Diesel Power: Mike Daniels Named Co-Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
by RossWB on Sep 27, 2010 1:30 PM CDT
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PrintYou said "Mike Diesel" was the man of the match against Ball State; the Big Ten agreed and thought he was one of the two best defensive players in the conference this week (along with Michigan State's Greg Jones):
CO-DEFENSE:
Mike Daniels, Iowa
JR, DT, Blackwood, N.J./Highland Regional
Daniels recorded four tackles for loss, including a seven-yard sack, to help Iowa blank Ball State in a 45-0 victory. The junior defensive tackle collected six tackles on the day, and his four tackles for loss pushed the offense back 20 yards. He was part of a defense that collected two takeaways and allowed only 56 passing yards, the second-fewest yards through the air allowed in 11-plus years under head coach Kirk Ferentz. The New Jersey native collects weekly laurels for the first time in his career.
LAST IOWA DEFENSIVE POW: LB Troy Johnson on Nov. 22, 2009.
Then again, all we're discovering now is what Daniels' Iowa teammates have been trying to tell us since August:
Daniels did a commendable job as a sub last season. This August, Binns insisted to reporters that Daniels would be a force this year, saying he "only has one mode, and that’s beast mode."
Daniels notched the first sack of the season for the Hawkeyes in the opener against Eastern Illinois. Iowa offensive lineman Nolan MacMillan turned to Vandervelde on the sideline and said: "At least we’re not the only line in the country that can’t block big Mike Diesel."
No, you certainly aren't the only offensive line in the country that can't block Mike Diesel. The going gets tougher from here on out, but Daniels has been blowing plays up from the tackle spot all year: Saturday was just his coming out party and his flashiest performance yet. We can't wait to see what he does for an encore.
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Beast Mode!
I like it a lot.
"Have you ever had the Hot Pocket Hot Pocket? It’s Hot Pocket inside a Hot Pocket. Tastes just like a Hot Pocket."
Now we just need t-shirts
BEAST
MODE
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Sep 27, 2010 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions
This Beast?
The stripes on his jersey even match… mostly.
by KinnickNorthHawk on Sep 27, 2010 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Rec'd
Duh.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Sep 28, 2010 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I believe he was also named
Defensive Player of the Week for the entire nation. I thought I heard that on the radio this morning.
Yep.
He was named Defensive Lineman Performer of the Week by something called the College Football Performance Awards, which I’d never heard of until yesterday. Although they apparently named Clayborn the Defensive Performer of the Year last year.
I don’t know how seriously I can take an organization that purports to be the “home of the world’s largest crystal football trophy” or the “home of college football’s most scientifically rigorous conferments.”
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
So...West Lafayette, basically.
/HATE
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Sep 27, 2010 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
in honor of our new most hated rival
We need to make our own drum – bigger, louder, constructed from locomotive parts and torn ACLs
Darkness warshed over the Dude - darker'n a black steer's tookus on a moonless prairie night. There was no bottom.
by AcrimoniousAngerererer on Sep 27, 2010 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Legend has it
that deep within the bowels of the music department lies the World’s Biggest Triangle, created solely for the purpose of mocking our new MOST HATED RIVALS EVAR YARGGH HATE HATE HATE way, way back in the day.
I've seen this legend...
…and it’s glorious.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Sep 28, 2010 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions
The legend has it
that the triangle was a direct response to OUR MOST HATED RIVAL’s DumbDrum.
See how far back our HATE for Purdue goes?
by KinnickNorthHawk on Sep 28, 2010 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions
All we have to do to defeat Purdue is whip out some avocadoes.
Engineers live on chips and Mountain Dew. They can’t take anything healthy.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Sep 27, 2010 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Haas Avacados, of course
and some Wolf Brand Chili from Texassss.
by NotSallyMason on Sep 28, 2010 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Big Drum
Shitty team! Purdue pussies.
Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music
They also gave some awards at the end of the year last year
one of which name Clayborn Defensive Player of the Year…and I think Mallett was Offensive Player of the Year. I think they basically troll for attention through their awards by stirring things up. Seriously…I love AC but to not give that award to Suh is ludicrous.
5 D linemen who can end up in the opposing backfield
This could be great for Iowa going forward.
Also, love the accolades poured on Daniels, not from the media or fans, but from his teammates. If your own teammates, skilled players in their own right, regard you as a ‘monster’ with only ‘beast mode’… that’s respect right there.
I eagerly await his first fumble recovery or tipped ball interception when he tries to run about 60 the other way.
You mean rumble the other way?
I’m sure he can cover the 60 yards before the 9 tacklers needed to bring him down if he’s headed to the endzone.
by PackerHawk on Sep 27, 2010 4:32 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
It is interesting that our last two defensive POWs
were not regular starters. I have nothing profound to say about that except its interesting.
"Have you ever had the Hot Pocket Hot Pocket? It’s Hot Pocket inside a Hot Pocket. Tastes just like a Hot Pocket."
I think it goes back further than that, doesn't it?
I thought Binns was a defensive POW as a sub in 2008 and Klug was a special teams POW the same year. Am I remembering that right?
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Sep 27, 2010 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure we had a starter named DPOW at some point last year.
Though I can’t remember who/what game that would have been.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Angerer?
America, you're looking good: handsome, free and tall.
by Close Shave America on Sep 27, 2010 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Fine, you'll shame me into doing actual research.
Iowa had three starters win DPOW (plus the aforementioned super-sub, Troy Johnson) in 2009:
1) Tyler Sash, 9/13/09 (@ ISU)
2) Pat Angerer, 9/27/09 (PSU)
3) Adrian Clayborn, 10/25/09 (MSU)
So Clayborn was our last defensive starter to be tabbed DPOW by the conference.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Really, SBN? Your quirks are baffling.
Let’s try this:
1) Tyler Sash, Sept. 13, 2009 (at Iowa State)
2) Pat Angerer, Sept. 27, 2009 (at Penn State)
3) Adrian Clayborn, Oct. 25. 2009 (at Michigan State)
So Clayborn was our last defensive starter to earn DPOW honors from the league.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
This again proves my theorem
that Iowa’s defense loves “state” schools.
"Have you ever had the Hot Pocket Hot Pocket? It’s Hot Pocket inside a Hot Pocket. Tastes just like a Hot Pocket."
Good point!
So that’s a good sign for Ohio State, correct?
I don't know how we all didn't see this coming...
I mean “DT #93” was a force for me in NCAA Football ’10.
by Kinnick Stadium is my Graceland on Sep 27, 2010 2:05 PM CDT reply actions
NCAA Football '10??
Shit, I still have PS2. Does this make me less of a man??
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by KirksBubbleGum on Sep 27, 2010 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
No less of a man than I.
That was on a PS2. I picked up a copy at Last Stop CD Shop for $20. I was stunned to find out that games are still being made for it.
by Kinnick Stadium is my Graceland on Sep 27, 2010 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Is PS2 kind of like pong?
this game is awesome and I am its master!
"Have you ever had the Hot Pocket Hot Pocket? It’s Hot Pocket inside a Hot Pocket. Tastes just like a Hot Pocket."
is that #93 on the left?
looks kinda thin
"He was the one that didn't give us a touchdown, ... He didn't officiate for us again." ...Hayden Fry
by chuck longs mom on Sep 27, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
The second-best thing about Daniels (besides providing stellar depth an already stellar d-line),
is that Iowa will now have (one hopes) two very, very good defensive linemen coming back for next year.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
That was almost as bad of a fail as Todd Lickliter...
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by KirksBubbleGum on Sep 28, 2010 4:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah about that
I must have been thinking of Daniel Murray…yeah…Murray’s a SR right? That’s definitely who I was thinking of.
Failocalypse now.
Daniels and Daniel are both juniors this year.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Looking at that picture of Daniels
is making me fall in love with the retro unis. Change that helmet number to a Tiger Hawk and I would seriously consider changing them permanently.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
Gross gross gross triple gross if you do this I'm leaving.
NOBODY BELIEVES IN US! Mainly because we're not that good, but still!
Beat Iowa.
by ReadingRambler on Sep 27, 2010 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions
It would look weird with the black helmets, I think
For that uni to work you keep the yellow helmets and put the tigerhawk on them in black, but I don’t think it would stand out on TV as well as the yellow on black helmet and black unis.
I’d be all for going to yellow jerseys for the road, though, vs. white. Make it a little harder to accidentally throw Stanziballs in difficult field visibility conditions.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Sep 27, 2010 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Most of us aren't Steelers fans
and this isn’t the week in which appeasing you is at the top of our priorities.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Sep 27, 2010 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Who cares about the Steelers?
Those throwback uniforms don’t even compare to the standard Iowa uniforms.
NOBODY BELIEVES IN US! Mainly because we're not that good, but still!
Beat Iowa.
by ReadingRambler on Sep 27, 2010 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I still prefer the wings to the 50s throwbacks
And neither one is good enough to replace the current look.
I still like the Kinnick-era throwbacks better I think
But I wouldn’t trade our current unis for either.
Meh
The helmets aren’t made of leather. They aren’t authentic enough. I still vote last week’s, and the contrast makes me like them as much as or more than our current unis.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
Those are ours?
The helmets make it look like mutant Notre Dame uniforms
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 27, 2010 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, those were what we wore in the '04 Kent State game.
Honoring the ’39 Ironman team that starred one Nile Kinnick. I thought they looked sharp, but the helmets were very very Notre Dame.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The unis from this week, with a black helmet and orange/gold tigerhawk would be FIERCE!
I think they would look very intimidating.
by HawkeyeRecon on Sep 27, 2010 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Someone with actual photoshop skillz (read: not me) get on this.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I didn't think we used photoshop on here
Thought that was a BHGP rule. MS Paint or nothing!
If I could’ve used photoshop, my Beast splicing attempt above probably would’ve been better. Probably.
by KinnickNorthHawk on Sep 27, 2010 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Oddly enough, my computer doesn't even have microsoft paint
But on the bright side, Iowa State still sucks.
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by KirksBubbleGum on Sep 28, 2010 4:18 AM CDT up reply actions
My thoughts exactly.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Sep 28, 2010 12:58 AM CDT up reply actions
These uni's remind me too much of our most hated rival PURDUE!!
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
Guess I should have read the entire thread before posting.
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
Or just two posts above you.
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by KirksBubbleGum on Sep 28, 2010 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions
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