The Number 24, I am not superstitious
by Give Eddie a Beer on Oct 19, 2009 12:20 PM CDT
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I am not superstitious, but when the Hawks are 7-0 and in the top 10, I don't have a choice but to be superstitious. I got to thinking about the way the season has been going, and have been hearing from my dad about how comparable things have been between this season and the 1985 season (beating Michigan by 2 points...) So that got be thinking, 1985 was 24 years ago, the last time we started a season with so many wins without any losses. I happen to be 24 years old, and coincidentally, my dad was 24 years old in 1985. But it goes back farther than 1985, and here is what I've pieced together:
My dad was born in the summer of 1961. That fall, Iowa was preseason number 1 in the nation, and remained there for 4 straight weeks, beating USC, Cal, and Wisconsin (Iowa also beat Notre Dame 42-21 that season) before ending up losing 4 conference games that year. But we WERE number 1 for 4 weeks.
24 years later... I was born the summer of 1985, a season where Iowa was ranked number 1 for 5 straight weeks and went to the Rose Bowl, beat Michigan by 2 points in "the Game". My dad was 24 years old.
and 24 years later... I am now 24 years old, Iowa is 7-0, top 10, beat Michigan by 2. We haven't been # 1 yet this season, but as I was told by EA Sports NCAA Football 2010, "stranger things have happened in college football". I'm hoping our # 1 doesn't come until the conclusion of the season, and if it doesn't happen, I am pretty sure the universe will explode. Superstition? No, it's just a cycle that started before the dawn of man, which was 1961 (don't bother looking up 24 years prior to 1961, it didn't happen, and Iowa didn't only win 1 game that year)
Oh, and just for good measure, Elisha Cuthbert is one hott blond Canadian, and she was in that show called "24".
BELIEVE ME NOW????
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Thanks, you're right
In addition, we also play Michigan State on Oct. 24th. I don’t know if that means we’re fucked or if the number will win for us.
That's great. Who are the Chefs?
by Give Eddie a Beer on Oct 19, 2009 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll be really creeped out if you're in law school
because if you replace “dad” with “mom” and “summer” with “spring”, you’ve just described me.
Also, 24 years before 1961 would be 1937. Guess who played his first season for the Hawks in that year?
Re:
Do you go to Iowa Law?
"Jack Trice Stadium - Easily one of the Top 10 Stadiums in Central Iowa"
by Not Marv Cook on Oct 19, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Me?
Absolutely I do not, but I know people that do. If we don’t end up #1 this year, blame me for not adopting a son and not going to law school.
That's great. Who are the Chefs?
by Give Eddie a Beer on Oct 20, 2009 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Quick
You need to adopt a son ASAP or else you will break the cycle.
Me? I’m sticking with my superstitious Friday and Saturday boxers. Also, I got an Iowa jersey for my birthday. I wore it for most of the first half on Saturday. I started getting suspicous of superstition and took it off. Immediately a third and long was converted and we went on to win. I will not wear my jersey during a game this year agay-n.
Superstition
Duez, I too have a pair of Hawkeye boxers that I must wear on game days. To take it a step further, I have a hat that I bought in 2002 that I didn’t wear twice all of that season. I had to go to work at Red Lobster after the first half of the Iowa State game, and took it off (we all know what happened there). I also forgot to pack it when I hastily put my shit in a bag on New Years Day thanks to a debilitating hangover I was fighting, and the fact that I had about an hour to get to Denver International Airport (a 40 minute drive from where I was). That game ended ugly as well. At some point between the summer of 2003, and the end of 2008, I misplaced that hat at my grandparent’s farm (they found it when they moved to town). It made it’s return just in time for the Outback Bowl last year.
I didn’t wear that hat during the UNI game, since my roommate told me that it was disgusting looking (and that she was going to wash it). By some miracle we were able to pull that one out. Since then, I’ve been sure to wear it. I have added one piece of clothing to my superstitious ensemble, the BHGP “ISU Girls Aren’t Trash” t-shirt. So far, the combo of boxers, hat, and shirt are 6-0 this season. I don’t intend to change them at any point.
It’s so bad that my roommate immediately sent me a text while I was at the Michigan game after Stanzi threw the pick 6, asking if I was wearing my good luck hat. She no longer wishes to wash it, in fact, she is the first person to make sure that I am wearing it on game day.
They took the bar, the whole fucking bar!
by recoveringfratguy on Oct 19, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh man
You HAVE to wear that hat the rest of the year. “Disgusting?” Don’t ever listen to your roommate again. It’s a chick, shouldn’t be too hard.
I used to drink during games as a superstition. I single handedly caused the Syracuse Stand chugging in 2005. But now it’s reversed for some reason. I have to be sober for games now, what a trip!
Trust me, she’s the one that is now rooting for me to put the hat on every game day. I left Chicago to go to a wedding in Iowa this past weekend, and she kept asking me if I had it packed in my stuff to take out there.
As for the first game, well, that was just stupid of me to not wear it, but in the long run we still won. I will proudly wear it through the rest of the season (wherever that will take us).
