This week's Sports Illustrated regional cover: DJK tells Wade Leppert to get with the program, Liu...

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This week's Sports Illustrated regional cover: DJK tells Wade Leppert to get with the program, Liu Kang style.

(T/F/J: brantshawk @ HawkeyeLounge)

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I'm as tired of the "we're fucked" meme as anyone...

but if ever it was appropriate…

by RossWB on Nov 3, 2009 11:25 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Ross

The important part of that article is where they talk about Michael Jordan and Vince Young not being affected by that jinx. I think that Swinging Dick Stanzi can overcome it as well, considering he overcame 5 INTs on Saturday. He’s a resilient son of a bitch.

They took the bar, the whole fucking bar!

by recoveringfratguy on Nov 3, 2009 11:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't that just show

that he was already jinxed? It’s out of his system now.

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Nov 3, 2009 4:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Fabulous!

I’m encouraged to read the corresponding article, but don’t know if I’ll like what I read… Fuck you, we’re Iowa.

KOK, you might be a genius...

by hawkeye_heartattack on Nov 3, 2009 11:28 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Who in that picture is not "with the program"?

"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me

by BStylin Hawkye on Nov 3, 2009 11:29 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Clearly Leppert.

He’s trying to trip DJK and keep him out of the endzone.

by RossWB on Nov 3, 2009 11:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep, that seals it....

We’re fucked!

by Swarley on Nov 3, 2009 11:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

And why does it look like Jeter is chasing DJK down from way behind?

"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me

by BStylin Hawkye on Nov 3, 2009 11:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Jeter's a Big XI hater too.

It was just really hard to see him on TV.

Oh, am I the only one who saw the kid in the “Iowa Fucking City” sweatshirt during the Indiana game?
Kudos kid, that was sweet.

In 100 years, we'll all be dead.

by Flakbait on Nov 3, 2009 12:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I am a proud owner of an Iowa Fucking City T-shirt

Bought it before the Michigan game. I have no idea if I will ever actually wear it , but it seemed like something I needed to own.

by NorseHawk on Nov 3, 2009 12:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Where did you find it?

I’ve been looking for no less than a year and can’t find one anywhere.

by The Mexican't on Nov 3, 2009 1:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Just walk around our great minitropolis...

…on a game day, and look for the zealous t-shirt salesman waving his fare and screaming “Iowa FUCKIN City” at any and all passers-by. At least that was my experience a couple times this year.
My wife, friend and I all laughed, and I thought to myself, “Now that guy loves his job.” But then, how many jobs involve that much encouraged profanity (which also makes me wonder if he goes home and is like, “if I say or hear one more cuss word, I swear to… aw, crap”).

by Eyeheartfreedumb on Nov 3, 2009 1:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

There was a stand selling them on Melrose Place before the last game

I bought mine from a guy walking down Melrose Court selling them before the Michigan game. They’re around.

by NorseHawk on Nov 3, 2009 1:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Not just Jeter

Mini Jeter. The worst kind of Jeter.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Nov 3, 2009 12:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I saw that too

They kept showing him and I was wondering how nobody was catching it.

by Hank Thrasher on Nov 3, 2009 12:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

With a baseball bat

by shada's revenge on Nov 3, 2009 6:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I love the picture

but SI COVER JINX SON OF A BITCH.

by fossilhawk on Nov 3, 2009 11:33 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

The only jinx thats real is the Madden Cover Jinx

"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me

by BStylin Hawkye on Nov 3, 2009 11:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

We're boned.

"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 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

SMA's "Top Ten Reasons Why Iowa will Lose to Northwestern":

10. SI Cover
9. SI Cover
8. SI Cover
7. SI Cover
6. SI Cover
5. SI Cover
4. SI Cover
3. SI Cover
2. SI Cover
1. Pat Fitzgerald

by Twin Cities Hawk on Nov 3, 2009 11:41 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and if having Derek Jeter on this cover means the Yanks blow a 3-2 lead, then I guess there's something right in this world...

by Twin Cities Hawk on Nov 3, 2009 11:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Jinx

schminx.

This is not the beginning of the end, it is the end of the beginning (Churchill) my friends. We have arrived, in banker coat with winking confidence. This is when the blowouts begin. This is our débutante ball, this is when we cross over to the other side.

Celebrate with food and drink. This is the moment. It is now.

"I think it's safe to say our concerns are many." -- Kirk Ferentz

by StoopsMyAss on Nov 3, 2009 11:42 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Who ARE you and what have you done with Stoops?

by txhawkeye on Nov 3, 2009 12:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I actually believe this, too.

Everyone talks about how close Iowa’s wins were this year, but forgets how closes their losses were last year. They could have been undefeated last year.

Now, we know luck and statistics and the law of averages do not REALLY work like that, but it’s nice to see that the four losses that should have been split 50/50 (thus, 2-2) have now evened out with four wins that should have been split 50/50. Actually, only think the Northern Iowa and Michigan State games were 50/50 games. They held off comebacks Michigan and Arkansas State that would would have been miracles had they happened. As for Indiana, I’m just going to say, “That fucking wind. They won that going away.”

