It's Not Plagiarism If You Link To It Is In One Of The Best Places You Can Go

by Adam Jacobi on Jul 13, 2009 2:01 PM CDT in Iowa Hawkeyes News

If caring about recruiting is creepy, go get me a moustache and a minivan without any windows in back: Give the football program credit: they know how to keep themselves in the news during the offseason. Between Jewel Hampton's knee's soap opera and the spate of recruiting news, it's been a Hawkeye headline kind of summer. Plus nobody's been arrested in hours!

Now we've got yet another recruit in the fold, and yes, it's a giant Midwestern kid. How did you know?! Say hello to Andrew Donnal, a 6'7", 265 pound lineman who appears to scream OT... or cornerback if Ferentz is on the good drugs. Donnal's a 4-star player from Ohio who had offers from most of the Big Ten, so eee quality eeeee. Donnal knows what Seantrel Henderson should figure out very soon (emphasis ours):

"The coaches are great and the players have nothing but good things to say about it, so I think it’s going to be a great fit. Plus if you’re a lineman, Iowa is definitely one of the best places you can go."

That all said, he's definitely got room to grow in terms of size and athleticism (he only reports a 5.5 40-yard-dash, and we need our linemen to sprint 40 yards in a straight line quite often), so depending on how much he buys into the Doyle System, he could be special. Or he could suck, whatever. Up to Donnal, really.

This is awesome:

Context?! You want context? No you don't. Just look at him go! ... Fine, via FilmDrunk.

Tell us, Shonn, are you awesome or the awesomest?: The Sporting News (full disclosure: my weekend employer) has a Q&A with Shonn Greene that went up this weekend. It's fairly informative, if still moderately fluffy. For example:

Q: Did you hear about the comment Ryan made about you being the sort of back who can pick up tough yards between the tackles in the fourth quarter?
A: Yeah, somebody said something to me about that.

Q: Is that something you can do?
A: Oh yeah, absolutely. The fourth quarter is when the defenses start to tire out. And with a guy like me, if I keep pounding the ball, I can be effective wearing them out.

He's so dreamy.

The correct next question, though, would have been "But there really wasn't much of that at all from you during the first half of the season last year." Even as Iowa fans and unabashed Greeneiacs, we have to admit that as Greene played his way into game shape in 2008, it was usually three, not four, quarters at a time. Granted, that was no longer a concern by the time 55-0 happened, and there should be no way that Greene as an NFL back would get out of game shape, but you've got to let the evidence speak for itself.

This will be the last time we ever say anything negative about Shonn Greene, who should be President in 2020. He'll be 35 by then, after all; that'll do.

Bring it on, you stupid, uh... hang on, let me Google it... Bears! Stupid Bears!: Still seething after Missouri State pawned head basketball coach [NAME REDACTED] off on us a decade ago, the Iowa athletic department has scheduled the Bears for a 2013 game. Should Iowa exact its revenge on the gridiron, the overall Pwnage Score will be Missouri State 4258, Iowa 3. Like Mo State gives a shit about football.

It's been a while since we heard from the Brew Dawg, and that ain't right: Would somebody in Minnesota explain what Brewster means by this, or at the very least translate it into English?

Great meeting yesterday at Craguns! Dutch and Irma are the best! The Gopher Nation is ready to "Ride"!! Have a great day! Go Gophers!!

Craguns? Are those like bigguns that are craggy? To demonstrate such horrible breasts, here's a helpful illustration:

Briefly... The Only Colors has found the awesomest shirt a linebacker can ever wear (halfway down). Ferentz, make it happen. The Tigerhawks (and uniform numbers) were kind of played out anyway. ... ~~Myers~~ Voorhees, with the emphatic rejection! ... This conference reorganization idea is just stupid enough to, um, be stupid ... Finally, I was really proud of writing this article about the worst logos in sports, featuring "Emo Pony and the Care Bear Stare." You can have that as a band name if you want. My treat.

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That Conf Reorg is stupid but...

They are on to something with this whole ‘through ISU out of Division 1’ idea.

Schools we’d toss: Duke, Iowa State, Kansas State, Cincinnati, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Connecticut and Washington State.

by Internet Legend on Jul 13, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions

But they follow that up with astounding idiocy. For one, Indiana’s football program is in worse shape than Northwestern’s and has been for a decade now.

Also, Wisconsin to the “Mountain” conference with Minnesota and Iowa still in the Midwest? Notre Dame in the “West”? GEOGRAPHY FAIL.

by SpartanDan on Jul 13, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions

I was kind of hung up on Wisconsin being in the “Mountain” conference as well when both Iowa and Minnesota are in the “Midwest.” If anything I’d want Iowa to be in the “Mountain,” that looks like the worst conference there is imo. We could get top two there almost every year I would think.

