Virginia Tech Hokies @ Iowa Hawkeyes GameThread, Dec 1, 2009 8:30 PM CST

When I watch Iowa basketball, I just don’t understand it. What are we trying to accomplish on offense? Do we have a philosophy? I remember from my freshmen year in high school, we had an offense that we ran continuously save for some “special plays”. It wasn’t effective, but it had some semblance of order. Watching Iowa on offense is kind of like driving when you “lose time” — that semi-hypnotic state. I just don’t understand.

/buries head in shame

by KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou on Dec 1, 2009 9:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

pass pass pass QUICK SHOOT

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 9:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

fuuuuuuuck

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

this sucks, would it be too much to ask to score 65 points a game?

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

15-2 run… whodah thought we would go on a long scoreless drought?

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Fuck.

We were doing a lot better when I was watching OBSERVE AND REPORT instead of the game.

(Not a very good movie, btw.)

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 9:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

i fucking love chic-fil-a

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That was one of the worst movies I've ever seen

Proof that Seth Rogan can not carry a movie by himself at all

"If Ron Zook were an ice cream flavor, it would be praline and retard"
-Garth Algar

by Tree Meister on Dec 1, 2009 9:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

TUCKER

his mom is a Mother Tucker…

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

DRINK TWICE

Before you respond, let me remind you: Brian Cook called me smug, which makes me the Obama of smugness. I'm basically Smugbama.

by Hawkeye State on Dec 1, 2009 9:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

(also, nice work on that whole "play for the last shot" thing there)

Honestly, do we even have coaches?

Before you respond, let me remind you: Brian Cook called me smug, which makes me the Obama of smugness. I'm basically Smugbama.

by Hawkeye State on Dec 1, 2009 9:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I was wondering the same thing

when they came out of the last media timeout with 10 on the shot clock, and didn’t look to have a clue as to what they were supposed to do.

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Matt Gatens wants your liver to fail

And by your I mean “our”

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I never signed anything! Never!

by icculus on Dec 1, 2009 9:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Tucker has 14 points, Gatens has zero

So we had the patented 6+ minute scoring drought, the standard 2/3 shot clock violations, and 3 or 4 unforced, dumb turnovers.

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

There's something to be said...

…for consistancy.

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

or consistency.

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

or...

Contstantinoplecy

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That reminds me

of the type of play under our previous coach.

by NHguy on Dec 1, 2009 9:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

wasn't Gatens voted on of the best shooters inthe Big 11?

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yes...

by the Iowa City High coaching staff.

Lil’ Lickliter was second.

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Gatens...

with no baskets. Thankfully, he does have 4 assists, a steal, and 2 boards. And a turnover. And a bunch of teammates WHO HAVE YET TO SHOOT A FREE THROW!!!

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

He almost made one at the end.

counts for something right?

by Argulor on Dec 1, 2009 9:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Our 3pt shooting...

looks sparkling compared to VaTech’s.

Us: 6 of 14, 42%

Them: 2 of 7, 28%

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

UNC was shooting 60.0 in the first half

60!

They could shoot anything.

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

HALFTIME BREAK

(And you’ll want to click this one)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTo-wFfIXKo

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

i miss that game.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I never had a Super Nintendo...

(I was a Genesis owner), so that youtube clip is like a double-revelation to me.

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I want me somea those drugs.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 9:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

the best 2D mario....period.

by Argulor on Dec 1, 2009 9:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

No love for 3?

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Over rated IMO.

Also too many levels.

by Argulor on Dec 1, 2009 9:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i'd be lying

if i said that vid didn’t change my life right now

by Gustav on Dec 1, 2009 10:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

JESUS

Before you respond, let me remind you: Brian Cook called me smug, which makes me the Obama of smugness. I'm basically Smugbama.

by Hawkeye State on Dec 1, 2009 9:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Come on Iowa

MSU is screwing this whole thing up for us.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill Cosby

by psu on Dec 1, 2009 9:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Again, UNC is shooting close to 60 percent from 3

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Did either team get into the bonus?

I don’t recall Cougs or Cole getting whistled, so it would be nice to see those two put someone on their ass in the 2nd half.

What happened to the team that was running up and down the floor for the first 10 minutes or so, that was making backcuts and actually looked to be playing as opposed to thinking?

It’s almost as if the coaches told them to stop what was working and do it their way. Now I know that isn’t the case and that VT made some adjustments, but it does seem that way

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

what year was it that Iowa won down at the Dean Dome, right after New Years? I think

James Moses and his flat top was a Frosh

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Um, 1989?

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep.

But all the players in that game probably looked like crap compared to Lookingbill, also a frosh.

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ed Horton, Roy Marble, etc

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Dwyane Wade Lookingbill

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Update from Chapel Hill:

UNC shooting 70%

This is all you need to know about that game

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:33 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

MSU(9) 54 UNC(11) 69 11:52 2nd, ESPN

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:34 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

I mean, what the hell are you gonna do?

Send in the goons?

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Glenn Winston?

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Someone (an MSU fan) suggested this on The Only Colors

They have nice humor

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Izzo needs to do something w/ that top 15 recruiting class.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

66 percent now

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Only 66% now?

No excuse then

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Dec 1, 2009 9:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Shh

MSU making a teensy little run here…

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Very teensy

sigh

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

the great thing about half-time

the score stays the same. it’s the little things one must learn to enjoy this season.

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 9:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Over/under

on number of Iowa points in the 2nd half. We’ll set it at 28m the number they scored in the 1st half. Would anyone take the over?

'They are who we thought they were!'

by twsmith23 on Dec 1, 2009 9:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Oh, I would.

