue game, ISU really does not have a quality win. No margin of victory can be enough against Kansas. The Cycl

2/10/2026 There is a great episode of  The Twilight Zone  from 1961 titled “A Penny for Your Thoughts.” It stars a young Dick York of  Bewitched  fame as a bank clerk who buys a newspaper on his way to work. He flips a coin into the vendor’s coinbox, and it lands on its edge–da da dum! That one-in-a-million outcome leads to him gaining the power to hear other people’s thoughts. At work, he hears the thoughts of Smithers, an old trusted bank co-worker, who is thinking about ho