Iowa vs. Iowa State Basketball LIVEGAMEOPENTHREAD
by RossWB on Dec 9, 2011 7:53 PM CST
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Yeah, it's not going so well.
Here's your open thread for the evening: Iowa-ISU hoops, UNI-Montana football on ESPN, whatever.
The standard open threading rules apply: no links to illegal online streams, no porn, no politics, no religion, no slurs, no douchebaggery.
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HEY. My jersey hasn't shown up. Should I worry?
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by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 9:37 PM CST up reply actions
Are you fucking kidding me?
Ugh. No, it’ll probably just get sent back to me. The fucking Chicago postal service simply mailed me H.E.C.‘s and Rocky’s instead of sending it to the “To”. When it makes its miserable return to me I’ll just FedEx it to you. What a joke.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Dec 9, 2011 9:39 PM CST up reply actions
Which is weird, because I know at least five of them have arrived at their intended destinations.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Dec 9, 2011 9:39 PM CST up reply actions
Maybe the USPS doesn't like to go between Chicago and Houston?
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by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 9:53 PM CST up reply actions
What possible reason could there be
for the USPS to be losing customers? (aside from that email thing)
Pony Express, dude.
Man, Craig James literally ruins everything.
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by WaterlooChazz on Dec 9, 2011 10:41 PM CST up reply actions
So, I am a political science major, and I interned with a certain Iowa senator last spring. We got a ton of calls, emails, and faxes from people who were concerned that their local post office would be closing. We literally got NO letters about it.
LOL
In fairness, to the younger generations, we’d find a way to live with the nearest post office being 15 or 20 miles away.
But, to the elderly, it is a big deal. My grandparents live in a tiny town in NW Iowa. Even going downtown and getting their mail from a box is something they really do need and look forward to. It is how they get their newspapers. I’m sure mail is how they get and pay any of their bills. They don’t have a computer, and my grandmother would never make the effort to learn internet basics even if they had one.
So, while I like to make jokes, there is still a need for the postal service. Many elderly people have medical supplies or prescriptions sent to them by mail.
Sorry I got serious on you. I envy you. Poli-sci has always interested me (I majored in history, but got an all-social-science teaching endorsement.) I am usually quite fascinated with history, politics, government, economics, psychology, sociology, etc. I’ll bet you have a ton of great stories from your internship. Feel free to share them anytime, as I’m sure plenty of other BHGP-ers would like to hear them, too.
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by WaterlooChazz on Dec 9, 2011 11:16 PM CST up reply actions
on this topic
I feel shutting down Saturday service the stupidest option ever. Why not shut down, say Wednesday instead. This keeps the lag down to one day incraments. It also give the majority of people that work M-F a chance to actually go to the post office. Even still, some PO need to be shut down…hell, there are 3 within 4 mi from me in boise.
That aside, they need to find a way to make more money while losing first class letters, or they a doomed.
Please don't tell me how you hate BSU or their turf...I know all too well and keep my toliet water blue for a reason.
by BoiseHawk on Dec 9, 2011 11:32 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Not a problem
We all understood what closing a post office could do to a small town, and how people, my grandparents included, really do look forward to going to the post office. But it was still pretty ironic. I am not exaggerating at all when I say that we got 0 letters on the issue. Expressing your concerns in a way that helps the USPS stay profitable and gets more mail volume for your local post office, apparently, did not occur to any one.
I'm way late to the game
Nobody will probably read this, but I’m going to type it anyways.
The post office’s problem is probably most due to them operating as a government service rather than a for profit business.
There is absolutely no incentive for the carriers to do their jobs better. If the carriers were to actually do their routes in a timely manner, they are only rewarded with more mail. If they come back from their routes to early, it is deemed their route is to short and management may try to lengthen their routes. So why in the world would they want to do anything in a timely manner? They aren’t going to be paid anymore or any less for the job they do.
While I could go into more detail, I feel it may border on the line of politics. I shall stop here and this post will probably fall into oblivion and on nobody’s ears or eyes.
by RH's Bookie on Dec 10, 2011 11:37 AM CST up reply actions
I read it.
