Travis Graven

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Travis Graven

@TravisGraven

Producer for @IowaPBS and a high school basketball official. Iowa native, @WartburgCollege grad, fan of @WartburgKnights and @TheIowaHawkeyes. 🏳️‍🌈

Des Moines, Iowa Katılım Nisan 2009

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·9 Kas

@TheRickWebster Defense held Oregon to 16. That should be enough to win at home. Yes, the offense went 93 yards on the final drive. Impressive drive. And yes, Oregon’s run game burned Iowa much of the day. But too many mistakes on offense and special teams for Iowa today.

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Rick Webster@TheRickWebster·9 Kas

Offense went 93 yard to win the game. Defense completely failed today

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·27 Mar

Happy #UKnightDay! Every day is a great day to be a Knight...but today gives us extra reason to celebrate! I'm proud to be a @WartburgCollege alum and grateful for my education and experiences. Please join me in supporting the college and current students! tinyurl.com/4cs8vzxs

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·14 Mar

A little news on this Friday morning. You’ll start seeing certain @IHSAA championships on @IowaPBS this fall.

Iowa PBS@IowaPBS

We are excited to announce that for the first time ever, three @IHSAA championships in football, wrestling, and basketball are coming to Iowa PBS. bit.ly/4btD7hS

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·25 Eyl

@D3Direct @WartburgKnights @WartburgCollege @WartburgWBBALL @WartburgMBBall @wartburgvb @AmerRiversConf A high achool in a city of 25,000+ has built-in community and a fan base. There’s a wide range of D3 institutions. For example, @HopeCollege has an amazing fieldhouse…but also has 3,200 students in a city of 34,000. @WartburgCollege has 1,500 students in a town of 10,000.

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·25 Eyl

@D3Direct @WartburgKnights @WartburgCollege @WartburgWBBALL @WartburgMBBall @wartburgvb @AmerRiversConf To those knockin’ it…sure, some HS facilities are pretty damn nice. And there are other impressive D3 facilities. It’s all relative. Student body size…community size…etc. Has to be right for the fan base.

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D3Direct@D3Direct·24 Eyl

This is a D3 facility👇

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·14 Mar

Pretty good time to be a fan of both @WartburgWBBALL and @IowaWBB. 👏🏻👏🏻 🧡🖤💛

Wartburg College@WartburgCollege

Shout out to @IowaWBB for their message to our women's basketball team as they prepare for their Final Four game tomorrow! The Knights will play Smith College on Thursday, March 14, at 5 p.m. eastern time at the Capital Center Performance Arena in Columbus, Ohio. 🏀

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·16 Oca

@rizzayfoshizzay @adamj_griff Caucuses are organized and run by the political parties. They are not official elections. It’s a very informal process, and yes, it can seem quaint and quirky to a lot of people (Iowans included).

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raymase@rizzayfoshizzay·16 Oca

@adamj_griff I had NO IDEA how old school this process is. Some precincts ran out of “ballots” (which are just 1/4 sheets of paper) so then they made makeshift ones with yellow legal pad paper 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·22 Eki

@ESPNRittenberg That was called by officials on the field though. Calling that on a review is part of what’s really rubbing people the wrong way.

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Adam Rittenberg@ESPNRittenberg·22 Eki

As several have pointed out, a similar invalid fair catch by Wisconsin against Northwestern in 2015 wiped out a punt return touchdown. youtube.com/watch?v=Mx-9ui…

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·22 Eki

Whether it’s reviewable by current rule or not, it shouldn’t be. If you aren’t confused by the motion (or don’t catch it) in real time…then it’s not gaining an unfair advantage. If that’s reviewable, then let’s review holding and PI situations…that actually DO impact plays.

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·22 Eki

@cjandringa That’s the letter of the rule, yes. I think the rub is…NOBODY in the stadium (including officials on the field) or watching the broadcast thought that was the case. Only the replay official thought it warranted a closer look. And that’s a weird situation to replay, IMO.

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Chris Andringa@cjandringa·22 Eki

By request, the short version: *Any arm waving is a fair catch signal. *If it's not a valid signal, then it's an *invalid* signal. *Both kill the play at the point of the catch.

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·3 Nis

And yes, as an official myself, I’m breaking the golden rule of not criticizing other officials. I usually bite my tongue. But that was difficult to stomach…on the biggest stage. Unfortunate.

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·3 Nis

Two things can be true: Early on, the officials took the air out of what could and should have been an amazing game. Little consistency. Injected themselves needlessly. LSU shot lights out and took this one. It was just their day. Unforgettable season, @IowaWBB. Thank you.

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·1 Nis

@AJ__Ellingson Amen! It’s been driving me crazy all night.

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AJ Ellingson@AJ__Ellingson·1 Nis

Dear ESPN, This will be the most-watched women’s basketball game in history. Please STOP with the crazy camera angles.

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·5 Eyl

@eeyanmiller Ditto. 💗

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Ian Fields, MD, MCR@eeyanmiller·5 Eyl

I’m fairly strong and tough and independent. But I just wish sometimes it didn’t have to be this hard. That I could find sometime to connect with and share my life with. Sending love out into the world and hoping it comes back ten-fold. 💗

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·30 May

@JSchaeffCreates Exactly. Get caught and you simply leave the game and get replaced. No additional penalty. Don’t get caught, and you have a huge, illegal advantage over the opponents. There has to be a more severe punishment to deter players from trying to get away with it.

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Jon Schaeffer@JSchaeffCreates·30 May

My argument for yes, is a balk garners more punishment on a team than a true cheating incident. You eliminate this garbage pretty quick if it leads to a forfeit when caught. There was nearly zero risk on his team for Weiss to do it.

SoundOFF@SoundOFF13

SoundOff Survey: should a pitcher ejected for using foreign substance on baseball also lead to forfeit? ⚾️

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·29 May

@JSchaeffCreates @B1Gbaseball At the very least, that batter should get first base.

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·29 May

@JSchaeffCreates @B1Gbaseball Why can’t it be a forfeit? I realize that’s a huge penalty for something one guy on a team does…but this isn’t a run-of-the-mill infraction, like a balk, or obstruction, etc. It’s CHEATING. Unacceptable that the player just gets tossed, count to batter stays, and game goes on.

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Jon Schaeffer@JSchaeffCreates·29 May

Michigan pitcher gets caught cheating. Gets ejected. That’s it though!? There has to be a bigger repercussion. We are talking about an elimination game #bigten @B1Gbaseball

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·20 May

@knightsnclones Agreed. State track is way underrated outside of track junkies. Iowa’s is one of the best and biggest in the country.

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Andy Pollock@knightsnclones·20 May

There was some discussion on here yesterday about the top high school sports event in iowa. I was completely in the camp of football at the dome but may have to change my tune after coming here for the first time today.

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·25 Mar

It's #UKnightDay! So grateful for my time and experiences at @WartburgCollege, and I'm proud to join other Knights (family and friends included) to show our support today! Join me at uknightday.wartburg.edu

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Travis Graven@TravisGraven·23 Mar

@zakarysteib Went last night, and it was good! Didn’t have gravy though.

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Buttery Flakey Crust 🥐@zakarysteib·23 Mar

Getting the Creole Shrimp Linguine and Banana Pudding.

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Buttery Flakey Crust 🥐@zakarysteib·23 Mar

I am reading the menu for Tupelo Honey because I’m going tonight and they keep saying “milky gravy” and it’s so unappetizing 🤢

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