A Decade of AIRBHG
by rockyh on Dec 16, 2010 2:50 PM CST
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For your edification: presented below is a timeline of AIRBHG's predations on the Iowa football program. This is mostly from memory, so it may not be 100% accurate or complete. If you remember otherwise, do share.
The complete mess after the jump...
2000 - Fred Russell injured, misses final nine games
2001 - Alamo bowl - Ladell Betts injured, sophomore backup Aaron Greving fills in admirably.
2002 - Aaron Greving leaves the team for whatever reason, Siaka Massaquoi kicked off
2002 - Fred Russell shoulder injury takes him out of the game in the second half of IA vs ISU, he misses games vs Utah St. and Wisconsin
2003 - Freshman standout Albert Young slated to get time spelling Fred Russell and Jermelle Lewis, but is redshirted after an injury in fall camp.
2003 - Jermelle Lewis misses first six games of the season after blowing out an ACL in the spring and requiring knee surgery. Luckily Fred Russell took good care of himself over the winter and lasts the season.
2004 - Senior Jermelle Lewis, healthy again, enters the season backed up by RS frosh Albert Young, walk-on warrior Marcus Schnoor, and Nebraska transfer Marques Simmons.
2004 - first game of the year... backup Marcus Schnoor injured after six carries, sits out rest of season after knee surgery
2004 - Young blows out ACL in the first half of second game of the year (ISU) and is done for the season.
2004 - Lewis tears his second ACL on the seventh play of the game vs MSU. Simmons gets most of the carries for the remainder of the game.
2004 - Marques Simmons starts vs OSU, sprains ankle in first quarter (will miss next three games). Walk-on Sam Brownlee fills in. Damien Sims doffs his redshirt to help.
2004 - Brownlee and Sims finish out the season, with help vs Wisconsin and LSU from Simmons
2005 - co 1st team RB Simmons misses first 2 games due to injury, gimped the rest of the season. Young carries the load backed up by Damien Sims (who started the season at cornerback) and Shonn Greene. I don't recall any significant injuries or defections...
2006 - Albert Young injured during OSU game, scoring the first rushing touchdown allowed by OSU that year. Does not see action in win vs Purdue and loss vs Indiana, saw action vs Michigan but wasn't 100% until N Ill. Backup Shonn Greene injured vs. Indiana, misses next 3 games. And then becomes an academic casualty, having to go to Kirkwood to shore up his grades.
2007 - Albert young one of a few bright spots on a dismal, disappointing 2007 iowa squad. Damien Sims is a capable backup who only misses one game with an injury. Backup Dana Brown is kicked off the team after shoplifting and domestic assault charges (far from the most egregious lawbreaker that year, sadly)
2008 - Iowa loses to Northwestern after a helmet-to-helmet leaves Shonn Greene with a concussion. Greene comes back and wins Doak Walker.
2009 - Iowa set to have a good season, Jewel Hampton set to try to fill Shonn Greene's shoes. Promptly blows out his ACL. Iowa turns to freshman standout Jeff Brinson and walkon stalwart Paki O'meara to carry the load.
2009 - Jeff Brinson misses much of fall camp, and then final nine games due to injury, transfers after the season.
2009 - Paki trips and falls and Iowa almost loses to UNI. Walk on Adam Robinson gets a shot at playtime, as does true frosh Brandon Wegher. The season turns into a success, in no small part from the efforts of the two freshmen.
2010 - Jewel's back, Wegher and Robinson are back! How will the staff split up the carries between the three sophomores, will there be enough to go around??
2010 - Jewel's other knee asplode, Wegher takes leave of absence for personal reasons. Robinson last man standing, backed up at first by PAKI. True frosh Marcus Coker, who had broken his collar bone during fall practice, works his way back into game shape and into the backup role. Robinson gets a concussion, then another.
2010 - Robinson banned from bowling, Jewel transfers, Wegher finally officially does as well. Freshman Coker will start the bowl game
Not too pretty, is she?
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So what you're saying is
If we have a running back who gets injured early on in his career, leaves the team for academic reasons and works as a furniture mover then comes back and plays a full season with less than a full game missed because of injuries, that Iowa is guaranteed to win the Doak Walker Award? Nice..wait shit!
by A True Americanzi on Dec 16, 2010 6:04 PM CST reply actions
Is it too late to put Coker on this plan?
I love watching this kid play, but if this route will ensure long-term success, let’s do it!
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
That is somehow even worse than I imagined.
"...And, in all fairness, officiating in the Big Ten is awful." - John Feinstein
It's pretty depressing
when you lay it all out like that.
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
Sweet Jesus
This needs to be taken down/yanked immediately! This is not a great way to recruit – HS juniors and seniors all over the land are grasping their knees in anguish after reading this.
You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning
by The Bacon Explosion on Dec 16, 2010 6:55 PM CST reply actions
Siaka Massaquoi is what I plan to now say
when drop something big and heavy on my foot.
Siaka Massaquoi that hurt!
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
AIRBHG is just a rumor.
