INPIYLTI: Hawkeye Hoops Defeat Drake, Norm Parker Says It's Time To Get Out
by PSD on Dec 19, 2011 10:00 AM CST
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PrintThe Men's basketball team got one in the win column Saturday night after defeating Drake 82-68 in Carver. The Hawkeyes were led by a strong defensive performance from Matt Gatens who held Drake's leading scorer Ben Simons to five points.
Coach McCaffery said afterwards that he thought this was Iowa's most balanced effort to date. McCaffery said, "It was a focused effort. It wasn't perfect, but it was hard fought at both ends."
Devyn Marble got the start at point guard and continued his solid play. Marble dropped in ten points and five assists and only turned the ball over twice. His assist to turnover ratio is now 3.7:1 and Marble is second on the team with an average of 9.5 points per game. Over the Summer, Scott Dochterman and others, mentioned that Marble looked to be the most improved player on the team. Kudos to them, they were right.
Speaking of Summer predictions, some (myself included), believed that Iowa had a solid chance at a post-season tournament berth. Perhaps the NIT. According to babaoreally, at btpowerhouse.com, "An NIT bid is a pipe dream at this point for Iowa." Baba notes that Iowa would need to finish the Big Ten season with eight wins in the conference which seems highly unlikely. Baba misses when he notes that Marble has "improved this season, but not by leaps and bounds." Like last year, I think this team improves as the season progresses but eight Big Ten wins is not happening.
Up next, a 7:05 tip off tonight in Carver-Hawkeye against Central Arkansas. The Bears are coached by former Arkansas legend Corliss Wiliamson. Central Arkansas is 5-4 on the season and have won five of their last six. According to kenpom.com the Bears are #311 in the latest rankings.
Friday afternoon was Norm Parker's day. Head coach Kirk Ferentz introduced Parker to the media and the press conference was all Norm's. Hawkeye Sports lists several great players Norm has coached during his time at Iowa. Two of those greats, Pat Angerer and Chad Greenway, are currently 3rd and 4th on the NFL leading tackler list.
Parker told the media, "As much as anything, as much as anything, I think you got to be fair to the team, you got to be fair to the program." He added, "So, I think in all fairness to the team, the players, the other coaches, myself, it's time to get out. It's time to go bounce some grandkids around on your knee."
The Hawkeyes announced their post-season awards Saturday. Seniors Marvin McNutt and Broderick Binns were named co-MVPs for the year. Thomas Nardo won the Brett Greenwood Award which is given to a walk-on. Eric Guthrie, Mike Daniels and Tyler Nielsen also won awards.
Other links of interest:
- Latest football practice pics
- Iowa is waiting to rule on wrestler Montell Marion
- Iowa may be getting a JUCO defensive tackle commit soon
- Bruce Kittle, from Iowa to Oklahoma
- How to improve Carver's atmosphere
- Iowa got a visit from Sean Draper, a Cleveland corner back
- Karl Klug: From Caledonia to Iowa to Tennessee
- Have you seen the inside of the new Iowa basketball practice facility?
- Aaron Fuller leads USC in rebounding, with a 6.3-per-game average, and is second in points
- Sooner football, final grades
- The winds of change at Oklahoma
- Remember former Hawkeye Justin Johnson?
- A statistical look at the QB prospects that visited Iowa recently
- Hawk Stock: The wide receivers
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Really want to get that Draper kid, just for four years of MAD MEN jokes.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Oh my.
Donley Draper is, of course, some special kind of wonderful, but some of other names are incredible.
I’m pretty partial to Baxter Lanius IV, but Wellington Stanwick and Brewster Knowlton are also great.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The Stanwick guy
had a bunch of his older sisters play lacrosse at Georgetown. Sheehan, Wick and Coco all played for Georgetown and had awesomely WASPy names.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Wick Stanwick?!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I just... wow.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Hmm.
The googles definitely offer some confirmation of this claim, although lacrosse gear does not exactly enhance attractiveness.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Says the
guy who lives in Minnesota where the women play hockey. NTTAWTT.
