Iowa 41, Northwestern 31: They're just Northwestern

BITCHMADE

I will haunt your dreams and eat your children.

by Dr. Hawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:12 PM CDT reply actions

Proof...

I will haunt your dreams and eat your children.

by Dr. Hawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs

Please tell me they televised herky

tackling the “wild cat” as a part of “angry birds” It was pretty amazing

Packers...Hawkeyes, need I say more?

by dirtydave on Oct 15, 2011 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions

I did not see that.

by Can'tDutchThis on Oct 15, 2011 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions

No!

Dammit.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions

They did it near the student section

I guess the BTN is opposed to publishing awesome stuff near drunjs.

Packers...Hawkeyes, need I say more?

by dirtydave on Oct 16, 2011 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Rec'd

by iowaChemE on Oct 15, 2011 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions

HEY

DONDE ESTA JUNIOR SENIOR?

by ICHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:12 PM CDT reply actions

adding, adding, hang on

Ceci n'est pas un blogue.

by Adam Jacobi on Oct 15, 2011 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions

There.

Ceci n'est pas un blogue.

by Adam Jacobi on Oct 15, 2011 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions

MUCHOS GRACIAS SENOR JACOBI

by ICHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions

jNWU

Also good game especially without Morris and Nardo.

by tigerhawk61 on Oct 15, 2011 9:13 PM CDT reply actions

Alvis stepped up

and the d-line played very well. But for god’s sake Norm, can we get a &^%! blitz once in a while?!! They just laid back and let them have that last TD…

by IAinCA on Oct 15, 2011 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions

God I hope people recognize what a factor Alvis was in this game. Persa NEVER got outside today.

I will haunt your dreams and eat your children.

by Dr. Hawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions

He played his ass off.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Oct 15, 2011 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Lots of poor tackling

that Coulter-option play worked EVERY TIME. But the contain was amazing today. Especially given Alvis’ prior, um, deficiencies in that area

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Binns was incredible.

Sitting in the north end zone I felt like Binns was making every play. And his sack-fumble was a thing of beauty.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 15, 2011 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Thank god

So happy Persa couldn’t move like Persa and they put hits on him

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:13 PM CDT reply actions

Thank you fans for not storming the field

by mikein on Oct 15, 2011 9:14 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

THANK YOU FANS

for pulling off the card thing (largely) as well as the stripes! Looked GREAT on tv

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Stripes really looked great.

Way better than Illinois’ effort this afternoon

(Although side note: maybe don’t do that when you’re playing a team with a gigantic fanbase like OSU?)

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions

exactly. i was talking with the guy next to me about how northwestern is perfect since they won't bring enough people to ruin it

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah.

Weren’t they in a black section (NOT RACIST!), too? So the purple would even kinda blend in.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Actually,

Their band killed the “F” in ANF.

Douches.

by Bungs on Oct 16, 2011 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions

You don't need farmers

when you live on a yacht

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 3:34 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs

I nearly shit myself when I saw how well the large star turned out.

It was a surreal sight. Unfortunately, the planners didn’t keep the jNW band in mind so the “F” in the ANF logo was a complete failure.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 15, 2011 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, screw them for not participating.

Come on, guys.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions

eh . . . they had gotten to their seats 20 seconds prior, and hadn't time to open the baggie, read the instructions, etc.

Besides, it was a partisan Iowa thing. I certainly wouldn’t participate in “America Needs Douchebag Potato Wizards” (ANDPW)

by The Final Gun on Oct 16, 2011 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions

I'll give them a pass for the timing thing.

But America is not partisan. Unless jNW plans on seceding.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions

bullshit

they were seated for enough time. Unacceptable.

Packers...Hawkeyes, need I say more?

by dirtydave on Oct 16, 2011 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions

not the national anthem part

Unless Northwestern HATES AMERICA!

by rupertj on Oct 16, 2011 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions

In fairness to the Northwestern band

they didn’t intentionally not participate. They just happened to all be checking their stock portfolios on their smart phones at the same time.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 16, 2011 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Checking Maserati stocks, I'm sure

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions

Ferraris and Armani, all day.

Just ask ’em.

Ceci n'est pas un blogue.

by Adam Jacobi on Oct 16, 2011 4:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Not possible

in-kinnick cell data coverage is shit.

Packers...Hawkeyes, need I say more?

by dirtydave on Oct 16, 2011 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions

That's why it took so long

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Which is why the emergency hotline at Kinnick is...

Sending a text.

I can ride my bike with no handlebars...

by hkobb7 on Oct 16, 2011 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Don't care

They’re supposed to be smart.

If jNWU doesn’t have football, or smart students, do they really have anything?

by Bungs on Oct 16, 2011 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions

Actually they participated in the American flag one.

So they had time. But can any of us seriously blame them for not holding up their signs? Really? I call bull shit on anyone that says they would have participated in something like that at another team’s stadium.

by SallyMason on Oct 16, 2011 2:56 AM CDT up reply actions

Somehow, three jNW fans (looked like students, too),

scalped tickets to get three rows in front of me.

One of them wore a tan baseball cap that had, embroidered on it, a picture of a green tractor and said “I love farming.”

I’m sure he meant it in a mocking fashion. And yes, if we ever do this again, our athletic department should keep in mind not to put an important part of the card stunt right where they know opposing fans/students will be.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions

They participated in the red white and blue part

But not the ANF part

So screw them

by Xarin on Oct 16, 2011 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Also, most of the "normal" fans participated in both card stunts

Stupid jNWU band

by Xarin on Oct 16, 2011 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Word.

"I mean, are they going to poop their pants or are they going to get tough?" ~Tom Brands

by Hawkeyegirl on Oct 15, 2011 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions

So..

Michigan lost, Illinois lost, and we actually beat NW.

Is a good day.

by Liquid Electron on Oct 15, 2011 9:15 PM CDT reply actions

Just sorry tOSU and Illini couldn't have lost to each other

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Everytime the IlliniBuc comes up....

I wish that they both choke on the turtle…so to speak.

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh

and jNW is 2-4, 0-3 in the B1G. They can go back to not caring about football and acting like they’re above it.

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:16 PM CDT reply actions

SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS

jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW jNW

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

by therealCatnuts on Oct 15, 2011 9:16 PM CDT reply actions

Yes! I was wondering if this was Junior Senior worthy. I thought so too!

by HawkeyeRecon on Oct 15, 2011 9:18 PM CDT reply actions

congrats assholes

by Loretta8 on Oct 15, 2011 9:19 PM CDT reply actions

dude

really
they won

by Rodger Sherman on Oct 15, 2011 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah come on

they’ve actually been pretty mellow so far…

by nufandan on Oct 15, 2011 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions

the asshole comment

was meant endearingly

no hard feelings from me towards anyone here

by Loretta8 on Oct 15, 2011 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions

we know you werent serious.... :)

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions

my b co-writer

for the record, i’m two forties deep. I probably should head out instead of reading other blog’s comment sections incessantly

by Rodger Sherman on Oct 15, 2011 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions

You have nothing to apologize for

we know you’re cool Loretta

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions

You've still got your Armani and Ferrari's. You'll be fine.

by EnergizerHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

All is well

We were playing nice earlier

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanks, dickhead!

:)

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Feels like the first time that Junior Senior isn't at Penn State's expense.

/moves feet, feels united.

--
@scrappled
Black Shoe Diaries
Slow States on Tumblr

by Chris Grovich on Oct 15, 2011 9:20 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

you sir missed the Iowa bowl games

"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts

by justsomehawkeyefan on Oct 15, 2011 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions

From the Rumble Seat

agrees. At least, they would if there was a way to express it in pie-graph form

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions

They did

But their agreement has been vacated

by PackerHawk on Oct 17, 2011 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions

BEST "endless repetition of 'jNWU' EVER"

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 9:20 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs

And the private jets flee the Iowa City municipal airport

There’s still time for yachting this weekend after all.

by iowabeakster on Oct 15, 2011 9:20 PM CDT reply actions

yachting this time of year?

What’s next, wearing white?

Battles are won with a hammer, wars are won with a scalpel

by C.I.owA on Oct 15, 2011 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Monaco

by PackerHawk on Oct 17, 2011 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Ashton is busy

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Yep

Reaction pieces FTW.

The High Porch Picnic

by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 9:20 PM CDT reply actions

PLaying “Summer of 89” by @butchwalker overandoverandoverandover. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUUCJuU3l9E It has nothing to do w/football, but it still fits.

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 9:20 PM CDT reply actions

playing "Wonder Why They Call You Bitch" by 2 Pac

Battles are won with a hammer, wars are won with a scalpel

by C.I.owA on Oct 15, 2011 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions

And thus, Iowa set about forgetting all the humility they had learned at the hands of the Wildcats over the past decade.

Executive Producer - WRNL TV

by CyHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:21 PM CDT reply actions

At least give us 10 minutes

the 3rd down defense ineptitude will settle in pretty quickly

"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass

by chitownhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Nah, man. Go for it.

Ya’ll deserve it.

Executive Producer - WRNL TV

by CyHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions

I’m not sure “How the fuck do we keep losing to these pencilnecks?” shows all that much humility.

by Brock Sampson on Oct 15, 2011 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Um,

it’s “How the fuck do we keep losing to these Armani-clad pencilnecks?” thankyouverymuch

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions

congrats

after four years of being the better team, you guys finally won. This is not a comment intended to troll, so don’t post something calling me bitter, I’m legitimately congratulating you after years of trolling on NU’s part.

by Rodger Sherman on Oct 15, 2011 9:22 PM CDT reply actions

I don't find anything particularly incorrect with it

Which is why those games were so frustrating

Executive Producer - WRNL TV

by CyHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions

UR A GAY

(inside joke from the Twitters, people)

Before you respond, let me remind you: Brian Cook called me smug, which makes me the Obama of smugness. I'm basically Smugbama.

by Patrick Vint on Oct 15, 2011 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Foul! Foul!

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions

I don't get it.

"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby

Twitter

by dmbmeg on Oct 15, 2011 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions

That's probably because UR A GAY

[shrugs]

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions

[shrugs back in agreement]

"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby

Twitter

by dmbmeg on Oct 15, 2011 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions

someone called rodger a gay on twitter

by Loretta8 on Oct 15, 2011 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions

No shit? WTF is wrong with people?

Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

Follow @jebushchrist

by jebushchrist on Oct 15, 2011 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh.

Yeah, that’s really not cool.

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Unless he really is gay.

Which would be like saying to me, “UR A WHITE PERSON”

I mean, duh. But obvs it was meant to be pejorative, which is just beyond dumb because jesus, it’s 2011 and even if it was 1955 it’s still stupid.

I love everybody!

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions

That's because you're a slutty

OMNISEXUAL

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

It's true.

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Specifically @hawkeyefos

Who we can pretty easily deduce is a shithead.

Ceci n'est pas un blogue.

by Adam Jacobi on Oct 15, 2011 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Fitzgerald???????

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions

I can sympathize.

Someone once called me gay after I blew them.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions

It's only gay if you swallow?

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions

No, only if you make eye contact.

by SallyMason on Oct 16, 2011 2:58 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

No

only if you kiss. Trust me on that one.

by PackerHawk on Oct 17, 2011 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions

UR A GAY:

Its not just a country in South America

by encopresis on Oct 16, 2011 12:41 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

You two make such a cute couple.

/shakes head at twitter

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 15, 2011 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions

BAN HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanks man!

It was a good (and terrifying) game. Good luck the rest of the way.

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions

STOP BEING SO POLITE AND REASONABLE

WHERE ARE ALL THE DICKHEAD FANS OF OTHER TEAMS?!

Oh right, we ban them.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions

We lost a hawk "fan" today as well.

Raiderhawk didn’t back off after Jebus warned him.

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

by therealCatnuts on Oct 15, 2011 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Was that a gamethread thing?

I’ve sworn off them in close games. Too angsty

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Shit happens.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions

jNWU.

This calles for the good stuff. Break out the Leinies!

by NorseHawk17 on Oct 15, 2011 9:23 PM CDT reply actions

leinies is the good stuff?

guh. the proletariat is so disgusting.

/somehow figures out how to shotgun from a glass bottle of delirium tremens because our friend with an engineering degree told us
/sips wine from an excellent vintage while lifting pinkie finger

by Rodger Sherman on Oct 15, 2011 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs

Are you wearing a marf?

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions

K-State up 7 with the ball, 2:30 left

The story of Bill Snyder’s season.

Executive Producer - WRNL TV

by CyHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:24 PM CDT reply actions

AAAAAAND

PersaPenis

The High Porch Picnic

by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 9:24 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

God, man! Close some tabs!

And strong work. Dare I say, PersaStrong work?

I will haunt your dreams and eat your children.

by Dr. Hawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Well done, sir.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Your penis was injured

and kept off the playing field for the postseason? That sucks man.

"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass

by chitownhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I would have probably been inconsolable if we had lost.

I’m glad we won because I really don’t want to be Jamie Pollard.

by HawkeyeRecon on Oct 15, 2011 9:26 PM CDT reply actions

Phuck the Purple...cock Suckers

Well, it was certainly a good W.
I don’t doubt that NW is a bad as we thought they are…it is just great that we ACTUALLY prooved it.

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 9:26 PM CDT reply actions

jNWU

by Nefarious on Oct 15, 2011 9:27 PM CDT reply actions

They need to thank their lucky stars we didn't go to the no huddleq

or there would have been blood streaking across the field.

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

by StoopsMyAss on Oct 15, 2011 9:27 PM CDT reply actions

Lord

We just had to keep the fucking ball for awhile. I don’t know if it should have been murderlicious or not, but the death by 4 yards at a pop was getting old

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Great win

Even though the 3rd down conversions were pretty terrible, It was nice to see the D contain the QB, and not let him scramble around.
Coker looked like a beast

by kohawkeyefever on Oct 15, 2011 9:27 PM CDT reply actions

It was amazing to see

the team play with a “FUCK YOU WE’RE GOING TO HURT YOU” attitude in the 4th quarter

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah.. i thought

the way that the d came out in the first quarter was impressive. Good attitude the whole night though

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Kind of slacked off

once we got up 17-0. Was expecting a complete collapse. But everyone, players AND coaches, came out in the 4th quarter and seemed to say “FUCK THIS, WE”RE BETTER THAN YOU AND WE’RE GOING TO PROVE IT". Was nice to see

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions

FINALLY!!!