They took the bar, the whole fucking bar!
by recoveringfratguy on Oct 20, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
I bought a gold t-shirt for the "Be Bold, Wear Gold" game
And we somehow beat UNI. Then when packing for Ames it was the only Hawkeye shirt that wound up in my bag because it was at the top of my laundry pile. At 2-0 I had to give it another shot against Arizona and then we were 3-0. I am not superstitious, but I couldn’t tempt fate so I wore it the whole day for the Penn St game. Since then I have made sure that I am wearing my now faded gold Iowa shirt (It’s been washed in an industrial washer 7 times in 7 weeks). I am not superstitious but I am not about fix what’s not broke. I once again have to go to Ames, this time to help my brother move, and you can bet your ass that I will be wearing that shirt on Saturday. Go Hawks!
by shada's revenge on Oct 20, 2009 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions
The hat continues its win streak as well
They took the bar, the whole fucking bar!
by recoveringfratguy on Oct 25, 2009 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions
This suddenly feels like a support group
but I’ll share too. I had one clean pair of socks on Saturday, which I never wear (they’re ankle high, and I hate that). I pulled a pair of socks out of the dirty laundry pile about halfway through the Badgerfull first quarter.
Also, I turn 25 the day before the OSU game. We’re fucked?
by geekfootnerdball on Oct 19, 2009 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Japanese headband
My girlfriend was studying abroad all last fall and got me a Japanese headband that supposedly says “Hope to be a winner” (probably more like Silly American is a homo). Her only game last season was the Outback Bowl and being shitfaced I figured it was a good idea to wear it to the game. I’ve worn it every game since and it’s dirty as shit but I refuse to wash it.
by Hank Thrasher on Oct 21, 2009 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions
For some reason my Ghostbusters T-shirt has been lucky this year
Wore it during UNI and Arizona randomly, wore it on purpose for Penn State and each game after that. Definitely continuing to wear it for the rest of the season.
I bought a new hat and shirt the day of the AZ game...
and I’ve worn it every gameday since then. Except this past Saturday against Wisconsin. I got married, and the bride would have none of me wearing a hawkeye shirt under the tux. So I wore it most of the day on Friday…and wore the hat before I got in the shower Saturday morning.
Found out the Hawks had sealed the win about 5 minutes before I walked down the aisle…talk about a good day.
Black and Gold Blood: Cubbie Blue Heart
Congrats
Me personally, I would have worn the shirt anyway, lol.
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Oct 20, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Keep friends close, enemies closer?
I wear the opposing team’s main color on game day. Even this year, under my Alumni Band gear, I was wearing a Michigan shirt.
What years did you march?
Another fossil here. If we were in at the same time (back when the band was good), you’ll recognize the name.
Brunettes not fighter jets
Good to know other fossils are wildly superstitious
I have a pair of shorts (little more than rags now) that have been worn (originally under my band uniform) for every home game since 2003.
I actually have a sweatshirt
That was singlehandedly responsible for the ‘02-’04 successes. In ’02 I wore it to the first couple games, then switched shirts for the ISU game. I put the good shirt back on and wore it the rest of the season without washing, but washed it before the USC game.
In ’03 and ’04, I only washed it after a loss. I think its mojo got drained by ’05 though.
Brunettes not fighter jets
4th yr, considering I started in 1983
Let me put it this way…
I threw a couple of STANZIBALL Pick 6’s to start my college career, took the rest of regulation to tie, played with a concussion through 3 OT’s, won and got the girl.
Not a pretty way to earn a degree, but was around long enough to meet the pretty woman who is my wife.
I've got an old Iowa sweatshirt
that I first wore during a game last year during the Penn State game. We know how that one turned out. Plus, for warmer weather, I’ve got a plain black tee shirt with a small tiger hawk that I was wearing for the first few games. During this year’s PSU game, I was only wearing the t-shirt, at halftime, I put the sweatshirt on over it. That seemed to give us the karma boost we needed and I make sure to wear the combo for every game since.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Maybe
You should just wear the t-shirt/sweatshirt and no pants. It might deliver a much needed blowout.
There's a term for that
It’s called “The Porky Pig”. One must be careful where one sits, otherwise it is glorious freedom.
by Chuck Long Duk Dong on Oct 21, 2009 8:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Speaking of terms
This summer, my father in law’s wife told me she was going to make me a “Texas Enchilada”. I said, Um… that sounded like a dick trick. So my father in law and everyone else proceeded to talk about Rusty Trombones and Pink Socks and Felching at the dinner table. The weird thing is I didn’t even feel awkward.
Nah
That wouldn’t look good with the lucky gold-lame’ man thong I rock on game days.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Do you dance to Sisqo as well?
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Oct 21, 2009 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Only after we win
Cause sometimes you just feel sexy!
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I think that I can no longer work on Gameday.
So far, each time that I have to work on a Saturday, the game has been damn close. Except for Arkansas State. I was actually there for that. Maybe i have to stay in my house to watch the games from now on? :(
Something else just came to me
The bowl game NC game will be Stanzi’s 24th game as starting QB. And now I’m scared.
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Oct 25, 2009 7:24 PM CDT reply actions
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