The Hawkeyes Would Like You to Shut Up Now

by Adam Jacobi on Sep 15, 2008 12:15 PM CDT in Iowa Hawkeyes Football

Amid the numerous pictures brought to us by local newspapers covering the game, one really stood out to us, and not in a way the papers intended. With the original caption:

Iowa's Mitch King (47) celebrates with teammates after their 17-5 win over Iowa State in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Again, that's the picture and the caption visible here. Seems all fine and good, shut up ISU, go Iowa, etc. etc.

But it begs one question: Whom were the players gesturing toward?

It definitely wasn't the ISU fanbase. If you'll look behind the players, there's a heavily red section in the east corner of the north stands. That's no accident; that's where Iowa sells visitor seats. For orientation's sake, there's no press box above those stands, so they're the north seats.

So what's in front of King and Dalton?

Oh, that'd be the student section.

Looking at this diagram (the shaded sections are student seating), there is absolutely no way King's and Dalton's derisive "shhh" gestures were directed toward anywhere but the student section. Why, you ask, would the football team treat its home crowd like hostile intruders? Oh, Jake Christensen might know.

This is the obvious downside to dropping boos, no matter how well-intentionedpfffhahaha (sorry, couldn't type that with a straight face) they may be. You never know when you'll need that player again. And as Jake proved Saturday, success has a short memory.

Football players, however, do not have that same short memory, especially in their late teens and early twenties. Their fingers at their lips served as a damning message to the "faithful" Hawkeyes in the student section: SHUT YOUR STUPID WHORE MOUTH. That one-series goat from just seven days ago just so happened to do more for the Iowa scoreboard in one drive than the previous QB did in three quarters. And as long as Iowa's undefeated, the mantra stays the same: Win, baby, win. Who's under center as they do so is largely irrelevant (and certainly not worth your time either way).

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Maybe they were just trying to get everyone in sync with the fight song… yeah that’s it. No, really, have you seen the video clip of the swarm signing the fight song from Saturday? I can’t remember where it is, but they sing it about 3 times as fast as the band does.

by Duez I say on Sep 15, 2008 12:26 PM CDT reply actions

Yeah...

I noticed that as well before they left the field…I think that’s a locker room “win” tradition these days. In last week’s Ferentz wrap up show on BTN they showed a clip of them singing the fight song in double time from the locker room as they rolled the credits…pretty cool.

by mattbednar on Sep 15, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions

I can't keep rhythym with no metronome... no metronome... no metronome...

See this with 39 seconds left in the video.

by Duez I say on Sep 15, 2008 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions

A lot of people go to college for 7 years.....

Yeah, they’re called doctors.

I think you are misrepresenting the student section pretty harshly. I was up there back when you were, I’m up there now (not right now, but during the games. I’d be arrested if I were up there now). I think about all that has changed in the past ten years is our seats have gotten far worse and the number of cops has tripled. There were police dogs to keep the students from rushing after Maine. Maine! No one is rushing after Maine. What is this, the RNC? Police-fucking-dogs?!

YOST JUST GOT FIRED!! That just came over during the Cubs game. Ridiculous. The Brewers are in a tie for the Wild Card race. That’s a bunch of BS.

Anyway, back to my rant. Yeah, I’ve heard boos of Jake. And I recognize that we’re concentrated and audible. But, I’ve heard harsher things half your readers’ posts about JC. We’re not the damn dirty apes you pretend we’ve become.

by El Frosto on Sep 15, 2008 2:12 PM CDT reply actions

You may not be dirty apes, but you are drunken apes. And that’s fine with me.

by Duez I say on Sep 15, 2008 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions

the trophy

Was I too drunk or did I see the little man on top started swiviling like a bowling trophy after like two seconds after Iowa got it’s hands on it?

Kevin @ Black Shoe Diaries

by KevinHD on Sep 15, 2008 2:39 PM CDT reply actions

Nope, the football was lose too

Obviously Iowa State sabotage.

I’m hoping they use it as a excuse to get a new, less ugly trophy so we can stop challenging the Land Grant Trophy for “ugliest award is sports” honors. Maybe a golden sheep or something to extend our barnyard animals theme.

by NorseHawk on Sep 15, 2008 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions

are you kidding

Have you seen the land grant trophy? It is some 6th grader’s diorama that Joepa just happened to get his hands on, it is crap.

I don't know, Mello Yello is pretty awful. What's the worst that could happen?

by psu on Sep 15, 2008 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes, but

as least the Land Grant trophy fits. Crappy trophy for crappy “rivalry” game.

by chitownhawkeye on Sep 15, 2008 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Actually...

If you’ll look behind the players, there’s a heavily red section in the east corner of the north stands. That’s no accident; that’s where Iowa sells visitor seats. For orientation’s sake, there’s no press box above those stands, so they’re the north seats.

That red blob of ISU fans is in the south end of the East Stands, aren’t they? The pressbox being on the West side of the stadium. Unless I have my directions all mixed up… because the watertower is NE of the stadium, right?

Regardless, your point is made. And very well, I might add.

by storminspank on Sep 15, 2008 4:37 PM CDT reply actions