I think many postal carriers work harder than what you make it sound like there. But I’m also sure there are plenty of lazy ones, too.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Dec 10, 2011 11:39 AM CST up reply actions
i forgot to mention
I did 3 years of duty at 2 Iowa locations during college. Yes a few carriers do work hard, but a majority of the ones I saw had posh assignments and went out of their way to ensure it did not change. The clerks and behind the scenes sorters did not always have it easy. This is only what I saw, I’m not saying it happens everywhere.
by RH's Bookie on Dec 10, 2011 12:42 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I'm certainly no expert.
I had a third cousin that worked as a sorter. From what I heard, and from what I know about her and her siblings, I’m kind of assuming she worked pretty hard.
I have a friend of a friend who seems like a good guy who would not loaf too much. He is younger (35 or younger?) and just started as a postal worker within the last few years, so he probably doesn’t have a super-easy route.
Then, there is a father of a friend of mine. He has to be 45 or older, and I think he’s worked as a postal carrier for years. I’m assuming he probably has an easy route, but I don’t really know.
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by WaterlooChazz on Dec 10, 2011 1:34 PM CST up reply actions
Royce White is legit. Iowa defense is not.
Iowa bball: most likely to quit.
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Quitting implies having made an initial effort
"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
Fair enough
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:00 PM CST up reply actions
Royce White is the Steel Jantz of this game.
He is the player Iowa has chosen to make look like a superstar. Once this game is over he will fade.
Disagree
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 7:59 PM CST up reply actions
Why?
He might not fade after this game but for as long as I have been watching Iowa basketball there is usually Tone player that has a lights out game against Iowa. Brian Good, Chris Jent to name a couple. The Steel Jantz part was b/c of the ISU connection.
Royce White breaks your mold
Time will tell.
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:06 PM CST up reply actions
Tone playa.
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by WaterlooChazz on Dec 9, 2011 9:56 PM CST up reply actions
Royce White is a legit talent
5* prospect, and he’s been good for them all year. I don’t think he’s Lefester Rhodes or something.
Is it acceptable to drink wine out of a beer stein?
I’ve got a 1.5 L bottle of Moscato that has been begging to be drunk.
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in the old days
before my 17 years of continous sobriety
i never bothered with a glass
one more thing to wash
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
Heh.
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:02 PM CST up reply actions
Eh, this big bottle is kinda difficult to hold up.
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by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 8:03 PM CST up reply actions
My initial reaction is yes, but moscato?
Make it a dry red if you’re going with a stein.
Dammit.
I don’t have any dry reds. If i put a splash of vodka in the moscato, would that help?
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by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 8:04 PM CST up reply actions
Sure, but on second thought, a stein is a good device
for hiding the fact the you’re drinking moscato, so proceed
Our kingdom for a pair of stone hands
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:11 PM CST up reply actions
Oh, here's everyone. What up party people?
HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:07 PM CST reply actions
Iowa State fans are certifiably UGLY
HD proves it
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:08 PM CST up reply actions
I wanted to zing the guy holding up the I <3 Hoiberg poster in the first half,
but alas, no one was here yet.
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:09 PM CST up reply actions
That's the one. You're responsible?
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:13 PM CST up reply actions
I meant the Royal You
It was kinda funny, even though it goes against our perception of Coach Baby.
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:19 PM CST up reply actions
I forgot this was on
It was much better that way.
Dev has been great since we just put the ball in his hands full-time
Reminds me of Jake Kelly late in his last year
I think a HUGE problem for this team is that this isn't a true leader on this team.
I like Gatens, clearly more than Vint if you are following Twitter, and I don’t blame him for the teams issues but he isn’t a true leader. May CLEARLY isn’t since he disappears for stretches of the season. The rest of the team is sophomores and freshman. I don’t know if Marble, McCabe or Basabe will step up and do it next season. Marble is probably the closest.
When do we start talking about inappropriate topics?
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by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 8:18 PM CST up reply actions
Just finished a piece of cake, and trying to decide.
Guinness, or Captain & Coke?
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:18 PM CST up reply actions
Unless you're south of the Mason Dixen line, it's a Guinness night for sure.
by The Final Gun on Dec 9, 2011 8:19 PM CST up reply actions
If you're south of the Mason Dixon, nothing I can say could really help you.
by The Final Gun on Dec 9, 2011 8:19 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I've had the Captain in my cabinet forever. I bought it for cooking.
I’m rarely in the mood for rum, but I feel like it should go away eventually.
