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Tailgating with Iowa Hawkeyes football fans who welcomed me with open arms. The "ANF" stands for America Needs Farmers, a tribute to hard-working Americans which appears on the helmets of all Iowa football players.

Iowa Hawkeyes football fans have the saddest story ever told: in heaven, there is NO beer.

So, I LOVE college football. My favorite thing in the world. The biggest sports arenas in the world are all American college football stadiums. The tailgates and the pageantry are…

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John Glenn’s birthplace (+killer hot wings!) on The National Road

John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on this date 57 years ago: Feb. 20, 1962.  I visited Glenn's birthplace on a whim this past fall while…

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