From the University of Iowa: The Administrators Council of the Big Ten Conference has approved the Iowa and Nebraska recommendation to move the Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 football game to Friday, Nov. 29, and to schedule the annual Hy-Vee Heroes Game on the Friday after Thanksgiving in 2014 (Nov. 28) and beyond. The approval was announced Tuesday by [...]
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IOWA CITY — Nebraska’s Black Friday football tradition became Iowa’s two-year experiment. In the end, the border schools together decided to make the date permanent toward forming a rivalry. Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta told The Gazette on Wednesday the schools will petition the Big Ten to play every season on Black Friday. The schools’ [...]
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This makes all the sense in the world. Here’s why: Iowa and Nebraska played a fairly lackluster game last November. Iowa’s offense thudded to its worst season under Kirk Ferentz since 2000. Yes, Nebraska needed a victory to clinch a spot in the Big Ten title game, so there was that. But with Iowa at [...]
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The Iowa and Nebraska football teams are likely to meet on Black Friday for the third straight season, a Big Ten official told The Gazette on Wednesday. “I expect both Iowa and Nebraska to make that request at our next meeting,” said Mark Rudner, the Big Ten’s senior associate commissioner for television administration and in [...]
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IOWA CITY — Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta said he’s unsure if Iowa football will continue to play Nebraska the day after Thanksgiving. The Hawkeyes have ended their regular season the last two years on “Black Friday” against the Cornhuskers, who have played on that date every year since 1990. Barta agreed to try “Black Friday” [...]
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To borrow an observation: Only in America could we spend one day giving thanks for what we’ve got and then turn around and spend the next three days buying more junk. Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday — before the pumpkin pie even settled, we were off to the stores again this year [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS- For many stores, and shoppers, Black Friday may have started late Thanksgiving evening. But some people just don’t want to wait in line for hours, no matter how good the deal. Those shoppers also turned out in big numbers on Black Friday, but they did so at what some called a more “civilized” [...]
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Black Friday shoppers in many cities briefly detoured into lottery retailers, drawn off task by the prospects of winning a $325 million Powerball jackpot — the fourth-largest in the game’s history. Chicago resident Clyde Gadlin, 65, emerged from the bustle of holiday shoppers on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, to stop in [...]
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Attention Black Friday shoppers: Are you ready for the busiest shopping day of the season? Do you have your list? Comfortable shoes? Cash and/or credit cards? What about breakfast? Yes, breakfast. It’s the most important meal of the day – even when digested at 2 in the morning. “Basically, any food will give you [...]
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“Black Friday” will come early for Walmart, which plans to move up the start of its holiday-specials season to 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Normally, holiday shopping begins the day after Thanksgiving, known as Black Friday. Over the years, it has come to symbolize the day that retailers turn profitable for the year. Walmart, the world’s [...]
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