Scoring usually picks up in the 2nd, especially if the endgame is close.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

sparty flush, whomever #2 is

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Raymar Morgan/ 14 pts, andsoforth

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

rebounding and jumping and boxing out

not part of the butler way apparently

by KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou on Dec 1, 2009 9:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

i saw it first had last Tuesday nite, it was really REALLY horrible. the guy behind me

wondered why we didn’t have a center, and why we never crashed the boards.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, we have players who have the athleticism typical of seven foot center only

they are not seven foot

by KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou on Dec 1, 2009 9:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Turnover drink

And Lickliter calls a timeout 53 seconds into the 2nd half

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That's the Lick

I remember from last year.

'They are who we thought they were!'

by twsmith23 on Dec 1, 2009 9:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

he was in the crapper for halftime, too many magazines

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill Cosby

by psu on Dec 1, 2009 9:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

a nice over/under to do for next game

by KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou on Dec 1, 2009 9:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Great start by Iowa...

'They are who we thought they were!'

by twsmith23 on Dec 1, 2009 9:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Leaving Iowa with 2. Fantastic.

What were the halftime adjustments again?

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

no box out, no rebounding. let V-Tech get hot with no hands in the face D

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Those adjustments

are less than optimal

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Dec 1, 2009 9:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

it's happening now.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

OMG MATT GATENS SHIRTLESS

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

OMG MATT GATENS SCORELESS

still

by hdhawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Better career?

Notre Dame head football coach, or that personal trainer dude who gets to examine/critique the Victoria’s Secret models’ bodies?

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'll go with "breast wrangler"

for the SI swimsuit issue

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Fair enough.

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Dolph says V-tech 23-6 run, i can't even believe it myself.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

23-8, technically.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

my bad.

any chance we buy Lick out at season’s end?

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Who looked paler in that ocean?

Gatens off of appendix surgery, or Lick?

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

SWEET FUCKING JESUS IOWA DID AN ALLEY-OOP

With a dunk and everything!

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

we scored a couple points in the paint earlier in the game, too

a broken clock tells the correct time twice an hour. about the same interval for iowa resembling an actual basketball team

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 9:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

When was the last time that happened?

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Dec 1, 2009 9:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

'87

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Alley OOP?

Chug a bottle of whiskey?

by The Nihilist on Dec 1, 2009 9:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm looking it up, and it's "kick the Vice President"

You know, one of those things you were sure would never ever happen.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Nice dunk

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill Cosby

by psu on Dec 1, 2009 9:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

We have a guy who can slam dunk?!

by NHguy on Dec 1, 2009 9:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Does that dunk...

officially mean Cole’s knee is now healthy?

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

MSU(9) 62 UNC(11) 72 8:44 2nd, ESPN

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:43 PM CST via mobile reply actions 0 recs

That's not really our primary focus.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't tell me that!

/sorry

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

MSU had a chance to make it single digits

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Someone give me a reason to watch your game instead of MSU-UNC

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Morbid curiosity

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You like the color Gold?

'They are who we thought they were!'

by twsmith23 on Dec 1, 2009 9:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm more of a crimson guy myself

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You like watching train wrecks and bad car accidents?

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I love trains!

I’m in!

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

MSU / UNC

too much athleticism makes one feel inadequate

by hdhawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

When most teams have a fast break they break towards the lane

we fan out towards the corners

by KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou on Dec 1, 2009 9:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

OMG Gatens

has a point

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

yay, for dribble penetration

2-10…ugh

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 9:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Jeebus

what are they shooting? North of 70%?

by The Nihilist on Dec 1, 2009 9:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

You can watch...

UNC and MSU a lot throughout the year.

This should be one of the few times you can see Iowa.

Also, Mediterranean Sea team swimming footage.

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure Rambler gets BTN.

So he’ll have ample opportunities to gaze at Iowa’s awfulness.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 9:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

We'll lose to you, so whatever

sigh

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Also...

if you’re a true PSU fan, shouldn’t you hate VT?

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I mildly dislike them

I love to laugh when their fans despair after we pull another recruit out of NOVA.

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I like trains

Choo choo

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

WOO WOO

/Bub Rub’d

Before you respond, let me remind you: Brian Cook called me smug, which makes me the Obama of smugness. I'm basically Smugbama.

by Hawkeye State on Dec 1, 2009 9:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Das' Only in da moanin

dey s’posed da be up making breakfast oh sumthin

by The Nihilist on Dec 1, 2009 9:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Eric May, are you fucking serious?

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Bawinkle!

winkle lil star…

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Iowa had 20 points in the first 9 minutes

And has 20 in the 16 since

'They are who we thought they were!'

by twsmith23 on Dec 1, 2009 9:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I don't know why...

but I love that Ditka-Snoop Dogg commercial for NFL Countdown.

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

favorite part is steve young.

I’ll make some calls.

by Argulor on Dec 1, 2009 9:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I thought this team couldn't hit a 3

they almost look competent shooting the ball

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 9:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

they don't practice boxing out or rebounding. so some of the 12 hours a week has to be spent on something.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

unless they cheat their practice logs like RichRod

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

They need to cheat a little beter than

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 9:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If anything

They practive way LESS than the allotted time, not way more.

'They are who we thought they were!'

by twsmith23 on Dec 1, 2009 9:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wait, Steven Seagal has a reality show?

What, how did I miss this?!

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 9:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

This Steven Seagal cop show thing is just an elaborate hoax, right?

RIGHT?

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 9:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

starts tomorrow!

I’m pumped.!

by Argulor on Dec 1, 2009 9:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

your kidding, right???

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You're not a true...

Seagal fan unless you are drinking the Seagal “Asian Experience” energy drink while you are watching that show. And I will be.

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

where did va tech find that white guy?

I just really want to see a battle of of the races is that too much to ask?

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 9:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

BAW WIT DA WINKEL

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

DECEPTIVE QUICKNESS AND WASHINGTON D.C. SAVVY

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

MSU get a lil closer...

maybe UNC turned off there hacks?

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

MSU can't get within 10

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Finally

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

And, of course, UNC makes another ridiculous shot for 2

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

under 10

now.

