WE'RE TALKIN' BASKETBALL: We Weren't Born In A Barn, But We Conceived In The Metrodome
by Adam Jacobi on Mar 7, 2010 5:25 PM CST
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PrintIowa Hawkeyes at Minnesota Golden Gophers, Mar 7, 2010 5:00 PM CST
It's Iowa's regular season finale, taking on Minnesota up at the Barn. Does Iowa have a prayer of winning this game? No, no they do not. Only morbid curiosity could guide you to the Big Ten Network, where the game is being played.
Standard open thread rules apply. Just don't get us sued, guys. One more game before the epic 4-game run through the Big Ten Tournament. Let's do this.
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Totally forgot about this game until a few minutes ago
Kinda wish I could go back to that.
After leading by as many as 16
Seems to me like the Buckeyes got away with a lot of fouls.
by The Mexican't on Mar 7, 2010 5:29 PM CST up reply actions
buckeye woman win 66-64
Bluder’s Bunch should be prowd
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
Do you guys actually care about women's basketball?
Or are you just willing yourselves to care because they’re actually good this year and the men’s team is bad? It’s pretty much unwatchable to me, so I’m curious.
For me, because they were on ESPN
and it was the Big Ten final. That’s about it.
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 5:31 PM CST up reply actions
I like a good story.
And it seems like they might be the best stories we have right now. Until spring practice.
i need a little pick me up after the wrestling finals
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
I definitely only care about that because
hell, we’re IOWA bitches
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 5:34 PM CST up reply actions
Right, but that doesn't make the sport itself any more watchable
I mean we could have the best rowing team in the world, and I wouldn’t want to watch that either.
Sure.
But even if you don’t like it, is it that inconceivable that others can appreciate it?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
No, of course not
I’m just curious if most of the people here actually really like the sport itself of if they’re only into it because we’re really good.
I have grown to enjoy it and even understand it a little
I probably wouldn’t have done that if we weren’t really good at it. I, like most of us here, grew up in the Gable Golden Years watching the Brands, Ironsides, etc. I think wrestling is a culture all it’s own in Iowa, and, like being a Hawk, I was just born into it. It wasn’t much of a choice for me. I never wrestled, but almost all of my friends and family did. It has just kind of been part of my life for a long time.
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 5:59 PM CST up reply actions
That said, it definitely helps
that we are the best team.. like.. ever (not true actually, as the other OSU’s numbers are still way better than ours).
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:01 PM CST up reply actions
You could say that about just any sport, though.
It’s a lot easier to get into watching a sport and appreciating it if the team you support is really good at it. I don’t think that makes anybody worse wrestling fans or whatever.
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
You are a student and go to a lot of the events right?
Or was that someone else. Anyway, give a wrestling meet a shot. It’s really fun, and it’s louder and more heavily attended than basketball.
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:08 PM CST up reply actions
I am and I do
I’ve tried a wrestling meet. It was boring. I mean other people were excited, but I felt like I was going to fall asleep. I’d much rather watch the basketball team get blown out in a silent arena. To each their own, I suppose.
I fell into wrestling after watching MMA.
Seeing the wrestlers dominate MMA really helped
by The Mexican't on Mar 7, 2010 6:30 PM CST up reply actions
I had a few friends on the WBB team back in school.
and with the shoddy showing by the MBB club team this year, it was a no brainer.
by EnergizerHawk on Mar 7, 2010 5:31 PM CST up reply actions
Bluder Bunch got royally screwed by the refs
one of the worst calls i have seen
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
I don't know if anyone watched the whole second half
but the women got completely fucked by the officials. Kachine should not have been in foul trouble and Prahalis should have fouled out like 11 times. That officiating was absolutely atrocious.
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 5:31 PM CST reply actions
Prahalis picked up her third in the first half
and then threw an absolute fit. She should have been T’d.
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 5:32 PM CST up reply actions
And she through a fit in the second half
when she fouled Kachine. Thing is, they called the foul on Alexander. Which was bullshit as well.
