Jim Rome on Monday...

Never heard of him.

Who cares what he thinks. Jim Rome hates the Big 10 top to bottom, all because of the infamous Jim Everett scuffle back in the early 1990s that cost him his first run on ESPN.

Confession: I like him for his pithy wise cracks.
But, let’s be clear, everyone with even a shred of sports seriousness dismisses him outright on any sort of astute analysis he feebly attempts.

At the end of the day, has there EVER been a relevant college (or pro for that matter) football commentator from SoCal? I think not.

“drinkin’, rapin’, shootin’”

It looks like the Iowa program has had two of the three in the last couple of years. I really don’t want to see us have the third.

Like I said, I like to watch Jim Rome, but I don’t take his “burns” as gospel. However, are there people outside Iowa who do believe even some of what he says?

Which is “When was the last time anyone heard what Jim Rome says?” If people are putting any stock in Jim Rome’s mindless bullshit ludicrous rants, insane oral diarrhea burns should stay the fuck out of real conversations anyway.

If you ask a casual sports or college football fan what they know about Iowa, it’s about negative publicity, arrests, etc etc. They may have heard about it on Rome.

I don’t think they take his lead on the hostility, though. He doesn’t sound like most of the fans I meet or talk to. He sounds like an entertainer, one who has a finely crafted style and one that skews more toward acerbic jabs than substance (though he’s rarely dead wrong on a “take”).

So I think the publicity is worse than the negativity, and that stuff happens all over the media, not just on Rome, and that’s something Iowa should want minimized. That only happens by keeping out of trouble, not by anything that happens in the media.

for the serious consideration of this topic. Obviously, nearly everyone on this site (including me) wants to see the positives of Iowa athletics. But, it is interesting to ponder whether or not the arrest rate is a problem, or not, in terms of public image of Iowa football, especially outside the state.

Also, thanks to everyone else who gives their honest opinion. Can’t wait till September 5 (Iowa v. UNI).

I’m surprised he took the time to get off of California’s nuts to talk about Iowa.

But it is not a major one. Have the Hawkeyes had too many arrests over the last 16 months or whatever? Yes.
Did Kirk’s comments help at all? No
Kirk and his assistants need to be more diligent in educating the players about what goes on in IC. It needs to be drilled into their minds repeatedly. The issues are not systemic and they are minor. How many students get a public intox, or possession of alcohol by a minor in their 5 or 6 years on campus? Plenty. Are football players being arrested at a higher rate than the rest of the school population? That is my question. Probably not by much. Let’s keep all of this in perspective, and then move on. Rome had nothing worthy to talk about, and Kirk gave him a little ammo. I am moving on. Aren’t we nationally ranked this preseason? Suck it Rome. And I hope OSU sticks it to USC – ending their title hopes early.

Rome wanted KF on his radio show at some point before the Orange Bowl and KF turned his request down. Apparently, Rome took it to heart and ever since, has found anything he can to slam Ferentz and our program.

Jim Rome is a needledick, a two-bit loser. Every interview he has with an athlete is pretty much a verbal ball-washing. He panders to them, buddies them up and then when they give him fluff answers to his fluff questions, he calls the interview epic. I yearn for the day when some athlete punches him square in his smug fucking face.