I’ve got some Glenfiddich in there too, but that’s for fancy special times. Mmm, it does sound kind of tasty though…
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:22 PM CST up reply actions
A Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat
Then a Stone IPA.
Now a Modelo. In a can.
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by Bucketochicken on Dec 9, 2011 8:25 PM CST up reply actions
Pro tip - DON'T PUT A LEMON IN YOUR BOULEVARD WHEAT!!
Don’t do it, ya’ll. Even if the bartender gives it to you and says that’s how to drink it. When the brewmaster at the Blvd Brewery tells me not to put fruit in my beer I stop. It’s so much better w/o the lemon. I’m drinking Blvd Pilsner.
No way. Never.
Pisses me off when they do that.
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by Bucketochicken on Dec 9, 2011 8:29 PM CST up reply actions
The other night at dinner I specifically said no lemon and they put it on a toothpick across the rim and sticking in the beer.
I said “I didn’t want lemon” she said “do you want me to take it back?” I felt awful but I said yes. I thought Wheat was disgusting until I had it w/o the lemon, everyone here drinks it w/. Whole new world w/o.
Triple H already told us not to fruit the beer in a commercial a couple years ago.
MAN LAW!
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:30 PM CST up reply actions
I know, but Bucket is
UNLESS HE DRINKS A <10 CALORIE DIET DR. PEPPER OR THE WRONG LIGHT BEER
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:35 PM CST up reply actions
Oh, I just meant I didn't know the man law.
Those Dr.P10 commercials a awful. I don’t believe they are still on the air.
Man Laws & Man Cards
are beyond stupid and their very existence contradicts that which they purport to stand for. Or whatever.
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by Bucketochicken on Dec 9, 2011 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
I'm actually watching UNI football and ISU volleyball right now
Both Iowa teams are down
Executive Producer - WRNL TV
Yep on UNI.
I’m barely watching the hoopyball game.
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by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 8:20 PM CST up reply actions
Could this game get interesting?
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:20 PM CST reply actions
OH, I'm watching The Undefeated w/ John Wayne and Rock Hudson.
It seems like the sort of movie you might like.
OH, I'm watching The Undefeated w/ John Wayne and Rock Hudson.
It seems like the sort of movie you might like.
He just has to wait
for angry old man Fran to get tired of yelling at the kids on his lawn
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Is this right?
Football, men’s and women’s basketball, and wrestling were all in Ames this year? Does that normally happen, or have I just not noticed?
Thats what I thought too
maybe I just don’t remember, but it seems odd that all the major sports would be at the same school every year.
Our defense is shit
hardly anyone even shuffles their feet.
They can't make all of 'em.
RIGHT??
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:24 PM CST up reply actions
Way better passer, I think
Otherwise, not really, assuming Marble is going to continue to be able to get into the lane like this. It’s hard to judge Bryce on this year, he’s been hurt or sick pretty much all season
on the ball defense
Marble still has major weaknesses as a defender. Then again, maybe Bryce isn’t that much better. haven’t been able to watch him as much as I’d like yet this year.
Have they tried flopping all over? I heard that works.
by The Final Gun on Dec 9, 2011 8:25 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Bwahhahhahhhahahhahah
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:26 PM CST up reply actions
TECHNICAL FOUL. BEING SMART ALECKY
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
Gotta give it to Hilton for creating such a good game atmosphere.
I wonder if they paid students to come. Free hot dogs? Hugs from Hoiberg for the first 1000 fans?
The players promise not to rob your house if you are in attendance?
In Ames hIlton IS the only thing going on
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
I can make all of those.
And I’m 5’6"
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by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
Jesus christ, Eric
Missed gimmie followed by the dumbest foul
This team is so dumb.
Why are they always making foolish mistakes? Is this on the players or the coaches?
Weight-shifting is the new stepping.
If you’re Iowa
by The Final Gun on Dec 9, 2011 8:28 PM CST up reply actions
Uh that reply was meant for your prior post.
My reply to this post is we have a bunch of freshmen and sophomores learning an ever-evolving system.
by The Final Gun on Dec 9, 2011 8:29 PM CST up reply actions
They are still pretty young and as I said above they don't have a leader.
Either on the floor or off, it seems.
Kristofferson is more bald than Brunner was as an underclassman, right?
