New Event for the Cy-Hawk Trophy?

by SavagePoop on Apr 16, 2009 6:16 AM CDT

[Bumped, because if you've never personally witnessed a high-level athlete binge drink, you have been deprived.--OPS]

You probably missed the story about an ISU football player getting picked up for public intox. Here's the story from the Register. As my friend, an ISU alum, put it, "Of course you missed it. It's about ISU football. No one pays attention to that." True dat.

However, in light of a certain head coach's son getting picked up on a similar violation earlier, it leads me to wonder if we shouldn't put a new event in the Cy-Hawk Trophy Competition.

An ISU fan proposed an extra two points for the school with the fewest alcohol related off-season incidents. Pfffft. Whatever. That does nothing but ignore the problem and offers no solution. I say that we should embrace the problem and find a workable (and profitable) solution!

I say it's time to take the "problem" out of "drinking problem." Let's just embrace the fact that there's not much to do in Iowa in late winter/ early spring and allow our student athletes to use that time in a way that can bring a new level of glory to their respective school!

But not only would this bring a new level of glory to the state of Iowa, it would also bring some extra revenue. To the best of my research, neither the NCAA nor the Big Ten has endorsed Beer Pong as an official sport. Therefore, if I understand things correctly, (which I certainly don't) either school might be able to secure a separate sponsorship from Anheuser-Busch, Miller Brewing, or possibly even Lone Star (given Hayden Fry's fantastic work at Iowa). It's almost like being Notre Dame and being able to negotiate a separate television deal. This profit-stream doesn't even account for the specialized plastic cup sales or officially logo'ed ping pong balls that are sure to follow.

Help me turn these frowns upside down! Send an e-mail to Hy-Vee today and demand a beer-pong event for the Cy-Hawk!!

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Great Idea

I love this idea i think all schools should have teams for beer pong, one knows beer pong reached sports status when rick reilly writes about it.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3831916

by Delaware Boiler on Apr 16, 2009 10:50 AM CDT reply actions

Just make better use of the trophy.

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by Run Up The Score on Apr 16, 2009 5:58 PM CDT reply actions

We can't lose

The only thing my grandma loves more than the Hawkeyes is getting tanked and ruling the beer pong table.

No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer

by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Apr 16, 2009 8:39 PM CDT reply actions

Will you adopt me?

by NorseHawk on Apr 16, 2009 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Most awesomest grandma ever.

EVAR.

by Bucketochicken on Apr 16, 2009 11:29 PM CDT reply actions

Beirut is great

But Flip Cup separates the drinkers from the thinkers.

by jebushchrist on Apr 17, 2009 11:38 AM CDT reply actions

WTF is this Beirut garbage?

Seriously, beirut signals nothing about the game. It brings to mind hotel bombings and other such terrible things. There’s nothing that brings anyone down when saying beer pong. I came across this scourge of beiruit in NorCal, don’t tell me its spreading to Iowa too.

"Even though it was bouncing, I knew it was so soft that it was just going to stay in," Battle said. "Then I ran around like a lunatic."

by bconway6 on Apr 17, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions

You're free to call it whatever you like but the game is Beirut.

by jebushchrist on Apr 17, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions

You fools

Everyone knows that game is called “Bear Klawz.”

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Apr 17, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions

I think those that call it Beirut

Are the same people that play Beer Pong with paddles, and fewer cups. I’m not sure if Jebus falls into that category, but that’s generally what I have found.

¿Quieres chiclets?

by The Mexican't on Apr 17, 2009 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions