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    Expand the College Football Playoff Many men go to work every single day, making big money for other people, and are the best at what they do in the country, yet they still do not get a chance to get a raise or promotion. The College Football Playoffs (CFP) decides the best college football team in the nation and declares an outright National Champion. The #4 Ohio State Buckeyes were crowned National Champions of the first ever College Football Playoffs and almost did not even get into the playoff

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    stressing about food and going to the gym because I do not want to go back to my obese days. Another one of my biggest stressors is my job. I am a security manager at a bar in Iowa City, meaning I am responsible for keeping everyone in the bar safe at all times. If you have ever been in downtown Iowa City during a Hawkeye Football game you know why my job is so stressful. Dealing with drunk young

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    We’re two seasons into the College Football Playoff system that supplanted the BCS format and one thing is certain — The Playoff is working. Yes, No. 1 Clemson and No. 2 Alabama were the last two teams standing this season — And yes, both teams won their semifinal matchups in convincing fashion — But let’s not forget about last year’s CFP where the No. 4 seed Ohio State Buckeyes had a “Cinderella”-type ending to their season after taking down No. 1 Alabama, followed by a 22-point victory over the

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    Dan Gable

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    single attribute made Mr. Gable so special and unique? To pinpoint one certain accolade that made Gable a legend is almost too hard. Dan Gable had an almost normal life growing up as a boy; he began his fame by his wrestling accolades as an athlete at Iowa State University

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    In, “A Good Man Down,” Lee Jenkins expresses the great respect a small town in Iowa has for their fallen high school football coach through the use of pathos, tone, and word choice. Pathos is used when the writer wants to get an emotional response from their readers. Lee Jenkins does this in many ways throughout this article. He begins the article with a heartfelt description of the late football coach, Ed Thomas. “The rest of the year, he liked to sit on his deck and watch a legend tend to the

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    Dan Gable Role Model

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    godfather of Iowa sports” (Wrestling Life). Dan Gable is the best, pure wrestling role model because of the amount of hard work and dedication he put into the sport and his drive to always be better. This is illustrated in his record as a high school and college wrestler, a coach, and in the Olympics as a wrestler and coach. Danny Mack “Dan” Gable

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    I want to be a building engineer because I love building stuff and working with numbers. My hobbies are trapping, hunting, fishing, sports and being outside a lot. For sports I play football, basketball, baseball, and golf. My favorite pro teams are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Minnesota Twins, and the Iowa Hawkeyes. My favorite foods are tacos, seafood, and pasta, I also don't mind seafood and pasta mixed.

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    Agriculture In Iowa

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    Agriculture in Iowa is one of the best in the United States, This is why living in Iowa in awesome. In this paper I will be telling you why living in Iowa is so great. I will also tell you a bunch about what makes Iowa so popular in Agriculture and I will also be telling you how and why Iowa is one of the best in the country for Agriculture. I personally think that Iowa is the best in the country for all agricultural use because of how much spare land that we have to build off of and all of the new

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    Iowa is the home of the Hawkeyes and the Cyclones, but it is also home to some of the most competitive high school championship events in the United States. In a state full of corn fields and rural towns, many high school kids spend their teenage life training to compete at a high level on their respective stage. When training, these kids have one goal in mind; the state championship. The state championship events in Iowa bring in thousands of fans and create some of the greatest atmospheres in

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    Saturday this fall, quarterback C.J. Beathard puts on his uniform of black and gold for the University of Iowa football team and works hard at his job for his beloved Hawkeyes, all the while being battered and bruised in his line of work. Similarly, quarterback Tom Brady of the New England Patriots in the National Football League (NFL) faces comparable work-related physical abuse in his job as a football player. Although these two athletes are alike in many ways, there is one major difference. Tom Brady

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