Hawkster Runoff: Season Ticket Sales Approaching Sellout Status
If the reference isn't already immediately obvious, read here for a little bit.
The Iowa Hawkeye football team announced that they are probably going to try being sellouts. This is probably what their Big Ten label wants. Normally if you ignore your label, it gives you instant cred, but the Big Ten is going to 'shake up the industry' with some acquisitions later this year + shit would probably 'hit the fan' if Iowa didn't do what they were told. If Iowa cost the Big Ten a chance at signing Neb Co because they were more concerned with 'true fans' than popularity, the buzzblogs would probably make some new embarrassing memes about the state of Iowa. People in Iowa would have to cover their Iowa bumper stickers with ones about loving America.
Before every game, Iowa fans like to hold 'tailgate parties' so everyone can get their party on with their best bros + soro girls that they're trying to see naked. Sometimes they dress in vintage Hawkeye clothes. Are they establishing their personal ironic brand or trying to support the Hawkeyes for being mainstream? Is your Facebook picture with your black and gold overalls and aviator sunglasses more about you or the Hawkeyes?
Everyone knows the hottest parties at Iowa are tailgate parties.You get to break the rules and drink on university property, even though buzz blogs haven't decided if it's still cool 2 break rules now that BarO is Prez. Is authority 'on the rebound'? It's probably smart to not trust the pigs until they get on twitter and start building their 'online voice' so the blogs can judge them.
Kinda think there should be a tailgating lot for bicycles. Fixed gears could go right next to the high end bikes and we could 'tailgate as one' + cut down on the carbon footprint. If cars were outlawed at tailgates, we would still be able to party at Olive Court without the 'nazis' closing it off. Is tailgating green, or only if it's on grass? Can a tailgate be chill if it's killing the environment?
Is Iowa selling out for the right reasons?
Would Iowa be the Radiohead of the Big Ten if they let fans choose their price/watch games 4 free?
Will the Big Ten give Iowa new rivals like Neb Co and Kan Jay as a reward for selling out, or is Iowa 'just another brick in the wall' - Pink Floyd
Would the stands still be full if the band were more alt?
Should the band play more Vampire Weekend?
What 'buzz tracks' should the marching band play?
What bands would you invite instead of the marching band to play at halftime?
Could your favorite band play a halftime set, or would they want need another hour to make a 'meaningful connection' with the fans?
Can you still be friends with someone if someone else shows up to the tailgate with the same number jersey shirt?
Should you take off/burn a jersey in order to avoid wearing the same number as someone else?
Is jersey burning alt?
What's the hot new buzz number for this season?
Should u choose a number nobody has and help establish your own brand?
Do u play drinking games to 'feel closer to the team'?
If u lose your drinking game will the Hawks lose too?
What's the new term for 'flippy cup' in 2k10?
Should these Hawkeye tailgate girls puke this beer up later to avoid 'fat thighs,' or is anorexia played out?
Were u pissed when you found out the Magic Bus wasn't magic?
Did John Kerry get more cred for tailgating, or did he lose the election for 'being a pussy' and not taking the beer bong?
Are all old people who try to tailgate assholes?
Is everyone who tailgates after they turn 24 a poser?
Will gathering like this and exercising your first amendment still be a 'buzz activity' in six months?
Is ur life empty without Iowa tailgates?
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Sooo much better than Hey Jude.
I always hated playing a sing-along that nobody sang along to. Hell, that fucking Miley Cyrus song would be a better option.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Apr 30, 2010 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions
For a small period of time it bugged it when we didn't play Hey Jude
Then I realized no one recognizes it, but it was painful to play Sweet Caroline all last season.
Which is a huge upgrade
but clearly the property of the Boston Red Sox. We need to start a Third Period Sing Along thread. Even jNW has a better one.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 1, 2010 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Hmm... that has some merit.
Do HMB threads tend to be posted on this glorious BHGP interwebs site though?
Master of the convoluted IOWA cheers!
by EnergizerHawk on May 1, 2010 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions
We post about damn near anything here, as I'm sure you've noticed.
And if it’s Iowa-related, so much the better.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
On it.
(because clearly you were going to lose sleep over this)
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 1, 2010 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Nope, had some Crown Royal tonight...
I’ll be sleeping easy tonight.
Master of the convoluted IOWA cheers!
by EnergizerHawk on May 1, 2010 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
What the fuck was that?
Is it weird to know the precise location as to where all these pictures were taken?
by J.R. Angle has a posse on Apr 30, 2010 9:06 AM CDT reply actions
Jack Bauer Would Approve
of tailgaiting after 24. And that’s all that really matters.
Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable. - Werner Herzog
I didn't even get my bibs until after 24
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Apr 30, 2010 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions
What the fuck?
Please, if you ever find another site like this, don’t ever introduce me to it (go ahead, but I’ll hate myself for the rest of the day for not being able to look away from the fucking train wreck madness).
That site is everything that’s wrong with modern society. It’s the internet version of shopping at Hot Topic. “I’m different because I think the same way that all other ‘different’ people think.” I love that he questions if things were easier for indy bands five years ago, making the argument that today’s indy is better and more competative. Maybe the only difference is that the writer isn’t 13 years old anymore, and is now old enough to discern between musical styles. No, no, music has made a quantum leap. That must be it.
By the way, when did hipsters become rich assholes? I’ve always thought of hipsters as, like, Dobie Gillis or the characters from the book Generation X (you know, poor assholes… or at least poor).
Jacobi, kudos. Matching that “writing style” must have been hard. You probably had to hit yourself in the head repeatedly with an iPad, while drinking the trendiest form of martini until you could blow your reduced IQ on a breathalizer. Wow. That site is rediculous. Meme dropping, meme meme meme meme meme. I’m starting to feel old, because that site convinced me that anyone under 20 years old automatically sucks (I blame them for all of the snarky, stupid trends since the mid-90s).
AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggg!!!
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 30, 2010 10:35 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Hipster Kitty's Moustache Ride doubts your indie cred
No self-respecting man from Iowa goes anywhere without beer
by Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride on Apr 30, 2010 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Y'know what I hate (I love starting sentences with that line)...
…is the whole idea of hipsters (or whatever it’s cool to call yourself these days if you’re slightly outside the mainstream). I mean if you’re so cool, you don’t have to tell everyone you’re cool. If you don’t care what others think about you you’re dead you shouldn’t go around telling people that you don’t care (if you really didn’t care you wouldn’t waste your time).
And mainly I hate that people still think they are being so fucking original when there hasn’t been an original thought or action on this planet (BHGP aside) for at least the last 50 years (punk was as close as it got, but that was just a rehash of mid-60s garage music and the “greaser” culture of the 50s). I listened to emo music back in the mid to late 90s (before anyone know what emo meant, and LONG before it had been sold to teens as a reason to wear tight/girl jeans) and I thought I was alt, but then I grew up and now my musical sensibilities look at my younger self and shake their (fictional) head.
I might have some indie cred, but the second I say so it flies out the window. Fuck the youth of America for being sheep. Fuck the people that shop at hot topic for trying to be different by shopping at the mall. And fuck anyone else I’ve fogotten… cause “fuck it”, that’s why.
/cranky old man rant’d
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 30, 2010 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
That having been said...
…does anyone know a good beer to drink to kill my inner old man? I hear IPA is pretty good.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Apr 30, 2010 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
A Vampire Weekend reference?
"I will go to Germany and then play in a couple of AAU Tournaments like Peach Jam and Boo Williams." - Junior Lomomba
by Ornery Woody on Apr 30, 2010 2:47 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Vampire Weekend?
"I will go to Germany and then play in a couple of AAU Tournaments like Peach Jam and Boo Williams." - Junior Lomomba
by Ornery Woody on Apr 30, 2010 2:47 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Really?
"I will go to Germany and then play in a couple of AAU Tournaments like Peach Jam and Boo Williams." - Junior Lomomba
by Ornery Woody on Apr 30, 2010 2:47 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I mean, Jesus of Christ. Is someone concussed?
"I will go to Germany and then play in a couple of AAU Tournaments like Peach Jam and Boo Williams." - Junior Lomomba
by Ornery Woody on Apr 30, 2010 2:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
You mean you don't like the second coming
of post-Talking Heads David Byrne but with more mustaches and less pop sense?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 1, 2010 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Personally
I was disappointed in Vampire Weekend. Not nearly as crappy as I thought they would be. Still not as bad as Talking Heads though. If they keep working on it, I’m sure they’ll get there.
Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable. - Werner Herzog
You must only know Talking Heads hits then...
…because the Talking Heads are one of the greatest bands of all time. They were light years ahead of so many who followed. They were genius for being so weird, but looking so normal.
Sorry, I was always the “freak” jock. I was the Dennis Rodman (without all of the sex and drugs… at the time… and with none of the wedding dresses or makeup… but, it bears repeating, also without Carmen Electra’s boobs) of my basketball, baseball, and tennis (only guy on the team who never had one lesson) teams.
