POLL: Why Won't You Be Watching The Insight Bowl?
by RossWB on Dec 21, 2010 2:30 PM CST
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PrintInterest in next week's Insight Bowl tilt against Missouri could best be described as "a raging torrent of apathy." A season that began with high hopes is taking its final bow in the ignominy of a late-night December bowl game in the one Arizona bowl game no one wanted to go to. So which reason best encapsulates your own reason for not watching Iowa's sure-to-be latest debacle in the desert?*
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Arizona?
I don’t see what the big deal is. We beat them last year. Bring it on!
Shut up, Chazz.
by DRUGS on Dec 21, 2010 2:46 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Looks like Castillo's been working with
the Harold Dalton School of Tackling there.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
Working
and made no effort to take it off.
To quote John Lennon "You may say I'm a dreamer. But I'm not."-Dinner for Schmucks.
by Pain in the Sash on Dec 21, 2010 3:05 PM CST reply actions
Ditto
Except I didn’t really have a choice.
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Dec 21, 2010 3:42 PM CST up reply actions
I just flat hate this team right now.
I just want the seniors to leave so we can move on to next year. The only time I have ever felt similarly to this in my 30 years of Hawk-fandom was when Jake was the QB, although this might be worse.
by GoHox on Dec 21, 2010 3:15 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Y'know, even if you are joking you can just fuck right off.
If you want to be that way you can just go root for Michigan.
No one is “happy” with the way things have turned out, but to say “I just want the seniors to leave” goes beyond joking and enters DERP DERP DERP territory.
I’m proud of the Hawks, and I thought our fans were made of sterner stuff than your typical Domer (who only wants to watch if they are winning). Sadly I’ve seen a lot of shitty fans on this site over the last few months who have all had attitudes like this.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Dec 21, 2010 3:40 PM CST up reply actions 13 recs
Ihearthisreply
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Dec 21, 2010 4:03 PM CST up reply actions
I respect his right to look forward to next year...
heck even I was really excited earlier this month to see what Vandy can do. But we still have a season to finish. The meme is old but I still kind of like it… “Fuck you, we’re Iowa.” Thats why I’m going to whats sure to be an ugly bball game tonight, win or loss.
Well you can go fuck yourself right back.
I’ve been an Iowa fan a lot longer than you, and will be one long after your gone.
I have stuck with the team through thick and thin, through losing seasons and BCS bowl wins. The success of lack thereof of the team had nothing at all to do with my commitment or feelings for them. This particular iteration of the team has been downright embarrassing to watch. No heart, no desire, no ability to finish a game, even with 4th quarter leads in every single one of them except Arizona.
Stale coaching schemes on both sides of the ball, and inability to properly prepare the team for even the most basic of football situations, like end of game 2 minute drills and super complicated stuff like kickoff returns.
Then add the entire DJK saga, where it appears that our most decorated, celebrated, and productive offensive player is a serious drug addict, and it is time to stick a fork in this shitty year.
So to conclude, go fuck yourself.
K thx bye
Who wore it better?
I’m voting Eyeheart. Optimism has much better cleavage than pessimism.
Ugly dress either way, though. I’d rather not be telling each other to fuck off for a couple bitter words.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Dec 21, 2010 11:09 PM CST up reply actions
Titties ftw
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Dec 22, 2010 1:40 PM CST up reply actions
Alright
but don’t bother showing up claiming to be a die hard next time we’re in the BCS. We’ll remember. And we don’t forgive easy. Go Hawks. Fuck Missouri.
To quote John Lennon "You may say I'm a dreamer. But I'm not."-Dinner for Schmucks.
by Pain in the Sash on Dec 22, 2010 2:29 AM CST up reply actions
pretty sure the only “BSC bowl wins” was last years OB, so wouldn’t that count as a “win” instead of “wins”?
by GodDam_Hawkeyes on Dec 22, 2010 9:52 AM CST up reply actions
Can we...
drop the profanity and resume civility. GoHox, I don’t understand how you can be a Hawk fan who has ‘stuck with the team through thick and thin…’ and go on to say that you hate this team. You don’t sound like a die hard fan to me. It’s been a tough season, but this team has a great group of seniors. Also, who says that DJK is a serious drug addict? So far there’s no evidence that he’s much different than a ton of other college students.
I agree with Eye♡ — with fans like you, who needs dickish Wisconsin fans?
What's your deal?
by PCarroll_u_sm(j)irk on Dec 22, 2010 11:30 PM CST up reply actions
I'll watch
but I’m probably going to fall asleep in the chair by halftime. If I make it to the end I’ll be a bit surprised.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I'm going to be there in person!