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

God, that was an awful possession

Izzo’s ready to tear his eyeballs out of his skull and hit them against Chris Allen’s head.

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i hope those aren't recruits behind the Iowa bench, they might not sign that letter

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Jarryd Cole to the free throw line

Be prepared to drink once here. Just sayin’.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

HEY WOW WHAT ARE THE ODDS

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

it's like you can see the future and stuff

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 9:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Probably mentioned before but...

Tucker has some serious verse on his arm. Pledge of Allegiance?

by Argulor on Dec 1, 2009 9:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

the answers...

for a middle school math test…

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Announcers talked about it earlier

Apparently some words he got in a letter from a fan last year…

'They are who we thought they were!'

by twsmith23 on Dec 1, 2009 9:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Crime and Punishment

Fitting, really.

No, it’s words of advice he got while he was struggling last year.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Horseshit call on May

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That's the kind of showing that free student tickets delivered?

Ugh.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 9:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Roy Marble back out of his commit yet?

I’m waiting for it…

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 9:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

would you want to play the Butler way or anyother place?

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

What's the difference between the Butler way and the Wisconsin way?

They’re both slow, boring, and supposed to help teams that are too caucasian win, tight?

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 9:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

wisconsin rebounds. plays better team D

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 9:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Also, Alando Tucker

No he graduated. Shit.

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Same concept...make the other team want to stab their eyes out

Because of boredom…Wisconsin is just better at it

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i loved him in dogma

by Gustav on Dec 1, 2009 10:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It's 830 on a Tuesday night,

and it’s a lot better than it probably would be otherwise.

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:55 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

It's 1pm on a Wednesday where I am...

yes, I am at work… in Japan.

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

BON JOUR TO YOU SIR

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

(did I say that right?)

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

are you like 3 feet taller than everyone around you

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill Cosby

by psu on Dec 1, 2009 9:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

no...

but i’m pretty sure my coworkers would not be pleased to learn I am listening to a basketball game… gotta love internet radio with headphones… now if the schools filter didn’t block live streaming, I’d be in business…

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 9:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

May...

gets in position, gets strangled to the floor, and of course, Lick bitches him out.

Thanks coach!

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That Payne's a scrapper.

So… yeah.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

that'sracist/gif

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 9:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I owe him 5 dollars for that one.

by Argulor on Dec 1, 2009 9:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Parade of knockers

on KGAN

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 Dec 1, 2009 9:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Our band's playing Thriller? Really?

How has the band director not lost his job?

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 9:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

the band

is over half our fans… thats why…

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

know your racial euphemisms for $100 Alex

scrappy = white
aheleticism = black

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 10:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Holy SHIT

AAron Fuller sighting

by The Nihilist on Dec 1, 2009 10:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Hell of a timeout

The playcall resulted in a blocked shot. Awesome.

'They are who we thought they were!'

by twsmith23 on Dec 1, 2009 10:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Coming out of a timeout

and Cougill ended up with the ball at the top of the key.

Good grief.

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

'aheleticism'

damn drinking game

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 10:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

They've played...

Thriller at every home football game, too.

Oh, and they play Sweet Caroline instead of Hey Jude at the end of the third quarter of football games, also.

She (the Hawkeye band) ain’t what she used to be.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

good. Hey Jude sux

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

+1

by Argulor on Dec 1, 2009 10:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i didn't know the ACC/ Big Ten challege had a sponsor.

do the schools get some extra gear from these places?

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

"Sneaky athlete" alert!

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Cougill, not quite at Tim Duncan's level.

…yet.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

you mean

Tim Duncan’s middle school with a cold level?

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Cougill...

not quite at Andy Duncan’s level yet.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duncaan01.html

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Isn't that a guy from The Office?

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Cor-NOT

That’s Andy Bernard, Tuna.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I had such high hopes for Fuller until I realized

that Lickliter planned on playing him at center

by KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou on Dec 1, 2009 10:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

He's over 6'4"!

Where the hell’s he supposed to play?!

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

sf

by KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou on Dec 1, 2009 10:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

IOWA BEING FEASTED UPON

I love this announcer

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Time to get Fuller out

that’s twice he’s been abused

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

alley up

to a guy that can’t touch the rim…

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Hey it worked

And what the hell is an alley up?

'They are who we thought they were!'

by twsmith23 on Dec 1, 2009 10:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

fail on my part

-1

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

COUGILL SMASH!

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

EMPHATIC BLOCK BY BAWINKEL!

(Look, scorekeeper, he’s not going to get many opportunities like that, so just do him a favor and go ahead and count it.)

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

You guys drank twice for that trip to the line, right?

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

(hic) yes sir...

by The Nihilist on Dec 1, 2009 10:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

UNC winning by 6, looking kinda iffy...

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

VT has definitely given us our chances

time to cash them in

by shada's revenge on Dec 1, 2009 10:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

did they announce the attendance yet? maybe 1800?

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

get a damn defensive bored!

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Not much boredom on defense, actually

So that’s a welcome development.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Brommer Brommer Brommer

You’ll never take over JR Angle’s role as Bench Cheerleader with half-assed clapping like that.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 10:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

If Brommer...

could transfer, he would. Thankfully, not even Colorado School of Mimes wants him.

Yes, I mean Mimes.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Look like 6 or 7K

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

did KF scalp his ticket?

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That was most definitely SHOTS

by LMFAO, these WWL bastards know what we need

by The Nihilist on Dec 1, 2009 10:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Look it up

by The Nihilist on Dec 1, 2009 10:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

?

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Sigh...

LMFAO is a band, my bad, Shots is a song they do with Lil (Little?) John

by The Nihilist on Dec 1, 2009 10:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Can't we just...

let homeless people in for free… it would help our numbers, and we could write off our fixed costs as a charity…

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

and...

and it would mask the stink of our team…

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

And...

