ANNOUNCEMENT: Iowa Igloo Tournament Jan. 23

[mountmercyqb]

Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa will be hosting a college tournament Saturday, Jan. 23 with the NAQT question packet IS-92, slightly harder than the Tartan Tussle at Macalester College. Tournament is open to any college team wishing to attend, and entrance fee is $90, with discounts of $15 per experienced moderator, $10 per functioning buzzer set and $5 off for every 100 miles driven to Cedar Rapids as judged by Google Maps. This is the first Iowa Igloo, so we hope to see you all there!

-Bob Jameson

Please direct all emails with questions, queries and concerns to [email protected]

[Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)]

If you were to change the source of questions, I think you would be able to convince Missouri to attend.

[Cheynem]

I admit to being pretty ignorant about the upcoming semester's tournament schedule. Is there anything that these folks could mirror (a somewhat delayed hosting of Winter is all I can think of right now)?

[Jeremy Gibbs Lemma]

I agree with Charlie. Although this tournament is relatively close to us, I can't really justify recommending our team attend an IS event...even our younger guys. Those questions will hardly help make our players better. If you find a better question option, we would be much more likely to attend.

[Frater Taciturnus]

I hear Penn Bowl is right around this time

[Mechanical Beasts]

I hear Penn Bowl is right around this time

Isn't it the 31st this year? I mean, I guess it would be nice if the set were done a week early, but it's packet-sub. And, with three point five outstanding FIST packets right now--I'm going to say that we can't rely on Penn Bowl submissions to be any different.

[Important Bird Area]

I hear Penn Bowl is right around this time

Isn't it the 31st this year?

Yes, it is- which is why our scheduling committee directed this event to the open weekend, to avoid past instances of unfortunate conflict.

[evilmonkey]

If this were to become a Penn Bowl mirror on January 30, I can be certain of at least one team from Notre Dame coming, and possibly two.
However, if this remains an IS-set, I can be equally sure that no teams from Notre Dame will attend.

Edit: Well, apparently Northwestern is going to be the Midwestern mirror of Penn Bowl. So I don't know what a good set to mirror would be. However, IS-sets are far too easy for collegiate tournaments.