This was probably a terrible idea.
I'll be there too
My first bowl game was the 1995 Sun Bowl win over Washington. I have missed only one since. So yeah, I’ll be there, but we thought long and hard about skipping it this year. Like everyone, I am disappointed with the season. But once my cooling off period was over after the Gopher game, I decided I still am a Hawk and there are a lot of guys on this team who are worthy of our support.
That was my LAST Bowl Game!
I haven’t been to one since the 95 Bowl Game, and am so excited the game is finally not Florida or Texas, and is driving distance from Vegas! I know those are better bowls, but I am allowed to be selfish every now and then!
I do have 10 50 yard line ROW 18 tickets left for $160. Email me if interested.
That being said, GO HAWKS! Let’s show those idiot “I snorted my scholarship up my nose, out my penis, partied instead of using the tutors, or the maybe I won’t tear an ACL somewhere else” that we can do it without them! Good riddens (even though you guys were awesome… your talent has been wasted and you SUCK as role models.) and let’s get some boys in there who WANT to play and who WANT to be Hawkeyes…
The Arizona curse ends in 6 days!
"Once a Hawkeye..."
Kristy H.
Las Vegas Iowa Club
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Las-Vegas-Iowa-Club/177668435579513
by VegasHawkeye on Dec 21, 2010 5:39 PM CST up reply actions
"I do have 10 50 yard line ROW 18 tickets left for $160. Email me if interested."
So, $16 a piece? Nice.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Dec 21, 2010 5:44 PM CST up reply actions
I mostly just want an excuse to get the hell out of the cold and go get drunk in AZ with friends
….but yeah all that stuff too!
Watching and Cheering as usual
It is the last game of a senior class that has given the fans so much to be proud of and remember. I have to watch to see Ricky Stanzi’s last game as a Hawkeye and see Coker’s first big game as a Hawkeye. Hopefully, Ferentz has the team ready as always for a big bowl victory…. Well we have to win at least one border game this year..
by Hurricane Ferentz on Dec 21, 2010 4:09 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I'll watch it, but probably tivo and watch in the morning.
That way I can watch with my kids.
Would I stay up for a BCS bowl? Yeah, I admit I probably would. Maybe that makes me a lousy fan. But I’m not giving up on the hawks, good year or bad.
Wish I didn't
Have to work the next day, but I’m watching. Beware the sleepy salesman in the swervy truck on 12/29!
by George Un-Raveling on Dec 21, 2010 4:54 PM CST reply actions
4 a.m. for me
I woke up at 2 a.m. last year for the Orange Bowl and it was definitely worth it.
I paid to go to OB last year
Much better choice than going home for the holidays. I’m sure the 3am wake up will be worth it this year too
So much doubt
We can and will beat these clowns. The Big 12 is the most fluffed up overrated conference in terms of rankings. Do you really think Iowa couldn’t beat OK, Neb, or any of these teams? We can and will win, i’m just pissed Iowa wasn’t on the board at Mandalay Bay when i put my 3 team parlay in or it would of been a 4 team. (Oregon+3, Standford-3.4, Wis+2.5) Go Hawks and i’ll be there rooting them on. I can’t wait!!!
i don't wife em...i one night em
The behavior of this team morally offends me.
Namely the losing to Minnesota thing.
Vastly more memorable than Jon Crispin's UCLA career.
I think that lack of depth
and playing on a sheet of ice hurt us worse. Minn came out fired up, it was they’re National Championship. Give them credit for playing like it also. From what i’ve seen of this unit i have no doubt in my mind you’ll see the real Iowa football team in Tempe.
i don't wife em...i one night em
by smokinthereiff on Dec 21, 2010 7:14 PM CST up reply actions
Which will be
The winning team
i don't wife em...i one night em
by smokinthereiff on Dec 21, 2010 7:15 PM CST up reply actions
I felt obligated to vote for the last option.
Wait, there’s a 16 and Preggers marathon on at the same time? Can I get a do over? Please!
only if....
that annoying but kinda hot chick from Council Bluffs is on with her psycho mom.
by GodDam_Hawkeyes on Dec 22, 2010 9:52 AM CST up reply actions
I always thought Farrah was psycho and her mom was sane
We watched a few episodes in a class I taught and there were kids from Council Bluffs in the class who went to school with her. I don’t watch the show. Well, not much. I mean, it’s a total train wreck and I can’t look away if I come across it.