Tucker could see what his future will look like. Or past. Or maybe present?

(passed out drunk on a sidwalk)

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

and...

half time entertainment, two words: BUM FIGHTS!

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

They already had that scheduled...

for the Tennessee State game. Some TSU fans will be invited to mid court.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

BOOOO NC

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Hooray beer!

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hooray vodka

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i wanted to see Roy cry in the post game. again.

maybe next week.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

MSU forced to foul now

MSU was within one rimmed out 3 of making ths a one possession game

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Cougill getting blocked on a 3 is all sorts of hilarious.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

So is Cougill...

a poor man’s Bryant “Big Country” Reeves, or an overfed Les Jepsen?

by Hawkeyedoc on Dec 1, 2009 10:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Khalid El-Amin with an even greater pituitary disorder?

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Shooting almost 50% from 3

Us? Really?

by shada's revenge on Dec 1, 2009 10:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

It took a bit of a drought through the middle to get there though.

by Argulor on Dec 1, 2009 10:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Almost a double drink there.

Just one.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Great move by Fuller

And from here, you could see it coming A MILE away. Awesome.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Cole...

has moves. Awesome.

The knee is 100%!!!!

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Was that Cole?

Weird. Never mind. Anyway, awesome.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

love Cole's ATHLETICISM

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 10:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That Gatens sure is scrappy though...

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Love Cole's

tooth gap.

I mean, athleticism.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

All your lead

is belong to us.

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Asian guy sighting!

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

he stole KF's tickets@

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

1 point lead, 6 minutes left against ACC team

I supposed a power outage and the officials awarding us the win is too much to ask

by shada's revenge on Dec 1, 2009 10:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Lick has the fucking eye of the tiger now man

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 10:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Bulldog

Fixed

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Do you mean...

he hungrily looks at his players while roaring at them, then stalking the sideline?

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

No

He has dog cancer

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I believe you mean

the canine AIDS

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

No, cancer is less common, more tragic

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think you mean...

less hilarious, and more fatal.

At least, according to MikaVick.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think Cole's spitting teeth.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

He definitely got Laimbeered.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i hope we have a good cut man in our corner!

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

iowa white out

VA black-out. let’s watch

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 10:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Notice how fast the lead turned into a 5 point deficit

Just sayin…

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Tucker's brick almost took Cougill's head off.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

So much for the lead

As Iowa goes down 5

'They are who we thought they were!'

by twsmith23 on Dec 1, 2009 10:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

We had 4 guys getting back...

but not far back enough.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

MSU loses by 6

They had plenty of opportunities, but couldn’t buy a 3.

THE ACC IS STILL THE GAYCC

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Dude, c'mon.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I get worse as time wears on

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

7, actually

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

oops do you like the gold uniforms?

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I care 0%

As long as they’re not eyesores, it doesn’t matter what color they are.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think they are eyesores.

I hate the new side pattern.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You'll not say another ill word about the POWER DIAMONDS!

(yes they’re stupid)

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

the pants are very pricey to boot. if you felt the need...

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You need a picture of ANGRY HERKY

AKA the best mascot in sports

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That would be sweet.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

apparently they help 3 point shooting ability...

But rebounding goes out the window

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i prefer them over the whites

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 10:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Better than white uniforms

I mean, Iowa is black and gold, right?

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't particularly like them.

But we seem to be playing b

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 10:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

better, that is.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 10:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

maybe they should wear black at home.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Iowa rebounding...

Cole has 6.
Payne, 4.
May, Tucker, Gatens each have 3.
Cougill, 2.

Get serious, Brendan.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

he traveled more than

Carmen Sandiego, can we get a call please?

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thank you, Tucker

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

are these MAC refs?

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Nope.

Wilmer, Valentine, and some other dude.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If it's not Hightower

I’m not getting my reffing money’s worth

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Dec 1, 2009 10:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Damn right

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

they're saving Ed for the LOLillini game

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Clemson will now lose to Illinois

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

nice eraser board.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Did we just have a

Tim Russert reference by these announcers? Have they no shame?

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Please score here, Iowa.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

nope

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

They hit the rim at least

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It was the "please" that did you in

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

God, Cole is lethargic when he's looking for an entry pass

Almost like he knows it’s not coming no matter what.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Well...

maybe he does know that.

Didn’t we also have issues with simple things like that (entry passes) in Greasy Steve Alford’s early days?

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Dont look now, but Iowa

has scored 31 points this half!

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Cougill for 3?

Fire Lickliter. Now. I mean it.

/cuts own throat.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

He was like 6 feet inside the arc.

And he hit an actual 3 in the first half.

I’m not sure what you’re upset about.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The wide open miss...

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't take away his misplaced rage

RAAAAAGE.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 10:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Lickliter for beheadment!

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

We don't have better options?

And if not, then fire him for bad recruiting.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

dagger

forthcoming?

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yes

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

There it was

'They are who we thought they were!'

by twsmith23 on Dec 1, 2009 10:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

good call nostrodamus

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 10:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

HUDSON'D

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Ball Game

by The Nihilist on Dec 1, 2009 10:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

when it rains...

we drink.

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yay.

Cole at the line.

Now we will win for sure.

/crying on the inside and outside.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

He made them both, but okay

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He has never had a season...

shooting better than 61% on FTs. Forgive my surprise.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i'm guessing that Lick's buy out isnt

~~$ 18~~ $20 million..

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Did Cole just make

2 FT?

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

hmmm

hudson= 2 for 12 on threes this year…

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Dear God, this is stupid

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

FUCK

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

How was there not a foul on that 3?

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Tucker

Matches career high.

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

justfucking_great

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I thought scrappy guys were supposed to make plays in scrambles like that.

Athleticism trumps scrappiness yet again.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 10:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Hey, doesn't Obama play basketball?