Hey, hockey gear does not enhance attractiveness, either!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I'm 100% on board
Can we also start recruiting Joan Harris for the cheerleading squad?
Also, pretty sure Roger Sterling is men’s basketball coach…
And Harry Crane just retired as Football defensive coordinator. .. (Hint, hint, hawk6894)
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Dec 19, 2011 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
Also, the Hawk Stock feature on the receivers is great stuff.
Way too many goddamn drops by receivers/tight ends this year.
I agree with his conclusion, though: CJF was very good in limited opportunities this year and Davis and KMM had good moments but were inconsistent. I think there’s a foundation there for a solid passing game next season, although Davis and KMM need to get more consistent and CJF needs to prove he can handle an increased workload.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
A Justin Johnson mention
Deserves the obligatory Justin Johnson vs. Indiana highlights via storminspank
I just read that article.
What a horrifying injury.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
That testicle has been relegated.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Dec 19, 2011 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
So it got a head start on the rest of Blackburn then?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Rovers know nothing of Cups
and now it’s gotten one of them hurt.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Dec 19, 2011 11:48 AM CST up reply actions
That testicle has excused itself from the game.
by The Final Gun on Dec 19, 2011 11:41 AM CST up reply actions
I really don't know
But does it excuse itself from any other activities? Or will it be more of a nagging injury, where it will be able to, uh, play again, just not as well as before this tragic injury?
how does that happen?
and is there any other possible treatment other than rest?
"40 MINUTES OF MEH!" - djwoody
by The Bacon Explosion on Dec 19, 2011 11:02 AM CST up reply actions
Had this happen to a friend in HS during a football game...
Let’s just say it needed surgery and his ‘area’ was not a natural color.
Sharing is caring!
How that's not helmet to helmet
I have no idea
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
by Flakbait on Dec 19, 2011 11:54 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
I was at the banquet yesterday.
McNutt is such a class act. I think all of us will miss his presence next year.
by One Night Stanzi on Dec 19, 2011 10:58 AM CST reply actions
Does that uniform have marijuana on it?
Or is that a brussel sprout?
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Dec 19, 2011 11:08 AM CST up reply actions
Would you believe an artichoke?
They are — no lie — the Fighting Artichokes.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Have you ever cleaned and trimmed a fresh artichoke?
They’re pointy…ouch!
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Dec 19, 2011 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
Well, Delta State in Mississippi (Div II, I think) are the Fightin' Okra
And I don’t know if they have football or not, but one of the UC schools are the Banana Slugs… that is SO cool.
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
http://www.thebirdcult.net
by The Bird Cult on Dec 19, 2011 12:22 PM CST up reply actions
I had a UCSC shirt in high school
thanks to Pulp Fiction.
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Dec 20, 2011 7:15 PM CST up reply actions
The dude on the Oklahoma website
looks like Jim Breuer. I had the volume off so I have no idea if he sounds like him too.
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
I suspect this conversation is already happening in one of the billion "Stanzi at the Chiefs" sidebar posts,
but I have pretty mixed feelings about the Chiefs-Packers outcome yesterday:
Bad:
1) I sort of root for the Packers (I sort of root for every Midwest team), and certainly hate the 1982 Dolphins.
2) Orton will clearly (barring injury) be the Chiefs’ guy for the rest of the season, that’s too bad for Stanzi.
On the other hand, it’s probably good for Stanzi’s longterm prospects not to start his rookie year. You don’t get too many chances to screw up in the NFL, and a few more months of development under his belt before he takes the field can’t hurt.
Orton is from Altoona and played at SE Polk
I know that doesn’t count for much with Iowa fans who aren’t from Des Moines, but I still think it’s pretty cool. Especially since it’s not like a Raef of Hinrich situation—Iowa never offered him. I care more about Stanzi because I’m a Hawkeyes fan and because of the great success he had for us, but it’s not like he wouldn’t have preferred to go to OSU.
Anyway, both QBs make me like the Chiefs right now, and I think you’re right that QB2 is the right spot for Stanzi right now. Some time as an understudy worked well for Brady and Rodgers, right?