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah.. this

after it got close i started drinking much more heavily but they came out and really played tough.. then i drank even more heavily in celebration… my poor liver

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions

I was pretty resigned to us losing when they tied the game up at 17.

Our defense couldn’t get off the field and we just couldn’t get anything going on offense. It had the earmarks of all the problems we’ve had so far this year/the past few games against Northwestern.

But holy shit they just flipped the switch and started making plays after that.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah

it was full out “fuck you were iowa mode” after that

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah it was weird

our D Line played pretty well, the secondary, not so much

Hail to Kirk Ferentz the First and to the "Iowa Magna Carta"

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

by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Oct 15, 2011 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions

You and me both

I went into total, “we’re so fucked, I hate EVERYONE mode” only to see us come out and play with a passion that had been absent the past week

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions

I, um, sent some very angry text messages after they tied it at 17

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions

I was shitting bricks. That hurts a LOT too.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 17, 2011 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Well what to drink to celebrate?

Red Breast 15 year old whiskey or Rumpelmize……. both?

by nwyms Trebek! on Oct 15, 2011 9:30 PM CDT reply actions

Templeton

10 fingers. One ice cube.

What? Am I the only one?

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions

10 fingers?

I think the threshold for liver and kidney damage is 8 fingers

by Iowa Refugee on Oct 15, 2011 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Amateurs

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions

but really

can’t be good

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Not in one sip

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions

for me it would be not in one day

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Video of the "card stunt"

is up at the Big Ten Network site

It looks incredible. Well done, Kinnick folks!

by rosalita on Oct 15, 2011 9:30 PM CDT reply actions

I never think those are going to work, and they always work

next year il be saying “the fanbase does a fire ring around the entire stadium? that will never work!”

"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts

by justsomehawkeyefan on Oct 15, 2011 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm the same way

I’m eating my words, it looks great

"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass

by chitownhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions

My 6 & 9 year old thought they were AWESOME

I thought they were pretty cool :)

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions

Not to bust in, but the stripes did look far better this year

But I was in the student section, so I can’t verify the look by the drunkenness of the student. Also, screw the jNW band, they didn’t participate…lame

Packers...Hawkeyes, need I say more?

by dirtydave on Oct 15, 2011 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Looked AMAZING

on tv

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Also turns out the cards make for really really awesome paper airplans

Sorry for hitting you in the head, Big Ten Network Camera Guy

by NorseHawk on Oct 15, 2011 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

yes, yes they do

by kythom on Oct 15, 2011 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions

BYE BYE DAN PERSA BYE BYE FOREVER

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 9:30 PM CDT reply actions

It is too bad we couldn't beat him 4 times.

I kept listening to Dickhead Chris martin and i just was praying for a curb-stomping. This was not such a joyous occasion…just a good W.

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Co-signed.

But I am so not looking forward to 2 or 3 years of that Colter son of a bitch.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Meh.

Denard Lite.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Oct 15, 2011 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions

TBH

I don’t think he can survive a full game alone yet…he’s good in spurts, not all good.

Packers...Hawkeyes, need I say more?

by dirtydave on Oct 15, 2011 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions

I thought about about Persa after 09, so we'll see.

But that’s a problem for 12 mos. from now.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Hopefully

an injury will put him out and make people go #colterstrong which I still don’t understand the whole #persastrong BS…what happened to him anyway? Did he go into a coma…screw #persasstrong, go #greenwoodstrong

/rant

Packers...Hawkeyes, need I say more?

by dirtydave on Oct 15, 2011 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions

reading the persa heisman site that mrkjones posted...

it’s because he squats 520 and benches 360

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions

JC6 smirks at that.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions

And flexes.

And goes back to quarterbacking the Rhein Fire.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

TWSS

/obligatory’d

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions

They were most destructive with Colter at end and Persa at QB. Good thing that stopped.

Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

Follow @jebushchrist

by jebushchrist on Oct 15, 2011 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Persa couldn't move too well

That helped too

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Goodness, Persa is playing on one leg.

We play tackle football.

by Bellanca on Oct 15, 2011 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Iowa has never run him down with d-lineman like tonight. He's not healthy

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions

He was fairly mobile.

However, he appeared to be in serious pain after Binns ran him over in Q4.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 15, 2011 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Sorry I missed all the action with the RaiderHawk person

"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby

Twitter

by dmbmeg on Oct 15, 2011 9:33 PM CDT reply actions

Hi!

How was work?

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions

really good, actually!

"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby

Twitter

by dmbmeg on Oct 15, 2011 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Well

I was the guy being an asshole, apparently.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions

I don't think so

Executive Producer - WRNL TV

by CyHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Looked pretty calm to me...

But everyone looks calm compared to how I handle things.

"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby

Twitter

by dmbmeg on Oct 15, 2011 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions

That may be true, but you're still here, and he's gone (at least until I ban him on twitter as well).

Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

Follow @jebushchrist

by jebushchrist on Oct 15, 2011 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh

I went back and saw what happened later. Big gulps huh? Welp….see ya later!

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions

What happened?

You’re good in my book. But I missed the gamethread nonsense.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions

tl;dr

Dude showed up.
Profanity-laced ranting about firing KF.
Mike Jones called him a bitch.

by 99FormationsButFourWideAin'tOne on Oct 15, 2011 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Sounds like dinner at my house

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions

I know, right?

Mike comes over to our house and calls me a bitch while we eat like, every night.

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Sounds like

my pre-game conversation with my dad

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, a troll showed up

And there were some personal attacks/vulgarity used on my part. Broke the rules, but it was pretty unbelievable that it was happening. And now it’s in the past! Hooray! We win!

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions

No worries.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Dude, you're totally fine.

You didn’t even get a warning. He was trolling. He has to find a new bridge now.

Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

Follow @jebushchrist

by jebushchrist on Oct 15, 2011 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions

No, I know

I was making a Dumb and Dumber reference. That guy is the “see you later.”

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Sorry I missed that timely reference. My bad.

Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

Follow @jebushchrist

by jebushchrist on Oct 15, 2011 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions

he started following me on twitter

This will not end well.

"Don't talk about me like I'm not here!" Shelby

Twitter

by dmbmeg on Oct 15, 2011 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Weird

He looks like a dog. I wonder if his dog looks like him.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions

No you're not

You’ve seen obnoxious trolls before

"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass

by chitownhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions

My dog likes to eat tuna. Weird.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 9:35 PM CDT reply actions

That's what we call a "cat"

Before you respond, let me remind you: Brian Cook called me smug, which makes me the Obama of smugness. I'm basically Smugbama.

by Patrick Vint on Oct 15, 2011 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs

UR MOM'S A CAT

"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 Oct 15, 2011 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Mine will do nearly anything for an ice cube.

You would think they were tasty or something. Exact same reaction as with bacon.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Oct 15, 2011 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Not my dog

Before you respond, let me remind you: Brian Cook called me smug, which makes me the Obama of smugness. I'm basically Smugbama.

by Patrick Vint on Oct 15, 2011 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions

THat reminds me I need a new drink

"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 Oct 15, 2011 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Shameful. You're a dog, bro. Act like it.

Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

Follow @jebushchrist

by jebushchrist on Oct 15, 2011 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions

That's why we have cats.

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions

This is why I like limes

more than dogs

"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass

by chitownhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm eating a PBJ right now and he's begging for part of it...

Organic PB from Trader Joes and Strawberry spread on a high fiber content bread. I will poop well tomorrow.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Not to mention the 10k today. That'll help

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions

The best part of that race was following two, um, attractive women for most of the 6 miles

I wasn’t stalking them or anything… probably Vet students, but we were running the same pace… the shorts were um, rather short…

I’m running 10 miles in the morning. Decided to not do the marathon in early December, I really needed another three months of run base totals of at least 25 miles per week before even ramping into a 16 week marathon training schedule… so I signed up for another half on October 30th.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Interesting

i’m eating an organic BLT

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Real bacon, or turkey bacon?

I love PBJs… to me they are almost the perfect food.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Real bacon

as if that were a legitimate question

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Fuck turkey bacon

Come on. WE’RE TALKIN’ BACON.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions

BACON

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 17, 2011 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions

My dog faints when she smells goat cheese. We find this hilarious.

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

by therealCatnuts on Oct 15, 2011 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions

video or it didn't happen.

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

No kidding. I want to see that

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions

My gf's cat does the same

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Best part of the game for me

My 9 year old daughter is a fan, but not a junkie. She comes down just after Iowa goes up 17-0, and says “So where we at?”. She then looks at the score, points, laughs, and heads back upstairs to Barbietown.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Oct 15, 2011 9:35 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

That's perfect.

by EnergizerHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions

She's the smartest one here.

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Just got back from the game

I’m tired, I’m sore, I’m in pain, but I’m fucking happy!

Packers...Hawkeyes, need I say more?

by dirtydave on Oct 15, 2011 9:36 PM CDT reply actions

Today is a good day. This week's pick'em is even going well for me.

15/20 so far. Got ASU and Stanford to cover in the last two games.

by 99FormationsButFourWideAin'tOne on Oct 15, 2011 9:37 PM CDT reply actions

Correction* 16/21

Stanford covered easily.

by 99FormationsButFourWideAin'tOne on Oct 15, 2011 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions

When was the last time you saw a team score 41

while going 1-7 on third down?

That’s a weird boxsore. But what I think it means is that we were getting a lot of first downs on second down.

We play tackle football.

by Bellanca on Oct 15, 2011 9:40 PM CDT reply actions

That's one way to look at it.

I was about to choke on my beer after they tied it up though. Complete inability to stop their offense? Complete inability to move the ball? All aboard the failboat. They unfucked themselves in the second half though.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Oct 15, 2011 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions

We were outgained

and out time-of-possessioned. It was a weird game

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions

But none of that fucking matters when the W comes home.

It is not the Zooker apologizing for being only 6-1…boy do i hate that used car sales man

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions

It actually evens up if you consider Prater's pick a TD pass from our "offense"

On the out gaining… our average yards per play was a lot higher, though.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Er Miller my bad

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions

We could move the ball

we just decided to go full-mentally challenged on offense. Plus, we didn’t have the ball often enough to make a difference

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Somewhere I read a stat that when McNutt goes over 70 yards, Iowa wins all the time

And he had more than 70… once he popped over that number I relaxed.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes, his first 3 catches he was on his knees every time. I noticed things got better when they threw him a ball he could run with.

Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

Follow @jebushchrist

by jebushchrist on Oct 15, 2011 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, you really can't use your athleticism if you're already down when you catch the ball

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions

VDB definitely got better

as the game wore on

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions

I still submit that we've only lost

to schools with “state” in the name…

Packers...Hawkeyes, need I say more?

by dirtydave on Oct 15, 2011 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Right. only 7 3rd downs is pretty fantastic.

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Just saw American Guns on Discovery

Think I am in love with the daughter on there. Much beyyer than Sons of Guns daughter

Battles are won with a hammer, wars are won with a scalpel

by C.I.owA on Oct 15, 2011 9:46 PM CDT reply actions

Iowa beat jNWU?

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 15, 2011 9:46 PM CDT reply actions 5 recs

Can't stop watching.

by Can'tDutchThis on Oct 15, 2011 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Click "Iowa beatjNWU?"

oh wait…that’s now what you meant

Packers...Hawkeyes, need I say more?

by dirtydave on Oct 15, 2011 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions

/cornnation'd

Are we turning into Nebraska fans?

by 99FormationsButFourWideAin'tOne on Oct 15, 2011 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions

MAGIC CAT IS MAGIC

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Anyone had Bob's 47 Oktoberfest by Boulevard?

Heaven in a bottle.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 9:49 PM CDT reply actions

is it a smokestack series craft beer?

by Recks NFX on Oct 15, 2011 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions

I don't think so

I think they have it every October. Not a beer expert. Sorry. I’ve seen it year after year though. Finally bought it this year. So good.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions

for everyone who did not watch Junior Senior

before joining the thread. SHAME ON YOU.

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 9:51 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs

I've been listening to that song since '86. I got it down, bro.

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions

WOOOHOOO we got that monkey off our back!!

Was anyone else hoping that KOK would dial up a pass to McNutt to break the record?

Well, I guess I will get to see it next week as I will be at Kinnick for the Indiana game.

Hail to Kirk Ferentz the First and to the "Iowa Magna Carta"

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

by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Oct 15, 2011 9:51 PM CDT reply actions

he did

rewind it and check it out. vandy ended up doving head first

by Recks NFX on Oct 15, 2011 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions

What?

Marvin is tied for the record with 21 TD catches. He needs one more to break the record.

Hail to Kirk Ferentz the First and to the "Iowa Magna Carta"

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

by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Oct 15, 2011 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions

He means KOK dialed up a pass play but Vandy scrambled on it instead of getting the ball to Marvin.

I think.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions

oh i see

Hail to Kirk Ferentz the First and to the "Iowa Magna Carta"

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

by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Oct 15, 2011 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Soooo....Kansas State?

O RLY?

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 9:53 PM CDT reply actions

Cool story.

They only gave up 37 to TTU.

by 99FormationsButFourWideAin'tOne on Oct 15, 2011 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions

It makes none sense.

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 15, 2011 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Bill Snyder teams play defense.

It frightens and confuses the rest of the BXII

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions

What is this thing called "Defense"?

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Something Iowa used to play regularly.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Wow. That must have been a long time ago.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Back in the olden days of... 2009.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions

I didn't read the previous comments but based on your mention of 2009 I assume you're all referring to the last time Binns was a factor in a game?

Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

Follow @jebushchrist

by jebushchrist on Oct 15, 2011 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions

bah, it seems like he quits on so many plays.

even at the beginning when the fat lineman was laying on him, I was mad at him. /shame

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Even last year was pretty good

by NorseHawk on Oct 15, 2011 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions

It was.