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:28 PM CST reply actions
Brunner was pretty bald by his sophomore year
He hadn’t fully embraced it yet, but that hairline was waaaaaay back
He has really light hair, so it's hard to say where the hair ends and scalp begins.
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:36 PM CST up reply actions
This.
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by Bucketochicken on Dec 9, 2011 8:30 PM CST up reply actions
The class coming in next year is reason enough for hope,
but it’s still gonna be another year after that, I think.
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by Bucketochicken on Dec 9, 2011 8:31 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah I don't think you want to be expecting too much from freshman right away
Especially Woodbury. Big guys tend to develop slower.
That, and there will likely be a tremendous amount of pressure on him
to be SUPERMEGATURBOAWESOME immediately.
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by Bucketochicken on Dec 9, 2011 8:33 PM CST up reply actions
I'm guessing you should refrain from that anyway.
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by Bucketochicken on Dec 9, 2011 8:34 PM CST up reply actions
Always
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:30 PM CST up reply actions
Scratch that. Down by 17. We're doomfucked, aren't we?
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by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 8:32 PM CST up reply actions
Holy trick play, Montana.
Ran an option pitch but pitched it to a reversing WR, who then handed it off to ANOTHER receiver. Fake option double reverse for 15 yards.
That foul was so ridiculous.
I’ve never seen a clearer example of a ref calling a foul he was sure was about to happen.
HELLO HAMSTERDAM!
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by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 8:35 PM CST up reply actions
Of course, if I were a Cyclone, I would probably not know how to use the Internet.
by The Final Gun on Dec 9, 2011 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
Well they did sort of invent it.
But I certainly don’t object to making fun of them for their dumbness.
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by Bucketochicken on Dec 9, 2011 8:38 PM CST up reply actions
So are they just not gonna ever call traveling on White?
I mean I won’t complain but that was pretty blatant.
Of course he made sure to make up for the gift with a dumb foul.
Nobody suspects the ginger of offensive fouls
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:36 PM CST reply actions
so how much are we down by?
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by justsomehawkeyefan on Dec 9, 2011 8:38 PM CST reply actions
Awesome
my “im not going to watch because we will probably be terrible” plan is working to perfection
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by justsomehawkeyefan on Dec 9, 2011 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
Only 16!
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by Bucketochicken on Dec 9, 2011 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED:
1.5L Bottle of wine in less than a hour.
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by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 8:42 PM CST up reply actions
Nice. Got me some four lokos
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:46 PM CST up reply actions
Ugh
I like that Marble is scoring more, I guess, but I’m not yet a believer.
Iowa should start asking fans to borrow those giant heads from the stands.
Maybe then they’d be able to defend the three.
Straight to the rim twice
Iowa Bball Defense: We don’t play it
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:44 PM CST up reply actions
CTV graphics would have been cutting edge.
In 1981.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The homecourt fans
timelessly ugly
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:45 PM CST up reply actions
There's not much excuse for this defense
it’s THAT bad. Anyone else think we should go away from the press and the zone? seems to be an awful fit for the players we have.
I have a hate
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:50 PM CST up reply actions
Kris Kristofferson kills vampires
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:51 PM CST up reply actions
Royce Whate makes me want the NBA draft to happen yesterday
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
Christopher Cross would rather be sailing
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:58 PM CST up reply actions
Carfino
KRISTOFERSON is the hero this Iowa defense created.
Just when Iowa makes a charge, KRISTOFERSON slashes to the rim 3 consecutive positions scoring each time
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Anyone see that replay?
did not look like a charge at first sight.
Just DVR'd it
Gatens shoulda passed
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 8:52 PM CST up reply actions
BASABE
That right there was the Mel we’ve been missing. MOAR, plz.
That SBNation article over in the margin on the Army-Navy game in 1944 was really good.
Game of the century, indeed.
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by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 8:55 PM CST reply actions
This would be the most disgusting backdoor cover ever.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Creedence included?
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 9:01 PM CST up reply actions
My wife's work has a brunch tomorrow with
and I quote:
Holiday “Casual” AttireI had no idea that was even a thing (annoying and extraneous scare quotes aside. Google says it’s a thing, and basically means business casual with holiday colors (i.e. red sweater over a dress shirt). Learning something new every day.
WOW.