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

football went 10-2 this year

there now i feel a little better

by crabashng on Dec 1, 2009 10:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

and lost to jNWU

I’m bitter and don’t wanna feel better

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Is high-fiving the shooter allowed now?

is that a new rule this year?

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Also, throwing a shoulderblock into another player to come up with a loose ball is now encouraged

by The Nihilist on Dec 1, 2009 10:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

3-3

sorry big ten/acc challenge. They’ll have to take 3 more tomorrow.

by Argulor on Dec 1, 2009 10:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio State are our best shots

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ohio State to save Big Ten once again!

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

0-11

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Whew

That always works.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 10:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, they're probably better than FSU

So there’s that

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

F*** you, Rambler.

Sorry. That’s just my reflex when someone is hopeful about OSU.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, Illinois isn't that good, so...

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2009 10:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Just focus your hate where it belongs.

On tOSU

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

"Try to go for the steal here if you're Iowa"

This guy’s hilarious.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:29 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

and retarded.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

How about

go for the steal, miss, and punch somebody in the face.

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Dec 1, 2009 10:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm cool with that.

Oh wait, this isn’t ArchRivals for original Nintendo?

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Athleticism beats scrappy

again

Fuck tOSU

by ajs1122 on Dec 1, 2009 10:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

FFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by The Nihilist on Dec 1, 2009 10:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Iowa probably played one of their better games

of the year tonight, and still got beat.

by TarHeelHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

We're not even close to good enough

to survive that patented cold spell in the middle

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Dec 1, 2009 10:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

2and F@cking 5. who's up next Prarie View A&T? or Fort Hayes State?

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Was that Greenberg's daughter?

Because if she is over 18, she was really hot.

And if she is not over 18, then forget I said anything.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

she was cute. Lick doesn't even look pissed his team lost. at home. again.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You want him to throw a tantrum or something?

I’m sure he’s plenty upset about the loss.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 10:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Nope. He's happy.

He’s not engaging in public histrionics or anything! He hates winning! What a pushover!

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He should sucker-punch Greenberg!

What a fucking chump.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 10:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes...

oh, are you being sarcastic?

LOL

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

he could at least look mad, name readacted always looked pissed after Iowa last a game.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Big fucking deal.

Seriously, you’re not worrying about things that matter.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think many of us are joking.

If Lickliter looked visibly stressed-out every time Iowa loses a game this year, then he will look age 85 in about two months.

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That seems like a level of humor sophistication

about 90 levels higher than pfac’s capabilities.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Fair enough.

But I don’t sweat Pfac. Seems like a decent Hawk fan.

Besides, I’m way less sophisticated in humor than him, so what are you trying to say, OPS?

LOL

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Feel free to rip him for his system.

But ripping him for his facial expressions just seems like a waste of time and energy.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 10:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

rip him for our dearth of talent

by KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou on Dec 1, 2009 10:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think both of them were

by The Nihilist on Dec 1, 2009 10:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That was a really good game.

I didn’t tune in until we had the lead, however briefly, in the second half. There is a lot of potential on that team. Much improved from the Duquense disaster…

KOK, you might be a genius...

by hawkeye_heartattack on Dec 1, 2009 10:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

will the Seagal show have a hight TV rating than this hawkeye game?

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Well...

I was flipping around channels during this game, but I will be glued to A&E during Seagal’s show. So…

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

let us know if it's worth a record or a live viewing.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Dec 1, 2009 10:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I watched it tonight.

Probably record it.

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 Dec 2, 2009 11:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Iowa is a different team

when the threes are falling…

just don’t have the athletes or size to guard the way we want to.

It’s going to take all our players having a good game for us to have a chance this year…

by BornaHawk on Dec 1, 2009 10:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I hate relying on that

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Dec 1, 2009 10:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think we need everyone to have a good game, really.

We do need to avoid those 6-7 minute dry spells, though — those are killers.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 10:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

We haven't been able to avoid those...

since Alford’s second to last year, maybe earlier.

We’re f***ed!

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

we are terrible defensively; VT had their way with us down on the blocks

that’s not a good sign going into the big ten

by KenOKeefeIfuckinghateyou on Dec 1, 2009 10:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah.

But at least we won’t have any important big men to get injured in the Big Ten season.

Oh, you mean a guy with a rebuilt knee and an overweight freshman should not be trusted to be healthy for 35 full games of about 34+ minutes per night?

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I just looked it up...

and Cougill played 19 minutes, Fuller 3 minutes, and Cole 29. I didn’t notice us using the 5 guard line-up that much, but maybe we did?

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 Dec 1, 2009 10:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

May's not really a guard, per se...

But depending on how much time Cougill and Cole spent on the floor together, there’s a decent chance May was the biggest dude on the floor for Iowa at some point.

Also, it’s debatable whether Gatens is a guard or forward. Considering his role on the team, it’s probably useless to define him by one position.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 10:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah...

but Gatens and May are still, at biggest, small forwards, right?

Pretty small line-up. Especially when you consider that when Cole or Fuller are in the game, they are somewhat undersized.

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 Dec 1, 2009 11:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, Lick goes small a lot.

I’m sure there’s a TWSS joke waiting there.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 11:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's what she said...

or HE said.

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 Dec 1, 2009 11:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Could Iowa really go winless in the Big 10? If the Iowa athletic department does not care about their basketball fans, why should I care about them anymore? Eric May is not a Big 10 player at all but logs large minutes.

Stoops My Ass is probably giddy about Iowa losing close because he can now post his 1000 word screed on the awesomeness of Lickball and how good Iowa will be in year 6 after he gets his players in place for his “system.”

I feel bad for Gatens because his game would have much more of an impact with greater talent around him.

"You taught me a lesson, I was going to give someone the benefit of doubt, and I almost did, then something said, no don't, don't, its not for you, its not my thing" Larry David,

by Mac G on Dec 1, 2009 11:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Of all the people to complain about, Eric May?