I'm thinking better for Stanzi to sit
until they have a permanent head coach. This whole interim thing, where, if the team wins a game or 2 so they name that dude permanent, is a mystery.
yes, but...
Rodgers was understudy to Farve, one of the best ever. Stanzi as understudy to Orton is a little less impressive. What’s he gonna learn from Orton? How to get traded?
At some point you have to get in the game no matter how prepared you may be and just sink or swim. If you don’t, at best you’re looking at a few years riding pine and collecting league minimum salaries. I was actually hoping Stanzi would get his shot this year so he could maybe avoid the permanent backup role.
by HawkeyeInExile on Dec 19, 2011 1:25 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
could learn the art
of the neckbeard.
DRUNJIFORNICATION
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Dec 19, 2011 1:26 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Perhaps
But Rodgers has pretty much said Favre had little to no input on what he learned. Essentially Favre’s point of view was “it’s your responsibility to prepare yourself” (which I don’t necessarily disagree with, as much as I hate Favre). Orton is a solid pro, and while the Broncos have managed to win more without him, it’s largely due to their defense, not the offense.
All that said, I would like to see Rick out there, but oh well.
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
If my memory serves me right
Iowa never offered Orton because Orton either stated or insinuated that he wouldn’t be playing at either of the state schools. He was a highly-ranked recruit coming out of HS, got a lot of publicity by attending the Nike QB camp that only a few of the top-ranked HS senior QB’s go to (the name of the camp escapes me) and was being recruited by top programs at the time. This was, of course, during the early, dark years of Ferentz’s time at Iowa and in the process of turning the program around and I think the expectation wasn’t too high for Ferentz to even successfully attempt to land him.
Again, correct me if I’m wrong.
"I know you're from Middle America, and sometimes you feel like you're representing more than just a school or a conference, maybe an entire group of American citizens out there."
by Twin Cities Hawk on Dec 20, 2011 9:52 AM CST up reply actions
Why hate on the '82 Dolphins?
Didn’t think they were particularly offensive..
by coltranemonk on Dec 19, 2011 12:51 PM CST up reply actions
Oof
It’s the whole “pop the champagne when the last undefeated loses” thing and then the tv guys have to interview them with big ol’ smiles on their old mugs. I get that it’s a big deal – I’m just tired of them.
Well, then he should hate the 1972 Dolphins
the 82 Dolphins weren’t all that much of a team. Did make the Super Bowl though, ironically in a rematch of the 1972 Super Bowl game vs. the Redskins that gave rise to the Dolphins perfect season.
Oh, and FUCK YOU FOR HATING ON THE DOLPHINS!!
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
OH FUCK
I ignored the date. Ignore me (I’d ask Ross to delete my moronity, but he only deletes his own asinine comments)
That's not true!
I also delete comments that go against the rules.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
You know who REALLY pisses me off?
The 1962 Miami Dolphins.
"WELCOME TA EARFF!"
by Bucketochicken on Dec 19, 2011 1:10 PM CST up reply actions
Ray Finkle?
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Dec 19, 2011 1:45 PM CST up reply actions
Why do you hate the 1982 Dolphins?
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
Regarding "How to Improve Carver's Atmosphere"
Am I the only one who is sick of student whining on this issue? There were around 50 students in the student section Saturday night. Plenty of students are still in town and this was a good chance to get a win against an instate opponent.
Are we really to believe that moving the student section into the middle of the floor would result in multiplying student attendance exponentially? “With better seating, we would have gotten 70 students there!” Spare me.
The way to improve the atmosphere at Kinnick is 90% win more games. Period. That’s what separates programs that have a great atmosphere from those that don’t. If we put a consistently good product on the court, it wouldn’t affect things that much if the student section started 30 rows up in the corner. People would be loud and crazy anyway.
I’m not saying moving the students to the middle wouldn’t help, I just think that’s way more of an excuse for not showing up than a pressing priority.
Also, I can appreciate humorous writing, but I thought the article was a bit over the top in bashing elderly Hawk fans. I know lots of them, and they do tons for the program. You can mention their silence and love of soft serve without repeatedly bashing their bowel control, drooling, or whatever else. I hope to be an elderly Hawk fan someday.
by The Final Gun on Dec 19, 2011 12:03 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Chicken/egg, Cart/Horse..
Not sure which comes first. Winning solves a multitude of problems and would make the issue moot. The season we were undefeated at home, the student section rocked. Not so much since then. I am only a 10 year season ticket holder for BB but my personal opinion (which, of course, matters for squat) is that the students should get in free. I also think they should spread behind the visitors bench. Oh, and while we are at it – those seats that i had to give up to the big time donors? They have been filled once this year so far.
by coltranemonk on Dec 19, 2011 12:58 PM CST up reply actions
My problem with it is that he's wrong.
I was in school during the beginning of the Coach [redacted] era. The student section was largely where it is now (but bigger). Carver was full, the student section was loud. The Hawks Nest existed (despite this kid thinking it was just recently founded), they gave us ideas for props or for taunts/cheers sometimes. Exactly what he wants to see. It was there…back when students cared. This kid doesn’t care, but he wants everyone else to.
I wouldn’t really consider Carver off-campus, either. And the buses seem to do a really good job at getting people to/from Carver.
It was there…back when students cared
That’s the biggest problem. The students don’t care. They’re trying, but if the team isn’t winning, turnout is going to be poor. End of story.
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
As stated above winning is (almost) everything
No greater cure exists for fan apathy than a few solid winning seasons. I think if Fran keeps building the program the way he’s been going, things at carver will improve. Hopefully in a few years we’ll have enough student involvement to justify moving the student section to midcourt. I’d love to see that eventually, but right now it would just be a bunch of empty seats. Which is why I think its hilarious that roughly a quarter of the current seating is designated as the student section. I lost 20 rows in the seating shuffle this past year so some douchebag in a teletubbies costume could have a row to himself. It’s infuriating.
On the other hand I realize that a quarter of the seating is roped off in order to push everyone else down. That way the Illinois travelling student section can’t buy up an entire section and make us all look like punks. Then again that didn’t stop the 8 or 9 Drake fans that sat in OUR student section the other night and were easily a match for the Hawk’s Nest. It’s a sad state of affairs all around, and the only solution is to win despite it.
by HawkeyeInExile on Dec 19, 2011 1:48 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
QED winning solves everything..
They were loud at the beginning, but were pretty quiet once we were up by 14. They left before the game was over (as did half of everyone else – gotta beat the traffic).
by coltranemonk on Dec 19, 2011 1:57 PM CST up reply actions
And while I'm ranting
A few things I’d like to see changed: If you’re gonna buy season tickets, go to the freaking game. The tickets I used to have were awesome, and now I sit 20 rows further up looking down on a sea of empty seats because some “fan” with more ticket “points” wanted to collect tickets without actually using them.
If you’re going to attend the game, stay for the whole freaking game. The mass exodus at the under 8min timeout is shameful. Why even bother going if you’re gonna adios with 20% or more of game left to play.
If you’re going to attend don’t freaking heckle your own team. This goes out to the three jerks who sit behind me who think buying a ticket means they’re entitled to crapping on every player, every play, and everything about our program. No we’re not good right now. But we are getting better. And why go if you don’t even want your own team to do well.
If you want to make a family event of your time in Carver, put a freaking leash on your kids. The early season games look like some kind of insane daycare with kids running around.
Dear students, no more teletubbies. That’s not ok. In general, and I may be alone on this, I think students dressing up like clowns makes us all look like clowns.
Finally, someone please take the mic off of the band. I can hear them fine without it. And more importantly, when you listen to the whole band, they usually sound ok, but that mic always seems to blast the most ear piercing failures of the trumpet section. I’ve literally left 3 games this season with the beginnings of a migraine.
/end rant
Sorry. That was longer than I thought it would be.
by HawkeyeInExile on Dec 19, 2011 2:12 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Holy Crap.
I’m right with you on absolutely everything – except maybe the dressing up. That doesn’t bother me. But, my gosh people. Stop heckling your own team. Maybe cheer when we do something good for once. The people behind us are non-stop with how we aren’t as good as a junior high team, but silent as death when we are on a run. And yes, please stop micing the band. It’s not a volume issue, its a timing issue. The delay between the drums and bass and the miced trumpets makes it sound like the whole band is on different pages of music..
by coltranemonk on Dec 19, 2011 2:17 PM CST up reply actions
Dressing Up is OK
as a teletubbie is not. I used to not let my ex-gf’s kid watch it because just being in the same room while it was on made me feel dumber by the end.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I'm ok with the costumes as long as it doesnt get ridiculous
Last year it started getting ridiculous. The costumes are about getting attention and maybe 5 seconds on tv. They are definitely not about supporting your team. I don’t mind the occasional “green man” costume. Maybe just because of the Always Sunny reference. And Hawkeye Elvis can stay. Because I think that’s one of the moderators (yes, no, maybe?) and I don’t want to get banhammered, but also because you can tell some time and effort went into that costume. And it’s Hawkeye themed. Teletubbies have gotta go though.
by HawkeyeInExile on Dec 19, 2011 4:03 PM CST up reply actions
Hawkeye Elvis
Cornshoe Hammaker (sp?), I think?
Dressing up would be fantastic if they were all Hawkeye/Iowa-themed. I don’t necessarily get the random dressing up but of it ends up helping the atmosphere (someday, anyway) then yay!
Back in the day (89-95), it always baffled me that so few students were interested in getting bball tx. In all honesty, I didn’t go my 1st 2 years because I didn’t know anyone who wanted to go. Finally the last few years a bunch of us got tickets & loved it. It was no big deal going- we’d study at Health/Sci beforehand, leave our study materials in the carels during the game, then go back & study afterwards (or collect our stuff & head downtown, depending).
Kills me to see the team begging for people to come on their personal twitter accts.
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Dec 19, 2011 11:02 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, if we'd sucked for two or three years, that'd be okay overall
but when you suck for the best part of a decade, well kids kinda forget that basketball used to be big around here. They get used to going to house parties on game night, where they have alcohol and bang each other.
Do you KNOW how hard it is to drag thirsty/horny college aged kids away from Caligula’s den?
Hint: It takes more than ice cream.
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Dec 20, 2011 7:19 PM CST up reply actions
So what you're saying is...
Instead of bobbleheads, they should pass out ecstacy and condoms at th door?
by HawkeyeInExile on Dec 20, 2011 10:43 PM CST up reply actions
If the athletic department wans more charter busses
they just need to call Cambus and say “we want more busses”. This is subject to availablility of course, all of the regular routes come first and some will always be down for maintenance. As for paying for it…. student fees? I think not. It can come out of the Men’s BB budget. Each bus costs X amount per hour.
Even if they want to add a bunch, there probably aren’t that many extra down at the barn, and unless you add a significant number, it’s not going to make much of a difference.
The students should have better seats though. A section on either side in the mid court area, down near the court.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
The Hawks Nest existed
But it only became an official, university-licensed student organization two years ago.
by south_texas_hawk on Dec 19, 2011 8:10 PM CST up reply actions
TMYK.
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Dec 20, 2011 7:22 PM CST up reply actions
Unless cambus has added routes in the last three years
I think the guy may be right
Right now it’s not much of an issue, but when we are good, they need more routes.
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Dec 20, 2011 7:24 PM CST up reply actions
He practically cut and pasted the move the student section and the senior citizens bit from several other websites.
"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags
"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Dec 20, 2011 7:21 PM CST up reply actions
Sooners are dropping like flies
RT @johnehoover: Stoops: Ronnell Lewis won’t attend Insight Bowl (academics).
and
Brandon Williams Transferring To Texas A&M From Oklahoma, According To Report
seriously?
It seems AORBHG has picked up some tricks from AIRBHG
Sneaky bastards, those two.
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
I hope people will drop the Craig James killed 5 hookers thing.
We need to help this man get elected and onto CSPAN instead of ESPN.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Dec 19, 2011 1:19 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Sorry
As a voter in the fine state of Texas, there is no way under god’s green earth this dude gets elected to the Senate. Texans have even more reasons to hate him than does the rest of the country.
if their billiance is demonstrated
by how many times they elected the XXXXX that became president?
