There is no Ohio State.

by vahawk on Nov 3, 2009 7:53 AM CST Comment 25 comments

There is no Minnesota.

There in no Bowl Game.

There is only Northwestern.

Looking around blogs and article comments, many of our fellow Hawkeye fans have lost focus. We have done the exact opposite of what our Captain Kirk teaches. Next game is the only game.

We are not Ohio State. We are not Penn State. We are not Florida. We are not Alabama. We are not USC. We do not get respect on paper. We do not get respect going undefeated. We do not get respect even when we have earned it. We only get respect when we have earned it and shoved it up the critic's ass.

My favorite part of the Indiana game was the last touchdown drive. Indiana knew that we were going to run. Everyone knew we were going to run. And run we did. Brought back flashes of seeing Freddie Russel killing other teams hopes at 5 yards a clip. Reminded me of Shon Greene breaking spirits and bones between the tackles. That was Iowa football.

We are the team of killing you in the 4th with the run.

We are the team of bending, but not breaking defense.

We are the team who will outplay you on special teams.

We are the team who makes the least mistakes.

We are the team who's best trash talk is a simple "scoreboard"

We are Iowa.

We are playing Northwestern on Saturday.

Nothing else matters.

3 recs | Comment 25 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Amen!

I have to admit that I’ve been caught up in the media spats and even posted a couple nasty things about Jessie the Bachelor on several blogs. I’ll also admit to feeling very nervous about every game we’ve played after the squeaker against UNI, but you are absolutely right about all of the things that we are, and all of the things we are not. Kudos.

KOK, you might be a genius...

by hawkeye_heartattack on Nov 3, 2009 10:51 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

This is me doing the wanking motion

Looking around blogs and article comments, many of our fellow Hawkeye fans have lost focus. We have done the exact opposite of what our Captain Kirk teaches. Next game is the only game.

Um, we’re not the team. It’s okay if we write about things that aren’t just Northwestern. Chill out.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Oops Pow Surprise on Nov 3, 2009 11:36 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I think we all naturally go back to the wanking motion

It is what it is. Just seems like a lot of us are getting ahead of ourselves here.

by vahawk on Nov 3, 2009 11:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

As pointed out in the comments to that thread...

…this is somewhat similar in theme to HS’s excellent post about the fall. I didn’t take the post as trying to dictate content. You also totally jumped all over a poster in that thread when I thought his satire was obvious.

You okay, OPS? You seem very short with people today.

by DonnyDonovan on Nov 3, 2009 3:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think he's just trying to keep the tone of this blog in check

With all the new members, you don’t want it to turn into BustedCoverage.com or something.

Maybe the best way to do that, though, is a great Joe Paterno post to set the tone for the new guys.

by Duez I say on Nov 3, 2009 3:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

SHORT PEOPLE?

I ONCE HAD A LINEBACKER WHO HAD A FEAR OF SHORT PEOPLE AND ONE DAY HE CAME IN WITH THE SHOE OF A SHIFTY IRISH MIDGET IN HIS MOUTH.

by Twin Cities Hawk on Nov 3, 2009 4:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Arrington once tried to consume Drew Brees

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Nov 3, 2009 7:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Short people got...

no reason to live…

"Oh no, don't do that, don't do that. If you shoot him, you'll just make him mad." - The Waco Kid

by HawkOnRails on Nov 3, 2009 11:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

They got...

little baby legs
They stand so low
You got to pick ’em up
Just to say hello

jNWU #25 TB Stephen Simmons | 5-8, 180, Jr.

"Oh no, don't do that, don't do that. If you shoot him, you'll just make him mad." - The Waco Kid

by HawkOnRails on Nov 3, 2009 11:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm 6'2" you shithead

Just because HS is taller than me doesn’t mean you get to make jokes!

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Oops Pow Surprise on Nov 3, 2009 6:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

circumference?

No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer

by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Nov 3, 2009 9:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I had really hoped this was a Matrix-themed post

With Stanzi as Keanu Reeves and Ferentz as Laurence Fishburne.

And .. uh. ESPN as the evil robots. Though we like robots, because they give us higher rankings.

Actually that probably would have sucked. Nevermind.

Brunettes not fighter jets

by rockyh on Nov 3, 2009 11:46 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I thought the same thing.