It's not that I'm lazy, Bob, it's just that I don't care

by Colteyes on Jul 13, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions

"Myers, with the emphatic rejection!"

Sire! That fellow is actually known as “The” Jason Voorhees.

Is this your homework? We know this is your homework.

by the_ole_1_2 on Jul 13, 2009 3:02 PM CDT reply actions

Aw shit, you're right.

The correction has been made and our fact-checker has been sacked.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Jul 13, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions

I apologize...

Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked
have been sacked.

Is this your homework? We know this is your homework.

by the_ole_1_2 on Jul 13, 2009 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions

As if it weren't enough...

The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other
people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been
sacked.

Is this your homework? We know this is your homework.

by the_ole_1_2 on Jul 13, 2009 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions

hahahaha, "sack."

That’s where balls are.

by Bucketochicken on Jul 13, 2009 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Ooooh, buuurn, OPS:

I guess when you can’t beat the Pats…you pick on thier looks. You from Indy or San Diego? Did you even look at the top 10 ugliest logos that Ask Men put out, the Pats did not make their top 10 but you have them at one. No bias here….please move along sir

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jul 13, 2009 4:06 PM CDT reply actions

Craguns is a resort in the Brainerd area

http://www.craguns.com/
Dutch and Irma are the owners.

by GreasyLlama on Jul 13, 2009 4:48 PM CDT reply actions

Hmm.

That’s your opinion, and I happen to think he was just jamming his hands onto the keyboard randomly. Let’s agree to disagree.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Jul 13, 2009 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Discovered by the Germans in 1904...

by GreasyLlama on Jul 13, 2009 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions

While he may have just been pounding his face off the keyboard randomly,

Craguns is indeed a resort. For those of you who have spent your entire life in Iowa, it’s by this thing called a “lake.” These lakes are like really really really big puddles with fish in them. People go to them to ignore their children, drink heavily, and then try to catch someone else in the face with a hook they allegedly use to catch fish.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Jul 14, 2009 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Lakes, I know. Fishing, I know.

But what are these “hooks” of which you speak?

by indyhawk on Jul 14, 2009 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions

@White Speed Receiver

You forgot one thing. If you have a TV at your lakeside cabin or resort, you can also watch your favorite college football team (yay gophers!) get slapped up to the tune of 55-0 by a rival (Iowa), or watch them lose to Bowling Green, Florida Atlantic, or North Dakota State.

http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/Minnesota.htm

(I cited this website because your team’s website probably expunged all these losses from the official history of glorious leader Kim Jong Brew.)

by WaterlooChazz on Jul 14, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Absolutely

That’s obviously why I prefer a cabin without a tv, except during basketball season. A deck of cards and as much beer as you can afford is always better.

Kim Jong Brew proclaims that we should only look to the bright and glorious future, so the recent past is irrelevant. (And I prefer Eric Thrall’s website for historical records.)

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Jul 14, 2009 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Wow...

WSReceiver, you are a good sport. I guess I will have to quit giving you crap when you comment on this Iowa board.

BTW, while I was going to make a comment about how Iowa has some lakes also, I have two friends that have gone or are soon going on a lake trip to Minnesota. So, I guess that shoots holes in my argument.

by WaterlooChazz on Jul 14, 2009 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions

WSR is a longtime friend of BHGP

And opposing fans are always welcome here if they’re not overtly combative or otherwise flaming idiots. Goes for Hawkeye fans too, I suppose.

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Adam Jacobi on Jul 15, 2009 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions

Of course,

the “flaming idiots” standard is applied a bit loosely when it comes to Iowa fans, otherwise my ass would have been banned years ago.

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

by HoyaGoon on Jul 15, 2009 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions

You may not want to make...

too many posts that feature the words “flaming” and “my ass.”

That’s free advice.

by WaterlooChazz on Jul 15, 2009 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm as excited about playing Missouri State

as I am about playing North Texas. WOO. YOU’RE GOING DOWN, MEAN GREEN~!

by RossWB on Jul 13, 2009 7:51 PM CDT reply actions

A team that horrible does not deserve to use the nickname of Joe Greene. Such bullshit.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jul 13, 2009 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Does the fact that we scheduled Missouri St. mean that...

Iowa will not schedule UNI those years? Personally, I think that if we are playing a I-AA opponent, we should play UNI.

by WaterlooChazz on Jul 13, 2009 7:55 PM CDT reply actions

In fairness...

In years when we don’t play UNI, they can schedule Iowa State, who they might have a decent chance to beat.

But, yes, we definitely won’t be playing two I-AA teams unless they’re absolutely desperate. Playing two I-AA teams is usually reserved for SEC teams and Texas Tech. And possibly K-State under Bill Snyder.

by RossWB on Jul 13, 2009 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions

have you seen the cornhusker's non-con schedule?

besides @ virginia tech, they have the Sun Belt Invite: Florida Atlantic, Arkansas State & Louisiana-Lafayette.

of course Snyder part 2 has UMass, Louisiana-Lafayette, @ UCLA and Tennessee Tech then the
LOLclones in Kansas City

are we playing ~~SMS~~ Missouri State since UConn can’t / won’t return a signed contract?

we’ve all seen THIS Worst 10 non-conference schedules, right??

in 2nd place….. joPa’s Lions…Akron, Syracuse, Temple, Eastern Illinois

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

by pfac51 on Jul 14, 2009 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Sun Belt v. upper-end I-AA...

I guess that’s a wash, maybe? On the other hand, playing Va Tech in Blacksburg is far tougher than any of our non-conf games this year, so props to the Huskers for that. I’d love to see Iowa schedule a home-and-away with Va Tech.

That @UCLA game is very un-Snyder-esque. Must’ve been signed back in the Prince days. But I applaud him for getting two I-AA teams on the slate in Year 1… that’s pure Snyder there.

by RossWB on Jul 14, 2009 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions

the KC radio stations said that Snyder tried

to get out of the UCLA game, but the buy $ out was too much, not sure how much. maybe Eastern Washington or Northern Arizona already had a game booked with Texas Tech??

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

by pfac51 on Jul 14, 2009 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions

I would argue...

that the Appalachian State game vs Michigan proves that high-end IAA is better than Sun Belt any day.

Here is last years Sun Belt and what I consider to be decent wins:

Troy 8-5
La.-Lafayette 6-6
Fla-Atlantic 7-6 (beat Central Michigan)
Ark State 6-6 (beat Texas A&M)
Fla International 5-7
Middle Tennessee St. 5-7 (beat Maryland)
La-Monroe 4-8 (beat Troy)
North Texas 1-11

Only Troy had less than 2 CONFERENCE losses.

Here is last years top 8 from IAA/FCS, (although nobody beat a IA team):

Richmond 13-3 (beat Maine, UMass, UNI, App. St., Montana)
Montana 14-2 (beat Cal Poly, James Madison, Weber St.)
James Madison 12-2 (beat UMass, App St., Maine, Richmond, and Villanova twice)
UNI 12-3 (beat Maine and New Hampshire)
App. St. 11-3 (beat South Carolina State)
Villanova 10-3 (beat New Hampshire, Richmond)
Weber St. 10-4 (beat Montana, Cal Poly)
New Hampshire 10-3 (beat Southern Illinois, UMass, Maine)

I am not saying that Iowa should start scheduling more than one FCS/IAA team per year, but I am saying that I think the best teams in IAA are better than the Sun Belt teams.

by WaterlooChazz on Jul 14, 2009 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions

IAA

Great post, Waterloo.

Do u know how much we paid Maine last year or UNI this year?

Did we roll out the $ 1 million coin?

I don’t mind paying UNI, but $ 900K for Florida International?

How much $ $ for the home & home w/ Arizona or Pitt? Given Barta will jack up those “premium game” ticket prices.

At least they didn’t go PolLard & charge $ 110 for the Arizona game!

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

by pfac51 on Jul 15, 2009 7:21 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

@ pfac51

I don’t know how much we paid Maine or UNI. I did find an article that says we paid $650k to Montana in 2006:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/23/sports/ncaafootball/23college.html

I would not be surprised if we payed more than $650k to UNI this year and Maine in 2008, just because the price of everything goes up over time. But, I would be surprised if we payed $1 million. I would bet it was less than a mill.

I would hope that we are not paying a crap ton of money for Pitt or Arizona, as they are home and home series. But, U of I is charging $65 per seat for Arizona this year.

Now, follow my math estimation here. If Iowa charges $52 per seat for a game like UNI or Maine, and they have 77000 seats to sell, that is roughly $4 million. And they pay UNI or Maine at least $650k. Let’s call it $750k in case it has gone up since 2006. So, that leaves the University with $3.25 million.

I would think they would want to make close to that amount for every game. So, if they charge $65 per seat for Arizona, at 77000 seats, that is about $5 million. So, if they still want to keep the $3.25 million (not all of that is profit, due to operating expenses and such) then they could only pay Arizona a maximum of about $1.75 million. That seems high to me. When we go to Arizona, their stadium will only seat about 58000.

