BLAST FROM THE PAST: 2010 Iowa Football Throwback Uniforms Officially Unveiled
by RossWB on Apr 15, 2010 3:26 PM CDT
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Mmm... 52-year old football memories.
As mentioned earlier, the 2010 Iowa football team is blastin' back in time, aesthetically speaking, to highlight a team of past greats. In 2004, they celebrated Nile Kinnick's famed 1939 "Ironman" squad; next year, they'll be paying homage to Randy Duncan's 1958 squad, a team which was arguably the greatest team in Iowa history. In addition to winning the Big Ten and the Rose Bowl (the last time Iowa won in Pasadena, in fact), that team was also voted #1 in the Football Writers poll, giving them some claim to being a national champion*. Now, thanks to Friend of the Pants Scott Dochterman and the Gazoo, we have an official look at the unis Iowa will be rockin' against Ball State on September 25. (The Gazoo also has video, if still photos don't adequately satisfy you.)
For more info on the 1958 team, you can always check out Wiki or blog-buddy Fight For Iowa's excellent piece from earlier this spring.
*- Normally, I'd say embracing stuff like that leads down the same path as Pitt claiming nine national titles, but considering that the Football Writers poll was the only one that actually factored in the results of the bowl season, it seems to have a bit more credibility.
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Are the players going to wear numbers that are different on their helmet from their jerseys? Because that would be awesome.
[insert prophetic yet obnoxiously haughty and annoying quote here]
That would be.
Each current player would honor a player of the 1958 team’ same position by wearing their number on the helmet.
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Apr 15, 2010 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm sure that Ricky wants to wear #45 on his helmet
as some sort of tribute to America.
In honor of the Colt .45 revolver perhaps?
by HeroPatriotStanzi on Apr 15, 2010 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I think Duncan's number in '58 was #15
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Apr 15, 2010 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
In honor of the Colt .45 revolver perhaps?
The way he throws the ball in the first quarter, I bet he is giving some sort of tribute to another American institution:
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on Apr 15, 2010 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I had the same idea, just a different look.
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Apr 16, 2010 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Billy D's signature looks like the Disney font.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
The Little Jhericurlmaid?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions
"You must be another Handsome Boy graduate."
Handsome Boy Modeling School = the best $60 I ever spent.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 19, 2010 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I was always more partial to...
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Apr 19, 2010 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
In honor of the way Stanzi throws the ball in the first quarter...
…I may be doing my own tribute to Colt .45.
I am, after all, one mean malt licka’ picka’.
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Apr 16, 2010 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions
@ BStylin
I saw the same pic when I was looking for my pic. I considered posting it, but couldn’t quite find any relevance for Billy D. He is one cool dude, though.
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on Apr 16, 2010 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I was half tempted just to post a pic of a half empty bottle.
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Apr 19, 2010 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes.
I especially like the helmets.
The word is Fight, Fight, Fight for Iowa
by fightforiowa on Apr 15, 2010 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions
They would of looked pretty sweet in our night game
But then, all Iowa uniforms would (well, not th eone with the wings on the jerseys)
Those were the worst ever. Even with Dwight on the team.
Just one of those “It sounded good when we ordered the jerseys” sort of thing…
My blog: http://www.gretainthebox.com
by Leftcoast Hawk on Apr 15, 2010 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Jerks.
I maintain my right to be the only person who liked those.
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on Apr 15, 2010 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions
That's me.
Unabated and Unintimidated.
And not very funny.
and overweight.
But, on my deathbed, I will achieve total enlightenment, so I’ve got that going for me.
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on Apr 15, 2010 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I liked them as well
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
by White Lightning on Apr 15, 2010 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't encourage him.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yeah,
I really didn’t think they were as bad a some made them out to be.
"The possibility of physical and mental collapse is now very real. No sympathy for the Devil, keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride." HST
Ugh. You’ve lost your mind. Putrid and embarassing is too kind.
I recognize I’m a terrible person and am going to hell for this (but I’m going to hell for so many other reasons, this one is far down the list), but the all black helmets at tOSU after the UI campus shootings was my favorite look, bar none. I fucking loved the look of those helmets.
That's like saying you should go to hell
for liking the camoflauge jerseys the Padres and White Sox have worn to show support to our troops. Sure, the root cause may be painful, but the meaning and the actual asthetic are just fine; I’d say you’re justified in that regard…on the other hand, anyone who thinks removing a non-crackhawk Tiger Hawk from anything is an improvement is a Commie and should be shot.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions
And the corollary...
Anyone who thinks that the crackhawk is better than the original belongs in Ames.
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Apr 16, 2010 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
KOK's evil plan has been let out of the bag...
