Well, We've Got To Give You SOMETHING To Do
by Adam Jacobi on Mar 8, 2010 4:45 PM CST
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In light of today's tragedy, in which Cornshoe Hammaker was assassinated by a dastardly Soviet operative working under Joe Paterno (think Paul Posluszny, but farther east about 800 miles*, and with an automatic rifle), there was no voting. But it's unfair to welcome everyone back to the work week with a completely passive day of Marchifornication.
So to make it up to everybody, we created another quiz on Sporcle. This one's the top rushing seasons in Iowa history. By player, I mean. You can't just guess "1996," even though '96 was one hell of a year. Also, spoiler alert--Paki O'Meara did not make the list. Shame, really.
Click here to open the quiz in a new window, and be sure to brag if you got a high score. And by that, I mean anything better than 17/20--we didn't get this one all right on the first try either. Also, if you missed our first quiz from a while ago, it's right here. Happy guessing.
*We're guessing Posluszny actually came from Poland, by the way, because all people with funny last names are secretly not from America.
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Struggle
14/20 but seeing the ones I missed, I won’t cry to much when I lay down to sleep tonight. Missed: Moseley, Bayless, Steward, Saunders, Bell, and Gill. Not so good pre mid-90s.
It's not that I'm lazy, Bob, it's that I just don't care
15/20
I missed all the same dude you did but Nick Bell. I loved that big lug.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
15/20, same misses
I was a little dissappointed I didn’t get Tony Stewart, but didn’t fault myself for the others. I typed in Lew Montgomery like 10 times figuring I was just spelling it wrong.
No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Mar 8, 2010 6:23 PM CST up reply actions
Right there with you!
I still remember sitting next to my grandfather at games with him hollering “Leeeeeeew!” every time the guy had a big run. Still kind of can’t believe he’s not on the list. I’m still reeling from somehow blanking on Albert Young because, you know, it was so long ago…
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Mar 9, 2010 3:20 AM CST up reply actions
http://www.clonechronicles.com/ – Try there, they might be impressed.
by Buddy Light on Mar 9, 2010 10:58 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
14/20
all I missed were before ’95, not a coincidence that was my freshman year. Guess I should study my history more
17/20
Missed Saunders (my freshman year!) in 91, Gill in 84, and Moseley in 79.
How do you people keep missing Moseley?
He was the first guy to break 1,000 yards in Iowa history!
Tsk tsk. Even I knew that one.
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
I feel like I could have come up with that one if I give more time
There was no way in hell that I’d have ever gotten Gill. When I think RBs of those years I only think of Harmon.
The UI record books list it as "Mosley," BTW.
Also, when researching that I came across this terrifying blurb:
OFFENSE: Dennis Mosley, a 179-pound senior tailback for Iowa, set a school mark by carrying 39 times. He rushed for 229 yards, scoring twice on runs and once on a nine-yard pass as the Hawkeyes upset Iowa State 30-14.
I never want to live in a world where Iowa beating Iowa State counts as an upset.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Liar.
"Do a flip!" - Bender B. Rodriguez
by Bucketochicken on Mar 8, 2010 8:11 PM CST up reply actions
Possibly because his name is spelled wrong?
On the Iowa website, it’s M-O-S-L-E-Y, not Moseley
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
19/20
All but Moseley here as well (sorry OPS). I thought of Mike Saunders with about 2 minutes left and I’m glad I did as I was a student in 1991. That would have been an embarrassing miss. I only pulled Bayless out of my you-know-what because I caught the 1986 Holiday Bowl on ESPN Classic not too long ago. I was glad to get Owen Gill as well.
Your ear?
"Do a flip!" - Bender B. Rodriguez
by Bucketochicken on Mar 8, 2010 8:11 PM CST up reply actions
I got Rick Bayless
so, Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner.
"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.
I was watching the BT's Greatest Games months ago.
It was the ‘86 Holiday Bowl. Bayless was Iowa’s starting tailback. I thought he was funny because he was very slow and I’ll never forget him.
"Based on my estimates, it appears that Stanzi shall transcend the ages." - Cairo
by ReadingRambler on Mar 8, 2010 6:44 PM CST up reply actions
That's the same way I got it
And, the only way I was able to get it. Iowa with a slow, white running back. Stereotypes exist for a reason!
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I love eating at his restaurants ...
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Mar 9, 2010 3:21 AM CST up reply actions
Got 19.5/20
On the half I missed, I knew “Tony” was the first name but couldn’t come up with “Stewart.”
Though I think the toughest one was Owen Gill—kind of a forgotten Hawkeye given all the other talent around him. Still, he’s the one famous for getting 29 yards on a DRAW PLAY on something like 3rd and 28 late in a game (against Illini, I recall). Craziest successful football call I’ve ever seen.
Got Moseley, mostly surprised that I was able to spell his name correctly.
Lotta fun—you should do this again.
"If you want to become a man--come to Iowa" All American IOWA LB PAT ANGERER, whose best friend is a dog.
Paul Posluszny couldn't have shot Cornshoe because he's Paul Posluszny and Paul Poslusny is freaking awesome and he doesn't need guns because his hands are titanium WMDs.
Until his arm breaks again.
:(
"Based on my estimates, it appears that Stanzi shall transcend the ages." - Cairo
19/20
DAMN YOU DENNIS MOSELEY. DAMN YOU FOR PLAYING WHEN I WAS 2.
"You're going to go out there with a dick full of confidence. Then, you're going to go out there and shoot that confidence all over the stadium." -Blue Mountain State
15/20.
I missed Podolak because I thought he played WR for some reason.
"Based on my estimates, it appears that Stanzi shall transcend the ages." - Cairo
19/20 with 3:45 remaining.
Had no clue on Dennis Moseley. Frankly, I think he’s completely made up.
"Do a flip!" - Bender B. Rodriguez
Moseley is totally real
He won gold in Nagano in ’98
No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Mar 8, 2010 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
He was also my roommate's commencement speaker.
I still haven’t decided if I’m supposed to be jealous about that or not.
I mean, I did get to see former UI Prez David Skorton in full pimp regalia at my commencement…
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Greg Gumbel was our commencement speaker.
He was ok.
"Do a flip!" - Bender B. Rodriguez
by Bucketochicken on Mar 8, 2010 8:46 PM CST up reply actions
What the fuck is commencement?
No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Mar 8, 2010 9:10 PM CST up reply actions
Fancytalk for graduation, basically.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yep.
It’s just “graduation thingy time,” but with the velveteen touch of a dandy fop.
"Do a flip!" - Bender B. Rodriguez
by Bucketochicken on Mar 8, 2010 10:25 PM CST up reply actions
Graduation?
Like from college?
No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Mar 8, 2010 11:05 PM CST up reply actions
It's like Police Academy
but with slightly more sex, less Michael Winslow and just about the same amount of Bobcat Goldthwait.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Mar 9, 2010 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
Funny thing about Moseley...
It IS actually Mosley, which is what I always thought it was. Turns out I misspelled it then believed the typo. HOW ABOUT THAT.
(That does not excuse those of you who missed it, as I had offered “Dennis Mosley” as an acceptable answer the entire time.)
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
13/20. I blanked on Banks.
Which is inexcusable. Although everyone else I missed played when I was 7 years old or younger so I’ll take that.
17/20
All but Mosley, Saunders, and, to my ever lasting shame, Eddie Podolak.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
20/20, 5:13 remaining
Flew through them but had to think a while about Mosley, Stewart, Saunders, and Gill. The rest I had in just over a minute.
Brunettes not fighter jets
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