Really?

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Dec 1, 2009 11:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I have to agree with OPS.

May is not the problem.

Brommer, however, is part of the problem. Also, Fuller has not impressed me at all aside from like 2 games last year.

Funny comment about Stoops, though. I like Stoops, but BHGP was getting a bit too “grad school-ish” for my taste last week, and I have recently done some coursework in grad school (not at Iowa).

I’m done feeling bad for Gatens until he decides to put the team on his back for a game or two. And with the other Iowa schools coming up soon, then I will quote Rage Against the Machine: “What better place than here? What better time than now?”

I am not seeing many wins in the Big 10, but I am convinced we can get one from Indiana. Add one or two others that we should not win (PSU, jNW, Michigan?) but maybe we do, we could be 3-15 going into the Big Ten Tourney. And you know what that means…

Iowa wins 4 in 4 days to go to the NCAAs as a 9-27 team. You heard it here first!!!! LOL

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 Dec 1, 2009 11:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

How the hell is Brommer the problem? He didn't even play

And Fuller has been hurt for most of the year. This was his first game back from a sprained ankle, and it was obvious that he still wasn’t all the way back and they had to limit his minutes.

by NorseHawk on Dec 1, 2009 11:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think the problem

is that Brommer was offered a scholarship in the first place.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 11:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, yes there is that

by NorseHawk on Dec 1, 2009 11:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Gatens game does not seem to be a 20-25 point guy but more like a 15/10/8 person. Iowa has limited offensive options so maybe he will have to shoot it much more than normal.

"You taught me a lesson, I was going to give someone the benefit of doubt, and I almost did, then something said, no don't, don't, its not for you, its not my thing" Larry David,

by Mac G on Dec 1, 2009 11:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I like him, but he had a pretty bad game

He hustles, but he was out of control on offense, and just overmatched on D. I mean, a lot of that isn’t his fault, because he’s a 6’4" dude trying to play power forward, but he really killed us tonight. Every time he was in they went inside and attacked him.

Iowa played better than I expected for most of the game (though there were still the usual no boxing out, shitty screens, no one driving to the basket, no one getting back on D blah blah blah problems that have existed in every game this year), but the end really pissed me off. We were still in it if we pushed the pace a bit and got a quick shot, but nope, walking it up the floor and getting into our slow set offense where we pass it around the perimeter forever. What the fuck?

by NorseHawk on Dec 1, 2009 11:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Iowa was down like 4 or 5 with 90 seconds left and they burned 30 seconds off the shot clock. That pissed me off. Effort was not the issue tonight and I appreciate the team gave it their all when they could have easily folded a few times.

Giving up several easy buckets on poor transition D was a killer. I was wondering why Fuller did not play more.

"You taught me a lesson, I was going to give someone the benefit of doubt, and I almost did, then something said, no don't, don't, its not for you, its not my thing" Larry David,

by Mac G on Dec 1, 2009 11:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Still hurting, I'd guess

This was his first game back. I didn’t expect to see a whole lot of minutes out of him.

by NorseHawk on Dec 1, 2009 11:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, you are right and I could take my pick of awfulness to scapegoat. Do you think May should be playing 29 minutes in the Big 10? Can you win that way? This was only the 2nd game that I have watched of Iowa this season so maybe he had played better in other games. He looked out of control on offense and slow on defense.

"You taught me a lesson, I was going to give someone the benefit of doubt, and I almost did, then something said, no don't, don't, its not for you, its not my thing" Larry David,

by Mac G on Dec 1, 2009 11:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

But there aren't 5 players on the roster that should be playing 29 minutes in the Big Ten

I am not sure there is one player who would log 29 minutes for any other BigTen team.

Short of pulling a Tonya Harding, I am not sure how we win with this roster, regardless of who logs the mintues.

This is not on players. It is on the coach. I suggest that, every time anyone wants to curse player X, curse Lickliter instead. Or Bowlsby.

by Ratface McDougal on Dec 1, 2009 11:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Really?

Bowlsby came back from Stanford to hire Lickliter? The Davis situation is long in the past; however you may feel about what happened there, it really doesn’t have much of an impact on this team.

And the idea that the players don’t share any responsibility for this mess is absurd. Maybe the bulk is on Lickliter, but that doesn’t excuse all of the sloppy passes, horrible shots, or careless mental mistakes they make. The freshmen may get a bit of a pass, but guys like Gatens and Tucker and Cole have been around long enough not to be making as many stupid errors as they’ve been making.

by RossWB on Dec 1, 2009 11:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He recruited them

I think we agree more than you think. Why haven’t the sloppy passes, the horrible shots or the careless mental mistakes gotten any better? Isn’t that what coaches are supposed to do? I have not seen one player at Iowa who appears to understand Lickliter’s “system”. Which leads me to wonder if there is a system at all.

Players got better under Davis. Under Alford and Lickliter? Not so much. Ryan Bowen wasn’t much better than most of these guys as a freshman, and he went to League.

Bowlsby blew up Iowa basketball (and at the time I was not upset to see Davis gone), and it has been on steady decline ever since. The Alford debacle has fed this one as well. The cupboard was so bare for Lickliter that he had to play a bunch of kids who had no business logging the minutes they did. Then he ran them all off, and we have second verse, same as the first, only a little bit louder and a whole lot worse.

If they aren’t D1 quality players, they shouldn’t be here. That’s on the coach and the previous administration/coach who turned Iowa B-Ball into a wasteland. If they are D1 quality players who are young and inexperienced, its on the coach to get them ready to play.

If Lickliter wasn’t such a prick, this team wouldn’t be nearly so bad.