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 5:32 PM CST up reply actions
I foresee myself disliking Prahalis
She’s only a sophomore.
I also foresee myself paying a lot more attention to the women’s team next year, they’re gonna be good.
Brunettes not fighter jets
I mean, it's one thing when we get blown out by Purdue, OSU, or Wisconsin
They’re really good. But this Minnesota team? Twice in one year? Goddamn, dudes.
Why is Brommer shooting 3's?
WHY IS BROMMER ON THIS TEAM??
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
Nothing like a Brommer three point attempt
to pick me up after the women’s debacle.
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 5:35 PM CST reply actions
Brommer attempting threes?
Are you fucking with me?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Does somebody have to explain to Lick
that this is not golf. Lower scores than the other team do not make wins.
I have full faith in this team to come back from a 20-point deffffhahahahahaha
Sorry, almost got all the way through that one
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
So....
Congratulations on the wrestling.
Sheesh, guys, I can’t even joke about this game.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Mar 7, 2010 5:36 PM CST reply actions
Ok, taking bets:
Can we beat the 16 first-half points from last game?
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 5:37 PM CST reply actions
I don't know, if Cole gets hot from 20 feet . . . .
yeah, we won’t break 16.
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 5:39 PM CST up reply actions
17-0 run?
This has descended into pure farce.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
did they start that "who hates iowa" chant yet?
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
Of course our scoring drought is ended by Cole draining a 20-ft jumper.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Because you thought they wouldn't win a Big Ten game
Or at least that was my premise. The expectations were so low….
I guess
That has a lot more to do with the bottom of the Big Ten being worse than expected then anything Iowa’s doing.
I wont argue that
Losing Tucker hurt Iowa too… esp that part of the year. Also FUller hurt at the beg of the year hurt. Not saying it was the diff between Ws and Ls. We are seeing everyone healthy right now and look what we have.
The only way Iowa gets better
knowing Bawinkel is gone after this year, and hopefully Brommer leaves the team, among many other things, would make Iowa better
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
by White Lightning on Mar 7, 2010 5:42 PM CST up reply actions
Why do people think Brommer is going to leave?
I mean it’d be nice, but he’s already playing way more here than he would at most smaller schools.
I was hoping
Lickliter would get a clue, and just kick him off the team for being incredibly terrible
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
by White Lightning on Mar 7, 2010 5:46 PM CST up reply actions
Stimulus jokes?
Really, Wayne? I know this game is brutal to call, but come on.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
so Lick gets to STAY after 20+ loss season, right?
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
16!
You’re on a tear. Holy crap, Tubby better get the doghouse players out.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Mar 7, 2010 5:43 PM CST reply actions
If we get to 18
it means your defense is worse than Wisconsin’s. So, yeah, take that.
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 5:45 PM CST up reply actions
There it is! 18!
You Badger wannabees.
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 5:45 PM CST up reply actions
Crap.
I’d like to point out that Bryant Allen is in there. All he probably knows how to do is signal fair catch
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Mar 7, 2010 5:46 PM CST up reply actions
gophers 42/ Little Licks 20
anything for halftime entertainment?
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
Dolph is supposed to interview KF at the half.
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
Highlight of the day
If only I had a radio
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 5:48 PM CST up reply actions
A brief recap would be nice
if he says anything interesting (i.e. Clayborn related)
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 5:52 PM CST up reply actions
KF interview: guys lifting weights, review of the combine, Hawkeye Pro day,
they discuss Lick’s situation vs. 1-10 and 3-9 KF seasons, he watches all the bball games that he can, young teams struggle on the road. KF is a big Lick supporter. Young talent, stay tough mentally, stay together, stay the course.
no clayborn news.
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
Quick Change? Fargo-Moorhead Acro team?
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Mar 7, 2010 5:48 PM CST up reply actions
Actually... Now that you ask about that...