Also, I thought Vampire Weekend was just a bunch of mustaches (I thought the guys behind them were just props for “indie” cred).
by Eyeheartfreedumb on May 3, 2010 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm actually a fan of the Talking Heads
which is why I was clear to cite post-Talking Heads Byrne, when he went all operatic world music.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 4, 2010 3:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Can we just compromise...
and agree that Vampire Weekend is garbage?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Not entirely, as they are supremely named:
they do, after all, easily fill two days worth of suck…in fact, maybe they should be Vampire Long Weekend…
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 4, 2010 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions
TAILGATE RULES:
If you’re under 15, you’re probably so busy texting and looking bored that you don’t even realize you’re at a tailgate.
If you’re between 15-20, you stand about a 15% chance of getting someone, perhaps even yourself, accused of statutory rape, if you drink too much. So be careful out there.
If you’re over 20, you can’t get so drunk that you pee your pants.
If you’re over 25, you can’t put your arms around the person next to you and sing “American Pie.” If you’re male, you can never do this.
If you’re over 30, you can’t do a beer bong, unless you’re The Distinguished Senator From Massachusetts.
If you’re over 35, you can’t wear a numbered jersey.
If you’re over 40, you can get drunk, but you cannot appear drunk.
If you’re over 45, you are allowed sushi at your tailgate as long as you give most of it away to people who can’t afford it. If you are under 45, you are a pretentious douchebag if you have sushi at your tailgate.
If you’re over 50, you are allowed to tailgate only if you remain in the front seat of the car while trying to tune in a Fox Radio station.
If you’re over 55, you nap in the back of the truck or van until it’s time to go to your (Club)seat.
If you’re over 60, you’re in the wrong place. Go home, make sure you’ve taken all of your pills at the right time, and see what you’re allowed to eat before your colonoscopy Monday morning.
If you’re over 65, you’re not even remotely aware that BHGP exists, so fuck you for no particular reason.
If you’re over 70, not only are you allowed to pee your pants but you may also shit your pants if you drink to much, or even if you’re not drinking at all.
Them’s the rules—hey, I didn’t make ’em up, I only ENFORCE them!
"If you want to become a man--come to Iowa" All American IOWA LB PAT ANGERER, whose best friend is a dog.
I think there's a whole lot of substrata between 15 and 20 that you're glossing over there.
I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks
I know, but when you're the father...
….of two girls entering their teens, there’s some things you don’t want to even think about that might go on between the ages of 15-20 in kids like them.
For example, the mere uttering of the term “Rainbow Party” is enough to stroke a guy like me out, JUST LIKE THAT.
There are some things, as parent, I simply cannot think about. Most of them involve a skirt being pulled above a head and then the sound of babies crying. Others could, indeed, occur at a tailgate. Or on a tailgate, if your balance is exceptional.
"If you want to become a man--come to Iowa" All American IOWA LB PAT ANGERER, whose best friend is a dog.
"Rainbow Party"
is a myth propagated by Oprah and her brainless minions. Sure, it’s probably happened a couple of times, but I’d be willing to bet the the occurances of such an, um, event (?) increased as a result of that hysterical telecast by the Godmother of American Cultural Values and Trends a few years back. “Mom seems upset by something Oprah is talking about, maybe I should try it…”
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 1, 2010 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Myth or not....
……it’s not something a guy with daughters likes to think about, even as a remote possibility. And yes, it was probably co-opted by “copycats” but still……shudder.
BTW, I can’t stand Oprah, so +1 on that and her minions.
"If you want to become a man--come to Iowa" All American IOWA LB PAT ANGERER, whose best friend is a dog.
Believe me, as a father to a daughter
I have loads of concerns, but there’s no end to the things you could worry about so I try to just make sure she’s grounded in solid morals and hopefully she’ll use them. Hell, just yesterday I tried to explain the concept of kidnapping to her after she “went to find new parents” by letting herself out the front door and walking down the block. In Ft. Dodge this might not be a big deal, but we live in Chicago and she’s 5. Good grief, can’t wait ‘til she’s 16…
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 1, 2010 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Just tell her that her new parents could be jNW fans.
That should put the fear of God into her.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Given our neighborhood
her new parents are more likely to be members of this:

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 1, 2010 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions
He looks like a nice, respectable young man.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
That's ASL
for “I’ll love you forever”, right?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 1, 2010 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions
It's either that or "I will skullfuck you to bits."
I always get those two confused.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
"I will skullfuck you to bits?"
So you’re saying he sets goals for himself…
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 2, 2010 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
No.
Being well versed in ASL gives me the ability to say that the above picture is NOT the sign for “I’ll love you forever”
However, It could very well be what Ross suggested, there are a LOT of slang signs that people make up.
Master of the convoluted IOWA cheers!
by EnergizerHawk on May 2, 2010 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Or he's doing something far more eroitc
just right.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 4, 2010 3:16 AM CDT up reply actions
I am wearing my Dallas Clark jersy when I'm tailgating
and there isn’t a damn thing you can do about it.
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Apr 30, 2010 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm wearing my Chad Greenway
i don't wife em...i one night em
by smokinthereiff on Apr 30, 2010 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions
I wear a Mike Humpal Jersey
Can teams start laying down for the Braves, so Bobby Cox can go out in normal fashion.... losing in the NLCS?
I wear a "World's Greatest Grandma" t-shirt....
…..but that’s just me. I thought that rule might be controversial, but on the other hand it’s one that I read somewhere else—can’t even take credit for that one!
Now I’m going to take a sip of coffee from my “#1 Grandma” coffee mug.
"If you want to become a man--come to Iowa" All American IOWA LB PAT ANGERER, whose best friend is a dog.
One of the commenters at BSD - PaJoe - is close to 65 judging by his comments.
He is aware of BHGP but has never posted here. I made him aware of this site during the Orange Bowl, he joined, but said the comments were like a bomb going off.
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on Apr 30, 2010 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I think that "bomb going off" was probably a stroke.
He should immediately go to his local ER and have a CAT scan of his brain to see what was damaged. I guess that’s the danger of visiting this site before you’ve taken your blood pressure meds for the day.
"If you want to become a man--come to Iowa" All American IOWA LB PAT ANGERER, whose best friend is a dog.
I was in that thread;
I imagine his reaction was similar to what my parents thought back when Ren and Stimpy debuted.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 1, 2010 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I was in that thread;
I imagine his reaction was similar to what my parents thought back when Ren and Stimpy debuted.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 1, 2010 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions
4 more years
Thank god I got 4 more seasons to wear my numbered jerseys. In 4 years start watching eBay cause there’s gonna be one hell of a sale.
by HawkeyeVikingTwinsUnited on May 1, 2010 1:30 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Is it bad if...
You’re over 40, you go to the magic bus to have a few. And all you can think the whole time you’re there is, If I ever catch one of my daughters doing that I will ground her until she reaches menopause?
Who's leg do I have to hump to get a drink around here?-Brian
I'm over 45, and I am appalled
Are you saying that sushi is being served from tailgates at Iowa? If so, what in the name of IBP is going on?? Stanford, Cal, maybe even jNW or Michigan I might understand. It better not be happening at Kinnick. If it is, I expect, I demand, that game-goers inflict harassment and ridicule upon such people. Now, pardon me while I soak my brats in beer.
A fella steps out for a two pound burrito and all hell breaks loose.
Not very often, but I must admit that when it is I am impressed.
For one, it’s expensive, For another, it’s good. For a third, it’s not that easy to find on gameday unless you put in some effort. Finally, it’s a change of pace.
Like I said, it’s reserved only for certain situations: you must be over 45 and give most of it away.
"If you want to become a man--come to Iowa" All American IOWA LB PAT ANGERER, whose best friend is a dog.
My lovely wife
just pointed out to me that you can get Longaberger Iowa tailgate gear

She also said that she wants to tailgate with those people, because they’re obviously rich.
I would eat their sushi and drink their beer, and be secretly jealous of the wrought iron booze tub.
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on May 1, 2010 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Not to be a contrarian
but that really just looks tacky and would stick out like a sore thumb at an Iowa tailgate. The first time a mini football hit the side of that basket of rolls the owner would lose it.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 1, 2010 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
It's ridiculous.
The whole thing. But I like the booze tub stand
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on May 1, 2010 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, my sister-in-law got into Longaberger stuff for a while...
…..and I don’t get the big deal about it, though it did give us something to give her every year for X-Mas. To me, that stuff makes your tailgate look a little TOO organized if you know what I mean. Then again, if you’re middle-aged you ARE too organized, so maybe it fits.
Getting back to sushi: look, it’s kind of elitist, I know, but at least it’s not like some kind of pathetic vegetarian tailgate where they put “garden burgers” or “boca burgers” on buns whilst they stand around talking about how superior they are all morally to those grilling the flesh of murdered animals, etc.
At least sushi was moving at some point, and somebody had to kill it before they ate it, right?
And BTW, I usually have brats and burgers. Am I being too defensive on this? Methinks I doth protest too much.
"If you want to become a man--come to Iowa" All American IOWA LB PAT ANGERER, whose best friend is a dog.
I don't care what type of food people have at their tailgate.
So long as they’re willing to shoot the shit.
by The Mexican't on May 1, 2010 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Heroin?
Oh, you mean talk…
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 1, 2010 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions

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