BUSS Round 1 - Iowa vs. Nevada

[ironman]

Winner faces New York in Round 2

Iowa


Capital City: Des Moines
State Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
Famous Iowans
Johnny Carson, Entertainer
Herbert Hoover, U.S. President
John Wayne, Actor
Grant Wood, Painter
James Van Allen, Space Physicist
Donna Reed, Actress

Quick Facts
- Ripley's Believe It or Not has dubbed Burlington's Snake Alley the most crooked street in the world.

- Strawberry Point is the home of the world's largest strawberry.

- The state's smallest city park is situated in the middle of the road in Hiteman.

- Scranton is home to Iowa's oldest water tower still in service.

- Dubuque is the state's oldest city.

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Nevada


Capital City: Carson City
State Bird: Mountain Bluebird
Famous Nevadans
Andre Agassi, Tennis Player
Barry Zito, Baseball Player

Quick Facts
- In 1899 Charles Fey invented a slot machine named the Liberty Bell. The device became the model for all slots to follow.

- The Reno Ice Pavilion is a 16,000-square-foot rink once dismantled and moved to Reno from Atlantic City, New Jersey.

- Bugsy Siegel named his Las Vegas casino "The Flamingo" for the long legs of his showgirl sweetheart, Virginia Hill.

- The Imperial Palace on the Las Vegas strip is the nation's first off-airport airline baggage check-in service.

- Bertha was a performing elephant that entertained for 37 years at John Ascuaga's Nugget casino located in Sparks. She was 48 years old when she died.

[HiddenIdentity]

Going with the Aliens.

[ironman]

Nevada is a dirthole.

Go Iowa!

[RugbyD]

Slipknot vs. The Palms

close, but Palms

[Mustangs989]

I don't have a good feeling about this one. We'll probably get 3 votes with me Ironman and Red Stripe.

[SaintsOfTheDiamond]

I don't have a good feeling about this one. We'll probably get 3 votes with me Ironman and Red Stripe.

Sorry Mustangs, can't go against Vegas. Don't feel too bad, looks like KY's gonna lose to feaking Maine.

[Coppermine]

Are you guys serious? I mean, i can see a lot of states winning out over Nevada, but Iowa? IOWA? Home of, let's see, corn and Des Moines. And let me tell you something, if you find yourself lonely and in need of legal, semi-consensual sex, you're not going to Des Moines, got it? You're going to Nevada.

I could go into a million reasons why Nevada beats Iowa, but I don't get it anyway.


Side note, in the race for most boring states, I'd put Iowa somewhere between 49 and 50.

[Red Stripe]

Ahhhhhh come on, why did Iowa have to get paired up against Nevada. I would probably vote for Nevada against any other state besides Iowa, and maybe NY or Cali. Come on ironman, you could've used your special bracketcreator powers to have them face North Dakota or West Virginia in the first round.

[Coppermine]

Ahhhhhh come on, why did Iowa have to get paired up against Nevada. I would probably vote for Nevada against any other state besides Iowa, and maybe NY or Cali. Come on ironman, you could've used your special bracketcreator powers to have them face North Dakota or West Virginia in the first round.

Why on Earth would Iowa beat Nevada???

And on top of that, how did Iowa get lumped together with NY and California???

[Coppermine]

Ahhhhhh come on, why did Iowa have to get paired up against Nevada. I would probably vote for Nevada against any other state besides Iowa, and maybe NY or Cali. Come on ironman, you could've used your special bracketcreator powers to have them face North Dakota or West Virginia in the first round.

Why on Earth would Iowa beat Nevada???

And on top of that, how did Iowa get lumped together with NY and California???

Oh, nevermind... you're from Iowa... sorry for badmouthing your state, but you gotta admit, Iowa isn't as good as Nevada.

I mean, if Pennsylvania gets paired up with a "cool" state, you can believe I'll vote against.