(I will let youXXX insert your own expleive
so i dont get banned for politics )
their massed intelligence fails to impress me
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
Without venturing into politics
There are reasons, none really good, why the current and immediate past governor were elected multiple times. For point of reference, the governor in this state doesn’t really do anything – most of the legislative power rests with the Lt Governor. The electorate tends to take the officials who actually have to do something a little more seriously. NOT A POLITICAL POST
The Lt Gov has more power?
That’s odd to me, considering here in IL there was interest in getting rid of the office entirely because it has absolutely no responsibility. Well, other than becoming the Governor when the sitting Governor gets booted… sigh…
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Dec 19, 2011 11:06 PM CST up reply actions
Unfortunately for Texas
The rest of the country desires his removal. You will have to subordinate your desires for effective representation for the next 6 years.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Dec 19, 2011 6:33 PM CST up reply actions
this is a joke right?
Because as a joke it’s pretty funny. As a reality it’s something closer to sad than funny.
by HawkeyeInExile on Dec 19, 2011 1:30 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I'm really enjoying the top comments on the ESPN version of the article.
The first one is…
“i love this guy. its sad to see him leave espn. he is the best analyst they have. oh well, good luck in texas. you got my vote”
And it has 5 likes.
by 99FormationsButFourWideAin'tOne on Dec 19, 2011 6:35 PM CST up reply actions
There are so many things wrong with that ESPN comment.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
This doesn't really have anything to do with anything
seriously?
by PSD on Dec 19, 2011 1:30 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I can't decide what my favorite part is.
The dip of chew? The “Oh hell yes I did” look on his face. The houndstooth blanket where the baby was conceived. The ruby slippers. The jacket.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Dec 19, 2011 1:34 PM CST up reply actions
Hat is ok.
Not as sweet as the bling belt under the massive belly though.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Dec 19, 2011 1:42 PM CST up reply actions
The hooker shoes
They made it a point to put them where they could be seen.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I'm sure she looks pretty fine..
in that outfit and walking around in those shoes..
With the hat, of course.
by coltranemonk on Dec 19, 2011 1:59 PM CST up reply actions
Anybody else bothered by the white socks with the brown shoes?
Just me? I’m used to it.
Otherwise I see nothing wrong with the rest of this picture.
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Dec 19, 2011 2:17 PM CST up reply actions
I lived in the South for the beter part of two decades
And this kind of tackiness was commonplace.
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
http://www.thebirdcult.net
by The Bird Cult on Dec 19, 2011 2:18 PM CST up reply actions
By "south"
I assume you mean the slums of keokuk?
by The KF Karate Chop on Dec 19, 2011 2:19 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Nope, Virginia and Mississippi
But I have been to Keokuk
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
http://www.thebirdcult.net
by The Bird Cult on Dec 19, 2011 2:28 PM CST up reply actions
The other problem is
those aren’t pregnant jeans. They’re regular low rise jeans. GET PREGNANT JEANS
While we're on it
If I see one more person wearing black shoes with a brown belt or vice versa, I’m just going to lose it.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
What about gray pants with brown shoes?
I see that all the time too, and it seems equally clash-y.
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by Bucketochicken on Dec 19, 2011 2:32 PM CST up reply actions
That's more of a gray area
HAH!
But seriously, it depends on the shade of “brown” and the shade of gray. Light brown is out, but you could get away with a burgundy/merlot colored shoe
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
So not brown
Cordovan. I don’t have a problem with brown shoes/gray suit. I don’t pair them, but I don’t think it’s a party foul.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Dec 19, 2011 6:34 PM CST up reply actions
I just threw up in my mouth a little. Thanks.
Never *question* Bruce Dickinson!
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by The Bird Cult on Dec 19, 2011 2:10 PM CST up reply actions
They're wrong about that being a "cow pasture pond" and not a lake though.
That’s actually what the lakes people in Alabama build vacation homes around look like, dead serious.
by 99FormationsButFourWideAin'tOne on Dec 19, 2011 6:13 PM CST up reply actions
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