A fellow poster found this last night, and I thought I would spread the news.
Credit to RonnieGotPaid for this.
by EnergizerHawk on Mar 7, 2010 5:49 PM CST up reply actions
Rather hear Hassel impersonating Dolph
perform that interview right now
I would like to be facebook friends with Terry Strauss
HALFTIME BREAK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-vvk7kXhP8
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
I made it through half of it
and the BTN guy said Penn St was going to be a tough out in the B10 tourney, I couldn’t stop laughing
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
by White Lightning on Mar 7, 2010 5:57 PM CST up reply actions
What the fuck is this?
Are you trying to get the Hawkeye Victory Polka replaced with the Prince of Fucking Darkness Polka?
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:04 PM CST up reply actions
Just checking in...
Busy day for me. How’s it going? I’m going to assume that Metcalf won easily and Iowa’s up by 12-plus at the half.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Mar 7, 2010 5:55 PM CST reply actions
You forgot
(hand over head movement)
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 5:59 PM CST up reply actions
Naw...
I’m just having fun. Metcalf wrestled a guy who looked like he was covered in popcorn butter. Just about everyone looked like they were running on fumes.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Mar 7, 2010 6:13 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah I know
The “whoosh” was a reference to the joke going over pfac’s head.
where do you find that stuff?
My daughter loved it by the way.
I would like to be facebook friends with Terry Strauss
Broomball footage!
The Sport of Duke’s you know
by Missing Brad Banks on Mar 7, 2010 5:58 PM CST reply actions
Dumb and Dumber is on
but I find myself laughing harder at Iowa’s bball team. At first I thought it’s because I’ve seen Dumb and Dumber so many times, but then I realized: this is the 21st time I’ve watched the bball team fail miserably.
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 6:01 PM CST reply actions
Iowa Highlights!
That was the last time you were good, correct?
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Mar 7, 2010 6:02 PM CST reply actions
Travel Channel has a show "Extreme Fast Food"
They’re showing doughnuts right now… and they look delicious.
Umm
Bacon doughnuts
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
by White Lightning on Mar 7, 2010 6:05 PM CST up reply actions
Bacon MAPLE doughnuts!
The maple brings it all together! Just like having an ol’ bacon and pancake breakfast!
by EnergizerHawk on Mar 7, 2010 6:07 PM CST up reply actions
Final score prediction time
Iowa 312, Michigan 42
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
It's never too early for football predictions.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Mar 7, 2010 6:06 PM CST up reply actions
Dude.. Iowa - Michigan is the first game of the MBB tourney this weekend. Yeah.
by EnergizerHawk on Mar 7, 2010 6:06 PM CST up reply actions
I swear we play them in the 8/9
or 7/10 game every year. And it never goes well.
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:07 PM CST up reply actions
Three years in a row now.
Last year was a fucking abomination. I’m not expecting much different this year.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Adam, did you forget your medication?
Isn’t it time for a nap?
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:05 PM CST up reply actions
Underrated terrible thing about OPS' namechange
Now every time anyone addresses him, there’s like a half second where I think they’re talking to me and wonder how they know my real name.
Iowa 36 Michigan 42
and i mean it cause i need it made the football bet
I would like to be facebook friends with Terry Strauss
ATTENTION
It has come to our attention that there is a typographical error in the previous post. The score prediction was supposed to read “Iowa 31.2, Michigan 42.” In this instance, Michigan fails to show up for the second half, and Iowa is left to play the entire half by themselves. Despite having possession of the ball for the entire half, the Hawkeyes manage 11.2 points somehow and lose by double digits.
We regret the typographical error and the implication that Iowa could score more than 50 points in one game.
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
Holy cow
maybe my comment to your original post was warranted.
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:10 PM CST up reply actions
I fell off my recliner laughing.
Damn you.
by EnergizerHawk on Mar 7, 2010 6:09 PM CST up reply actions
So the Oberto beef jerky commercial
is like a metaphor for Iowa basketball, right?