If I saw a lack of effort from these guys, I would blame them. Confusion? Sure. Ineptness? No doubt. To me, that’s youth and coaching. And last year. I saw effort, mixed with confusion and ineptness. And next year? We’ll see effort, mixed with confusion and ineptness. Until we get a new coach.

by Ratface McDougal on Dec 2, 2009 12:09 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree that the root of Iowa basketball descending into a basketball laughing stock starts with Bob Bowlsby for not firing Dr. Tom immediately when he wanted a coaching change and instead created the lame duck recruiting scenario. This led to Iowa losing out on a true shot for Nick Collison. The Alford debacle ensued and it took him way too long to hire Neal as a real assistant. Fans hated Super Steve and Barta still would not fire Alford. I am troubled that history will repeat itself again as Iowa Admin will give Lickliter 2 or 3 more years to put this team back to maybe mediocrity.

If it makes you feel any better, Bowlsby messed up Stanford’s bball coaching too by not securing their coach and he bolted to LSU.

"You taught me a lesson, I was going to give someone the benefit of doubt, and I almost did, then something said, no don't, don't, its not for you, its not my thing" Larry David,

by Mac G on Dec 2, 2009 12:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Why haven’t the sloppy passes, the horrible shots or the careless mental mistakes gotten any better? Isn’t that what coaches are supposed to do?

He can teach them what to do, but he can’t force them to execute in games.

I have not seen one player at Iowa who appears to understand Lickliter’s "system". Which leads me to wonder if there is a system at all

It’s this sort of absolutist rhetoric that makes a debate so difficult. It is there and you see it appear from time to time (such as in the play OPS cited below)… it just appears all-too-infrequently at this point.

Bowlsby blew up Iowa basketball (and at the time I was not upset to see Davis gone), and it has been on steady decline ever since.

He made a hire that, in hindsight, turned out to be a mistake, but placing much of the blame for the current state of the program on him still seems like a waste of time. He didn’t hire Lickliter, he didn’t have any input on Lickliter’s staff, he didn’t drive off any players. He might have gotten the ball rolling that’s led to this point, but by now there have been so many other decisions made that have had far greater impact.

If they are D1 quality players who are young and inexperienced, its on the coach to get them ready to play.

That’s fine, but there’s a limit to how much he can do. At some point they need to buy into the program and make plays. At some point they do have to take on SOME responsibility. This is basketball, not fucking rocket science — don’t go careening into the lane, leave your feet, and throw the ball way. Don’t jack up contested threes with twenty seconds left on the shot clock. Don’t jog back on defense and give up uncontested points in transition.

I’m not saying that Lickliter is blameless — far from it. His recruiting thus far has been pretty poor and his retention has been even worse. (I do think his player development skills have taken more of a bad rap than they deserve this year, thanks to Gatens looking so out of sorts; guys like Cy Tate and Jake Kelly DID develop last year.) His in-game coaching isn’t great (we rarely seem to make a lot of good adjustments) and maybe he isn’t teaching his system to the players well enough or he isn’t flexible enough to adapt his system to the strengths of his players (the fact that you can count the numbers of times we dump the ball inside on two hands is pretty damn depressing, considering that Cougill and Cole aren’t total stiffs).

I just disagree that he should be made the scapegoat for everything that goes wrong during games. Take those first few games against UTSA and Duquesne — Iowa was getting loads of open looks, but they just weren’t falling. At some point, guys need to hit open shots. (Although Lickliter also needs to develop a “plan b” to fall back on when that happens.) At some point, the players (particularly the more experienced guys) need to make smart decisions.

by RossWB on Dec 2, 2009 12:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He can teach them what to do, but he can’t force them to execute in games.

Eh, I guess. But other coaches do. Izzo, Williams, etc would fix this. Ferentz wouldn’t tolerate this.

It’s this sort of absolutist rhetoric that makes a debate so difficult. I

Not sure what’s absolutist about this. Merely expressing an opinion. But infrequent successful plays to me indicate a lack of understanding by the players. If the players understood the system, we would have frequent successful plays. Perhaps this is a bias on my part though, I understood the Bradley way to be similar to Princeton; a system that didn’t necessarily rely on atheleticism, but smarts, bball IQ, ball movement etc. The kind of things that can be taught by a coach. Maybe I am wrong about that. Certainly the players last year seemed to indicate that they had no idea what they were supposed to be doing. Granted, those were disgruntled players who left, but that was pretty much all we had last year.

I’ll back off this to a point. But if you have a system, and you can’t get your players to execute it, you might as well have no system at all. If you can’t teach your system to the players you have, you are a bad teacher, or you need a new system. If it were year one, that would be OK. But we are on year three and they still cannot competently execute his offense. That is not good.

Part of this is admittedly frustration. There was supposed to be a payoff for the struggles of last year. But instead, we will likely be amongst the worst teams in D1. And it not like Lickliter’s track record gives us any hope for the future. If you can convince me this is not a Dan Hawkins/Chris Peterson situation, I would be thrilled.

by Ratface McDougal on Dec 2, 2009 1:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

"Toleration" isn't the problem

Do you think Lickliter “tolerates” not having a winning record this season? Of course not; he wouldn’t be coaching anywhere near this level if he did. It’s that he doesn’t really have a whole lot of options, particularly when his system is so IQ (and thus experience) based.

There’s a whole lot of big-school coaches who wouldn’t be able to get this group of players to .500. The fact that Peterson, Kelly, Palmer, Davis, etc. etc. aren’t part of it is a major problem that cannot and should not be ignored, but I’m just stunned that so many people are putting it on the coach’s philosophy when an undertalented, underexperienced group of players struggle early in the season. It seems profoundly misguided.

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by Adam Jacobi on Dec 2, 2009 1:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well...

Eh, I guess. But other coaches do. Izzo, Williams, etc would fix this. Ferentz wouldn’t tolerate this.

It’s amazing what you’ll tolerate when you don’t have (or don’t think you have) a better option (see: Stanzi’s up and down play over the last two years or Jake in 2007). Granted, the fact that there IS a lack of options is also a problem, but that’s a separate issue.