I was being snarky.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Last year was the Iowa D being LeBron before being LeBron was cool

by PackerHawk on Oct 17, 2011 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Right?

And they’ve got KU next week, who is currently holding kinda tough with Oklahoma.

Executive Producer - WRNL TV

by CyHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions

I think they lost

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Beverly Hills Cop II is on

AND THEY’RE AT THE PLAYBOY MANSION!
/FU jNU!

"Generally, if it's not working....you're not doing it right" -Tom Brands

by Tree Meister on Oct 15, 2011 9:56 PM CDT reply actions

LETS HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 9:56 PM CDT reply actions

YES

UNDERPASS PARTY STARTS……NOW!!!!

MEN, DON’T FORGET TO PICK UP SOME DR. PEPPER 10 AND MILLER LITES AND GUNS

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

Only if you've got some ammo bro

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions

I GOT THE HOLLOW TIPS IF YOU'VE GOT THE TIME BRO MAN UP

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions

add some tracers. i aint see'in so great right now

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions

You mean... HALLOWED POINTS?

/SSSSSSSLLLLLLAAAYYYYEERRRRRRR

by 99FormationsButFourWideAin'tOne on Oct 15, 2011 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions

yes.. guns

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Enjoying this wonderful win with a Small Craft Warning...

Uber Pils. Got it in a sampler gift box for my bday. it’s packing 7.0, worthy of this victory. Never had it before. Heeya!

"Hardcore will never die, but you will."

by LoganSq2DBQ on Oct 15, 2011 9:56 PM CDT reply actions

Big ups

to the random couple at Mulligans in the Fan (Richmond) that were there to celebrate Iowa’s win with me! Rachel and, I apologize for not remembering your name, her Texas Ranger fan husband! IOWA FANS ARE EVERYWHERE!!!!!

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 9:56 PM CDT reply actions

Dude, I bumped into an Iowa grad at my 10K this morning

Very small race, he asked me, since I was wearing a Tigerhawk shirt, if I went to Iowa. He graduated in 94 (84 and 87 for me)… :)

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Iowa fans at mulligan's? Nice

I ran into a Iowa fan at my son’s swim meet in Lynchburg a couple weeks ago.

by brock_tune on Oct 15, 2011 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions

I ran into some Hawk fans here in East Central.....Indiana

at my son’s Cub Scouts Fun Day. We were all pretty nervous about this game.

Hail to Kirk Ferentz the First and to the "Iowa Magna Carta"

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

by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Oct 15, 2011 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions

To be fair

what Iowa game aren’t I worried about?

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions

I wasn't worried about ULM

Hail to Kirk Ferentz the First and to the "Iowa Magna Carta"

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

by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Oct 15, 2011 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions

So What to watch now?

4th Quarter of some terribad football on ESPN3 (New Mexico State v. Idaho)

OU/KU

Oregon/Arizona St

Executive Producer - WRNL TV

by CyHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:57 PM CDT reply actions

Oregon/ASU has been pretty good so far.

by 99FormationsButFourWideAin'tOne on Oct 15, 2011 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Recap is up

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recap?gid=201110150028

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 9:57 PM CDT reply actions

Linking to Yahoo Sports

I approve wholeheartedly

Executive Producer - WRNL TV

by CyHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Poor

LaMichael. What a fucking monster that guy is.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 9:58 PM CDT reply actions

Was

just kidding…waiting 4 him to kick crap out of PAC-12 when he’s better

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions

My wife just said Junior Senior is annoying

…. i am shocked.

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 9:59 PM CDT reply actions

You're a jerk.

by Can'tDutchThis on Oct 15, 2011 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions

no. you're a jerk

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Why you trippin I aint even do nothin

Executive Producer - WRNL TV

by CyHawk on Oct 15, 2011 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions

don't you start shit here cyhawk. this is a domestic issue

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Clearly not a fan of the New Boyz then

Executive Producer - WRNL TV

by CyHawk on Oct 15, 2011 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions

that one went over my head.

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions

They don't have rap music in Ames

Don’t lie. Pitbull don’t count.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions

yes they do..it is from the '80s

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions

I hear Skee-Lo

Is really rocking in the frats these days.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions

i wish i was a little bit taller

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Does that mean The Sugarhill Gang's dominance in Ames is over?

That’s a shame.

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 15, 2011 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions

HFCShill Gang

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions

It's just beginning

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Wuuuut?

I played that song for my wife and my kids loved it, and now every night before bed I plug my phone into our surround sound and play that song and the kids dance around the living room until they collapse.

A man may leave Iowa, but Iowa never leaves a man.

by hawkeyeinstl on Oct 15, 2011 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions

epic.

awesome

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Now don't get me wrong...

The song is great the first dozen times, but after that….

by Can'tDutchThis on Oct 15, 2011 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Injured Duck

working his game.

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by CyHawk on Oct 15, 2011 9:59 PM CDT reply actions

I saw Arizona State in person against Illinois earlier this year

And I still don’t know how they lost

"Generally, if it's not working....you're not doing it right" -Tom Brands

by Tree Meister on Oct 15, 2011 10:07 PM CDT reply actions

zooker cheated them.

It was not a fun game to watch.

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions

/zooked'd

by 99FormationsButFourWideAin'tOne on Oct 15, 2011 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah

That Zooker thing. I mean, in all probability they still would’ve lost…but fuck. C’mon, you have to give your guys a chance.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 10:12 PM CDT reply actions

Yeah, Illinois has totally blown its chance to be taken seriously

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions

he though he was

It was great as soom as he wen’t 4 it.

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Every time those Fucks screw up...

It makes me happy I made the decision to go to IC all those years ago.

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Nothing better than knowing you made a wise decision

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions

At least one good decision i've made

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Me too. :)

When did you graduate? (84 and 87 here)

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by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions

'97

a good deal of my friend ended up at UIC or UICU…and as far as i’m concerned they could fuck themselves. Though i am drunk and i should go to bed.

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Just back from the game

Great atmosphere, not overly cold.

Best surprise was the flashing TigerHawk on the water tower—anyone know if that is an official thing, or just some guy on the parking ramp being the most awesome dude ever?

Funny thing, crowd really out of the game in the 3rd quarter, just waiting for the Hawks to blow it. Didn’t happen, though, and the crowd was right back in it in the 4th.

Card stunts pretty neat, stripes better than last year, but I’m not sure there’s anything more to be done gimmick-wise next year, though.

Scoreboard made notice of a few recruits in the crowd—just identified by name, though I assume they were recruits—could they have SEEN a cooler game? Can’t imagine it didn’t make an impression.

Finally, loved the bootleg call for Vandy, flashback to Chuck Long against Spartans in 1985. That play ALWAYS works, surprised it’s not run more often.

Anyway, back to my beer. GREAT win, and screw you Fitz.

"Apparently, riding Joe Paterno like a small horse is FROWNED UPON IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT!"

by The Director on Oct 15, 2011 10:19 PM CDT reply actions

here here and Amen

Hail to Kirk Ferentz the First and to the "Iowa Magna Carta"

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

by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Oct 15, 2011 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions

i don't think those were recruits that they put up.

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions

They just got done showing a bunch....

….of stuff about Hawks in the NFL, then the very next thing is a list of three names without any other info given, other than “Iowa welcomes….” to Kinnick Stadium, or something like that.

I don’t think this was a coincidence.

"Apparently, riding Joe Paterno like a small horse is FROWNED UPON IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT!"

by The Director on Oct 15, 2011 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions

I can't remember who was listed as visiting.

I hope like hell there were some defensive linemen in there.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Wouldn't that be a recruiting violation?

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions

The guy next to me wondered that.

But I’m not sure: just three names, no other info, no pics of them. It seemed like it was carefully done just to avoid that very thing.

"Apparently, riding Joe Paterno like a small horse is FROWNED UPON IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT!"

by The Director on Oct 15, 2011 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions

but those names weren't the names of the big recruits that I recognize.

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions

yes, it is one.

I’m almost positive it’s a violation to comment (confirm, deny, etc.) any form of recruitment of a potential student-athlete. I sure hope they weren’t PSA’s.

by One Night Stanzi on Oct 15, 2011 11:36 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Yes

Did we really put there names up there?

by NorseHawk on Oct 15, 2011 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions

There were names, but there's no way they were recruits.

It was just three names and all the press was about the “large recruiting weekend”. I’m sure there were quite a few recruits in attendance.

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by The Mexican't on Oct 15, 2011 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Do you remember the names?

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions

I do not.

Though if I saw a list of recruits that were in attendance I could probably confirm that they didn’t show up on the screen.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 16, 2011 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions

One was Kelsey (I'm pretty sure).

by The Final Gun on Oct 16, 2011 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions

Grammer?

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 16, 2011 1:11 AM CDT up reply actions

Was Roz with him?

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 3:58 AM CDT up reply actions

Chris Kearney, Sean Gothier, and Rob Perry

I took a photo of HawkVision when those names came up so I could look them up when I got home. They didn’t say who/what they were there for, but a quick Google serach pulled this link up here:

http://www.footballfoundation.org/nff/image/2264/chicago-president-chris-kearney-minnesota-chapter-president-sean-gothier-former-minnesota

by iowaengineer on Oct 16, 2011 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

I saw some names later in the game, too.

I’d like to think our athletic department is smart enough not to do something that would be a very public and overt secondary violation.

Then again, they still employ Phil Haddy, so…

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions

Can't we cheat

Without someone reporting? SHHHHH

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm sure we'd still be guilty of secondary violations

even though Ashton is allegedly a little distracted right now

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 3:59 AM CDT up reply actions

1) the stripes looked better than last year
2) how in the hell did we pull off that card stunt? it was sweet!
3) doing the bat signal tigerhawk was cool, but reaffirms my belief that they shouldn’t paint the tower
4) no morris or hitchens?…that’s not good

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 10:20 PM CDT reply actions

Or nardo

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions

I wanna see some video of that Tigerhawk

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, BTN didn't show any of that from what I saw.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions

http://btn.com/2011/10/15/kinnick-stadium-card-stunt-delights/

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions

There’s a couple on youtube already

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions

See, now I like that

Of course, I think the tower should be black with the tigerhawk on it. I suppose that just can’t happen though

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by chitownhawkeye on Oct 16, 2011 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't think they're super-serious injuries

Although ankles (Morris’ injury) can linger which is not good

Not sure what’s wrong with Hitchens or Nardo

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions

That's the thing. Morehouse said Morris looked great pre game and wasn't even limping. We were shocked he sat.

Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

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by jebushchrist on Oct 15, 2011 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, really confusing.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah.

I read that he was out and then looked at the people around me to confirm that we only had one 44 on the team. Morris participated in every pre-game exercise and never appeared to be limping.

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by The Mexican't on Oct 15, 2011 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions

On the On Iowa podcast this week, I think they noted Hitchens had a knee brace last week

Having Donatell and Alston is worrisome

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I thought that Donatell played well tonight

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

by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Oct 15, 2011 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Agreed.

Looked like he was doing a great job of playing with technique and within himself.

….not meant to be code for him being unathletic.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions

We need to be patient, a lot of young players out there...

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions

I agree...

even when he didn’t make a play, he was on right side of blocks for his team to do so. Big Happly!!!

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions

He's not a LB

but did rather well all things considered

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Donatell concerned me a little.

But I didn’t think he was THAT much worse than our normal LBs… which might say more about the level of play we’ve seen from the LBs this year, I suppose. I was still wanting more nickel/dime as opposed to playing those guys at LB, but c’est la vie. Norm is Norm.

How much did Alston play? I didn’t seem to notice him much.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions

I thought I saw him in there more in the 4th quarter

Donatell played okay, considering how much actual game experience he has, but they picked on him some. It did seem that after he got beat a few times they brought in another DB more often

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah.

Shocking that a back-up linebacker would struggle in coverage… ah well.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Not nearly as bad

as watching as Nielsen with a bad ankle try to cover WRs

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions

sigh...

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions

It looked to me....

….that Iowa came out in a nickel defense, and stayed there most of the game. Castillo was even out there for quite a few plays when, I suspect, they went to dime. I can’t recall seeing three LB’s out there at all tonight, though I could be wrong.

"Apparently, riding Joe Paterno like a small horse is FROWNED UPON IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT!"

by The Director on Oct 15, 2011 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions

Hmm, I thought I saw a fair number of three linebacker sets, but maybe there was a d-back lined up near the LOS.

I’m not sure, I guess.

Hopefully Horace charted the game…

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Ya we saw three linemen a bunch of times

but not the exception to the Norm Rule

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions

They went Kirksey, Nielsen, Donatell a bunch, I think

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions

My seats are kinda high.

So I might have missed seeing three LBs at one time. Not only is that possible, it is probable, since my eyes aren’t as good as they used to be!

"Apparently, riding Joe Paterno like a small horse is FROWNED UPON IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT!"

by The Director on Oct 15, 2011 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Alston was in there on run downs a lot of the second half I believe.

by clay-born to party on Oct 16, 2011 12:42 AM CDT up reply actions

So...

We played and won a game without…3 defensive starters?

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 10:25 PM CDT reply actions

And the other team had 92 plays. That, um...a lot...

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions

That's just fucking insane.

Ice baths for everyone on the defense!

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions

1030 is so late

i’m out

He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!

by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 15, 2011 10:28 PM CDT reply actions

Is it Creepy?

For a 50+ year old man to say “I love Marcus Coker”. I mean, he really took the Penn St. game on his shoulders. And he was amazing tonight. He really ran with anger and energy. I know it’s JNW, but I know good running when I see it.

And yes, it is creepy.

by Corncob Justice on Oct 15, 2011 10:28 PM CDT reply actions

It just shows that he cares.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I like him.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Not creepy for bros to love bros.

Also, I was very happy to see him run the ball tonight with aggression. He ran with one hand on the ball for the first time since the opener when he fumbled. We need him to be himself.

Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

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by jebushchrist on Oct 15, 2011 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions

When you run scared, that's when you fumble and/or get hurt

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions

He runs the ball like the kid in junior tackle that hit puberty early.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions

He really improved over the course of the game

early on, was running well, but looked incredibly tentative. In the 2nd half, when we finally started handing him the ball, ran with some authority. Was great to see.

Also, was rather impressed with De’Andre Johnson late in the game.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions

That was a great move to put DJ in there at the end

We need Coker healthy, and DJ got some important mop up duty.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions

And he stepped up

I thought it was a simple bleed the clock move, but he actually ran well, with some decent vision. Obviously, this sample size was small, so the takeaway from it is limited. But was impressed with how he ran

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Seems like usually our back up RB goes tits up in these situations

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Indeed

Didn’t notice him before it, but he gave Coker a much-deserved rest. And did so in a way that really helped us out

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions

It was nice to see jNWU burn those timeouts at the end in complete futility

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions

The O-line

was opening holes you could drive a beer truck through in the second half. That’ll help. (Not that Coker wasn’t looking better, though. He definitely was.)

"You start to get out of bed, you say, 'Oh, [expletive], I only got one leg on, I better get the other leg on.'" -- Norm Parker

by nerdhawk on Oct 15, 2011 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions

We remembered that we could run the ball

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Coker was running the way we all remembered him running last year: decisively

Cut and go. Really nice to see that.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Most great backs do better when they don't think too much.

Its the QBs job to think….

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Thinking is for suckers.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions

More so in the 2nd half

in that, he finally went. Looked good in the 1st half, but too tentative. Finally said “FUCK IT” in the 2nd and really went off

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, 2nd half Coker was a different dude.

Really good to see.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions

PERSAGONE

next strides towards recognition

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Hopefully De'Andre earns a few more carries in meaningful action.

Still not a good idea for Coker to be the only guy carrying the ball until then.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions

DJ would have seen more carries if we could've stopped jNWU a couple of those TD drives

Its still blowing my mind – with the exception of last week – how many points we are putting up. Winning with offense is NOT the Ferentz way.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions

It's the way we won in the early years.

01 and 02 scored quite a few points. Often out of necessity. But yeah, it’s a change…

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions

I don't care how the Ws come as long as we get 'em

And one thing hasn’t changed – Iowa football still seems in doubt during a lot of our Ws, whether we are playing good defense or good offense to win.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions

I spent the last few minutes looking over this from last year. So much funnier now that we actually won.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have three years of pent up frustration to deal with, mostly by crying.

"Lighten up Francis."

by BroncoHawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 10:28 PM CDT reply actions

Posted already?

If not, I’ll do it again. Jizz in my pants. That card stunt was amazing.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 10:32 PM CDT reply actions

So much WIN

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions

IS PROFANTIY ALLOWED HERE?

CAUSE ALL I WANT TO SAY IS:

FUCK YOU jNW!

by cruzhawk on Oct 15, 2011 10:33 PM CDT reply actions

Of course

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes...Fuck Fitz and his Bitches

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Half the NW fans are saying the same thing at this point

Just saw their blogroll. Yikes. They’re worse than you people with the doom and gloom. Then gain, they’re in a pretty deep hole at this point in the season, so it’s not totally without cause.

A man may leave Iowa, but Iowa never leaves a man.

by hawkeyeinstl on Oct 15, 2011 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions

And they're playing PSU next week.

They’re staring 2-5, 0-4 in the Big Ten square 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!"

by RossWB on Oct 15, 2011 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Serves them Fucking Right

That is all i have to say at this momemt. ASU is driving an i want 2 C Oregon loose.

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions

I hate to gloat

but I really do enjoy seeing chadnudj’s prediction of 11-1 go down in flames

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah that was... wtf.

I mean, I’m sure he assumed Persa wouldn’t miss a month and be 75% of himself (tops) when he WAS back, but still. It’s not like they were going to be playing Iowa 11 times…

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions

You know, I'm not even sure Persa should be playing at all

You get the feeling he is one bad plant away from re-injuring himself.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions

On our way to Cubby Bear (ordinarily a horrible place) to see our dear friend from IOWA

Nassor Cooper play music. Yay!

"Pursue happiness... with diligence."

by Bucketochicken on Oct 15, 2011 10:35 PM CDT reply actions

Towards the end of the game I started yelling things about the evil wizard and his potato (once I was sure we would win)

I think the people around me thought it was odd…

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 10:36 PM CDT reply actions

My GF calls us "Birdheads"

She grew up here in Sacramento, went to Sac State, and while she likes football, she doesn’t understand fandom at all. I took her to Iowa CIty in April 2010, and she said “that damn bird head is everywhere – its like a cult”.

I screamed at her yesterday when she was getting dressed “NO PURPLE TODAY OR TOMORROW!” And she said “is this a bird head thing?” and rolled her eyes.

I don’t think there’s any way I can explain the potato thing.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions

People from states that have anything else going on just don't get it

A man may leave Iowa, but Iowa never leaves a man.

by hawkeyeinstl on Oct 15, 2011 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah... there's really no rabid college football fandom in California

Too much stuff to do. Everyone here is a fair weather fan; no one freaks out too much if their team loses.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions

There was actually a dude at the bar tonight wearing an Iowa bird hat.

It was… odd.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions

I've got a fair amount of Iowa gear

Slowly rebuilding my collection. At one point, I had 25 Iowa sweatshirts… my first wife was very supportive. My 2nd wife hated Iowa and hounded me out of them. My current GF doesn’t care…

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions

that's all we wore as kids

My dad is an Iowa alum and every picture of my sister and I as kids involves Hawkeye stuff. We had Hawkeye coats, hats, scarves, gloves, sweaters, sweatshirts, pajamas. Everything else in the house was Hawkeye stuff, too, down to the black and gold-handled kitchen knives and shot glasses.

I’m carrying on that tradition, we dress all four of our kids in Hawkeye garb every Saturday during football season. I hang a 3×5′ flag up out front, etc. It’s gloriously obnoxious. The Penn State fans across the street get it.

A man may leave Iowa, but Iowa never leaves a man.

by hawkeyeinstl on Oct 16, 2011 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions

So Coker tried to go all man on #10 at the beginning of the game and promptly got dropped to his knees.

But somehow, that actually worked out for Iowa for that fellow was not that good the rest of the game.

I do hope Coker doesn’t make himself stupid and depressed by constantly leading with the top of his head.

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 10:36 PM CDT reply actions

He really needs to work on keeping his head up.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Do we still need to fire KOK and KF TODAY NOW IMMEDIATELY TO RIGHT THIS SHIP????

Or has the Hyperbole Brigade calmed the F down, ordered a big fat slice of perspective with a side of reality check, and stuffed its collective maw?

A man may leave Iowa, but Iowa never leaves a man.

by hawkeyeinstl on Oct 15, 2011 10:40 PM CDT reply actions

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT PUNTING IS WINNING

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions

It'll subside.

Until next week’s game thread.

by EastLosRandy on Oct 16, 2011 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions

I think the main proponent of that is no longer with us.

The most vocal, incoherent, and vulgar one, at least.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Oct 16, 2011 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions

Aside from those writers on SOP who I like and respect

I don’t want to hear one jNW fan tell me “good game.” It’s complete fucking bullshit and they don’t mean it. Just like their coach.

The High Porch Picnic

by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 10:42 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

i enjoyed your ripping of lake the posts and his commenters

hopefully some of those guys show up for a pwning

by Loretta8 on Oct 15, 2011 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Show up here?

Not a chance. The only Northwestern fans we get are you, Rodger, Chad and one or two others. MNWildcat maybe?

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions

What's really great about BHGP is that as long as other teams fans don't act like asshats

They get treated well. This is not the case on many other team sites…

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions

i meant on high porch picnic

mr. jones had quite the post game post

by Loretta8 on Oct 15, 2011 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Ahh.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Me = Want the drama

The High Porch Picnic

by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Right now Pat Fitzgerald is praying Urban Meyer doesn't get the Penn St job

or he’ll never beat us again.

by HawkeyeRecon on Oct 15, 2011 10:50 PM CDT reply actions

Diamond and Darboh

Got to see this game. The card show was spectacular, the crowd was spectacular. The game was fun. Help me out people, I’m trying to find a downside here.

Well the defense made some plays but otherwise was suspect. Fortunately, those two guys play on the offensive side of the ball.

by Corncob Justice on Oct 15, 2011 10:51 PM CDT reply actions

Prater gave up on the last TD of jNWU

I realize we play prevent with a lead but we should be trying harder IMHO than we appear to be, but I’m not out there wearing a helmet and pads so perhaps I should not criticize overmuch.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Coverage left a LOT to be desired today

and Prater was rather absent from the game for the most part.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Its got to be driving the coaches crazy...

You can only do so much to coach people, they’ve got to go out and execute, and with so much inexperience on defense Norm is probably not in a position to yank a starter with experience for having his head firmly up his ass.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions

He secretely kinda stinks a whole bunch this year

I think he’s always been overrated, but he’s never been outright bad like he is this year.

by NorseHawk on Oct 15, 2011 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions

This is what I've been secretly thinking too.

by iowabeakster on Oct 15, 2011 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm not sure

he might be slightly overrated, but his fame/reputation has benefitted us. If you’ll notice, opposing QBs rarely go his way, for whatever reason. He might not be shut down, but he does enough to limit the playing field

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:02 AM CDT up reply actions

I think he's had a pretty good year.

He’s made some big plays.

How awesome would any corner be after playing three years in a system like Iowa’s, and then suddenly be surrounded by a defense that is quite lack-luster? With two new safeties, two new LBs, and a D-Line that is pretty ineffective more often than not.

Prater is doing fine. Let’s hope he turns it up a little when we hit the “tough spot” in our Big Ten schedule (November).

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions

Like what?

A pick-6 against a I-AA team? Outside of that he really hasn’t done anything of note, aside from get burned repeatedly.

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions

I seem to recall him playing pretty well against ISU.

And he seemed to be in on nearly every play against PSU.

I haven’t watched our other games on TV yet, but I’d guess he is as solid in them as he has been in the games I mentioned.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions

Yeah

The Parkers are going to remind him of that in a very real way.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions

As well as his teammates

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

I hope no one had Oklahoma in a teaser today.

I think they’ll beat Kansas, but they probably aren’t going to cover.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 10:52 PM CDT reply actions

OU having a wee bit of a brainfart it appears

Hard to stay up for every opponent…

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Amazingly, my pick 'em scores keep getting worse.

I may end up with negative points next week.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Tonight!!

God..what a straight out entertaining game..

Black and Gold Out II was better than the first..
The card stunts looked absolutely cool as hell…

The best part??

Beating FUCKING WIZGERALD and jNWestern…

Here’s a question though.. If jNW starts out 0-4 (assuming a loss to PSU next week), is the Wizgerald on the coaching hot seat?

by FlyingDutchman1 on Oct 15, 2011 10:57 PM CDT reply actions

No

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Why not?

He’s below .500 as a coach five years in..

And with their current schedule, they’ve only got 3 winnable games in my book (Indiana, Rice, Minnesota), which would put them at 5-7 at best….meaning NO bowl.

Now, considering a lot of people had jNWestern going what..8-4 this year or better…a lot people expect the Wiz to get jNwestern to the next step…but it appears its a HUGE step backwards.

by FlyingDutchman1 on Oct 15, 2011 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Couple of reasons

(1) He’s locked in long-term, buy-out would be too much

(2) He’s under .500? SO, he’s like EVERY other jNW coach ever.

(3) FITZ TENSITY!!

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions

They also expected a healthy Persa.

jNWU is traditionally a below-.500 program. jNWU might be a lot of things, but they’re not the program in the B1G I would peg as the stupid one, which they would be if they got rid of Fitzgerald.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Fitz is a legend there

And they’ve won 7-8 and gone to bowls the last three years. They aren’t going to shitcan him after one bum year.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Agreed

Though, delving deeper, if I were the nJW administration, I would be a little concerned that after 5 years the defense for Northwestern keeps getting worse, despite the fact that they have a defense first coach.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah

There might be a little pressure to bring in a new defensive coordinator. It really is a mystery why their defense has been soooo bad under Fitz.

Although it’s been pretty shitty ever since Barnett left. Walker’s teams won by scoring a buttload.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions

And its probably easier to recruit offense to a school like jNWU than defense

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Never put anything..

past the stupidity that goes on at jNW. Remember..they’re a private school..so they got shit tons of money to throw around.

People have been shitcanned for less in CFB. Remember..jNW spent a ton on #PersaStrong campaign for Heisman..now they look like a bunch of idiots…

So take that as you will.

by FlyingDutchman1 on Oct 15, 2011 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions

No.

by txhawkeye on Oct 15, 2011 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Didn't they just re-up him for like a billion years?

by Brock Sampson on Oct 15, 2011 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions

I would say HELL NO

He’s a NU grad… and the point is – who are they going to get that’s better?

jNWU actually is in better shape with him as head coach, program wise, than MN or IU are right now.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions

You're joking, right?

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Per LTP posters

Yes.

The High Porch Picnic

by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Crazy jNW fans are crazy.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions

They're losing their minds.

They’ve started trading in their Ferraris for Maseratis.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh the humanity.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Since being transfered to the Gold Coast

I’ve seen more Maseratis in 4 months than I have in my entire life. Oh, and Northwestern’s medical campus is just down the block. Coincidence?

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Have you been to Timothy O Tooles?

I fucking love that place.

The High Porch Picnic

by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Sounds like happenstance to me.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Went to the Maserati dealership on Park Avenue on 5th Ave in NYC

just for shits and giggles. They saw right through me

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Wait, its two Italian cars that are hideously expensive, somewhat unreliable and eat gas

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Please don't judge us on those guys.

I’ll cop to subscribing to the “no respect” chip on the shoulder point-of-view at one point. At some point you’ve got to let that go.

Fitz isn’t in any way shape or form in trouble. He might have to learn to recruit defense better, as has been suggested here.

That, and we have to learn some cool card stunts to reinstate Wiz-magic. If we can fill the stands (with our fans) first.

Nice win, you deserved it.

by RotoJeff on Oct 15, 2011 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Thank you. Good luck to you guys the rest of the way out.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 17, 2011 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions

hahahaha no.

He would have to lose so much there to get fired.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh, Adam Woodbury was on the radio this morning.

He said he had previously attended 4 games throughout his life, and the team was 4-0. This was #5, and they are now 5-0 in games that Adam Woodbury attends in person.

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 10:59 PM CDT reply actions

GET HIM SEASON TICKETS!

For all our games

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions

/impermissiblebenefits'd

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Shouldn't be too hard next year...

ZOMG WE’RE TOTALLY GOING 56-0 STARTING NEXT YEAR

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions

You remembered to include the B1G championship games . . .

I’m impressed.

Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun.

by KilometersDavis on Oct 15, 2011 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Damn straight.

I’m clearly not drunj enough

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Tonight, I've consumed more beer than someone at 114 lbs. should ever dream of

and I’m still thirsty. Thank you, Northwestern, for making me feel alive again.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:01 PM CDT reply actions

You're a slim man.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Or a fat baby.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm 5'5" and weigh 159

I need to lose about 15 pounds

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions

You're a fat baby.

I mean it.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Haha

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions

You're only 114?

/mind totally asploded’d

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm also only 5'5"

I’m super tiny…yet I lift heavy things all day and make babies like a rabbit. I think I ingested plutonium at an early age.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions

I weight nearly 100 pounds more than you but am only 1 foot taller.

Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

Follow @jebushchrist

by jebushchrist on Oct 15, 2011 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions

You have heavy balls.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

You must have some really manly biceps and quads

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Kyle is a tiny, tiny man.

I carry him around in my pocket.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions

I could carry him in the kangaroo pocket of my hoodie

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions

This is a lie.

I live in your filthy beard.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions

IT IS NOT FILTHY, YOU HOBBIT

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions

The hair on my feet keeps them warm!

What’s your excuse, Gimli?

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Camoflague

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions

With what, the World's Largest Ball of Twine?

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions

That actually is in Minnesota, I believe.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions

My reference wasn't an accident.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Stop being so clever, Frodo.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions

It's sad

I’m bigger than 75% of our d-line. And that’s after a diet

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions

How's your footwork?

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Not good

fucked up my left foot last night. Walking with a pronounced limp today

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Stop trying to stick your foot up your ass and you'll be OK

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions

The same could be said of your head.

WOOT!

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions

I thought it was weird that it was so hard to breathe

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions

Would that I were flexible

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions

You could go on Dancing with the Stars or something.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions

I squatted 425 four times today! Woot!!!

That was not that much more than I weigh.

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Chazz?

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions

I did not squat with Chazz on my back, no.

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Those deep knee bends holding 3 pound hand weights are a bitch aren't they?

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

yes?

no?

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions

All I have to say is

fuck the BMI.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions

said that for years.

Brian Urlacher is obese!!!

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions

A lot of athletes, amateur and otherwise, are "FAT" according to BMI

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions

I get that being 265 pounds, even if at 7% body fat, can be bad for your body.

Our joints just aren’t generally bad for that much weight. But the problems are much less than being fat and out of shape.

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions

I prefer OBEAST

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions

That's my excuse too

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions

and NO

They would be stupid to fire him. If they did they would be radioactive from any coaching job for the next 20 years.

So, should we fire Kirk Ferentz?

by Corncob Justice on Oct 15, 2011 11:01 PM CDT reply actions

KF isnt..

.below .500 as a coach five years in… The Wizgerald is..

by FlyingDutchman1 on Oct 15, 2011 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions

I get that

But jNW is really one of the worst programs in the B1G to recruit in, mainly because of their epically bad fan base. He has made them an entertaining team to watch in a market that has a lot of viewing options.. He is smart and really cares about the program. I would bet the odds are great that they would race right to the bottom if he left. I get that they suck this year but I bet he brings them back. Short version, he’s a coach that knows what he’s doing.

by Corncob Justice on Oct 15, 2011 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions

A fanbase is towards the bottom of factors for recruits.

What are the coaches like?
What is campus life like?
What are your odds at getting to the next level?

And at the end of the day, the caliber of student Northwestern is trying to recruit would find it tough to resist the pull of playing in Evanston when put up against Stanford (who is more attractive), Duke, Vanderbilt or Rice (who aren’t more attractive). With the right coach (and Fitz is that) Northwestern can do very well for themselves given their limitations.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions

On that list you just put up, I'd go to Stanford over ALL of those other places

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Right

but they have limited scholarships just like everyone else who doesn’t play in the SEC. Northwestern can do very well for themselves all things considered. Palo Alto is also more isolated from their nearest city than NU is from theirs. That’s important to some kids.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions

But the weather in Chicago totally sucks. BAY AREA baby

Which is much nicer than Chicago

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Some people like the Midwest, though.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh, I agree

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, you're not getting my point at all.

Stanford is a fantastic school in a great location. They are also limited in the number of spots available. Also, as SJP has pointed out just below, not everyone else is as enamored of California as you (myself, for one). Northwestern has an advantageous position in many respect amongst student athletes of a certain profile.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Actually I do agree with you and get your point

I was saying more along the lines if I were a top recruit that had offers from ALL of those places Stanford is an easy choice, has a winning tradition in the Pac 10 – Duke is a football graveyard…

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions

A tradition of winning?

They haven’t won with any sort of consistency since John Ralston left in the early 70’s. They had all of 3 winning seasons from 2000-10. Northwestern at their worst was far worse, but from the perspective of current recruits, they’ve been every bit as competitive a program during their lifetimes.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions

No and No

Do you really think that Iowa didn’t get some recruits tonight? Most athletes do not want to perform in front of a lackadaisical fan base. When you make a great play, you want the fans roaring for you at the top of their lungs.This is what gives Iowa a great recruiting advantage over Northwestern. The reason Fitzgerald has won so many games against Iowa is that he’s a really good coach. And yes JNW has the academic recruiting advantage, but that’s not enough amongst athletes who want to go to the NFL.

by Corncob Justice on Oct 15, 2011 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Iowa just lost a prized OL recruit to MN.

Must have been the raucous environment at the Bank. Well, that and that Iowa has no tradition of producing linemen.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions

"prized" is a little strong, and he's also from Minnesota

by NorseHawk on Oct 15, 2011 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions

We can make HS OL.

We just haven’t developed any at the college level since we fired the cancer in 2006.

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 15, 2011 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions

If Mason was cancer, what was Brewster? Super AIDS?

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Better than Jerry Kill

ssshhhhh though

by NorseHawk on Oct 15, 2011 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Sure, why not.

At least Brewster kept WINFIGHTTRYing. Mason quit in the 4th quarter of a game in 2003.

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 15, 2011 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions

He probably just wanted to make sure the Metrodome crew had enough time to change things over for the Vikings.

He’s thoughtful like that.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions

It was a Friday night....

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 15, 2011 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Why were they playing on a Friday?

Were they scrimmaging against Cretin Durham or something?

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions

That sounds like the infamous Michigan game

that they blew after leading big.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions

LALALALALALA

I can’t hear you. That never happened.

LALALALA

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 15, 2011 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions

how many games have been erased from your history?

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Minnesota's played 14 games since 1986, right?

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 16, 2011 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions

That's what I thought, but I didn't remember it being a Friday.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions

That's actually the ONLY reason I remember it.

It was weird. Was there a Twins playoff game on Saturday or something?

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes.

And a Vikings game on Sunday, if I remember correctly.

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 15, 2011 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Knowing Minnesota sports, I bet the Twins and Vikings lost, too.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions

I think the Twins actually beat

the Vikings.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 16, 2011 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions

Well, duh.

Daunte Culpepper couldn’t hit a curveball.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions

It takes a while to repaint the Vikings logos and such

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 17, 2011 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions

I love that Mason and DiNardo have genuine friction in the studio.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions

That is because mason sucks it.

and gerry smiles

by DaaCF on Oct 16, 2011 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions

I had little respect for DiNardo as a coach

at either LSU or Indiana, but he is rather good as an analyst. And the friendly competition/one-upmanship between him and Howard Griffith seems fun and genuine. as opposed to the forced antagonism on EVERY ESPN SHOW for the past 10 years.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:09 AM CDT up reply actions

Pirsig?

He said the “o-lineman factory” aspect of Iowa and Wisconsin was actually a downside for him. He wanted to be “unique” and “be his own man” at Minny.

Which, whatever. I don’t know what they’re drinking over in Blue Earth, but it’s clearly laced with hallucinogens.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions

It's just to illustrate

that playing in front of passionate fans is not all it takes to land recruits. Otherwise Clemson, South Carolina and Texas A&M would have far more success than they actually do.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, true.

It’s a selling point for some, not all.

Hell, this is true even in the EA games. Some guys just have no regard for my A+ fanbase rating. Ungrateful bastards.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions

I think it's definitely a selling point for in-state kids

and those who are good but don’t have any real aspirations at playing at the next level. For the truly elite recruits I think it’s far more a question of coaching staffs/philosophies and facilities.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Um

All of those teams are doing very well. So I’m not sure if you’re being super snarky or not.

by Corncob Justice on Oct 15, 2011 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Good point.

Those teams doing well this year = point well made. How old are you?

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm guessing that I'm older than you.

I don’t know if SC, A&M and Clemson have always had rabid fan bases. I’m certainly not saying that’s all it takes. All I am saying is that it is definitely an advantage, particularly in recruiting. And Fitzgerald has run a successful program by JNW standards despite not having this advantage which I think is considerable. So I’m not sure what your point is. Crap I’m getting tired of defending the Fitz. Fuck it, go Hawkeyes.

by Corncob Justice on Oct 16, 2011 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions

You know, he's probably just got a hot GF in the Cities area

And he doesn’t want to LEAVE HER

That’s the way 17-18 year old kids think.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 17, 2011 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions

ferentz is only

2 games over .500 in conference in the last 5 years. (not counting this year yet).

with 2-3 of the most talented Iowa teams I have ever seen. I am not sure I would start throwing stones yet.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 15, 2011 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions

For some reason

This is the song I want to celebrate with tonight. Must be those damn Chrysler 300 commercials.

by cruzhawk on Oct 15, 2011 11:04 PM CDT reply actions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QePjIIBI-sI

by cruzhawk on Oct 15, 2011 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Kansas has, like, pride 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!"

by RossWB on Oct 15, 2011 11:06 PM CDT reply actions

Turner Gill has HUSKER POWER.

Yet Nebraska doesn’t. Huh.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions

They're powered by T-Mobile now.

Unfortunately, service is very spotty.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Unfortunate for whom?

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Not us.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Miami (OH) 9, Kent State 3

Texas 15, Detroit 5

One of these games was a football game. The other was not.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:07 PM CDT reply actions

Texas, right? :p

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions

WTF was that call, Chuck?

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:09 PM CDT reply actions

Chuck Long is kind of a terrible coach.

I am going to be annoyed when his name inevitably comes up the next time we have an opening

by NorseHawk on Oct 15, 2011 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, his track record is kinda dodgy.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Quick aside:

if Norm stepped down would you entertain the idea of Mike Stoops?

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah definitely

He’s a good coach. I don’t want anything to do with Mark though.

by NorseHawk on Oct 15, 2011 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions

The 'Noles can keep him.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions

yep

i think ferentz would tamp down his bad sides.

And i think he would push Ferentz a bit.

Having everyone agree is bad.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 15, 2011 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions

I think he's exactly what you want in an assistant

you just don’t want him running your program.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Honestly, considering what a mess Arizona's program was, I think he did a pretty good job

by NorseHawk on Oct 15, 2011 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions

He did OK.

He won 8 games a couple times, but Arizona is a a place that was 12-1 as late as 1998.

He did make three bowls (a Las Vegas, a Holiday, and an Alamo), but only won one. He had a losing overall and league record after 7 and a half years. He never won even a share of a league title, never finished the year ranked, and the program was on a downswing from 09 to now. Also, he was a caricature because of his “artery-explosion-in-waiting” anger.

I don’t hate Mike Stoops, but I think I like most of our current defensive assistants better as an Iowa DC than I would Mike Stoops.

What I’d really like to see, is if Bob Sanders is done as a player, that we try to bring him in as a grad assistant or something. I’d love to see Bob Sanders as Iowa DC in 10 or 15 years.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions

Yes, but that was also the ONY time

Arizona did that well. This is a program that has NEVER won the Pac-10. And the 1998 team was one that was the preseason #1. Arizona does not have a solid tradition of winning.

Not sure Stoops is the answer at DC either. But I also have no idea where you get the idea that Sanders is ever going to be, or would be any good as, a coach.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Wasn't Arizona also SI preseason #1 a couple years earlier?

And its Bob Sanders. I have no idea where you get the idea that he is not going to be any good as a coach.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Just because someone was awesome as a player

has no bearing on his ability to coach. In fact, the number of elite players that went on to be successful coaches is amazingly small

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Well...

…this article makes me think he’s got potential.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 16, 2011 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions

After posting last night

I thought about it and realized I was coming off as far more negative than I intended. If Bob wants to coach that’s great and I hope he is very good at it. And I would certainly have no problem whatsoever having him on the Iowa staff if he was good at his job. I am just not in favor of making multiple big assumptions about his potential future.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 17, 2011 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh yeah

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes

but, as PV mentioned the other day, I think it’s probably Phil Parker’s job to lose

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:12 AM CDT up reply actions

Chuck Long and Mike Stoops are Iowa's coordinators next year?

Let’s internet-rumor this thing!

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Ferentz's head just ASPLODED

at the thought

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:13 AM CDT up reply actions

If KF's head asplodes

that just means we need to throw $10 million a year at Bob Stoops. Or Bob Elliott. Or Bob Denver .

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions

So

Honestly, should Okie fall a spot? I think so. I think Wisky and OSU should be ahead.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:10 PM CDT reply actions

Oklahoma is underperforming but I don't think they'll fall

People still think the B1G is not that good, OkSt looking a little shaky vs. Texas

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Texas is a decent team

Kansas is one of the worst in the nation.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions

And listen

(as I respond to myself) I’m not saying Okie isn’t one of the best in the nation. But when you’re dealing with the top 10 in the nation, who are very dependent on their margin of victory and beating every single team…come the fuck on. Kansas is terrible.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions

They could still wind up with a final score of 54-17 pretty easily.

It’s 33-17 now at the start of the 4Q. Granted, anyone who watched much of the game would know that this was more of a struggle than that for OU… but how many pollsters will just look at the final score?

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions

The pollsters are lucky that they can dress and feed themselves without drooling in many cases

Reporters in particular can be VERY lazy, coaches are often too busy to pay much attention to other teams

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions

And you just made what I said

Idiotic. And that’s exactly what’s going to happen.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions

I can see the argument for dropping them... but I don't think they will.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Well I mean

I’m drunk and I’m making the argument of “hey if you actually watch the game…”

Which is not what happens in real life for people who vote for the polls.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Now Clemson should totally drop

Maryland is gaaaaarbage

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions

As I said, underperforming

But the pollsters don’t always vote logically

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions

When it comes to the Big Ten this year, "people" are correct

The conference is terrible. It sucks for Wisconsin, because I think they’re pretty legit, but they’re going to have a really bad SOS.

by NorseHawk on Oct 15, 2011 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions

I think that's a slippery slope.

If they were to do the same thing week-in, week-out it would be different. Let’s see how the game finishes.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions

I like those Oregon unis.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:17 PM CDT reply actions

You also like Zubaz.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions

LIES

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions

A taste indictment if there ever was one.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions

I saw a few of those out today.

Some college-age dude was wearing them, and a lady who appeared to have spent adult years in the ’90’s ran up to him and yelled ZUBAZ!!!! right at his face.

Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.

by Give Eddie a Beer on Oct 15, 2011 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Chazz?

/is totally over-using this meme’d

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 15, 2011 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions

I love the orgeon cheer Unis!!!

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions

I like what's under them.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions

The turf?

Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.

by Give Eddie a Beer on Oct 15, 2011 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions

nekkid athletic men?

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Since when is "Bondo" a legitimate school color?

by Brock Sampson on Oct 15, 2011 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Oregon is the only school I approve looking like they walked off the set of STAR WARS.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions

I thought the helmet/silver wing combo was looking great.

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions

They should come out onto the field

in an AT-AT walker.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 16, 2011 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Do you think Phil Knight is made out of money?

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 16, 2011 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions

No.

I think he’s made of blood diamonds.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 16, 2011 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions

Money and polyurethane, yeah.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions

And Nike AIR cells

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:14 AM CDT up reply actions

BULL RIDING ON VERSUS

FUCK FOOTBALL.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:20 PM CDT reply actions

Sumo is the end All best sport that can be televised

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Do they have this China? My friends and I were wondering that today.

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Not sure

My wife and i watched a few years back for an entire evening that we should have gone to be…and was so ’intrigueing ’ that we stayed up ’till way too late and it was fucking bob goddam costas as the brodcaster so u know it had to be good.

by DaaCF on Oct 15, 2011 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, but you don't have to worry about getting gored by horns and stomped in football

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions

You do if it's a Colorado game.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Why do you guys not just want to have a real good time

LETS HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:25 PM CDT reply actions

Ryan Broyles is quite good at football

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:30 PM CDT reply actions

320 or so catches!!!! what's the iowa record for catches?

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 15, 2011 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions

A lot less than that.

I can’t remember the exact number

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions

So, I just wanna say

Yes, Oregon is a great football team. But they also got worked on by LSU, the best team in the nation. I mean, honestly, Oregon might end up the #2 team in the nation and we might do this all over again.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:33 PM CDT reply actions

Please no

Oregon has some nice athletes, but they are a gimmick team.

Iowa would have beaten them soundly if they had played them in the 2009 Rose Bowl

by Corncob Justice on Oct 15, 2011 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions

...

I will pretend I don’t see this.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Oregon

does not play tackle football.

They are very good at flag football.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 15, 2011 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions

OH

2009. LOL. Sorry.

Yeah, we beat them. Easy.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions

2009 Iowa took apart a pretty good GT team

But i was mostly referring to lasting the full season in the B10. Not sure the mighty mites could last.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 15, 2011 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions

How they've dodged the NCAA death hammer

up to now amazes me

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:15 AM CDT up reply actions

I will assume that you're blocking Alabama from your mind.

Because they’re disgustingly good.

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 15, 2011 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Understood

Absolutely. But the SEC is deep.ESSSSS EEEEE SEEEEE.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Not really.

Have you seen the SEC East? It’s the Big 12 North with better co-eds right now.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions

the SEC west

is the Big Ten with deeper athletes.

Les Miles and Nick Saban run B10 O and D, just with hybrid vigor athletes. Hell, they forced Urban Meyer to retire.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 15, 2011 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Not entirely true.

First of all, Wisconsin’s offense comes straight from “Coaching Jr. High Football for Dummies” with college athletes who know their jobs very well.

Secondly, while Wisconsin’s offense is checkers, Saban is playing Global Thermonuclear War Games. And LSU may have better athletes then them, but aren’t as disciplined. And they have Les Miles.

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 15, 2011 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Les Miles rules

haters vacate

by NorseHawk on Oct 15, 2011 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions

I dunno

looks to me like Saban and Miles are playing ’80s B10 football. Put your best athletes on D. play hellacious D, score some points, and if you are Les, channel Hayden and run some fakes. If you are Saban, channel Bo and strangle the life out of them.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 15, 2011 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I liked this comparison.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions

Since when

does two teams equal deep? Because outside of LSU and Alabama, there ins nothing in the SEC that really impresses me as being better than everyone else

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:16 AM CDT up reply actions

But Alabama is coached by the Evil Saban

And probably is committing NCAA offenses faster than your average five year old kid can pick boogers out of his nose and eat them.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Did I miss the part where Michigan State and LSU were buried in NCAA sanctions after he left?

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Its not so much Evil Saban as it is the boosters at Alabama

Just as bad there (if not worse) than Auburn.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Welcome to big boy college football.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions

I know, scum everywhere

I also lived in ESSSSS EEEE CEEEE country from 99-07 (Mississippi) and I think collectively the SEC fan base is probably more obnoxious than even the worst tOSU fan about their superiority to everything else. Although they will grudgingly respect your team if you beat somebody that “you’re not supposed to” (unless of course, said team is a SEC team and they you “just got lucky/we played bad/someone performed voodoo” etc).

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 16, 2011 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions

But AUBURN DID NOTHING WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PAWL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

/knows full well the NCAA totally pussed out on this one

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:18 AM CDT up reply actions

I suspect the reason the NCAA won't touch Oregon - yet...

Phil Knight. Nike has enormous influence in sports… do you really want to piss Phil Knight off?

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 16, 2011 8:35 AM CDT up reply actions

Whoa.

FIIIIIGHT

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:36 PM CDT reply actions

Putting the "Wac" in SWAC.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions

I guess they've gotta quit selling beer on game days at the local Wal-Mart

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 15, 2011 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions

OK FINE

ASSHOLES. Alabama will go undefeated. Correct?

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:42 PM CDT reply actions

Had a great convo with a jNW fan during halftime:

Me: Hey, welcome to Iowa City. Hope people are treating you well.
Him: Yada, yada, yada — mentions something about coming in a bus.
Me: I didn’t know Audi made a bus.
Him: . . .
Me: I’m surprised Northwestern has enough fans to fill a bus — oh, wait, I bet you bring your servants along, right?

by The Final Gun on Oct 15, 2011 11:42 PM CDT reply actions

That's teamwork

I’m pretty sure Iowa won this game because you psyched those fans out.

You’re either on the bus or off the bus.

by Corncob Justice on Oct 15, 2011 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh, did anyone notice the photo they used during the game when they were talking about the rec TD record?

It was not a picture of McNutt. Who was that?

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 11:44 PM CDT reply actions

Hmm?

I know at one point when they were talking about it and showed old shots of Dwight, Hughes, and McNutt they used a shot of Marvin’s one-handed TD catch. Can’t remember what game that was but it was definitely Marvin.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Are you sure?

I had the same response as SJP; that pic looked nothing like McNutt.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Maybe we're thinking of different things.

There was at least one where I would swear it was Marvin. That one-handed catch was unmistakable.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions

No, it wasn't a catch.

It was the actual photos lined up side by side with their career TD stats next to them. The pic of McNutt looked to be somebody else.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Okay, we're definitely thinking of different things.

I for one am shocked that BTN would screw something up.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Maybe Tim Doyle is a producer now?

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions

I swear Loretta said he was coaching or something now.

I hope that was true and that he won’t be, uh, gracing us with his presence on games this year.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions

His mustache will still be calling games, however.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 16, 2011 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions

nooooooooo

now I’m gonna have nightmares

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions

I know what you're talking about. I think it was Davis.

Definitely NOT McNutt.

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 16, 2011 1:17 AM CDT up reply actions

They looked like the portraits they take for the media guide.

Hughes and Dwight and then some dude who was supposed to be McNutt but I didn’t recognize the photo.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 15, 2011 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions

He looked far more, um, mocha than Marvin.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 15, 2011 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions

His nose was normal sized, too.

It was funny because they zoomed on the real-live McNutt immediately after that, and I was NOT surprised no one caught it.

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 16, 2011 1:18 AM CDT up reply actions

Anybody got some vid on this?

I was watching at a bar in Seattle at a distance from a small tv. I remember this, but was probably too dronk to notice the deception.

by Corncob Justice on Oct 16, 2011 1:21 AM CDT up reply actions

Ah

That must have been some other bit. The one I’m thinking of had all action shots of Dwight, Hughes, and McNutt.

Hughes’ shot was in black and white, which was weird. I’m pretty sure we had color photos in the early 90s…

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Bullshit call in the ASU game a little bit ago.

Early whistle, I think

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:45 PM CDT reply actions

yep. hell of an effort play to keep that ball alive

by rupertj on Oct 15, 2011 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Replay decision at Oregon goes Oregon's way

There’s a shocker.

by Brock Sampson on Oct 15, 2011 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Oklahoma doesn't know what you mean by that.

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 15, 2011 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Unfortunately, I don't know if it could be overturned by replay

I think the official fucked up by blowing his whistle early

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions

They looked at it for a long time though

If that ref blew his whistle he should have just said so before they went through all that.

by Brock Sampson on Oct 15, 2011 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions

All this speed on display has them pooped out.

"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 Oct 15, 2011 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions

A 6'8 quarterback?

Scary. Scary. BUT ILLINOIS BEAT THEM LAWLS.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:51 PM CDT reply actions

Mcnutt

Would’ve caught that.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 15, 2011 11:52 PM CDT reply actions

Unless against PSU

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 15, 2011 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions

jNW jNW jNW!

Back from the game a bit ago….had to chime in. I have seen a lot more up and down exciting games at Kinnick and I have seen bigger victories but this game was just so much damn fun. FINALLY!!

by Argulor on Oct 15, 2011 11:58 PM CDT reply actions

About fing time

how did the card tricks look? You’ll be surprised to know that the B10 network showed barbasol commercials instead.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions

Someone post a link earlier.

Check it out here. its worth it.

by Argulor on Oct 16, 2011 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions

I thought it was convenient how each card had a little window in it (a slit, really)

you could peak through to watch the stadium. Very convenient, and it forced people to hold their cards at the right level.

by The Final Gun on Oct 16, 2011 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions

agreed

plus, the little picture of the dude holding the card in the instructions was funny

by rupertj on Oct 16, 2011 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions

Both pics

Packers...Hawkeyes, need I say more?

by dirtydave on Oct 16, 2011 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm glad somebody took a picture

by rupertj on Oct 16, 2011 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions

Took those this morning

I saved my card because…why not.

Packers...Hawkeyes, need I say more?

by dirtydave on Oct 16, 2011 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions

"Dropping the ball in the defender's face"?

That’s a new one.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:00 AM CDT reply actions

Sounds dirty

by Brock Sampson on Oct 16, 2011 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions

I guess this is why you never hear that much about Darron Thomas

Oregon looks just as good with his backup in there.

by Brock Sampson on Oct 16, 2011 12:01 AM CDT reply actions

LaMichael James' back-ups aren't too bad, either.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions

fast is fast

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions

They have oodles and oodles of speed.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions

It must be nice to have more than one RB on the roster

by Brock Sampson on Oct 16, 2011 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions

That's so bourgeois.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 16, 2011 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Ee're pushing our luck by having even one, let's not go crazy

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions

I feel like Texas beating Detroit is no longer "breaking news," ESPN

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:01 AM CDT reply actions

I'm going to see if I can make my liver cry tonight.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 16, 2011 12:02 AM CDT reply actions

Fuck Oregon.

I really hate them.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 16, 2011 12:05 AM CDT reply actions

Route running fail, ASU

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:09 AM CDT reply actions

I hope he at least got the photo snapped first

by Brock Sampson on Oct 16, 2011 12:10 AM CDT reply actions

He really banged his head there.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 16, 2011 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions

That would be a fun shot

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions

This new zoom lens is great!

It’s like I’m right in the middle of the act-OOOF!

by Brock Sampson on Oct 16, 2011 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions

"What's the last thing grandpa saw before he died?"

“Let’s put this memory card in a computer and take a look.”

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 16, 2011 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions

OK, I'm going to finish my drink and then die in my sleep.

HAVE FUN!

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 16, 2011 12:11 AM CDT reply actions

Have some water, Slim Kyle!

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 16, 2011 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions

Dennis Erikson

Disagrees with your rules.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:11 AM CDT reply actions

Trying to read thru the entire thread nearly killed me.

So I’ll just say my piece here instead.

I can’t believe Iowa didn’t run the ball even more than they did, but I won’t complain about 41 points.

I really wanted JVB to take a knee after his bootleg (which was definitely not a TD) was called back, just to fuck with Fitz and eat more clock.

I didn’t realize how GIGANTIC Mike Daniels is until tonight.

That Ebert guy has a tremendous ability to sit in the zone just beyond the first down marker and for that reason he’s an asshole.

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by The Mexican't on Oct 16, 2011 12:12 AM CDT reply actions

That Ebert guy

i suppose recognizing this and jamming the shit out of that little might mite is out of the question.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions

I think they tried.

They put three different DBs (Castillo, Lowery, and Donatell I think) on him throughout the game. He also kept lining up in the slot so he was always available on the 5 yard slant. He just knew exactly where to sit down in the zone and it was nearly impossible to stop him. IIRC, at one point he was basically wearing Neilsen as a cape and still converted.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 16, 2011 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions

from tv

we were always off 5-7 yards. never tried to jam anyone at the line

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions

I didn't have a problem with a single DB, except Prater.

I have no idea where his head was today. It certainly wasn’t in this game. He looked like shit out there.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 16, 2011 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions

Hyde

had trouble tackling on a few plays. But the TD deep for the true freshman QB that prater gave up was turrible.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:32 AM CDT up reply actions

They should have given him the TD anyway

Awesome should always trump “video evidence”. I also kinda wish we’d let him sneak it in so he could get the TD anyway.

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions

This and this.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Carfino's nephew and I were both explaining to those around us that it wasn't necessarily a bad thing that he wasn't given the TD.

They booed anyway.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 16, 2011 12:19 AM CDT up reply actions

MOAR TOUCHDOWNS

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Between that almost TD and Prater's total brain fart, we had a pretty immense amount of excitement going on.

There was a near riot when Prater let that receiver line up completely uncovered. I’m about 80% sure that without us yelling Tanner Miller would never have gotten over to stop the TD.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 16, 2011 12:21 AM CDT up reply actions

between that

and prater getting beat deep for the last TDm he has not been playing well. I think we might be seeing him next year

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions

Prater's a senior.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:29 AM CDT up reply actions

and never mind

thought he was junior

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions

Yeah

Allen Reisner totally agrees with you.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 16, 2011 12:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Also, Tanner Miller's TD was AWESOME.

I hope to see video of the crack-back block that Alvis threw.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 16, 2011 12:13 AM CDT reply actions

Yeah it was

I think that might have been the loudest I’ve ever heard Kinnick

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions

It's the most exciting play I've witnessed at Kinnick.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 16, 2011 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions

I think the Tyler Sash pinball INT has to win this one for me, but it's way up there

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions

I personally witnessed an Adam Shada....

Well, nevermind.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:19 AM CDT up reply actions

So pissed that Miller only tied the record for longest INT return in team history

So close to getting Shada out of the record book

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:20 AM CDT up reply actions

Shada's runback was incredible.

Obviously the highlight of his Iowa career.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions

Mike Klinkenborg.

Shada gets forced out around the 30 or 20 yard line if Klink doesn’t follow him the entire way and give him the final block to spring him. Thats what I remember from that play.

by Argulor on Oct 16, 2011 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions

And Miller never gets the edge if Alvis doesn't come back to make the final block.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 16, 2011 12:29 AM CDT up reply actions

was that the one on the lineman right towards the beginning of the play?

there was an O-lineman just waiting for Miller and someone came and cleaned up out from the side on a clean block.

meh

by tyger1147 on Oct 16, 2011 1:23 AM CDT up reply actions

The first block was Kirksey, then Alvis came back and leveled someone to free Miller and send him up the sideline.

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by The Mexican't on Oct 16, 2011 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Mexican't, weren't you there for Daniel Murray vs PSU?

Also, I was there for Clark against Purdue.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:32 AM CDT up reply actions

I was. But I knew the FG was going to be good

I had no idea Miller was going to house a 98-yard INT.

I had a blast today. It wasn’t as exciting as PSU ’08, but it was still a lot of fun.

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by The Mexican't on Oct 16, 2011 12:41 AM CDT up reply actions

Certainly, today was quite good.

But jNW isn’t all that great.

Miller’s play was awesome. But to me, it was less-impactful than the other ones I mentioned.

Sorry that I’m picking nits. Today was continued proof that it’s great to be a Hawkeye.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 1:15 AM CDT up reply actions

Don't blame me for whoever put that tunnel in the Cotton Bowl

Don’t blame that Texas cornerback for not being fast enough to cover me….

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:14 AM CDT reply actions

Really

No one gets The U reference? You guys are dead to me.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions

Nah I got it

That movie ruled. Excessive celebrations all day every day.

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Who was that?

What was the name of the guy?

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Randal Hill

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zeL5yyjqWQ

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 16, 2011 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions

Um., you mean Randall "The Thrill" Hill

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:29 AM CDT up reply actions

NEVERMIND FOUND IT

That. Was swagger. That was Iowa in 2002.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:26 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

YESSSSSSS

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions

Oh fuck.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 16, 2011 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions

And I quote:

It wasn’t my fault that they built that stadium where there was a tunnel in the endzone that I scored in. It wasn’t my fault that the doors were open in that tunnel. It wasn’t my fault that it was not illegal for me to run through that tunnel. Don’t blame me. You can blame the architects of that stadium. You can blame the University of Texas for taunting us. You can blame Robert Bailey for setting up the whole thing by knocking the first person out. You can blame Craig Erickson for throwing me the ball. You can blame the defensive back for not being good enough to cover me. It’s just not my fault that I ran through that tunnel.

That. Is fucking swagger.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions

BANG BANG

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm not going to get repetitive

And talk about what they did. And talk about what they accomplished. But honestly, every single time I watch The U I say to myself “I can. Not. Believe. That. Happened.” They did it. All of it.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:31 AM CDT up reply actions

I used to have a gif of the "I ain't scared of you, bitch" part from the coinflip but I can't find it

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions

I tend to focus on the stereo theft and club-hopping.

But then again, I have a pretty severe hatred for Michael Irvin, so…

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions

hey cool another thing Chazz is wrong about

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:36 AM CDT up reply actions

Whatevs, dude.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:39 AM CDT up reply actions

Greatest U MAD gif

Ever.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:47 AM CDT up reply actions

I can't believe I used to hate Michael Irvin.

The guy makes me laugh so hard. Even when I can’t understand a damn word he’s saying he kills me.

Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.

Follow @jebushchrist

by jebushchrist on Oct 16, 2011 2:39 AM CDT up reply actions

what about

the cocaine use and the infidelity?

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions

Well, those I knew about before "The U" movie.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:39 AM CDT up reply actions

Man

I’m just focusing on that swagger.

Are you denying they were that good?

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:40 AM CDT up reply actions

They were good.

Just like OSU was good with TPryor and professional friends.

Just like SMU was good in the 80s.

Just like USC was good in the 2000s.

(You see my point. There will always be an asterisk for “dirty” teams in my mind).

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:45 AM CDT up reply actions

What rules did they break

Again?

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:47 AM CDT up reply actions

I think many of the players, even from that time,

have admitted to plenty of extra benefits.

And, it is well-documented, I’m not a big fan of drug use. Miami Hurri-caines.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:48 AM CDT up reply actions

No

I’m asking you what rules they broke at the time. Not years later.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:50 AM CDT up reply actions

That was breaking a rule at the time though?

They didn’t necessarily get caught (although even that’s not true, since they were on probation for a big chunk the 90s), but that doesn’t mean they weren’t breaking rules.

Not that any of this makes them less awesome.

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 1:02 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm just saying

They did a LOT wrong. But not a long wrong by standards today.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 1:10 AM CDT up reply actions

I think they did plenty wrong.

But the NCAA isn’t (and wasn’t) very good at catching these behemoth football programs at cheating/buying/whoring/drugging/whatever.

The main reason SMU got the death penalty was because they were dumb, repetitive, and pretty overt.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 1:13 AM CDT up reply actions

NO, it's not the main reason

it’s the fact that SMU, while on probation for paying it’s players, continued to pay the exact same players. It truly boggles my mind how so many people watched the exact same documentary about SMU, and STILL don’t understand just how so dick-slap-in-the-face egregious SMU’s actions were. NO OTHER SCHOOL EVER, has EVER been so blatant about their abuses and to claim that Miami, or anyone else is in the same league as SMU is the worst kind moral equivocation.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:36 AM CDT up reply actions

Did you even read my comment?

I said “repetitive, overt.”

And I don’t understand where this “moral equivocation” phrase came from.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions

NONE of those teams

can hold a candle to the absolute curb-stomping dominance that was THE U in the mid-to-late-80s

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:32 AM CDT up reply actions

Are we talking about Irvin

or Walter Payton?

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:31 AM CDT up reply actions

I thought Sweetness was more of a pills and laughing gas kind of guy?

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions

Dennis Erickson, why are you punting

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:28 AM CDT reply actions

Because punting is winning.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:29 AM CDT up reply actions

CAPITALIZE IT PUNTING IS WINNING

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 16, 2011 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions

Apropos of nothing, but I loved Marvin's return of the first onside kick.

I was really hoping he’d run it in for a TD.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:31 AM CDT reply actions

Me too.

It’s weird about Marvin. He’s going to hold some of the career WR records, but aside from 7 got 6 at MSU, I feel a bit like he has underperformed over his time at IA. I realize how absurd that sounds, but it just seems that way to me.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions

what

He’s only been a receiver for, like, three years and he’s going to set the school record for tocuhdowns and wind up really high on the yardage list. He’s a serious contender for best receiver in school history

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:40 AM CDT up reply actions

And, of course,

I tend to over-rate Dwight in my mind, because he was probably a better returner than a WR.

I think it really would have been awesome to see what some Iowa WRs could have done with full careers as Hawkeyes (most of it as starters). Something tells me guys like Clinton Solomon, CJ Jones, Mo Brown, and a few others could have been awesome®.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:43 AM CDT up reply actions

That last part was supposed to be awesome r, as in more awesome.

But trademark awesome will also do.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:47 AM CDT up reply actions

looked like he hada shot at it

woulda been a unique way to break the record.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions

I thought it was just a receiving TD record.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions

Hmm

I was guessing that Dwight’s punt returns counted. Could be wrong though.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:37 AM CDT up reply actions

No, receiving TDs only.

Timmy D definitely has more than 21 total TDs.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions

And then

He signed my rookie card.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:42 AM CDT up reply actions

Nice. Where was that taken?

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 16, 2011 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions

No, it's receiving TDs

Total TDs would be Banks

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions

wow

TD had 21 receving, 5 on returns, 6 rushing and 2 throwing. I played against banks in Jr. HS and watching him in HS. I always thought his Iowa career was under achieving, due to Sedrick Shaw and injuries and such. I never would have guessed he had 26 career TDs.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions

sorry 36 tds

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions

He was pretty ridiculous in 97

Although getting to pad his stats in that ridiculous Tulsa blowout and against ISU at their worst helped quite a bit

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:52 AM CDT up reply actions

DJK got to get 3 TDs against a GERG defense last year, so it all balances out.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:53 AM CDT up reply actions

What DJK TDs

those never happened

/highlight film’d

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:38 AM CDT up reply actions

Tavian absolutely vultured some TDs from Shaw.q

That’s partly why I’m a bigger Shaw fan.

But Tavian’s still cool.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:53 AM CDT up reply actions

I always thought

shaw was stealing carries from banks. But I was more impressed with home run ability than grinding 1st downs at the time. I wonder hoe I would feel now.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:57 AM CDT up reply actions

Shaw was a workhorse.

And at times, particularly early in his career, Tavian was not.

SedShaw was awesome. Just not usually “run for a 70 yard TD” awesome.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 1:02 AM CDT up reply actions

Yep

I wanted run for a 70 yard TD every play. workhorse seemed like a pejorative at the time. But I think I would like Show more now.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 1:05 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm not going to lie.

Having both of them (and Dwight, and some awesome defensive players) was very fun for Sega Genesis College Football USA ’97.

I set the quarter-lengths at a full 15 minutes, and beat Iowa State like 113 to 7.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 1:10 AM CDT up reply actions

fun

I always wondered why we gave it to Shaw at the 50, but Tavian inside the 10 ( i would have doen the reverse) and why we didn’t ever put them in the back field at the same time. I would hate to be the MLB who had to guess whether the ball was coming to the A gap in Shaw’s hands or the B gap in Tavian’s.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 1:17 AM CDT up reply actions

Unless I'm wrong,

Hayden didn’t run a lot of two-RB sets (unless a FB was involved).

Kind of like how you almost never see Coker and (whoever our RB2 is) in on the same play.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 1:19 AM CDT up reply actions

yep

pretty much never. Which is a shame when you have Shaw, Banks, and Dwight on the same team. Really could have had some fun with DCs

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 1:21 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't remember Tavian or Sed

catching many passes. Maybe that wasn’t their forte.

I could be full of shit, as my memory of that time is a bit hazy.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 1:23 AM CDT up reply actions

I was at the Tulsa game with my Dad

Its the only Iowa game he ever saw and the only college football game we attended together…

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 16, 2011 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions

I looked it up on the internetz

Tim Dwight had 5 punt returns for touchdowns. Which still may be a B1G record that stands. So that’s 26 tds, and I’m not sure he didn’t have a few kickoff returns. Let’s hope that Marvelous Marvin breaks that record.

by Corncob Justice on Oct 16, 2011 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions

Pretty sure TED GINN TED GINN TED GINN broke the punt return record

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:50 AM CDT up reply actions

Man, fuck that guy.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:53 AM CDT up reply actions

RIGHT?

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 16, 2011 1:53 AM CDT up reply actions

His hurdle was a nice touch.

I also thought Johnson was going to score on his last run. CW’s nephew and I were really hoping for a “Fuck you” play action to McNutt for the record. Mostly because Fitz spent 25 minutes on the field.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 16, 2011 12:44 AM CDT up reply actions

They tried for the record on a play-action on the first play after the first onside recovery.

But Vandy had to tuck it and scramble instead.

Loved the aggressive playcalling, though.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:46 AM CDT up reply actions

He was open too, but sadly Vandy got forced the other direction

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions

boo-urns

That would have been my favorite F U TD ever.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:54 AM CDT up reply actions

He was triple teamed..