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 6:11 PM CST reply actions
fuck this is like a football score. but we're on the butt end of the score,
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
Hey guys, guess what?!
We are 15 minutes from surviving this regular season. I didn’t think it would happen. I thought my brain would rot and my eyeballs would demand their immediate release from my head for making them watch this shit. And the best part is… We only have to wait 8 more months, and the same group of shit with the same coach starts all over again!!!
umm... that was supposed to say shitty players
I did not mean to infer that they were bad people
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:15 PM CST up reply actions
doesn't a whole new crop of shitty players come in?
the South Dakota player of the year &someSuch?
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
My brain actually did rot
but that may have been all the PCP (the use of which, incidentally, IS due to Iowa basketball).
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 6:16 PM CST up reply actions
Ya gotta stay positive.
You’re still a Big Ten institution (not named “Indiana” in football). Inevitably, things will get better. It just make take a little while. You’ll get rid of Monso….Lickliter soon enough, and things will turn around.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Mar 7, 2010 6:18 PM CST up reply actions
Just a couple counter points
1. I was just saying it’s not going to get better next year, nothing about the distant future.
2. I don’t even know that I want Lick to get the ax.
3. I was just saying that we are going to have another year of being the Big Ten laughingstock in basketball. I know it will change some time, but not next year.
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:20 PM CST up reply actions
We are Iowa not Penn State
so we are not he laughingstock of basketball. Also we have been to the NCAA tourney Northwestern. And we swept Indiana. So while we are not good now we have been as recently as 4 seasons ago. We could be good as soon as next season.
I would like to be facebook friends with Terry Strauss
I'm glad you think so
I hope we are. I don’t see it. We are going to be just as young next year as we are this year, and there are some disturbing things I have seen out of this crop:
1. They still can’t handle a press
2. They turn the ball over a ton
3. They all settle for threes instead of trying to get down low.
4. They apparently gave up a week or so ago.
I want them to be good, I really do. When they want to, they play really hard. I just don’t see the improvement they need to be good next year.
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:26 PM CST up reply actions
I think you are right about the effort
and I am not sure why. That really bothers me because I was really enjoying watching them win or lose. They don’t play smart that is for sure and that is what I expected out of this coach for sure
I would like to be facebook friends with Terry Strauss
If you don't think this particular team is a laughingstock I dunno what to tell you
And we’re not going to be good next year. Freshman are not going to fix this mess.
I expect freshman and sophmores to grow, not freshman to fix the program
I don’t think John Wall is walking throught the door
I would like to be facebook friends with Terry Strauss
should have said the new recruits to fix the progam
my bad
I would like to be facebook friends with Terry Strauss
(single tear.)
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 7, 2010 6:32 PM CST up reply actions
On the bright side, at least you have Talor Battle.
I wish I could have watched Talor Battle all year.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
It *is* fun...
But we really do live the Charlie Brown / Lucy / football thing every game. I suppose it beats 30-point drubbings at jMinny, but still awful for the spirit and sanity.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 7, 2010 6:41 PM CST up reply actions
Just wait 'till we re-hire Parkhill or (please God) Dick Harter.
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 8, 2010 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
Dream scenario
Iowa wins the Big Ten Tournament. Because their record is under .500, they get a 14 seed. (Still get placed ahead of teams from the SWAC, etc.). In the first round they upset 3-seed New Mexico (coached by he who shall not be named). In my mind, that would make this season a success.
he still keeps it classy, yelling @ Mormon kids &so4th.....
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
remember that year Bob Bowlsby was chair of the NCAA selection committee
and he put BYU in a Friday/ Sunday bracket??
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
I guarantee Tucker doesn't get suspended
from Iowa next season. So that will be different. I also think the team will be better.
I would like to be facebook friends with Terry Strauss
& Cole applies for a 7th yr of eligibility
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
They let him shoot free throws
while Cully is dying at the other end
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 6:19 PM CST reply actions
Big Ten ref awareness...
Payne laying at one end of the floor injured and the refs let a Goopher shoot a free throw. Good work, refs.
Hawkeye fan, born and bred. And when I die, a Hawkeye dead.
"He's in Payne, obviously."
Thanks, Wayne. Not cool.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Mar 7, 2010 6:21 PM CST reply actions
Incidentally
this whole White Lightning/White Speed Receiver thing is really fucking with me.
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:23 PM CST up reply actions
If Cully is out for more than this game I am done
I refuse to watch a team where John Lickliter starts. Refuse.
Sweet Mary's Marmalade....
I’ve got it. I’ll recruit 5 local nationals in the last 70 days of my deployment here in Iraq, and lock them in a room with 10 television sets/vcr’s, and every single volume of the and one mix tape………and then bring them home with me……Iowa is bad enough that anybody outside of the state would never notice the difference between Cully Payne or Ashara Nahemminad……
by oifdeserthawkoif on Mar 7, 2010 6:24 PM CST reply actions
wow...
no sooner than i rip on payne his leg explodes? what happened? following the game from a message board thread and gametrack….maybe perhaps todd would agree we need another point guard besides johnny?
by oifdeserthawkoif on Mar 7, 2010 6:28 PM CST reply actions
We had one
he just likes booze more than books and basketball
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:28 PM CST up reply actions
oh yeah....
that was this year. my christ this season has lasted forever….
by oifdeserthawkoif on Mar 7, 2010 6:29 PM CST up reply actions
but
in tucker’s defense…..i like booze more than basketball and books too…..
by oifdeserthawkoif on Mar 7, 2010 6:30 PM CST up reply actions
He was also only a PG in the sense that he was too small to play SG and could kinda dribble
We are bringing in another comboguard type next year in Brust, so he’ll probably get minutes at the point, and supposedly we’re looking at some JuCo PGs to take Tucker’s spot.
What happened to Payne?
I was distracted for a while.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
He landed awkwardly
and hurt his knee. The refs just went on like nothing happened though.
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 6:31 PM CST up reply actions
He's moving quite well too
Judging by the way they were stretching him out afterwards, it may have just been a cramp or something.
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 6:33 PM CST up reply actions
Took a really hard fall and banged his knee pretty good
He was down for a really long time and had to limp off.
I just noticed the massive Arby's sign beneath the Minny scoreboard.
I’m hungry.
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 6:30 PM CST reply actions
Irecommend eating something that doesn't suck, then.
Not Arby’s.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Queue up a long line of Simpsons quotes running through my mind . . .
“People do a lot of things in commercials, like eat at Arby’s”
Homer, while eating an alien blog, “If I can keep down Arby’s I can keep you down”
“I’m so hungry I could eat at Arby’s”
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 6:35 PM CST up reply actions
And DQ signs on the baskets.
Along with the fact that their “M” logo looks like the McDonalds arches. Minnesota wants me to be fat.
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 6:34 PM CST up reply actions
It wants you to be like Minnesotans, then.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
And I just noticed the Cub foods logo on the court
What the hell, Minnesota?
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 6:37 PM CST up reply actions
So that track comercial they just showed is kind of intersting.
There is a shot where a relay group is handing off and I’m pretty sure the Iowa team dropped the baton. This are getting from bad to worse today.
Wow, I actually like PSU BTT draw.
Minnesota, Michigan State, Purdue. At least we give those teams problems on a semi-regular basis.
The rules — First, dream big. Second, avoid Ohio State like the plague and hope for five or six miracles.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 7, 2010 6:39 PM CST reply actions
Paging local thread judge: Okay to hope for Minny knee destruction right now?
I mean, they’re up 33 points with less than 5 minutes left. This ain’t right.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 7, 2010 6:43 PM CST reply actions
He ran the length of the floor
blocked the shot, didn’t foul, and then caught the ball before it went out of bounds. Really nice play
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:45 PM CST up reply actions
BROMMER'D.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 7, 2010 6:44 PM CST reply actions
BROMMER SWAT!
That was…. wow.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Wow, great block by Brommer.
I was pretty sure that was going to be a textbook intentional foul.
Hawkeye fan, born and bred. And when I die, a Hawkeye dead.
Same here
I still kinda wish it would have been . . .
by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher on Mar 7, 2010 6:45 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, a foul of the century would have been fine with me.
Hawkeye fan, born and bred. And when I die, a Hawkeye dead.
Have yet to see Mr. Basketball
But then again with Brommer making these ridonkulous plays, a tall chubby kid can’t compete
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
has anyone ever noticed....
when down 40 points…..it doesn’t nearly piss you off as much as being down 15 or 20? Maybe that is what Todd is trying for?
by oifdeserthawkoif on Mar 7, 2010 6:46 PM CST reply actions
Yeah but in all honesty
Both scenarios don’t piss me off, they just leave with a sense of “Oh fuck, not again, I’ve had enough” when it comes to Iowa basketball
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:48 PM CST up reply actions
there’s a comical feeling to it….maybe he’s trying to unite hawkeyenation with laughter…….starts slow clap……Todd, you fucking genius.
by oifdeserthawkoif on Mar 7, 2010 6:48 PM CST up reply actions
NICK NEARI SIGHTING?
GTFO, Larrivee.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Did The Dessert Fox just actually put the ball down and drive?
Successfully?
I think I’m just hallucinating these last two minutes.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Look at the 5 we have on the floor right now
Lil John, Moose, Brommecide, Neari and The Fat Man. Wow
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
reminds me
of a young dream team, led by clyde the glide drexler. this group of young men will be something special folks…..the program has turned the corner…
by oifdeserthawkoif on Mar 7, 2010 6:53 PM CST up reply actions
Lil John, what the fuck are you doing?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Just tuning in (to the gamethread not the actual game) -
So, did we win?
"Do a flip!" - Bender B. Rodriguez
Brommer made an actual, honest-to-god good play.
So I’m going to say YES.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
if
lost by 35 counts as a win…..yes. yes we did.
by oifdeserthawkoif on Mar 7, 2010 6:54 PM CST up reply actions
Refs?
I thought the problem was Lick’s insane decision to spot Minnesota 35 points. I mean, there’s confidence and there’s just plain foolishness.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Could have been Penn St or Indiana
or Iowa St. for that matter. Their season had to have been torturous for their fans. I think that’s funny.
by shada's revenge on Mar 7, 2010 6:59 PM CST up reply actions
To be fair
ISU did knock off KState so ummm ya… They might have had higher expectations going in, but I give this year to the Clowns.
Fuck tOSU
Under rules of the Geneva Convention ...
are you allowed to show footage of Hawkeye games to prisoners?
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Mar 7, 2010 6:59 PM CST reply actions
i'm willing to bet not.
can’t even shoot rock throwers anymore….
by oifdeserthawkoif on Mar 7, 2010 7:02 PM CST up reply actions
Ouch.
Be safe.
Oh, by the way, "rock throwers’ also describes our team.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Mar 7, 2010 7:06 PM CST up reply actions
When was the last time Iowa was beat by 35 points?
Is this the worst Big Ten loss Iowa’s ever had? Is it the worst of all-time? It’s been a long, long time since I remember them losing by this much. Quick research shows 31 and 30 point loses at tOSU and MSU respectively within the last 5 years.
Worst loss since the 1989-90 season
Today was the worst loss by Iowa since they loss by 47 to Indiana on February 17, 1990.
by The Barea Bunch on Mar 7, 2010 7:39 PM CST up reply actions
I think Lickliter put the doubters in their place last night...
I will say…if Iowa beats Michigan they might can their coach. Iowa has become that team.
"I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with them later." M.H.
And that's awful
I just can’t see how Barta OR the boosters can put up with this anymore. Yes, its emotionally draining, but our team ought to be fighting the whole time and you start to get the feeling after the last two games that not only has Lick lost the team, they want to lose him too… there’s got to be some decent people available who want a shot at the big time and are willing to adjust their system/style to their talent.
What’s wrong with bringing back a nice positive person like Dr. Tom? It doesn’t have to BE a Dr. Tom system, but it would be a great to have a coach with a smile that obviously likes his players and his players like him. Admit it, hawk fans… we wouldn’t be nearly as down on this team if Lick had some personality and actually appeared to be a warm person that honestly cares about his players and has a good relationship with the media.
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by Leftcoast Hawk on Mar 8, 2010 9:24 AM CST up reply actions
Oh come on...
…two weeks ago there were multiple posts on THIS very site that said the last couple weeks of the season would be aweful due to young players being absolutely burnt out due to, y’know, not having any substitutes to give them breathers all season long, and the full Big Ten schedule. We actually won two games in that period (though the refs decided to award the one “win” to Michigan based on… based on… well, I’m not sure, but whatever).
Spring practice begins SOON!!!
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Mar 8, 2010 4:01 PM CST up reply actions
Nobody holds us to 15% shooting anymore, *nobody*.
We were 3/15 from three-land.
Of course, we just completed back-to-back games in which we were beaten by more points than in the history of either series. Michigan better watch their butts.
I watched this game in a bar in Storm Lake. People being polite and all they pretended not to notice, though pinched discomfort approaching pain marked everyone’s face and we all just kept looking away, acknowledging that there was something indecent about watching. I would liken it to how people behave when confronted with a decrepit elderly relative, or a homeless person, who badly needs a bath. I retract my association of Lickleiter with Bob Commings, because that is deeply unfair to Commings. This is like losing back to back 55-0 football games, and then explaining it away by saying, “Well, gee, it was another Senior Night for the other side.”
Mr. Boh Knows ...
Saw the abortion live and in person last night
At one point, Payne was bringing the ball up the court and looked to the bench for what play to run. He glanced over and saw Todd with his back to the court, looking at the stands. Payne gave him about two full seconds to see if he would turn around, to which he never turned around. Payne appeared to shake his head and call the play himself.
Also, I don’t see how much more this group of kids are going to improve under Lickliter. Fuller has a ton of promise and I think that Payne will become an effective PG capable of running an offense, but there’s something about this group of kids that doesn’t seem to connect with the coaching staff.
"I know you're from Middle America, and sometimes you feel like you're representing more than just a school or a conference, maybe an entire group of American citizens out there."
by Twin Cities Hawk on Mar 8, 2010 8:53 AM CST reply actions
there is something about "this" group of kids?
Lickliter barely connects with his son in the context of basketball. The man is not much for connections…or even the appearance of connection. I never hear “isms” from these players. Most players of successful programs are like parishioners in a Baptist church exchanging in a “call and response” from the coach. Doesn’t happen with this team.
I am curious as to what Barta says after the Michigan game. If he doesn’t say much, then I would think that is not a good sign for Lickliter and he might just quit or be fired at that point…or he is going to lose some control then, maybe be told to fire some of his staff or somthing. AD who don’t say much about a coach are contemplating something drastic usually. If, on the otherhand, he gives a “state of the Iowa basketball” interview that puts some benchmarks out there for TL to keep his job (explicit or implicit) then I would imagine Lickliter is around next year.
Remember, when Barta came on board, just prior to Alford resigning, he said very publicly that Alford had to take the team to another level and outlined that in some fairly precise terms. Within weeks…Alford was gone.
"I’m sick of following my dreams. I’m just going to ask them where they’re going and hook up with them later." M.H.
Call and response?
Are you sure they aren’t all singing Po’ Lazarus out there?
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Mar 8, 2010 4:05 PM CST up reply actions
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