Karma is the truth, suckas.

People should remember that while they have the right to their opinion, they are not entitled to be taken seriously. --Bruce Bartlett

by tyger1147 on Nov 3, 2009 12:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

We're screwed

Then we’re fucked…

by sfshilo on Nov 3, 2009 11:44 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I am pleasantly surprised

I thought the cover text would read: “Lucky Fuckers.”

by Black and Gold on Nov 3, 2009 11:47 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

They forgot to ask ESPN! lol

by jrr18Ha on Nov 3, 2009 11:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't get it

Why do we care that Indiana Football got its first ever SI cover?

http://www.rivalryesq.com/
The quintessential Big Ten smoking room.

by Bama Hawkeye on Nov 3, 2009 12:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I know that jinxes are stupid and fake

However, there is still a part of me believes that Iowa is undefeated partially because I have worn the same shirt and hat to every game. In honor of that part:

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

by NorseHawk on Nov 3, 2009 12:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I am not superstitious, but I'm a little 'stitious..

I too have worn the same shirt and hat to every game. Now that it is getting colder, I have worn the same T-Shirt under for each game, and I also refuse to wear a stocking hat because that means no ballcap.

"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 12:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I assume since this is a regional cover

it went to the broad reaches of Johnson County and parts of northern Washington and southern Linn Counties. All other regions recieved the Brandon Spikes commerative eye-gouge edition with a special Peter King editorial on why we love the SEC.

by Pubes in Pink Urinals on Nov 3, 2009 12:26 PM CST via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Goddamnit ....

This cover represents everything about the season. Leaping over the competition, but routinely tripping onto (or in this case because of) our own heads.

/O'keefe'd

by Smokin Herb Grigbsy on Nov 3, 2009 12:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

The Story of Hawkeye Little

Once upon a time there was a tiny, tiny hawkeye named Hawkeye Little. One day Hawkeye Little was walking through the Pentacrest when his iPhone rang. It was a news alert telling him Iowa was going to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
“Oh,” cried Hawkeye Little, “the season is going to go to shit. I must go tell Kirk Ferentz.”
So Hawkeye Little ran and ran, and he met Patty Harty.
“Where do you travel so fast, Hawkeye Little?” asked Patty Harty.
“Ah, Patty Harty,” said Hawkeye Little, “the season is going to go to shit, and I must go and tell Kirk Ferentz.”
“How do you know that the season is going to go to shit, Hawkeye Little?” asked Patty Harty.
“I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and they’re going to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated,” said Hawkeye Little.
“I will go with you to tell Kirk Ferentz,” said Patty Harty.
So they ran along together, and they met Typical Fan.
“Where do you travel so fast?” asked Typical Fan.
“Ah, Typical Fan,” said Hawkeye Little, “the season is going to go to shit, and Patty Harty and I go to tell Kirk Ferentz.”
“How do you know that the season is going to go to shit, Hawkeye Little?” asked Typical Fan.
“I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and they’re going to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated,” said Hawkeye Little.
“I will go with you to tell Kirk Ferentz,” said Typical Fan.
So they ran along together, and they met Statewide Media.
“Where do you travel so fast, Hawkeye Little?” asked Statewide Media.
“Ah, Statewide Media,” said Hawkeye Little, “the season is going to go to shit. Patty Harty and Typical Fan and I go to tell Kirk Ferentz.”
“How do you know that the season is going to go to shit, Hawkeye Little?” asked Statewide Media.
“I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and they’re going to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated,” said Hawkeye Little.
“I will go with you,” said Statewide Media.
So they ran along together, and they met National Media.
“Where do you travel so fast, Hawkeye Little?” asked National Media.
“Ah, National Media,” said Hawkeye Little, “the season is going to go to shit, and Patty Harty and Typical Fan and Statewide Media and I go to tell Kirk Ferentz.”
“How do you know that the season is going to go to shit?” asked National Media.
“I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and they’re going to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated…well, you knew that,” said Hawkeye Little.
“I will go with you to tell Kirk Ferentz,” said National Media.
So they ran along together, and they met Blogo Sphere.
“Where do you travel so fast, Hawkeye Little?” asked Blogo Sphere.
“Ah, Blogo Sphere,” said Hawkeye Little, “the season is going to go to shit, and we go to tell Kirk Ferentz.”
“Do you know the way to Kirk Ferentz’s house?” asked Blogo Sphere.
“No,” said Hawkeye Little.
“No,” said Patty Harty.
“No,” said Typical Fan.
“No,” said Statewide Media.
“No,” said National Media.
“Then come with me and I will show you,” said Blogo Sphere.
And he lead them all into his den, knocked them all out and then sat down to eat them…while watching Cincinnati play TCU in the BCS Championship game.