So, I would estimate that maybe we pay around somewhere between $1 million and $1.5 million to a “good” team to come play us (Arizona, Arizona St, Syracuse, etc.). It would not shock me if we pay a bit more to someone like Pitt, because when we do that, we get to play in an NFL stadium. But, then, the revenues should be higher at an NFL stadium, so who knows?

by WaterlooChazz on Jul 15, 2009 12:05 PM CDT reply actions

And yes,

I hate Jaime Pollard, and I really hope Iowa never pulls the crap that he does and prices out individual teams, or asks fans to buy season tickets just to get a seat for a rivalry game.

Minnesota started doing crap like that, too. The last couple times Iowa went to the Metrodome, U of M only sold the Iowa game in a package with some other crap game (North Dakota State in 2006, and maybe Montana State last year ). So they were basically penalizing Iowa fans who wanted to go to only the Iowa game.

by WaterlooChazz on Jul 15, 2009 12:10 PM CDT reply actions

did you sell

your North Dakota State ticket on stubhub? didn’t minnie lose that game? LOL.

at least Barta isn’t supplementing the football game ticket prices for the $10 basketball game ticket prices….your math is pretty good, i’m not sure how to factor in those luxury boxes these eyes will never see…

speaking of money, we’re going to need Ross WB to send some our way, soon because of the Iowa Hawkeyes 2009 College Football Odds – BCS Odds 2010.

I’ll take the Over 8 (-135).

OOps will be kind by the Zona game to post the Hawkeye drinking game, i’m sure…..

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

by pfac51 on Jul 15, 2009 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions

I have money?

This is news to me. And my back account.

Please don’t tell the student loan barons.

by RossWB on Jul 16, 2009 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions

More info...

Here is an article about the Iowa v ISU series with some dollar amounts. Maybe my previous estimates were a bit high.

http://scottdo.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/isu-receives-record-payout-from-2008-iowa-isu-fb-game/

by WaterlooChazz on Jul 16, 2009 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions

In 2006...

when my dad and I found out they were making you buy an extra game to get the Iowa game, we just got our tickets through my second cousin, who I think was taking some classes at U of M at the time.

We did not have good seats (we were real close to the top of the second deck), but at least we didn’t get stuck with the extra game. I just looked at Minnesota’s website and it said that they had 62000 for attendance at that game, but there is no way that many people were there. Also, that would have meant that more people went to that game than went to the Penn State or Michigan games at the dome earlier that season (and that can’t be true).

Of what I see of those betting odds, the Big Ten championship at +550 looks pretty good to me.

by WaterlooChazz on Jul 15, 2009 6:16 PM CDT reply actions

In that last post...

when I say they did not have 62000 for “that game” I am referring to the Montana State game. I can’t imagine that many would’ve shown up for a squeaker win for Minnesota (score was 10-9). They lost to Montana State in 2007, 27-21.

by WaterlooChazz on Jul 15, 2009 6:19 PM CDT reply actions

mini ticket scam

I agree w/ the anti-min season ticket scan @ kinnick north & that “concrete shit bucket-west”.

scamming one “prime game” & one or 2 gms that won’t sell out is a truck load of manure for sure. PolLard just does it cause he"s an ass, not even his alumni base likes his antics.

Minnie just does it, as u stated, to fill kinnick north for less than mediocre games.

To minnie’s credit, they at least r upgrading their schedule; air force, cal, texas next decade…

I’m glad Barta doesn’t ram his fan base w/ prime games & crap IAA games….

Barta just rams us w/ outrageous baskeball ticket prices. MEH

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

by pfac51 on Jul 15, 2009 6:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

MN Schedule

Absolutely. We packaged NDSU and Montana State because it was tough to get people inside to go to those games. That should be changing now with the move. I ate a pair of tickets for MT St last year because I was out of town, and nobody really wanted to go to the game. And Texas hasn’t been finalized yet, but USC is on the slate for a H/H starting in 2010 in MN, as well as a H/H with Colorado in a few years.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Jul 15, 2009 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions

thanks for the

correction on the Texas home & home…good to see for every Akron/ Temple/ App State game there are games vs. USC, Mizzu, Pitt, Arizona, or Cincinnati

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

by pfac51 on Jul 15, 2009 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Minnesota schedule...

If they are actually signing up to play Texas and USC (even in different years) then kudos to you guys.

Man, WSReceiver, you are just removing all my reasons to rag on Minnesota and their fans. Thankfully, you’ll never remove Brew’s penchant for exuberant tweeting.

by WaterlooChazz on Jul 15, 2009 9:21 PM CDT reply actions