Not sure what’s absolutist about this

You indicated that you didn’t think there was a system at all, which sounds pretty absolutist. There is a system and you see it actually work at times — you just don’t see it work all that often.

I understood the Bradley way to be similar to Princeton; a system that didn’t necessarily rely on atheleticism, but smarts, bball IQ, ball movement etc. The kind of things that can be taught by a coach.

Also the kind of things that work better with experienced players, which is something we are in fairly short supply of. Incidentally, he’s from Butler, not Bradley.

If it were year one, that would be OK. But we are on year three and they still cannot competently execute his offense. That is not good.

And if this were year three with the same players, you would be absolutely right. In reality, none of these guys have been here for more than a year and change at this point (save Cole, and he spent a good chunk of his first year rehabbing from a major knee injury). Cougill, May, and Payne are true freshmen. Gatens, Brommer, Tucker, and Fuller are true sophomores. Cole is a junior. Bawinkel is a senior (but also a transfer).

Upthread, there was discussion about the fact that no one on this team should be playing so many minutes — and that’s true, to a point. In a better world, guys like Cougill and May would only be playing 10-15 minutes and they would be spelling more experienced guys. A guy like Gatens would probably still be playing 30 minutes, but he’d be used as a complimentary piece and not asked to be a star. Of course, the reality is that we don’t live in that better world, so these guys DO have to play tons of minutes. The best we can hope for is that it speeds up their learning process and pays off down the road.

Granted, we’re in this mess because of poor player retention and an inability (or unwillingness) by Lickliter to tweak his vision to accommodate the talents of guys like Freeman, Palmer, Peterson, or Davis. (I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt when it comes to Kelly and assume that the primary motivation there was Kelly’s sadness over his mother’s death.) But is what it is at this point.

There was supposed to be a payoff for the struggles of last year. But instead, we will likely be amongst the worst teams in D1.

It would have taken some serious black-and-gold glasses to predict much success from this season once we lost so many guys from last year’s team and it became clear that we were going to have to play a bunch of true freshmen who probably weren’t read to play a lot.

My opinion is that the situation is what it is — plenty of mistakes have been made and the result is that we have a basketball team that pretty much sucks this year. But wanting Lickliter to get removed after this year is about as useful as pining for KF to fire KOK — it’s just not gonna happen. (Personally, I question whether shoving a recent National Coach of the Year out the door after three years is going to turn us into a desirable destination for many hot coaching prospects, but who knows.) At this point, our best bet seems to be hoping that the core of this year’s team actually stays together during the offseason and it’s supplemented by next year’s recruits (who appear to be pretty good). Of course, in the meantime that means a lot of frustrating basketball.

And it not like Lickliter’s track record gives us any hope for the future.

by RossWB on Dec 2, 2009 1:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Oops

And it not like Lickliter’s track record gives us any hope for the future.

Well, his track record here maybe. His track record at Butler was pretty good.

by RossWB on Dec 2, 2009 1:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Incidentally...

when it comes to improving during the course of the season, it would be nice if we could get some decent luck when it comes to injuries this season. That’s not to say that injuries excuse the other problems and flaws (they don’t)… but they sure as hell don’t help.

Two years ago, both Freeman and Peterson missed a fair amount of time and Cole was lost for the season just when it seemed like he was starting to figure things out. Last year we lost Tucker to mono (and his own stupidity, too), Tate to an ankle injury, and it seems like Peterson and/or Kelly were also dealing with an injury at times, too. Probably others I’m forgetting as well.

I understand that shit happens and injuries are part of sports, but it would still be nice to get a relatively healthy season and see how the team develops with a bit of consistency and stability.

by RossWB on Dec 2, 2009 2:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I've been thinking about the post Stoops My Ass had the other day about the statistical reasoning behind the "Bradley Way"

The math is OK. But limiting the number of posseisons is not the primary reason Princeton moves the ball around. They move the ball around to get people out of position to get an easy shot (layup on a backdoor, wide open jumper, etc.) Moving the ball just to waste clock is at best unproductive and at worst counterproductive (hoisting up a contested three at the shot clock buzzer is not a good shot). If Lickliter’s offensive system is working to move defenders out of position to get an easy shot, I have yet to see it. It looks like passing the ball around the key for 30 second, and then a forced shot or a forced drive and kick. That will not win a lot of games.

by Ratface McDougal on Dec 1, 2009 11:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

But it's not like that's a foreign concept to Iowa or Lickliter

I mean, just because whoever put up that FP about slow theory didn’t go into the strategic aspects of it doesn’t mean that Lickliter and Iowa don’t consider it. You see it manifest itself like on the play where Gatens drove the bucket, made the pass to the perimeter, and that player made the extra pass for a wide open three. Patient playmaking happens even at Iowa.

The problem is that the personnel is much too young for this type of basketball, and their inherent talent isn’t nearly enough to overcome the disadvantage. All due respect to Cully Payne for his effort, but if he can’t beat his defender off the dribble, then the help defense doesn’t kick in—and nobody else ends up open. And lest you think I’m singling out the true freshman, nobody else short of Matt Gatens on a bad rotation is able to consistently do that.

The frustration is obvious and understandable, but it seems to be manifesting itself in really asinine ways as of late.

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by Adam Jacobi on Dec 2, 2009 12:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The biggest asinine aspect is the dismal state of this program from abysmal fan attendance to the apathy that is setting in to the diehard hawkeye fan base. I would take George Raveling in a heart beat over this crap product currently served up.

The biggest red flag of the Lickliter Hawkeye tenure has been how his teams have digressed in the later part of the past 2 seasons so maybe he can turn them around this year but it feels almost impossible due to the young players and inherent talent limitations that you describe.

"You taught me a lesson, I was going to give someone the benefit of doubt, and I almost did, then something said, no don't, don't, its not for you, its not my thing" Larry David,

by Mac G on Dec 2, 2009 12:27 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs