Kinnick After Dark: Iowa-Penn State Set For Primetime
by RossWB on Apr 15, 2010 10:38 PM CDT
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PrintPer Mas Casa, the October 2nd tilt between Iowa and Penn State is set for the now seemingly annual Kinnick night game (7-7:30pm CST, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2). We may not play the Nittany Lions for a trophy, but there's no doubt that, at least in ABC's eyes, this has become one of the hottest (albeit one-sided) rivalries in the Big Ten. For reference's sake, this is how we do night games:
Or like this:
Conversely, this is how Penn State does it:
The Arizona game is also still widely rumored to be a night game (which would be a 9-9:30pm CST kick-off), given the oft-sweltering daytime temperatures in Tucson in September. If that rumor holds up, it might lead to be the drunkest LIVEGAMEOPENTHREAD of all time here.
Morehouse also offers a little interesting speculation:
The league schedule is set through 2012, but after that there could be a push for the conference to move premier rivalry games (Ohio State-Michigan) into October, so they could be televised during primetime. Of course, Iowa and Minnesota would fit into that scenario, too.
On one hand, the tradition of closing out the year with a beatdown of the Gophers is eminently satisfying. On the other hand, beating them senseless under the lights would be pretty damn fun, too.
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Rivalries in primetime will be great.
But I’d much rather play Penn State at night on a yearly basis. However, if we can get two night games a year, bring on the primetime Gophers.
Also, I would like to take the opportunity to applaud the black out. I was not a huge fan of the idea because I loved the “gold bowl” from 2006, but Kinnick looked amazing when Michigan came to town last year. In fact, I think I may prefer it.
Primetime rivalries would be a lot of fun...
although it may be a moot point. If they move OSU-Michigan earlier in the season to play it in primetime, the Big Ten isn’t going to want any other conference games scheduled opposite it at nights. It would also be awkward unless the Big Ten relaxes their rule on November night games; it’s hard to imagine Michigan-OSU or other main B10 rivalries being played in October.
However, if we can get two night games a year,
I love night games, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon; the administration hates night games for all the additional costs and hassle they bring.
And agreed re: the blackout. I wish I could have found a better pic of last year’s blackout because it did look awesome. I’m sure the PSU game this year will be either a blackout or a goldout.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Best blackout shot I've found
I like blackout games, but better when they aren’t night games. Mainly because this is how I rememberall that I can remember of the Michigan game: Stanzi six, Moeaki down the seam, Moeaki down the seam again, halftime (break out the flask), game clinching INT, wakeup at home at 6am with two gatorades and a bag of doritos I don’t remember buying. I think I take things too literally at times.
by PackerHawk on Apr 15, 2010 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Did you go panning for gold in the Iowa River on the Gold Rush game?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
No, that one I managed to stay sane
I think the aforementioned misadventure is more of a night game thing than a blackout thing. I remember the Arizona game from last year.
That's for the best.
Any gold you might find in the Iowa River would likely be radioactive or some shit.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Exactly.
I don’t know how people can eat the fish they catch in there. I also cringe when I see people letting their children play in the pools of water in the spring when lower city park floods. That’s not okay.
You should see what people pull out
of the Chicago River. A lot of locals fish there all the time and I just stare in blank amazement.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions
My sister's office is on the Chicago River
One day in front of the doors to her office last summer, she watched a couple police officers pull out a dead body.
"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 Apr 16, 2010 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions
So?
that is fishing here. You should see the teamster-turned-state’s-evidence I have mounted on my wall.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
are you kidding me?
kids have been playing in puddles for thousands of years… how is it not okay?
Brunettes not fighter jets
Here's the one you can buy at Replay Photos
"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 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
Never cared for blackouts
but under the lights with the gold pom-poms was extremely cool on TV. I was at the fOSU game and the gold was awesome.
Life is hard. It's really hard if you're stupid.
Agreed
I always thought blackouts looked a lot worse that the gold out, but Michigan last year was about as cool as I’ve ever seen Kinnick look. The pom-poms, while kinda dorky, wound up being a really cool visual.
Ross did you take that picture? If so I think I was pretty close to you.
I did not, sadly.
I just found that through a Google Image Search.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Double agreed
I thought the Gold Out/whatever its called looked better, but was really impressed by the visuals of the Michigan game last year. Besides, the OSU game didn’t exactly go that well for us, so karma alone dictates that you stick with the one that brung ya and go with a “blackout” for the night game, since we actually won that one.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I was also at the tOSU game
and have a question for you. Do you think the long lead-in time for such a hotly anticipated game could actually hurt environment? Here’s what I mean by that. By our nature, Iowa tailgaters start early; it’s just what we’re used to. Most of us are buzzing and have those pre-big-game butterflies of giddy excitement all day long. Then we get into the stadium, see the black out/gold rush/whatever, and the frenzy reaches 11 when Back In Black comes on and the Hawks take the field…and then we blow our collective wad. Now, sure, if Iowa stays competitive from the get go I think that energy can be maintained; last year against Michigan bears that out. But in a game like tOSU, I felt that once we got down by a few scores, the crowd just didn’t have any energy left to pick the team up. Not that it would have mattered much with Anthony Gonzalez running around uncovered all night…
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions
I think that game was a talent problem, not a fan enthusiasm problem.
From my recollection, it seemed like the fans were just waiting for something — anything — to cheer for in that game, but there just weren’t many good things happening. Gonzalez was running free as a bird through our secondary and the offense couldn’t match OSU.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I agree
My memory is a little fuzzy (getting old sucks, BTW), but I believe in the 3rd quarter it looked like the Hawks could be getting something going and the crowd was right back in it.
The talent discrepancy was pretty obvious that night, though.
Life is hard. It's really hard if you're stupid.
I'm pretty sure
Gonzalez owes his high(er) draft position to us in that game. This game was also (thankfully) about the last time that Norm experimented with the sell-the-farm blitz in order to bring pressure (defined as bringing 6 or more rushers). Problem was that everyone and their mom could see it coming, and OSU simply audible/read out of it.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Well, I think Ross really already nailed it.
That tOSU team was just flat-out better. Had Norm kept the boys home Troy Smith would have just danced around until he found an open receiver to gash us with. Their defense wasn’t as scary as I thought they would be but the Buckeye offense shredded the Hawks like few others have under KF.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 17, 2010 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions
It was a bad combination.
Probably the best OSU offense in recent memory against probably the weakest Iowa defense in recent memory.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
It may have been different with a team other than aOSU...
…because losing to them feels inevitable at times, and when we got down in 06 I think everyone kind of went “well, that figures- – it was fun during the day though.”
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
As Ross noted, that had more to do with us getting crushed by OSU
Most crowds are going to be deflated by that. We were up and loud for basically the entire Michigan game, and that had the same sort of all day tailgating and pre-game buzz.
How is this is a rivalry?
Your rivalry is with Anthony Morelli, not with Penn State.
The league schedule is set through 2012, but after that there could be a push for the conference to move premier rivalry games (Ohio State-Michigan) into October, so they could be televised during primetime.
This would be odd, since many OSU-UM fans don’t even like expansion because it might ruin the sanctity of THE GAME.
"can your nerd powers explain what this dude is doing in the thread above? I think we’re already defeated"
by ReadingRambler on Apr 15, 2010 11:11 PM CDT reply actions
BRING BACK MORELLI!
WE WILL HAVE OUR REVENGE!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
How about just sucking it up and playing night games in November?
Really, it’s an arbitrary rule. It’s not like on Nov 1 the temp drops 20 degrees everywhere north of the Ohio River. It’s still f-ing cold during the day. Afternoon kickoffs can end up under the lights, still cold. Finally, what are we the SEC? We can handle the cold weather up here.
just because we can doesnt mean we should
I’ve sat through plenty of Minnesota games at Kinnick, and that’s brutal enough. I couldn’t imagine watching that game at night. I don’t think others would be ecstatic either.
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by mikjones24 on Apr 16, 2010 6:49 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
The last Hawkeye game I went to was Wisconsin in 04
And that game finished up at night. But the crowd was so rocking, I sure as shit didn’t care despite being completely sober. I really don’t think one late-season night game is a big deal.
Wisky in '04 was probably the greatest game I was at as a student
It also helped that we were playing for a co-Big Ten Championship. Honestly though, there’s nothing better than a “night game” at the end of November, it is a great way to “level” the playing field with some of the quirks that accompany cold weather. I certainly wouldn’t complain about sitting outside at Minny’s new field with 40,000 of my closest friends, since the Minny fans got too used to the Humpty Dump.
They took the bar, the whole fucking bar!
by recoveringfratguy on Apr 16, 2010 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Wuss.
Iowa/Minny SHOULD be buttfucking cold (the kind that puckers your bunghole). Spiked hot chocolate (or pulls of Old Grand-dad straight off the bottle) is the way to tailgate in November (hot toddys for the ladies).
I’d love to attend a night game at Wisky or Minny in late November. THAT would be football.
Just look at the kind of atmosphere that Lambeau Field generates every week in the winter, not too far from the Canadian border. I mean C’MON!
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions
Pretty much my point
I’m only half kidding about that. I understand the desire to stay warm, I’m kind of a wuss in that I actually tailgate with warm beverages and use hot chocolate for a mixer in the stadium starting in October. I’m also a wuss because I dress appropriately for the temperatures and manage to stay mostly warm at all events. I tend to enjoy my warmth inside of my layers, peering out from my balaclava, and smugly mocking people who are complaining about the cold because they’re wearing jeans, a sweatshirt, no hat or gloves when it’s 10 with wind chill of -5 and think that they’re increasing their cred by risking frostbite.
The other thing is that at Lambeau people know how to dress for that. My last trip, kickoff was 5deg and up to 12 by the end of the game and I was fairly comfy. Also, nothing like using your heavy ass winter boots to chip away at the layer of ice on the bleachers before you sit down. Even then, there were idiots who were shirtless by the end of the 1st quarter/ Good thing they were so drunk they didn’t realize that they were getting frostbite, bet it hurt later that night.
I was calling MikJ a wuss (good natured ribbing, not name calling)...
…and that’s exactly it. You dress for the cold. It’s frickin Iowa, we know how to dress for the elements here.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Sure....
It’s all fun and games until you sit down on the bleachers and your balls stick through your pants like a tongue to a flagpole!
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That's no excuse...
…and if you do you should call Mike Leach.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Because he likes pirates
or punishes wusses severely. Both are true, you know.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions
We broke our Michigan snap, we'll break this one. Eventually.
Although the OSU and Michigan hate runs deep for us, its tough to feel too bad about Iowa. We lose to you, you STB in another B10 game you shouldn’t (like OSU or USC’s Pac10 yearly debacle). It all evens out in the end.
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Our sheet soiling, sad to say, usually happens with jNW.
I’m convinced it’s the purple uni’s – one glance at them seems to cause involuntary spasms of the colon.
"Oh no, don't do that, don't do that. If you shoot him, you'll just make him mad." - The Waco Kid
That's how I feel about Daniel Murray.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Apr 16, 2010 7:45 AM CDT up reply actions
We actually beat them the last time they wore purple against Iowa (2007).
Lately, it’s been the whites that have given us fits, what with their three game winning streak in Kinnick…
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I have always contended
that Northwestern plays better at Kinnick because they’re just excited to have fans watching them. “Hey, this feels like a football game” is the general vibe from the sidelines. At Ryan/Dyche/Crissy Cox Memorial Stadium the energy just stinks…unless their students are throwing iceballs at our band.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Indeed.
Although they fail miserably in Camp Randall, Happy Valley, the Horshoe, the Big House…
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
When you consider how many Iowa students/alums are Chicagoans
Northwestern just feels energized by their home crowd!
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Chicago pride!
I guess they would get excited to see more Chicagoans at Kinnick than at Ryan…
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Exactly.
By the way, “Chicago Pride” sounds like the gay spin-off of “Chicago Hope”. Maybe Mandy Patankin could be in that, too.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions
He's busy regretting leaving Criminal Minds.
And constantly staring in the mirror and saying “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
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by Jeff Junstrom on Apr 16, 2010 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Really...
And here I thought Chicago Hope was the gay spin-off of ER…
/never watched Chicago Hope
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
No, it was the
Begley Jr.-less St. Elsewhere.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Hmm.
I think these guys are from Chicago.
"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 Apr 16, 2010 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
That's me!
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Actually . . .
Wisconsin has a jNWU problem almost as bad as Iowa.
We and the Badgers are like mirror images in many ways. Including excessive alcohol consumption and losing to Ferrari-driving trust fund douchebags.
Continuing the comparison
We lose to jNWU at home but beat them in Evanston. Wisconsin beats them in Madison but cracks in the raucous atmosphere of Ryan Field.
One of my buddies has a theory about the white with purple trim
It neatly explains the UNI game last year. Totally fucked with our psyche because it was like playing jNWU. Then with 7 seconds left the team realized they were playing UNI not jNWU.
Well, I think it finally dawned on them that it wasn't jNWU...
when no star players for Iowa were injured during the game.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Iowa shits the bed in another B10 game?
Like say, a mediocre Minnesota team or a middle of the road Iowa team?
"can your nerd powers explain what this dude is doing in the thread above? I think we’re already defeated"
by ReadingRambler on Apr 16, 2010 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Are you insinuating that Penn State STB against Iowa
in each of the losses, or just particular ones, like the Daniel Murray kick game? Because if last year was “middle of the road”, I believe Mr. Clayborn would like a word with you.
STB is a relative term.
The Daniel Murray loss was an STB. Last year was a straight up loss to a solid team.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Apr 16, 2010 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes.
I’d say giving up that lead in the 4th quarter, combined with miserable coaching, leads to the conclusion of STB.
"can your nerd powers explain what this dude is doing in the thread above? I think we’re already defeated"
by ReadingRambler on Apr 17, 2010 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
"You are Looking Live at Historic Kinnick Stadium!"
I love Brent – his level of cheeseyness is perfect. Balanced nicely by Herby who seems to know what he is talking about.
Some of my favorite quotes:
- “Can you say Sunday Ball?”
- “Let’s talk about Momentum.”
- any intro he has ever recorded
Adrian Clayborn is strong enough to pull the ears off a Gundark
by The Bacon Explosion on Apr 16, 2010 7:26 AM CDT reply actions
He is, but that's what makes him great
You never know if he is actually watching the game, has any clue what is going on or what might come out of his mouth next. He is a dunce but a happy, basically complementary one.
American Idol ratings are slipping this year because of the lack of Paula Abdul. Everyone though the show would die without Simon, he can be replaced. Anyone can be jackass with a British accent but it takes a lot more work to find the level of crazy that Paula has obtained. This is the same with Mussberger – you never know what he is going to say. There is only so much announcers can discuss calling a time out to stop the clock at the end of the half. To fill the void I would imagine a producer somewhere at ESPN whispers in Brent’s ear something like, “Hey, say something bat-shit crazy right now about #77’s pants” boom, dead air filled. The power of crazy cannot be underestimated.
Adrian Clayborn is strong enough to pull the ears off a Gundark
by The Bacon Explosion on Apr 16, 2010 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions
I also loved when he signed off
a week after getting cited for open container in Lincoln, NE. “Alright Herbie, now let’s go get a beverage that hopefully costs a little less than the one I enjoyed last week in Nebraska”. That was funny stuff.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 16, 2010 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions
That's because he's drunk all the time.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
In my book
he’ll always get a pass if, for no other reason, than he was the one who called the 1985 Michigan-Iowa game.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Musberger owns
His intros are the best, and pretty much instant goosebumps for me.
Do you also like Iowa's winged jerseys?
"can your nerd powers explain what this dude is doing in the thread above? I think we’re already defeated"
by ReadingRambler on Apr 16, 2010 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I did at the time
I was also 16 and thought any uniform change was automatically good. I appreciate tradition and can objectively critique ugliness now. For some reason I still like Oregon’s uniform antics though. It’s just so ballsy: “you never know what we’ll wear this week”.
Seems like prison orange is en vogue this week.
Who's leg do I have to hump to get a drink around here?-Brian
I thought the Georgia investigation was closed?
Back to Ben working on one for the other index finger. And a Super Bowl ring too!
