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Al_4_ISU

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  1. You’ll see me in the soup thread posting a stew made with tomato purée, meat, peppers, onions, and lots of chili powder. There might even be black beans in that sumbitch.
  2. I underestimated the pedantry and provincialism surrounding the term “chili”. That’s on me. To you, chili is incredibly specific. It has rules. People argue about its origin. This thread is about recreating a very specific thing, and any deviation is subject to standards that appear wildly arbitrary to me, but are clearly based in some publication or history that I lack awareness of, and frankly am not that interested in. To me, chili is open ended. It’s always different, and at the end of the day, all that matters is if it’s good. We literally aren’t speaking the same language, and I get that. I misunderstood the point of this thread. So I’m not going to try and speak a different language at you, and continue to clutter a thread that I now realize I’m not even interested in making a proper contribution to.
  3. I’ll continue to serve a dish made with meat, peppers, onions, tomato purée, chili powder, garlic, and black beans. I’ll top it with cilantro, cheese, and onions. Maybe I’ll add some weird ingredients in the spirit of experimentation. See if it tastes good. I’ll call it chili. My guests will recognize it as chili. It’ll probably be fucking delicious. If it’s not, at least I learned something. But I’m definitely never posting it in here ever again. Jesus Christ.
  4. Hayden Fry was better than Ferentz. He actually won the Big 10 outright a couple of times, and Iowa was a dumpster fire when he got there. Ferentz took over a stable program and kept it remarkably consistent
  5. Approximately 40 of those 96 belonged to Jaz Kunc. He graduated at the right time
  6. It’s nuts. I’m relieved that local media in Iowa has finally recognized how bad Iowa’s SOS is and acknowledge what an advantage that is
  7. “Finding ways to win”. Its called being in the Big 10 West and routinely missing OSU and Michigan
  8. This has major “coming out as bi-sexual” vibes. Dude, you’re gay/want Avery Johnson to start. You’re not fooling anyone. Just be you and roll with it.
  9. This is kind of (but also opposite) why I wish we played Iowa at the end of the season. Campbell acts like non-conference play is a scrimmage and results don’t matter. If we played Iowa, I think we could score 14-20 points. Or he’d just shut the offense down and try to out-Ferentz Ferentz like usual.
  10. Sounds good. Like smothering potatoes in chili.
  11. No need to apologize, that’s fairly true. Same thing applies to Ames. The main difference in Ames is the country hicks are going to school there.
  12. They could just hand off every offensive down and win out. Their defense and special teams are good enough, and more importantly, the Big 10 West is bad enough.
  13. ISU/OSU had over 3M viewers a couple years back when you were top 10 and we had Purdy and Hall. Good, competitive games draw. Bad games only draw their respective fanbases. Fox and ESPN have decades of data on the non-UT/OU Big 12 schools. They made an informed decision.
  14. It’ll be harder than it is, but until Minnesota and Nebraska get a pulse, it will be easier than everyone else. That program just falls into unearned good fortune at a silly rate.
  15. This whole thing is a dog and pony show. Don’t try to apply logic to it. Kirk Ferentz IS Iowa athletics. He’s there as long as he wants to be. Brian is there as long as he is. They won’t get the requisite amount of points, and that won’t effect Brian’s status.
  16. This might be the most esoteric debate I’ve ever observed
  17. This. The Pac 12 implosion doesn’t happen without a stable Big 12. A stable Big 12 doesn’t happen without those additions in the wake of the UT/OU exit. The whole “Big 12 should’ve waited” argument just doesn’t hold up, IMO.
  18. Houston is my least favorite add by a mile but I’m not sure who was a better option at the time. I think at the end of the day, the networks believe if they ever sustain success they will get ratings.
  19. Cincy and UCF were added because they’ve been competent programs for awhile and they have some fans who actually engage. No one is under the delusion that XII schools are going to ravage Ohio and Florida on the recruiting trail.
  20. I think Ferentz retires after this season. Go out on top before the tougher schedules don’t allow him to shelter Brian behind wins.
  21. I have no idea why that appears brown in the photo, but it’s tomato purée with chili powder and cumin. It came out of the jar red. Maybe the fat from the meat colored it? I’m not culinary purist at all and have thought of chili being something that has a tomato base and chili powder, and after that it’s built to preference. Whatever. It was delicious.
  22. I never have before but they were in the fridge, and I wanted them used up. I’ve cooked it outside many times. I prefer that to a crock pot
  23. No carrots. Onions, shallots, garlic, jalapeños, poblanos, red bell peppers, celery. Celery is the only part that would be out of the norm, IMO. I want hard on the veggie amount to fill in for the lack of beans. Actually gonna grill hot dogs from my local locker and have chili dogs today, and leftover chili/stew for awhile after that.
  24. I’m legitimately curious why it’s universally viewed as outside the chili realm. The bacon? The ribeye? The celery? It’s, meat, onions, peppers, tomato purée, chili powder, and cumin at its bones. It definitely will be at a stew consistency after 6 hours on the smoker.
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