Thanks a lot Doc! Our secret Stanzi/Nielsen hybrid was ready to dominate Ball State. Until next time….
by WhiteMagic on Apr 15, 2010 7:54 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
anyone else think
That the 1 on the jersey looks a bit upside down or is it just folded weird/part of another number (like 2 or something)? Epic fail for Nike if it is upside down.
"Somebody change JoePa's colostomy bag!"
I'm pretty sure it's just a weird fold.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I heard Norm Parker was pushing for leather helmets.
If you feel like singing along, don't.
James Taylor
Burlap.
"Do a flip!" - Bender B. Rodriguez
by Bucketochicken on Apr 15, 2010 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 15, 2010 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I have it on good authority...
Norm says we wouldn’t need any helmets if it wasn’t for the damn NCAA.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Apr 15, 2010 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't tell me Norm talks to his Amputated Toes...
…unless he sends his Amputated Toes to the opposing sideline a la Beastmaster’s ferrets (or marmets or whatever).
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Throwback games are so yesterday.
Iowa should push the envelope and host the first twilight double header. We could play UNI at 1 pm, followed by a late afternoon stretch for some liquid refreshment and assorted meats on a stick, then kick off against ISU at 7:00. The UNI game could be a gold rush game followed by an ISU Blackout.
If you feel like singing along, don't.
James Taylor
I thought you were going to say a Throw Forward game...
…but then we’d have to borrow Oregon’s super-futuristic Nike developed nano-computer driven equipment (the helmet senses when the other team is about to tackle you and throws you to the ground before you’re touched which cuts down on injuries- – at least that’s what it looked like in the Rose Bowl- – we SO would have whipped them).
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions
The Oregon unis have another special feature.
As soon as a player is reaching all-America level talent, the uniform automatically goes out and commits a felony.
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Apr 16, 2010 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Or slashes the Oregon player's knee tendons.
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on Apr 16, 2010 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Tweeks, tweeks, tweeks...
…EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I heard Greg on the radio last night saying that instead of Riddel at the peak of the facemask the helmets will have the last name of the player that wore that jersey number, and on the back of the helmet it will say something like “1958 Rose Bowl Champions” (I don’t remember his exact words on that though).
These are the kind of special tweeks I was calling for, and I’m sorry, but these helmets sound pretty pimp to me now. It’s the little things that make a uniform go from Middle School JV to special.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 9:37 AM CDT reply actions
Further tweek
The player who wears Alex Karras’ number has to supervise Emmanuel Lewis on the sidelines for the entire game.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions
PARTY FOUL
You went with the easy Webster joke over a Blazing Saddles joke? For shame, Kyle.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
What, you want a kid
to punch a police horse? That’s just the type of off-field incident the team needs. Or perhaps they could just fart a lot in the pre-game meal?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Riley's up for it.
We already know he can outran the police. If he punches a horse he’ll have a shot at true legendary status.
by The Mexican't on Apr 16, 2010 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions
So long as he does it in a classy fashion
i.e. wearing a shirt, I have no problem with it.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions
They screwed up the logo
I looked it up, and it turns out the nike logo in 1985 was an outline of Pre’s 1973 stache:
I know about your diabolical plan.
They were ahead of their time back then...
…Evy was a pioneer (just don’t call it a “Pre-stache”).
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions
How do you think the 2010 Hawkeyes would do vs. the 1958 schedule?
1958 Iowa Hawkeyes Schedule
September 27, 1958
Texas Christian (Iowa City) Win 17-0
October 4, 1958
Air Force (Iowa City) Tie 13-13
October 11, 1958
Indiana (Iowa City) Win 34-13
October 18, 1958
Wisconsin (Madison) Win 20-9
October 25, 1958
Northwestern (Iowa City) Win 26-20
November 1, 1958
Michigan (Ann Arbor) Win 37-14
November 8, 1958
Minnesota (Minneapolis) Win 28-6
November 15, 1958
Ohio State (Iowa City) Loss 28-38
November 22, 1958
otre Dame (Iowa City) Win 31-21
January 1, 1959
Rose Bowl
California (Pasadena) Win 38-12
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
I think this years' Iowa team
could very well replicate the achievement of that team given the schedule.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions
did you notice that ND was the last game of the year? that's an old tradition that was
replaced with Michigan State, now Minnie. i think we don’t play ND anymore since they cheated the last game they played Iowa (maybe RossWB knows that story). something about injury timeouts for ND for fake injuries.
Not sure I’d like to see TCU.
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
TCU last year? No thanks.
But this year and in Iowa City? I’d like our chances.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
What scares you about last year's TCU squad?
Boise showed that their defense wasn’t necessarily as scary as it appeared to be. I think AC and Co. could have kept the offense in check.
by The Mexican't on Apr 16, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Thank Christ Iowa never schedules Mount Union.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
who was it that minnie almost lost too?
South Dakota State, or am I thinking of the Jamie Pollards State university?
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
Yeah, it was SDSU.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
From Frank Leahy's wiki...
…
A controversial 14-14 tie against Iowa denied the Irish another potential national championship.
Which is just bullshit. Evy should have put his cigar out in Leahy’s eye.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I think there's a website for that...
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
i think you are right.
Leahy is a scum bag
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
That had nothing to do with Notre Dame.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
So was he like the first douchebag coach in a long line of Charlie Weis' (Weises?)?
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
No, I was taking this quote
Fuck the Fainting Irish!
and making a very opaque, purposely-veiled reference to a specific disturbing fetish website. It clearly didn’t work.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I have a hunch...
that we wouldn’t tie Air Force.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
You're wrong.
Pandas are awesome. They’re mean as hell too. Or was that Koala bears?
Master of the convoluted IOWA cheers!
by EnergizerHawk on Apr 16, 2010 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Koalas are mean.
Pandas are just dumb and lazy.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
This.
Master of the convoluted IOWA cheers!
by EnergizerHawk on Apr 16, 2010 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions
pretty sure Iowa wouldn't tie Air Force
but, Iowa did tie, somehow, BYU
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
A 13-13 sister-kissing bonanza, as I recall.
That particular Holiday Bowl stands out for a number of reasons.
1.Ty Detmer had just won the Heisman
2.It was (record-wise) the most successful season under Hayden Fry and
3.I was 11 and had looked forward to this night for nearly a month…only to come down with the flu in a major way. I watched the game lying on the couch, half-conscious, vomiting about every 15 minutes throughout the night. Ugh.
Interestingly enough, because of the tie, Iowa managed only a 2-point spread in its three Holiday Bowl appearances yet never lost. Weird.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I remember
the talk of that game, prior to its conclusion, as being the first time an Iowa team would finish with 11 wins. Such was not to be, however. Also, the Holiday Bowl was a rather low place for Iowa to fall for such a successful season, one that Hlas (if I recall correctly) at the time mentioned that was part of the Big Ten’s efforts to improve the stature of the the Holiday Bowl. Funny how these things work out.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I remember being in like middle school...
…and thinking that game was such a Gyp gip jip.
I hated that two teams could play so hard (and I could cheer so hard) and not have a clear winner. Interestingly I hated soccer for the same reasons back then and only watched tournament (mostly World Cup) games because they had overtime and penalty kicks.
I’m a huge soccer supporter (always have been) I just hated ties. but now I understand The Beautiful Game and why ties are alright. However, I never want to see an american football game end in a tie again.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 19, 2010 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Just because I can truthfully say it...
….I feel compelled to tell all of you that I was not even BORN when that 1958 season occurred. This is to balance out all of my “Man you don’t know how bad Iowa FB can get unless you experienced the 1973 season” type of posts. Also, I need to balance out my Mort Sahl references, too.
Also also, pandas are mean—did you NOT see TROPICAL THUNDER?
Or was it TROPIC THUNDER? Cripes, at my age it gets hard to remember….
"If you want to become a man--come to Iowa" All American IOWA LB PAT ANGERER, whose best friend is a dog.
what year is the 52nd anniv of the banana jersey?
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
The day after hell freezes over.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
would you way most hate those jersey's?
I’m a big fan, wishing to find one on eBay.
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
by pfac51 on Apr 17, 2010 2:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Those unis were awesome
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
by White Lightning on Apr 16, 2010 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
They were so ugly
that you just know they will evenutally achieve some sort of kitsch value. Funny the things we remember from our youths, I distinctly recall a pre-season tv special looking forward to the upcoming year, highlighted by the unveiling of the “new” uniforms, on either KCRG or KGAN. Of course, there had to be a lot of hype about the new unis, as Iowa had come off a couple of disappointing seasons and the next year looked even bleaker. Just a shame that we had to wear such garish unis doing it. Even worse, the banana peel unis were those Iowa was forced to have in the first version of NCAA Football for Playstation I had (didn’t stop me from winning the national title, though. Oh for the days of the HB toss-sweep being an unstoppable play).
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
The banana peel jerseys also taint many of the memories of Timmy D.
Which is unforgivable.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Also unforgivable?
Using “taint” and “Timmy D” in the same sentence…sinner.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 17, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Agreed.
the black ones.
The white ones were just, OK-to-mediocre.
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
-- Judge Smails
by WaterlooChazz on Apr 17, 2010 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions
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