It would probably be Ferentz teaching Stanzi that the opponents don’t matter. Winning and losing games happens exclusively in his own mind and if he believes he can bend tOSU to his will, he can.

You’re right. That would have sucked.

by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Nov 3, 2009 4:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Great Post

One snap at a time…Northwestern

"All the hay is in the barn as far as I'm concerned come game time" - The Legend Hayden Fry

by hawkeye4life on Nov 3, 2009 12:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

OPS...

I found this site through a Sports Report I get daily, consistently linking to BHGP. Liked what I read when I visited the link, no, REALLY liked what I read, signed on, got busy posting, maybe too busy.

Realize at times a bunch of FNG’s, of which I am one, can really monkey with the chemistry, like when your loud mouth brother-in-law drops by, drinks all your beer, harasses your dog, insults your boss.

Its the best football season I’ve ever spent as a Hawks fan, this is a great site, I totally appreciate the skill and energy that goes into both endeavors and will make every effort not to fuck either up.

Keep up the good work. This isolated in SoCal Hawkeye appreciates it.

by Zulu on Nov 3, 2009 4:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That's mighty big of you, Zulu.

Thanks for the kind words.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Oops Pow Surprise on Nov 3, 2009 10:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Russell has 2 Ls

and Shonn has two Ns

"Jack Trice Stadium - Easily one of the Top 10 Stadiums in Central Iowa"

by Not Marv Cook on Nov 3, 2009 9:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Sorry I didn't spell their names right

Thanks for the spell check

by vahawk on Nov 3, 2009 10:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Break the Rock!!!

Great post! You hit it on the head with how and why we win football games! We can’t worry about the media (fuck Jessie Palmer, Kirk Herbstriet, Doug Gottlieb and all the other douchbags that have dissed the hawks). Just as coach Ferentz keeps his composer and keeps the team focused on each game playing our way our style, us as fans need to focus on the task at hand. If you’re at the game Saturday do everything you can to keep the energy high as it will flow onto the field.

GO HAWKS!!! Time to castrate the Wildcats! Those pussies have had their fun with us, but no more!

by jrr18Ha on Nov 3, 2009 10:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Careful about what you say about my man-crush...

Kirk Herbstreit has been on the Iowa bandwagon for a number of weeks and has chided Lee Corso for his penchant for doubting an undefeated Iowa team. In fact, I think Corso got so tired of it that they didn’t pick the Iowa game on College Game Day this past weekend.

Please throw Todd McShay and Lee Corso in that group of “haters” from ESPN but leave my beloved Herbie out it.

by SavagePoop on Nov 4, 2009 11:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Herbie might be off

He’s rather fair-weather at best, and he definitely had it in for Iowa during the College Game Day Final Saturday night. He and Fowler seemed to be in competition as to who could be more dismissive and critical of Iowa. Herbstreit lost all credibility to me when he explicitly stated that Oregon should be ranked ahead of Boise State (us as well), actual, in-season game results be damned.

I used to like Herbstreit, and thought he actually did “analysis” of the games. But the ESPN corporate monster got its claws into him and he’s just become another cog in the WWL’s flavor-of-the-moment machine.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Nov 4, 2009 12:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If Ferentz keeps his composer...

I hope it is Wagner, or Bach. Ahhhh, Bach.

I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.

-- Judge Smails

by WaterlooChazz on Nov 4, 2009 8:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

FALSE

That would be Copeland. ’Fanfare for the Common Man" just about sums that fail up

by Gustav on Nov 5, 2009 11:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not sure.

The best way to sum up this team would be disciplined chaos. The group understands the blueprint, knows what each person’s role is and responds appropriately. What look like mistakes end up producing a result that seems at times incredibly messy and, at times, damn near perfect.

If Ferentz keeps his composer, it would be Charles Mingus.

by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Nov 6, 2009 9:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The original post is right …

the team knows nothing of tOSU.

However as fans we can look at what the team has control over. Talking about the MNC is kind of pointless but a Big XI title and a BSC bid is definitely something worth talking about.

…give me the courage and the ability to so conduct myself in every situation that my country, my family, and my friends will be proud of me.
-Nile Kinnick

by Hawkeyewith49Jackrabbits on Nov 4, 2009 9:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs