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POLL: Bring Us Your Iowa-Penn State Fears

One thing I have learned?  You people love the polls.  So the polls I will give you.  Tell us what you fear about our white-clad friends from The Valley That Is Not Sad But In Fact The Opposite Of Sad.

Poll
What scares you the most heading into the Iowa-Penn State game this weekend?
The 7pm start! (Our last night game went poorly!)
41 votes
The black-and-gold spirit color debacle-in-waiting! (Color coordination is hard!)
196 votes
Evan Royster! (He's been there forever!)
35 votes
Bob Bolden! (He's too young to be scared!)
23 votes
The Ghost of Daryll Clark! (It still craves vengeance!)
52 votes
Still no Norm Parker! (We miss the frosting-covered steaks!)
216 votes
They're just due for a win over Iowa! (Superstition FTW!)
343 votes
Jack Crawford! (Hairless people are weird and scary!)
9 votes
The Penn State offensive line! (Turnstile and banana peel are out of eligibility!)
21 votes
ZOMBIE JOEPA! (He craves our sweet, supple brainmeats!)
261 votes

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by kleph on Sep 30, 2010 11:05 AM CDT reply actions  

Give me a recipe for those

and I’ll make them, no joke. 2nd attempt at lomo saltado (lat night) was a rousing success.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Sep 30, 2010 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions  

I'm still pissed

about the Trololo assassination back in Marchifornication.

Yee-Haw! I ride again!

by Cornshoe Hammaker on Sep 30, 2010 11:16 AM CDT reply actions  

I take my frosting

on the three-layer cake after comsuming my 20 oz. ribeye. However, I do yearn for a hamburger fight.

In Norm we trust.

by Mr. Grizz on Sep 30, 2010 11:16 AM CDT reply actions  

Turnstile and banana peel may be out of eligibility

but scarecrow is still there and he is able to take over a game all by himself

"I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score." - Dan Gable

by ClaybornSmash on Sep 30, 2010 11:20 AM CDT reply actions  

I heard they're going to burn the redshirt

of open manhole cover for this game.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Sep 30, 2010 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions  

Eliades going down is horrible.

Here’s our depth chart now:

T – Scarecrow. Has tremendous wingspan. That’s about it.
G – Banana peel. Is actually still on the team. Gets called for lots of penalties.
C – Doug Klopacz.
G – Stefen Wisniewski.
T – Bloodhound. Has good foot speed, but is weak against the bull rush.

I blame the students for stink bugs, Iowa, and Ishtar.
Beat Iowa.

by ReadingRambler on Sep 30, 2010 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions  

Interestingly, this line would only give up 2 sacks to Alabama (Original line gave up none).

I credit JoePa’s Voodoo powers.

I blame the students for stink bugs, Iowa, and Ishtar.
Beat Iowa.

by ReadingRambler on Sep 30, 2010 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions  

Or that Nick Saban just leaves a life-sized model of himself on the sidelines

so he can gain an additional advantage by actually recruiting during Alabama games.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Sep 30, 2010 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions  

The fiend!

I blame the students for stink bugs, Iowa, and Ishtar.
Beat Iowa.

by ReadingRambler on Sep 30, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions  

No way we can pull off the color coordination

And that awful, uncoordinated mess will impact the gameplay when the players look up into the stands and see pockets of unshaven men in carharts and camo in the midst of an all-gold section.

It’s over already.

by Bridgeloan on Sep 30, 2010 11:23 AM CDT reply actions  

i'm glad i'm not the only one pissed about the lack of coordination ability at Iowa

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 30, 2010 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

If you look around the stands

you will find there is an inverse proportion between how much someone paid for tickets and how likely they are to go along with something like this.

The bluebloods are too important to color coordinate.

Brunettes not fighter jets

by rockyh on Sep 30, 2010 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hey, now.

I’m a hell of a rabble-rousing fan (I was “that guy” at the Ball State game who just wouldn’t sit down, because he didn’t want to get a wet ass on the bleachers, and because it’s a goddamn football game, and people cheer at those), but fuck the wave. And the Panchero’s Burrito Lift. Fuck that too.

I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker

by hkobb7 on Sep 30, 2010 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

The wave needs to die a horrible death. Watch the fucking game.

by txhawkeye on Oct 1, 2010 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah, if you advertise this sort of coordination

you better be willing to pony up and get the entire fanbase t-shirts

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Sep 30, 2010 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

+1 for *Bob* Bolden

I wanted to vote for Bob Davie, by the by.

I blame the students for stink bugs, Iowa, and Ishtar.
Beat Iowa.

by ReadingRambler on Sep 30, 2010 11:24 AM CDT reply actions  

Damn, that would have been a good option.

"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"

by RossWB on Sep 30, 2010 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions  

I can't believe ZOMBIE JOEPA is losing.

I hope you all get devoured by the rampaging hordes of zombies in the impending apocalypse.

"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"

by RossWB on Sep 30, 2010 11:44 AM CDT reply actions  

I don't like being the favorite . . .

Now that the swagger was knocked out of them in Tuscon, I’m not liking Iowa wearing the target.

by Torbee on Sep 30, 2010 11:49 AM CDT reply actions  

Bawk.

Bawk bawk bawk bakawk!

I blame the students for stink bugs, Iowa, and Ishtar.
Beat Iowa.

by ReadingRambler on Sep 30, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions  

SPANIARD!!

You know I don’t speak Spanish.

Oh, *fuck you*! I'm not the rope-totin' Charlie Bronson wannabe that's getting us fucking lost!

by Scrotie McBoogerballs on Sep 30, 2010 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's all about the frosting steaks

eating those are what actually saved Koeppel from the F-150. Without Norm and the frosting, we’re done for.

by HeroPatriotStanzi on Sep 30, 2010 12:00 PM CDT reply actions  

I myself

prefer the Milkstake and raw jelly bellys

Welcome to Ohiowa, the great potato state!

by ninerhawk on Sep 30, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

My concern

My concern is that the Kirk Ferentz Game Management Plan might not cover the -7

I cant possibly take those points as who in their right mind would bet Penn St over Iowa

Two of my bigger wins each of the last two yearshas been this series, but I feel like we should have all played this at -3 over the summer

So, my concern is our procrastination as now the price is a bit more expensive. Still, I see a double digit Hawkeye win.

www.justcoverblog.com

by jamiemac on Sep 30, 2010 12:12 PM CDT reply actions  

2 votes

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Sep 30, 2010 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

we voted for

The Penn State offensive line! (Turnstile and banana peel are out of eligibility!)

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Sep 30, 2010 12:25 PM CDT reply actions  

7pm? It's 8pm on the east coast.

LOL. You guys are so slow. Typical Big Ten game…

@EpicTripod
SBN - Pittsburgh
Success With Honor

by Jeff Junstrom on Sep 30, 2010 12:32 PM CDT reply actions  

We live in God's time zone, unlike you heathens.

"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"

by RossWB on Sep 30, 2010 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

+1

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Sep 30, 2010 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

didn't realize you were out west Ross

5 PM is the start time

TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel

by SpoWAHawk on Sep 30, 2010 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

-1

You dirty West Coast hippy pot-smoking hair-braiding hash brownie-eating Communist.

I kid, of course.

I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker

by hkobb7 on Sep 30, 2010 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Penn State is traveling West

and playing a night game in a late time zone…they will probably have players falling asleep in the middle of plays.

by HawKCP on Sep 30, 2010 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

/espn'd

THE MOON WALK WAS A HOAX. YOUR POPCORN IS SHIT. JOLLY TIME FOREVER. FUCK PURDUE-RossWB

by Pain in the Sash on Sep 30, 2010 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Karma sucks.

Black and gold striped Kinnick totally lacks feng shui. Plus Norm Parker’s dead toes has sucked Kinnick’s Chi and there is only so much KOK’s bagua can do.

"Have you ever had the Hot Pocket Hot Pocket? It’s Hot Pocket inside a Hot Pocket. Tastes just like a Hot Pocket."

by Kluginator on Sep 30, 2010 12:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Yeah

we’re pretty much fucked.

by edr247 on Sep 30, 2010 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

FWIW, I’m pretty sure the horizontal stripey thing is going to be a massive failure. If the athletic dept tries something that turns out to not look like something they tried, is it really something they tried? I think not. Karma is therefore a double negative, hence, a positive for the good guys. My mind cannot be changed.

by txhawkeye on Sep 30, 2010 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Is that Zombie JoePa in the photo...or the real one?

I’m confused.

Oh, *fuck you*! I'm not the rope-totin' Charlie Bronson wannabe that's getting us fucking lost!

by Scrotie McBoogerballs on Sep 30, 2010 1:18 PM CDT reply actions  

Zombie JoePa is the real one

"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me

by BStylin Hawkye on Sep 30, 2010 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

I voted Royster

but I am really concerned that we have too conservative of a game plan. I want to come at these guys like we did Iows State…torching the notion of putting 8 in the box.

"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.

by StoopsMyAss on Sep 30, 2010 1:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Better put 9 in the secondary just to be safe

we don’t want another 79 yard bomb on the first play again.

by HeroPatriotStanzi on Sep 30, 2010 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

9 is in the secondary.

His name is Tyler Motherfucking Sash.

I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker

by hkobb7 on Sep 30, 2010 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Why only 19 guys in?

We should have all 22 starting players out there, along with the kick specialists. 24+ guys. That’s how we’ll stop their unstoppable offense.

by edr247 on Sep 30, 2010 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

I don't think we usually put 8 in the box.

I can think of the exception in 2008 against Ohio State when Tressel started Pryor instead of Boeckman (Who had torched us the year before).

I blame the students for stink bugs, Iowa, and Ishtar.
Beat Iowa.

by ReadingRambler on Sep 30, 2010 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Royster is so Pwned.

He is like Clark’s bitchmade little brother.

"Have you ever had the Hot Pocket Hot Pocket? It’s Hot Pocket inside a Hot Pocket. Tastes just like a Hot Pocket."

by Kluginator on Sep 30, 2010 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

Thank God I'm watching from behind the safety of a TV screen

Who knows what will happen when JoPa’s brain thirst needs quenching.

A Voice From Kinnick - A Hawkeye Blog

by mikjones24 on Sep 30, 2010 2:31 PM CDT reply actions  

not to worry

JoPa has to have is brains blended to “pudding” consistency or he chokes on them. He won’t just go after random fans.

You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning

by The Bacon Explosion on Sep 30, 2010 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

There is a reason he coaches at Penn State, after all.

I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker

by hkobb7 on Sep 30, 2010 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

I went with superstition.

The Iowa fan in me will not allow me to feel good about being favored over a ranked Penn State.

by fugeeu on Sep 30, 2010 3:46 PM CDT reply actions  

I am thinking hand warmers play into this

If JoePa refuses the warmers then Bolden’s creamy soft hands will be majorly chapped by the second quarter. Then Daniels will step on his neck like a Sunday dinner chicken.

"Have you ever had the Hot Pocket Hot Pocket? It’s Hot Pocket inside a Hot Pocket. Tastes just like a Hot Pocket."

by Kluginator on Sep 30, 2010 4:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Meh, it's only supposed to be in the low 40s.

We’re not Georgia Tech, friendo.

I blame the students for stink bugs, Iowa, and Ishtar.
Beat Iowa.

by ReadingRambler on Sep 30, 2010 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

It may have been a reference to the 08 game...

…when a bunch of Penn Staters were complaining that there were no heaters on the PSU sideline, and that this was why they lost.

We wouldn’t call you GTech though. You don’t make pie charts or graphs.

by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 1, 2010 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions  

Or our most hated rival fPU who’s commenters are introducing math into hate columns.

by txhawkeye on Oct 1, 2010 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions  

step on his neck like a Sunday dinner chicken

Is this a widely accepted phrase that I am completely unaware of?

Can I make more people aware of “bakku-shan”?

I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.

by therealCatnuts on Oct 1, 2010 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

I voted for the color coordinated stadium

It’s too cute. We’re not cute and the football gods will make us pay for our blasphemy.

On a side note – I’m getting an awful premonition we are going to lose to Indiana. Can the people smarter than me explain this?

How would you like your steak done, Mr Sweater Vest?

by FiveSecondRuleChef on Sep 30, 2010 4:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Indiana?

1 game at a time. Besides, I’m rooting for them to beat Michigan Saturday

It never gets to be easy

by chitownhawkeye on Sep 30, 2010 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

I have a theory

It mostly involves your mom dropping you on your head as a child. Massive brain damage.

That’s the only reason I can think that someone might be afraid of Indiana.

by HawkeyeInExile on Sep 30, 2010 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

And in case that sounded too harsh

I too will have The Fear (yes it’s capitalized) for Indiana when that game comes around because I get The Fear for every game. But I try to only stress about the game at hand. I think if I spent the entire season worrying about all the upcoming games I would probably be reduced to cowering in the fetal position by Week 2. Like chitownhawkeye said above, one game at a time.

by HawkeyeInExile on Sep 30, 2010 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

Harsh? This is a football board, no?

So go fuck yourself balls deep (you would have to be the first).

Indiana is a classic trap game. We almost fell in the trap last year. But for some unbelievable luck and some calls we were toast. Just saying we have no problem getting “up” for most of the conference games. Indiana may suck but they are D1 athletes. Hope it’s a blow out but I fear it could be a knife fight by the end of the game.

How would you like your steak done, Mr Sweater Vest?

by FiveSecondRuleChef on Sep 30, 2010 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

Meh

I’m sure after Arizona and every game last year, Iowa’s coaching staff (and every damn player on the team) is on major upset alert every. Single. Game. Hell, that might lead to some burials on the scoreboard, which would be an exciting improvement over last year.

I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker

by hkobb7 on Sep 30, 2010 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Honestly

We’re probably only having this conversation because Indiana is 3-0. Have patience. They’re still Indiana. They didn’t magically become a powerhouse overnight. I still think they finish 6-6. But that’s just my humble opinion.

And yes, I know it’s a football board, but I still try not to be a dick. I felt a little guilty basically calling you an r-tard for your fear of the Hoosiers when I (and probably most people on hear) sweat through every game. Because every game is a trap game. But I guess you too can go fuck yourself balls deep or whatever the kids are saying these days.

That being said worrying about Indiana is like worrying about getting your fingers caught in the “trap” that is a set of Chinese fingercuffs when you should be worried about the fucking bear trap around your leg that is the imminent arrival of a Penn St team looking to exact revenge for a series of season deflating upsets. So excuse me if I reserve the majority of my anxiety for teams that actually don’t suck ass.

by HawkeyeInExile on Sep 30, 2010 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

Okay. Excused.

How would you like your steak done, Mr Sweater Vest?

by FiveSecondRuleChef on Oct 1, 2010 4:04 AM CDT up reply actions  

One other thing. Indiana is playing a home game against PSU in suburban Washington DC this fall. We don’t have to fear a team that does something like that until the week Iowa is scheduled against them.

by txhawkeye on Oct 1, 2010 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions  

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