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by Jeff Junstrom on Apr 16, 2010 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I predicted a joke...
when I read the word “finger”
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 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions
No those suck real bad
I love Brent. He’s like a lovable drunk old uncle. If people just stopped taking shit so seriously they’d love him too.
It has nothing to do with taking shit seriously and everything to do with him being annoying.
"can your nerd powers explain what this dude is doing in the thread above? I think we’re already defeated"
by ReadingRambler on Apr 16, 2010 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Annoying because he fellates OSU all year long?
by The Mexican't on Apr 16, 2010 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm just a sheep.
I just regurgitate what others say. I’m too lazy to form my own opinion.
by The Mexican't on Apr 16, 2010 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions
If you think Musburger isn’t annoying, there’s nothing we can do for you.
"can your nerd powers explain what this dude is doing in the thread above? I think we’re already defeated"
by ReadingRambler on Apr 17, 2010 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
The Musberger drinking game...
…owned my ass this last year.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Since I had to watch both the OSU and Michigan night games on TV
I thought the Gold Out was clearly the better looking one on TV. Though, the play on the field was much better in the black out.
All time favorite was the Greene Out. Maybe we could all wear RED, WHITE & BLUE and have a Stanzi-Out!
MINDTHIEF!
I suggested exactly that on Twitter last night. (So, yeah, great minds, yadda yadda, etc.)
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Can you imagine how hard it would be to organize?
I wasn’t confident that the students could successfullly coordinate the “Green(e) Out” Trying to sort out 3 different colors would be a mess. I’d suggest that the University plan the event and place the shirts in the stadium before the game, but if able I’d be stealing as many shirts as possible before the other students arrived.
by The Mexican't on Apr 16, 2010 9:03 AM CDT up reply actions
How much coordination do you really need, though?
Just let them know they should wear red, white, or blue. I’m sure some enterprising local businesses would be happy to make some shirts for the occasion (I know there were some very cool specialty Green(e) Out shirts.
And, conveniently, I believe all shirts at BHGP Shirts can be ordered in red, white, or blue…
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I guess that's true.
I just had a really ambitious flag-in-the-crowd image. I never even considered a spattering of red, white and blue.
by The Mexican't on Apr 16, 2010 9:19 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm looking forward to more of this.
**Penn State DE Josh Gaines leaves Iowa’s Kinnick Historic Kinnick Stadium in defeat amidst the home team’s celebration.
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
You're looking forward to players leaving the field?
Agreed, I hated it when Ohio State stayed for days, ruining our groundskeeping.
"can your nerd powers explain what this dude is doing in the thread above? I think we’re already defeated"
by ReadingRambler on Apr 16, 2010 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
sorry.
looking forward to dejected psu players leaving the field after defeat.
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
He doesn't look dejected. He just looks cold.
"can your nerd powers explain what this dude is doing in the thread above? I think we’re already defeated"
by ReadingRambler on Apr 16, 2010 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
I think he looks pissed, personally.
I mean, they had a shot at the MNC snatched away from them at the last second. Its like “Fuck, how much more can go wrong?”
Yes, as a Hawk fan, it was a great game but we also got extremely lucky. Had you guys elected to not throw the ball that resulted in the INT, I think you would have won and our season (and this season) might’ve turned out much differently.
Hawk fans really need to appreciate just because PSU is snake-bitten when it comes to us right now, its probably not going to stay that way forever. Just as we WILL beat tOSU one of these days, and we will beat a good tOSU team.
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by Leftcoast Hawk on Apr 16, 2010 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks.
But seriously, he just looks cold to me, I can’t see his facial expression.
"can your nerd powers explain what this dude is doing in the thread above? I think we’re already defeated"
by ReadingRambler on Apr 16, 2010 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
That game looked windy and miserable on TV
What I think opposing teams don’t get about playing in Kinnick is just how bad the wind can be… unless you’ve got a really strong armed QB, if its blowing its Pick/Rick Six time.
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by Leftcoast Hawk on Apr 16, 2010 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
It was windy and miserable.
I had to buy an extra sweatshirt from the Kinnick Hawk Shop before the game started. I also remember thinking that my toes were going to fall off.
by The Mexican't on Apr 16, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Now you know how Norm feels daily : p
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by Leftcoast Hawk on Apr 16, 2010 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Norm gets along fine
Thank you very much.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Apr 16, 2010 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
One of the best handles on this board
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by Leftcoast Hawk on Apr 16, 2010 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Speaking from anecdotal evidence, i.e. – my Dad – the older crowd is not in favor of night games. Get home too late, leaving is a nightmare because they can’t see, drunk kids on lawns, etc, etc. The schools will push back some if the big ten jacks with this too much, even though the home crowd is way more enthusiastic for 7:00 pm than 11:00 kickoffs. Finally, the only way UM v tOSU agree to move that game is with expansion and a title game.
isn't the 11am thing an East coast bias for Noon starts like the NFL?
I agree, 8pm EST starts are more fun. What about more of the 6PM EST starts like the Arizona State game a few yrs ago?
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
That game didn't actually "start" at 6pm...
…other than that, I’ve completely erased it from my memory.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions
I think he means the one in Iowa City.
Which did start at 5pm local time and was awesome because it featured Razor Ramon going fucking nuts. That game is not worth expunging from the ol’ memory banks. The rematch? What are you talking about, that game never happened.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Now, Now
We are better than Tim Brewster. We don’t try to hide the fact that our ass whoopins we get never happened.
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by BStylin Hawkye on Apr 16, 2010 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, we don't erase them from the record books.
We just drink to forget that they ever happened.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
This.
And that freak lightning/rainstorm in the desert? Seriously, WTF was that about?
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
we sat behind the Arizona State fans for the 5pm CST time start @ Kinnick
sorry, i wasn’t as specific. after we were bathed in sun for the first qtr, it was all lights.
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
i remember the photo from the QC times of a very dejected/ confused
Bruce Snyder after the epic 2 points ASU scored. Brian Ferentz scored.
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
Yeah, I remember the 5pm start (that's why I thought of the other one)...
…I was there cheering against the traitorous Mr. Hill.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
It's weird when a team only scores 2 points.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
There was nothing traitorous about Hakim Hill, from what I recall.
He was just a fucking scumbag.
I always figure that if a D-I player from Iowa City doesn’t have an offer from Iowa (or has an offer revoked), there’s a damn good reason.
But, yes, I did enjoy rooting against him.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
True.
It’s not like he’s Jason Fucking Ford or anything like that. I don’t know why, but that kid’s defection just absolutely burns my ass.
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Apr 16, 2010 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I honestly had to google Mr. Ford....
….and then laughed for a while when I saw where he picked instead of us. I’m sure it’s burning his ass too.
We returned the favor with the Polish Hat, so I think we win.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed.
I think the Polish Hat will genuniely be the better part of that deal. While you can never have too many talented tailbacks, we’re certainly testing the outer limits of that theory this year.
I didn’t realize that Ford was second string this year. Sure seems like he got a lot of reps last year. If that’s true, though, if the kid isn’t good enough to start for the Zooker then he certainly wouldn’t get time ahead of Hampton, Robinson, Wegher or the Cambus.
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Apr 16, 2010 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions
It was K. Hill that hurt my young feelings...
…so his brother took the verbal abuse that night.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
So what?
By the time the starts are announced they’ve already made their non-refundable donations to the I-Club, so if they don’t show up it leaves me more elbow room and the ability to jump around on the bleechers. Old people suck anyway (they don’t get drunk or excited enough).
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions
I took my dad to that other Michigan game in ‘07 (I dare not speak it’s name) and we sat in what had to be a section reserved entirely for 50-year-old men. I don’t even know if any of them paid attention to what was happening on the field, because they seemed so content just listening to it on the radio and talking with one another—instead of, you know, watching it happen right in front of them. At that point, save yourself the donor money and just listen to it in your car.
It’s a bitch to leave and there’s drunk kids on the lawn no matter what time the game happens. Those people are going to stick around and drink after the game if it’s an 11:00 kickoff anyway. At least give us a night game or two a year and let us enjoy it.
The biggest headache with night games is that everybody has to leave at once.
The University boots everyone out of the lots immediately after the game. Day or afternoon games at least allow for some post-game tailgating and the opportunity for some people to hang back while traffic crawls away from the stadium. I’d hazard a guess that the old people sit in their RV’s anyway while the peons head out.
Also, I bet that crowd from the ’07 game sits in a club suite now.
Yep...
we were all leaving the OSU night game. I had made the mistake of parking in a hospital ramp. On top of that, some idiot got pulled over at the exit driveway for an open container, or being crocked, or something. I don’t think I left IC that night until 11 or 11:30 pm.
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 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
The bes thing about
the black out game this year was going downtown after the game and seeing everyone in all black at the bar, was a cool site
The other "best thing about Black Out games"
is that everyone’s already dressed and ready for their Project Mayhem missions later that night.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yes officer...
…my name is Robert Paulson.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 16, 2010 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
we're not supposed to talk about project mayhem, Ross
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
by pfac51 on Apr 17, 2010 3:36 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Again,
What are the three rules of “Fight Club?”
"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
consider this silence very telling...
Adrian Clayborn is strong enough to pull the ears off a Gundark
by The Bacon Explosion on Apr 19, 2010 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions
It's a weather/temperature thing.
A GOLDOUT is the way to go when it will be 50 degrees or above. You can get away with a yellow shirt or sweatshirt over layers of clothes if it’s a bit chilly.
A BLACKOUT is what you do when it will be under 50 degrees. I have plenty of black coats for the cold, but no gold/yellow ones. Michigan game was fucking freezing, and anyone who thinks I will show up wearing a yellow sweatshirt in weather like that also thinks that the earth is round.
I mean, flat. Still get that confused sometimes.
"If you want to become a man--come to Iowa" All American IOWA LB PAT ANGERER, whose best friend is a dog.
This is exactly right.
I was actually going to post the same exact thing.
The gold out worked because it was warm that day.
The blackout worked because it was cold as balls that day.
The USA thing might has to work because no one wants to mess with J Leman and Stanzi.
The day blackout game against AZ last year, not so good
It was hot and sunny and I wanted to wear gold or white, but was too willing to wear the color that the SID wanted me too.
Also, I don’t like the color-coordinated games for non-conference matchups, unless it’s something as hyped as the Miami game from 1985.
My winter coat is an Iowa one...
and is technically reversible, although I usually wear it with the gold side out. So I can go with either the gold or blackout in cold weather.
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 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions
It was a reebok coat...
that I got from the Waterloo Scheel’s about 10 years ago.
And I have had to have the zipper puller replaced already. To be honest, unless I drop some weight, I may not be able to zip it up next winter.
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 19, 2010 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Gophers...
Sandy: I want you to kill every gophers on the golf course!
Carl Spackler: Correct me if I’m wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers, they’re gonna lock me up and throw away the key…
Sandy: Not golfers, you great fool! Gophers! The little brown, furry rodents -!
Carl Spackler: We can do that; we don’t even have to have a reason. All right, let’s do the same thing, but with gophers -!
I never get tired of thinking of that whole exchange in reference to beating the absolutely dogshit out of Minnesota as often as possible.
My blog: http://www.gretainthebox.com
Hi, look what I brought.
No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Apr 16, 2010 4:48 PM CDT reply actions
After I recovered from the nausea that this clip induced...
I realized that the story line for Oct 2, 2010 is special teams. Basically if you splice this with the Murray FG from 2008 you have what will be shown before every special teams play on that night.
Unfortunately, youre right.
“You’re looking live at a replay of last year’s blocked punt.”
Black Shoe Diaries
Success With Honor
by Jeff Junstrom on Apr 16, 2010 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I want to punch this thing in the face.
Black Shoe Diaries
Success With Honor
by Jeff Junstrom on Apr 16, 2010 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions
This "thing" has no face
Try punching that, fool
No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Apr 17, 2010 1:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Deep.
I like the idea of punching it in the face more than I like punching it in the face.
Black Shoe Diaries
Success With Honor
by Jeff Junstrom on Apr 17, 2010 7:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes! Yes!
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 17, 2010 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
No!
“Not in the face! Not in the face!”
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The Tick is classic
but not as classic as seeing a pre-E.R. Eriq LaSalle in a St. John’s get-up with fringe.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 19, 2010 3:02 AM CDT up reply actions
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