The ACL is just a mythical body part, when in reality it’s an implanted explosive device that disables RBs. It was developed by Ken O’Keefe in an attempt to hinder the running game enough so that he could implement a high scoring air attack in favor of a time consuming run first, play-action philosophy. It’s the age old tale of the explosive OC trying to get his way with the over-conservative HC. Add Champ Davis to the list of casualties.
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Dec 16, 2010 10:02 PM CST reply actions
What I meant to say was,
does anyone want to chip in for a nice 10 year anniversary gift for AIRBHG? Maybe a giftcard? We could all sign a nice card, too. It’s the least we can do.
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Dec 16, 2010 10:07 PM CST up reply actions
gift card?
AIRBHG doesn’t accept gift cards as a form of appeasement. The only thing that satisfies AIRBHG are human sacrifices, generally in the form of ligament asplosions.
Perhaps some sort of trickery could be employed in the bowl game and AIRBHG could be confused due to similar uniform colors and rain down wrath upon or Mizzerable neighbors to the south for a season or two?
impossible is nothing
He did seem to get confused
and take a couple of shots at OMHR this year
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Dec 17, 2010 6:43 PM CST up reply actions
They are now guilty by association
…you know, due to them being OMHR.
When I grow up I wanna be like Koeppel Knievel
Didn't John Clay almost come here?
Can you even imagine what AIRBHG would have done to his ACLs? He’s too top-heavy, we’d be picking up shards of patella in the nosebleeds.
"You think you can take me? Go ahead on. It's your move." -- Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III
by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 16, 2010 11:20 PM CST reply actions
Amazing, both the injuries and the fact that somewear in there we won a Walker award in there.
next man in to ridiculous proportions
by justsomehawkeyefan on Dec 17, 2010 12:31 AM CST reply actions
Not enough rec's
there’s some serious research and insight there.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
It seriously pained me to rec this....
but excellent write up.
When I grow up I wanna be like Koeppel Knievel
And God looked upon all he had created, and it was good
HAR HAR HAR! THIS PLEASES ME!
BRING ME YOUR LIGAMENTS!
You, sir, are a bastard
Oh, *fuck you*! I'm not the rope-totin' Charlie Bronson wannabe that's getting us fucking lost!
by Scrotie McBoogerballs on Dec 22, 2010 8:01 AM CST up reply actions
I'm actually kind of surprised...
…it took us this long for somebody to use that for a handle.
When I grow up I wanna be like Koeppel Knievel
HAR HAR HAR! FOOLISH MORTAL!
IF YOU ANGER ME YOU ARE ONLY MAKING IT WORSE FOR YOUR RUNNING BACKS!
BRING ME YOUR LIGAMENTS!
Can we sacrifice something, other than ligaments, to appease you?
When I grow up I wanna be like Koeppel Knievel
Everyone, grab your firstborn! Hop on the first plane to Mount Moriah!
So what if I tailgate to the NPR jazz station?
A few additions.
Aaron Mickens — concussion v. Illinois 2004
Champ Davis — ACL v. Illinois, 2004
Also, wasn’t Wegher out for tOSU in 2009 due to injury?
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Dec 20, 2010 3:28 PM CST reply actions
Yeah, that Illinois game was brutal...
…I was working that day and during my half hour lunch I think I heard about 4 or 5 real-time injuries.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Dec 21, 2010 1:42 PM CST up reply actions
We have one running back in the pool of 18 commits for the Feb 2 signing.
We play tackle football, most of the time.
Like we NEED anymore RBs
Pssshaw. We have a bunch of backs next year, and nothign ever goes wrong!
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
And they're not done recruiting running backs for this year, so....
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Don't we have two?
Or are you already moving Coe to LB?
http://iowa.scout.com/a.z?s=8&p=8&c=1&nid=4531979
http://iowa.scout.com/a.z?s=8&p=8&c=1&nid=4417238
There were also rumors that former MSU commit Mika’il McCall was going to commit after his recent visit. Hasn’t happened yet though. I’m sure AIRBHG is the only thing keeping him from a verbal.
http://iowa.scout.com/a.z?s=8&p=8&c=1&nid=4842592
The Gordon loss to Wi hurts. He must have read about AIRBHG. Add him to your list for 2010 as AIRBHG fallout.
by KinnickNorthHawk on Dec 21, 2010 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
Coe is the only RB we have a verbal from as of now, since Gordon bounced to Wisco.
McCall would make two RBs. Ferentz has said they’re planning to sign 2-3 RBs this year (so 1-2 more in addition to Coe).
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Ferentz
said earlier this summer (or was it fall) that he has maybe learned his lesson about having too few running backs on roster. I would not be surprised to see him sign one or two every year.
When I grow up I wanna be like Koeppel Knievel
Pretty sure that's the case.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
alright i have to ask, what does AIRBHG stand for....
i know i suck at life
aaand boom goes the Q!namite!
We musn't spell out his name, or he will strike again.
but I will give you some clues:
unhappy, hawkeye state, skill position, not liking, and divine entity.
When I grow up I wanna be like Koeppel Knievel
by ninerhawk on Dec 21, 2010 4:37 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
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