The all-American was asked how often he hears people talking about the high expectations surrounding this year’s Hawkeye football team.
"Too much actually, it makes me want to stay in the house," he joked, then added: "But it comes with being a Hawkeye football player. I mean we’re the only team in the state, as far as I know. And it comes with being us, I guess."
Adrian Clayborn, as quoted by the Register. No, Clayborn is not taking a potshot at Iowa State. He's merely looking ahead 10 years after the Big XII actually collapses and ISU joins Dan Beebe at his old haunt, the Ohio Valley Conference.
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I guess this means
Iowa really did go undefeated in 2002, eh?
I have the same fashion sense as Tom Arnold.
by CyHawk on Jun 30, 2010 4:55 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
To be fair, that was one of Iowa State's better years
It’s not often that the Cyclones reach .500
That was my freshman year
Nothing jades you against a football team than starting out 6-1 (Including the Florida State game), reaching the top 10, and then slamming into the worst of the Big XII south and limping off the field after giving UConn their first ever division win?
The Run was tight, though.
I have the same fashion sense as Tom Arnold.
Hawkeye Confession
I went to the ISU game against Texas Tech that year and saw “The Run”. And it was pretty tight. IAt the time I was more of a college football fan in general rather than just a Hawkeye fan, because my parents didn’t want to choose between the Hawks and Cyclones. By the end of that season though I made my choice, and they started rooting for the Cyclones in spite of me.
Not to worry
Kirk will explain it all to him, if he hasn’t already today, and with absolutely no concern about physical harm.
A fella steps out for a two pound burrito and all hell breaks loose.
I would classify that as
bulletin board material.
"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.
Yeah
Which means he’s now given bulletin board material to the team’s first two opponents. I can’t wait to see what he says about Arizona next week.
by PackerHawk on Jun 30, 2010 7:16 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I really couldn't give a shit, personally.
It’s not as though ISU wasn’t going to be incredibly fired up for the game anyway — that’s been a constant in this rivalry for over a decade now. And if we can’t beat EIU, we deserve whatever shit fate befalls us.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
It is funny and cute...
when you are giving crap to the FCS “cupcakes” on the schedule. But, Iowa has usually not given much crap to ISU, and we are already losing to them enough.
I guess Clayborn is entitled to a mistake once every year. We know what last year’s was, and maybe this is 2010’s.
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 Jun 30, 2010 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I think giving any team you play bulletin board material is a mistake.
But after watching the video, I don’t even think he was trying to “get one in on” Iowa St. I think he was just talking about the hype and status around the Hawkeye program, especially this year.
by HawkeyeRecon on Jun 30, 2010 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Doesn't matter
it’s bulletin board material.
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Jun 30, 2010 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Who gives a fuck?
Seriously, if we lose to state are we all going to turn around and blame Clayborn? Good god I hope not.
I don't fear ISU...
I fear the Angry High-Expectation Hawkeye Hating God. And he’s for real—I’ve seen his work.
A fella steps out for a two pound burrito and all hell breaks loose.
I find it ironic
because Ferentz always shields DJK from the press out of fear of these sorts of offhanded comments making their way into print. As for it’s impact, i could even imagine iowa using it to get fired up. This wasn’t dissing Georgia Tech the week of the OB. This was a clumsy reply several months before the game. And knowing Ferentz he will clean it up.
"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.
Not to reopen
the whole DJK debate, but I hate it when Ferentz shields him from the media. The best part about DJK interviews is that he gives honest, and rather thoughtful, answers to the actual questions asked, not general platitudes (which is probably what Ferentz hates).
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
@ Grizz: I agree.
@ SallyMason: If we lose to ISU, it will most likely be the fault of the offense, not the D. See 2007 for example.
And regarding DJK, I think Ferentz is preventing him from “going Hollywood” with comments, dress, and attitude. Clayborn has earned his opportunities, and to my knowledge, has only made one serious mistake (which it looks like Ferentz has taken his side on). Until the EIU and ISU comments, I don’t recall Clayborn acting too dumb in front of the media.
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 Jul 1, 2010 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Since when did Eastern Illinois
become a part of Iowa?
"In case you can't tell, I'm being sarcastic!" - Homer Simpson
by EastLosRandy on Jun 30, 2010 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Clayborn said something else last week (?)
about coming out fired up and smashing EIU.
by The Mexican't on Jul 1, 2010 6:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Clayborn's EIU comments
and the stuff about ISU is just an honest appraisal on his part that the D-line started a bit slow last year. As has been noted around here, the first two games were not exactly banner games for the D-line, and it wasn’t until the Arizona game that Clayborn unleashed his inner terrormonster.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Northern Iowa
should be offended. ISU knows its place
Idle talk and hollow promises; cheating Judases; doubting Thomases
by ckmneon on Jun 30, 2010 8:09 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs
This
+1
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Jul 1, 2010 8:29 AM CDT up reply actions
I think this might be a bit exaggerated
I initially took his comment, when asked about all the hype the Hawkeyes have been getting, that you’d think they were the only school in the state with all the attention from the media in the state. Of course those clowns at CF are calling for his knee to get jacked up and ruin his career.
by HawkgirlSTL on Jun 30, 2010 8:25 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Cyclone Fanatic
is #1 argument why the internet is a bad thing. I don’t know what it is about sports messageboards that seems to foster and encourage the most knuckle-dragging mouthbreathers.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I just wasted 20 minutes of my life
reading the comment board at the DMR for this article. The comments (both sides) are nearly as ignorant as the Register’s writers. Every time I do something dumb like this (try to read another site’s message boards) I immediately realize why this is the only website I read the comments for.
by shada's revenge on Jun 30, 2010 9:38 PM CDT reply actions
Seconded.
Master of the convoluted IOWA cheers!
by EnergizerHawk on Jun 30, 2010 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Have I got a product for those commenters? You betcha!
Keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city - that aint legal either, Dude.
by AcrimoniousAngerererer on Jun 30, 2010 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions
I saw the comment count and wisely left the site. How long did it take for Hitler or Obama to make an appearance?
That muzzle ad is hilarious.
I don’t know what the funniest part is, the inhaling balm part, the early grave part, or the facial things it is supposed to prevent.
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 Jul 1, 2010 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
My favorite is the protruding and unshapely lips.
Perfect for all of the people around that wan’t to hide there ass kissing.
Who's leg do I have to hump to get a drink around here?-Brian
It's such a GINORMOUS incident
that the reporter asking the question didn’t even seem to notice. Adrian was kind of stumbling over his words, too, so it’s hard to pick up just by listening. In his mind, he could have been thinking that there are no pro teams in Iowa (as opposed to his native St. Louis) and it came out wrong. Happens to everyone.
Man, this is making me long for a return of the expansion hoopla. Summer just got boring again for football fans! ;-)
"In case you can't tell, I'm being sarcastic!" - Homer Simpson
I love how the DMR guy
and posters at CF didn’t seem to notice the reporters (and Reiff) laughing when he said, “You tell me.” He was clearly nervous and uncomfortable and took a weak (but honest) stab at humor.
by shada's revenge on Jun 30, 2010 10:12 PM CDT reply actions
AJ
You stole my interweb glory!
Belay my last.
by steaming_pile_of_awcrap on Jun 30, 2010 11:20 PM CDT reply actions
Pretty sure this is a reporter making something out of nothing
I’m sure he just meant that Iowa completely dominates all the attention in the state, but said it in a dumb way that made it sound like he was a taking a shot at ISU.
It’s pretty funny though, so fuck it. And fuck ISU.
Yup.
This is it in a nutshell. He said something similar after the Orange Bowl, but just different enough it didn’t trigger salivation for Iowa sportswriters everywhere.
I’d put good money on the fact that one of the quaint talking points players get drilled on to get out of a question is “I know Iowa fans care a lot about the Hawkeyes, ad-lib-something-about-Iowa-not-having-pro-teams-and-we’re-the-pro-team.” Sometimes, like this time, it goes horribly right. I can’t wait to see those ass clowns picking chunks of black and gold FieldTurf out of their grills after they get drilled into their own endzone.
by Third Generation Hawk on Jul 1, 2010 1:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Who gives
a flying fuck?
Iowa State sucks. Eastern Illinois sucks.
Here’s your bulletin board material, ISU and EIU:
You are completely irrelevant college football programs. No one gives a shit about you, and Iowa is gonna kill you.
Die in a fire, too, you pussies and wimps.
"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 Jul 1, 2010 1:59 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
internet tought guy ehh?
"Stats from the spring," he said when handed the numbers. "I can take those down to the spare bathroom in the house. We can put them to use down there."
- Paul Rhoads
As an aside...
this article at the DMR has a snarky observation of the Clayborn comment here.
But even more interesting is the video of Reilly Reiff talkikng to the press, below the Clayborn story. First off, he looks way jacked up. After the Orange Bowl last year he looked almost spindly in comparison to the way he looks now. It is kind of shocking really. Second, he proves to be the counter-DJK when it comes to press relationships. After answer four or five questions with the most banal, inconsequential, four and five word answers, he suddenly looks up and says, “That’s all I got for ya guys today.” And walks away.
Yeah, I think Reilly Reiff is the newest O-line super stud. Ferentz must love his attitude. He is completely unadorned. He is all about doing what the coaching staff tells him and playing the games. All this talking about things is just a distraction that irks him.
"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.
Hey, ask a banal and inconsequential question...
Or more to the point, ask the same banal and inconsequential questions over and over and over…
And not that they were stupid questions*, they were just very milquetoast. The eye-rolls and “fuck this, I’m out” bit were totally justified.
But yeah, I liked it too.
*actually, they kind of were – you were right, Marc
"Kittens give Morbo gas."
by Bucketochicken on Jul 1, 2010 8:01 AM CDT up reply actions
Where the F was Ace?
If we find out that Paki-bomb was behind Ace’s conspicuous absence there will be hell to pay.
Too high? What do you mean too high?
by The Bacon Explosion on Jul 1, 2010 11:48 AM CDT reply actions
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