Herman was open though on the far side

by clay-born to party on Oct 16, 2011 1:04 AM CDT up reply actions

Tight ends? What are those?

"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 Oct 16, 2011 1:05 AM CDT up reply actions

Those are the leading receivers for the Hawks,

until you have 3 or 4 tall speedy clones for WRs.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 1:28 AM CDT up reply actions

Better not to throw it to him then

given his performance to date, it would have fallen though Herman’s hands like a stone

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:40 AM CDT up reply actions

When you put it that way,

yes, the FU TD would absolutely have been the right call.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:46 AM CDT up reply actions

Gameday going to East Lansing next week.

Can’t wait for all the fawning stories about Dantonio and what a swell guy he is.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:39 AM CDT reply actions

But he had a heart attack!

And coach a week later? That takes heart!
/pun’d

by Argulor on Oct 16, 2011 12:41 AM CDT up reply actions

Yes, the rest of the B1G thanks Dantonio

For being the lowbrow scum that he is, for instructing his players to late hit Denard. And soften him up for the rest of the schedule.

by Corncob Justice on Oct 16, 2011 12:53 AM CDT up reply actions

THIS IS IT?

FML

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:46 AM CDT reply actions

Hey, catch the ball, bro.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:46 AM CDT reply actions

was the spread 13.5 or 14.5?

I hope it was the later because I had ASU covering all over.

by Argulor on Oct 16, 2011 12:48 AM CDT up reply actions

The spread was Oregon -15

Per the mothership

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:51 AM CDT up reply actions

OH WILL YOU SHUT UP!

WTF?

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:48 AM CDT reply actions

HEY WILL YOU SHUT UP

You are awesome, Chip Kelly

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:48 AM CDT reply actions

Who did he say that to?!

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:48 AM CDT up reply actions

Looked like some kid that had run onto the field.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions

I would say good for Chip Kelly

But he’s a cheating cocksucker so….

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:51 AM CDT up reply actions

Wait, we're gonna have a love-in for 80s-era Miami, but hate on Oregon?

I’m confused. Oregon might be the most swagger-iffic team in CFB these days.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:54 AM CDT up reply actions

Miami was never ashamed of who they were

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:56 AM CDT up reply actions

And Oregon...is?

what

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:56 AM CDT up reply actions

Furthermore

Never denied who they were

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:57 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't really think Oregon is, either.

What are they gonna do, say “yeah, we paid $25K for old recruiting info to help land a recruit”?

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:57 AM CDT up reply actions

Well...

Yeah, that’s what they did. Didn’t they? They said everyone else was paying for Rivals.com so….

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:58 AM CDT up reply actions

I think Oregon was a bit dirty for the second half of the Belotti era, too.

Also, if you’re going to cheat, and still not beat USC very often (and have trouble beating Oregon State and Stanford), then why be dirty?

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 1:00 AM CDT up reply actions

But they're not gonna flat-out say HEY WE VIOLATED AN NCAA RULE

Even Miami was a little more coy about things than that.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 1:00 AM CDT up reply actions

Some Oregon kids who stormed the field.

I’m laughing mostly because THAT’s the part where Kelly decides to act like he has standards.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:50 AM CDT up reply actions

Which leads me to the question....

why does Oregon allow a smattering of people to run on to the field after every game?

by Argulor on Oct 16, 2011 12:50 AM CDT up reply actions

Because Phil Knight demands it

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:42 AM CDT up reply actions

They can use the TV footage in Nike commercials

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 16, 2011 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions

There's more football, right?

Just one more game? I’ll even take some 1-AA. Just a quick fix.

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Oct 16, 2011 12:49 AM CDT reply actions

I don't think so,

unless you want to watch some replays.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:51 AM CDT up reply actions

Did anyone catch what happened

Between Pat and Kirk at game? I don’t think BTN did.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:49 AM CDT reply actions

Hopefully Kirk told Pat to shove his potato up his ass.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:50 AM CDT up reply actions

I haven't read all of today's threads,

please explain.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:51 AM CDT up reply actions

Oh no

Nothing. I just wanted to know what happened postgame. BTN seriously didn’t cover it.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:53 AM CDT up reply actions

I was there, and I didn't notice anything.

But I’m not very observant.

Still, I’d think someone around me would have pointed it out if there had been something weird and visible.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:55 AM CDT up reply actions

Presumably they shook hands and nothing happened

Did you think Kirk was going to throw a punch or something?

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 12:53 AM CDT up reply actions

I was hoping

Ricky would run out of the crowd and cockpunch Fitzy. That’s just me though. #immature.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 12:54 AM CDT up reply actions

I think I'd prefer

Ricky unleash Ace and Ace the dog chases Fitzy off the field, finally clamping down with his fangs just in front of the tunnel (which is about 40 feet from my seats).

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:56 AM CDT up reply actions

Ferentz looked both ways

then kneed Fitz in the junk. A ref saw him, though, and there will be 15 yard penalty against Iowa assessed next year

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:43 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Since when did UGA get to 5-2?

And over/under how many wins for Mark Richt to keep his job? does he have to win the division?

by Argulor on Oct 16, 2011 12:52 AM CDT reply actions

he should win that LOLful division.

although he needs the Smelley Cocks to lose again, I think.

which will probably happen.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 12:56 AM CDT up reply actions

They just keep winning close games.

Personally, I always figured if they made a bowl and won 8 or 9 or more games, he’d keep the job.

7 wins seems a bit dicey. I’d think no bowl and a losing league record would doom him.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:57 AM CDT up reply actions

That's an interesting situation

I’m not sure Georgia is as desirable of a job anymore as it was 10-15 years ago. You think about it – they really haven’t had a big-time player since Walker in the 80s… and they’ve been riding off of that ever since. Its weird – as close as they are to ATL you’d think they’d be more of a powerhouse program than they are.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 16, 2011 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions

You may be right about it not being the job it once was.

But they have had some awesome players in the last decade and a half. AJ Green. Hines Ward. Knowshon Moreno. Champ Bailey. Charles Johnson. Randy McMichael. Richard Seymour. Matthew Stafford. Marcus Stroud.

They have a nice stadium and a “good” fanbase. I don’t see a reason why they shouldn’t come very close to a conference title once every four or five years.

I’m not sure what the key to that job is: keeping the Florida schools and the SEC/ACC from poaching your in-state talent, or poaching plenty of talent from Florida.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions

Georgia has never been as desirable a job

as its fans like to think it is. It’s a lot like Clemson, a fluke-ish national title in the very early 80s has fueled 30+ years of belief in their status as an “elite” despite a consistent inability to win even conference championships. And I say this as a fan of Georgia.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions

This

I actually think Iowa has performed more up to expectations over the last 30 years better than Georgia has, but since we are not in the ESSSS EEEE CEEEEE people can’t bring themselves to admit it.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 17, 2011 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Given that Randall Wilson is allowed to have a minor bball contract

why doesn’t Phil Knight field the worst minor league team in history? That happen to be really good at football.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 12:53 AM CDT reply actions

Well, if you are a "booster" of an NCAA football program,

I don’t think you are allowed to employ the players.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 12:58 AM CDT up reply actions

IF you own the bball team

I am sure PK can find a lawyer to figure out a way around this.

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 1:00 AM CDT up reply actions

5 hours ago, I posted the following...

Fuck this

Well guys…it’s 4am and this just isn’t worth it. We all know how this is likely to play out. I really hope I wake up later today and find that we found a way to get it done, but I’m banking on it… Everybody pray for a Pittsburgh-esque 4th quarter.

KF and Co. just have no answer for a Fitzgerald coached Northwestern team. Or maybe, there is no answer for a Fitzgerald coached Northwestern team, when it comes to Iowa.

But I couldn’t go to bed. I kept thinking of that fucking Northwestern Wildcat program and what a pain they’ve been. I thought about how in 2007, one of our worst teams of the decade lost to PSU and ISU, but beat Northwestern. So I got back out of bed, and watched…and watched….and watched.

I am here to say that I was wrong. I didn’t think these guys could do it (coaches to the players) against a team that has caused us so much heartache. But they did. They had a Pittsburgh-esque 4th quarter. Again.

Now I’m going back to bed. I’ve been up for pretty much 24 hours and I’m tired and a little drunk. I think. I don’t know. I may have dozed off for a bit here and there.

by blkngld12 on Oct 16, 2011 1:00 AM CDT reply actions

isn't being a Hawkeye great?

by Ratface McDougal on Oct 16, 2011 1:01 AM CDT up reply actions

Some of "you people"

are very quick to give up on the Hawks, for allegedly being Iowa fans.

I’m not saying I never thought the game was in doubt. But I never felt hopeless or pissed tonight. Hawks played well. They overcame the dark, ass-biting magic of the potato and its Wizard. Our defense even approached competence at times. Go Hawks!

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 1:05 AM CDT up reply actions

But I never felt hopeless or pissed tonight.

Not even a weeeeeeee bit when we blew a 17-point lead and they had run something like 60+ offensive plays to our 20-something including approximately a billion successful third-down conversions?

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 16, 2011 1:51 AM CDT up reply actions

The only time I was close to pissed

was when our OL turned into a traffic cone, a turnstile, a wet-floor sign, a saw-horse, and a mud-puddle. We need to keep Vandy upright unless we are really committed to going to the “Coker 45 carries per game” offense.

In the back of my mind, I wasn’t very afraid of jNW. They lost to Army. They choked off a lead to Michigan. They lost to Illinois (who I think is a fraud).

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions

So I just saw that Trent Richardson run.

Holy shit, that was filthy.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 1:02 AM CDT reply actions

He is real good

Alabama is terrifying

by NorseHawk on Oct 16, 2011 1:04 AM CDT up reply actions

Yes and yes.

"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 Oct 16, 2011 1:05 AM CDT up reply actions

He is very good.

But it was Ole Miss.

I get the feeling Ole Miss would have trouble tackling drunk, hot chicks who were saying “Rebs rule!”

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions

Given our defense

should we be quite so dismissive of others?

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:45 AM CDT up reply actions

Our team, and our defense,

are better than Ole Miss. Ole Miss has only beat Fresno and Southern Illinois, and they gave up 24 to SIU, and 28 to Fresno.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions

Slightly better

let’s get off the high horse of defensive dominance.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions

No offense, but your recent comments make you seem really grouchy.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Not at all

just as you don’t like people who get hyperbolic and overly panicked every time there is a loss, I can do without getting smug and self-satisfied as soon as we get the W

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes. We should always be cynical and paranoid.

If you really think Ole Miss’s defense is decent-to-good, then make that argument.

But don’t start criticizing just for its own sake. I don’t think I did that (in a smug or self-satisfied way). I just said that Ole Miss isn’t very good, and that while Richardson is good, he may not be Ricky-Williams-reincarnate.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Ok

(1) Yes, Trent Richardson is good. Incredibly good. He was arguably Alabama’s best RB last year, and that was with the reigning Heisman winner on the team

(2) Ole Miss’ defense is not good, probably not even decent. But neither is ours. Well, ours maybe has the possibility of becoming decent, but we’re not there yet, after all we made Steele Jantz look like a good QB. So perhaps you shouldn’t be so quick to jump down the throats off other teams’ shortcomings.

(3) You’re really going to make the argument that there’s no smugness in the following?

I get the feeling Ole Miss would have trouble tackling drunk, hot chicks who were saying "Rebs rule!"

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 17, 2011 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions

I suspect both of you have a broken smug muffler

But so do I. Why fight about it?

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

by therealCatnuts on Oct 17, 2011 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh, I'll freely admit that I am too often a smug, condescending son-of-a-bitch

Big whoop, want to fight about it?

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 17, 2011 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions

You're right, I should have called it a smug catalytic converter

It’s on, Patty Tanninger! (sp?)

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

by therealCatnuts on Oct 17, 2011 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions

I was kind of trying to be absurdly funny.

But it may have come off as smug. Or dumb.

My bad.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 17, 2011 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions

I just want to talk about how awesome The U was

Sorry.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 1:05 AM CDT reply actions

Can we talk about how seriously DRUNJ Bernie Kosar was for those interviews?

"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 Oct 16, 2011 1:06 AM CDT up reply actions

Shocking that the U never hired him to coach.

/sarcasm font.

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions

Kosar is sober

All the time. Enough said.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 1:09 AM CDT up reply actions

To anyone still here,

that was reading the game thread here at BHGP,

how much was the new “tigerhawk bat-signal on the water tower” discussed?

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by WaterlooChazz on Oct 16, 2011 1:26 AM CDT reply actions

It happened

Apparently.

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by mikjones24 on Oct 16, 2011 1:31 AM CDT up reply actions

Congrats on the Win!!

That was one hell of a 4th Q effort! Wish us PSU’ers some luck against them next week too!

Yes, my Handlebar 'Stache is glorious.

by PSUkool-aidRAGE on Oct 16, 2011 2:18 AM CDT reply actions

GOOD LUCK

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 17, 2011 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions

I will say right now, with 100% certainty, that jNW beats PSU next week.

Don’t ask for explanations.

by BraveHawk on Oct 16, 2011 2:38 AM CDT reply actions

DUH!

How else are we to keep the transitive property of fail going?

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 4:22 AM CDT up reply actions

You know what makes me happy?

Brad Rogers on the football field- WHERE HE BELONGS.

"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood

by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 16, 2011 3:32 AM CDT reply actions

And playing well

all things considered. ALL HAIL THE CAMBUS!

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 3:35 AM CDT up reply actions

What makes me even happier is that they made SURE he was healthy before letting him play

And that he IS healthy. Its great that he can play football, but I would rather see the kid go on to have a long, happy, healthy life if his heart issue had been such that he should not be out there.

Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!

by The Bird Cult on Oct 16, 2011 9:02 AM CDT up reply actions

Polish Hat

Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere, but one thing I noticed was that CJ was in an awful lot later in the game (before it was decided) as a TE. Don’t know if this means his blocking has improved enough or the coaches just said “fuck it, he gives us an option none of the other TEs do”, but it was nice to see him in the game. More so because he was able to make some blocks

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Oct 16, 2011 3:34 AM CDT reply actions