I think that show
is the most morally repugnant and irresponsible thing ever put on television. And I’m including Temptation Island in the comparison.
And it’s just my luck that the gf is a HUGE fan of the show and insists on watching it.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
You ever get the feeling
that the vast majority of tv is now just people watching train wreck shows for a reason to feel good about themselves?
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Dec 22, 2010 12:40 PM CST up reply actions
Yes
But all the while said viewer is only about 1/4 of a step better off than the person they’re mocking.
I really do think 16 and Pregnant is absolutely horrible and there is no level of hell deep enough for the condemnation that MTV should face for putting on air.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Temptation Island presented by....
Mark Wahlberg.
All riiiiight.
Vastly more memorable than Jon Crispin's UCLA career.
by ReadingRambler on Dec 22, 2010 2:51 PM CST up reply actions
It's such a good vibration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut_XDMl-1X8
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
That's what happens when you date a pregnant 16 year old, HoyaGoon.
That show is highly relevant to her.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Dec 22, 2010 10:52 PM CST up reply actions
LiL help
Hoya, Buddy, I’m going to intervene here and offer some advice. If she’s your girlfriend now and your watching 16 and pregs can you imagine what your going to be doing if you get married? I have to assume thats the direction it’s going if your watching ……..that……. with her. Set the standards high while dating. Once you get married they change. Anyone that says differently is LYING.
by Southernfried Hawkeye on Dec 23, 2010 10:51 AM CST up reply actions
Second that
I was married to a girl who loved that crap. My IQ always took a 20 point plunge whenever she turned on the TV. Getting a divorce was the smartest thing I ever did!
by RH's Bookie on Dec 24, 2010 11:59 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Marriage advice from BHGP
Lol
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
if you don't know, now you know
by BentNotBroken on Dec 24, 2010 2:07 PM CST up reply actions
I'll disagree with you
I’d put TI ahead of it. At least 16 and Prego is a morality tale. What I get from it is DON’T FUCKING DO THIS WITH YOUR LIFE MTV VIEWERS! WEAR A DAM CONDOM, USE THE PILL, ABSTAIN, DON’T GET PREGGERS!!
That’s just me. From watching the show with a bunch of 18 year olds, I can attest that they got the message, so I don’t think it’s that bad. Showing the OctoMom reality show in the US would be, making a cuddly, feel good show about those girls in Mass and their pregnancy pact would be. But showing how a baby can ruin your teenage life and mess up your personal relationships isn’t as bad as you make it out to be.
I'm hoping that the seniors on defense step up and shut Mizzou down
Maybe the rest will help. It would be nice to see AC terrorize them all night long. Seriously, maybe we can beat them so silly they realize they can’t spell the name of their own damn state.
I will turn the game on, but...........
a) I really don’t care about the Insight Bowl
b) It is really late so I may fall asleep
c) If Mizzou starts going crazy on offense, I will not waste sleep to stay up for more disappointment
Life is hard. It's really hard if you're stupid.
In flight television?
And if you travel carry on only, you can make a bee line for the bar and watch the second half.
way to go
you “shut uppers. i’m going to watch the gamers!”
even though I didn’t vote for that since I thought that this was a joke poll. but I will, with my little band heart, be watching the game with the mass of black and gold in the stadium.
and that's another Hawkeye first down... EHAWW!!
Looking at photo #4 in today's practice photos is giving me a good feeling about this one.
Looks like someone just got off the phone with Pollard.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Dec 22, 2010 10:56 PM CST reply actions
I'll be watching, but I'm really worried about this one
too much has gone on, and gone wrong, for this team. Add to the fact that Missouri is actually happy that they got the Insight Bowl, and this thing could get ugly, and quickly. Iowa certainly has the pieces to beat Missouri, but that requires this team actually showing up and putting in a full-game’s effort. There has been nothing over the last month of the season that makes me believe this will happen.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
They have to win
I live in the middle of SEC country. Baton Rouge to be exact. LSU is probably one of the WORST coached teams.( On a side note if any of you decide to stop by Vegas after the insight bowl LSU just lost their starting RB. Their qb’s SUCK. I’m looking for Texas A&M to win big. )If Ferentz had half the skill players Miles has I’m fairly certain we would be top five every year. I really don’t think I can go a full year listening to what a bad confrence the Big Ten is, and how the SEC is the only confrence that knows how to play football. In terms of showing up two words for you NFL DRAFT. You don’t think A.C. is coming with his chinstrap tightened?
by Southernfried Hawkeye on Dec 23, 2010 10:41 AM CST reply actions
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