That is brutal. I wonder if any of those sweaters will be “ugly”
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by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 9:22 PM CST up reply actions
Indeed.
However, DSM local channel ABC made multiple efforts to show the ISU fan dressed in a gorilla costume who the whole game held a poster board with the following inscribed:
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUPPIES AND IOWA FANS?
PUPPIES STOP WHINNING.
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 9:08 PM CST up reply actions
This coming from a team playing in an Arena that is notorious
For bitching at the referees. I’ll take irony, for 1,000 Alex.
I live in DSM. Iowa needs to start winning ASAP
Fuck snide cyclone fans. Fran, Kirk(!!!!!) I’m talking to you.
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 9:47 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, man.
Fuck bowl games!
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by WaterlooChazz on Dec 9, 2011 11:17 PM CST up reply actions
Bowl games are a matter of fan interpretation (ISU's is vs Iowa)
sadly I no longer live in eastern Iowa and my CFB reality has adjusted as such
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 11:26 PM CST up reply actions
I thought it was funny
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Dec 9, 2011 10:50 PM CST up reply actions
Iowa City needs a kickstart.
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 11:15 PM CST up reply actions
UNI looks terrible.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I think I'm going to buy some gin
Any recommendations (preferably moderately priced)?
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
'Cause Beefeateers sounds like it might be right for you.
by The Final Gun on Dec 9, 2011 9:19 PM CST up reply actions
I'm not sure. I've never actually purchased gin before.
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Dec 9, 2011 9:20 PM CST up reply actions
Well, outside of a bar anyway
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by KilometersDavis on Dec 9, 2011 9:21 PM CST up reply actions
So, if $25 a fifth is right for you, and you're planning on drinking Gin and Tonics,
then go with Tanqueray or Bombay Saphire. Both are very good gins for mixing and adequate for Martinis unless you’re a Gin snob.
If taste isn’t so important to you, but you want something at least palatable, go with Beefeaters ($20/bottle). If you get something cheaper than that in a gin, you’re looking at a taste experience like Hawkeye vodka.
Between Bombay and Tanqueray, my personal preference is for Tanqueray as a mixing gin.
by The Final Gun on Dec 9, 2011 9:24 PM CST up reply actions
I was thinking Bombay, but wasn't sure what else was out there.
Thanks for the thoughts. I have enough Hawkeye Vodka experiences to last a lifetime.
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by KilometersDavis on Dec 9, 2011 9:26 PM CST up reply actions
Bombay Sapphire is unlike any other gin
In that it’s good.
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by therealCatnuts on Dec 9, 2011 10:51 PM CST up reply actions
that sounds like a remarkably important difference
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by KilometersDavis on Dec 9, 2011 10:53 PM CST up reply actions
I need to try Bombay Sapphire one of these days.
The only gin I’ve drank was some awful cheap shit back when I was 21 or 22.
I used to make large screwdrivers in plastic stadium cups with OJ, gin, and vodka.
One night, I made the mistake of having a big spaghetti dinner, and then putting down two or three of those huge screwdrivers. I have not consumed gin since then, but the taste-memory is probably far back enough (about 9 years ago) that perhaps I could tolerate some gin again.
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by WaterlooChazz on Dec 9, 2011 11:20 PM CST up reply actions
pappy had a rule
cheapest is best
when it comes to booze
course in our house it was a volume issue
Her noblesse exceeded her oblige
Bombay. The price jump is worth it
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by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 9:20 PM CST up reply actions
Bombay
Is the only way to go. Gin and sprite is also delicious.
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by BlackHeartOldPants on Dec 9, 2011 9:34 PM CST up reply actions
For mid-range, absolutely.
But graduating to Hendrick’s was a wonderful moment in life.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Dec 9, 2011 9:37 PM CST up reply actions
Christina Hendricks?
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 9:40 PM CST up reply actions
the broken pic icon sort of looks like a diagonal smiley
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Dec 9, 2011 9:41 PM CST up reply actions
I haz a sad. :(
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 9:53 PM CST up reply actions
It's okay, it's a really nice icon
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Dec 9, 2011 10:13 PM CST up reply actions
I even previewed it and it worked. :(
Twitterz: @EnergizerHawk
by EnergizerHawk on Dec 9, 2011 9:56 PM CST up reply actions
Never drink mystery gin.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Dec 9, 2011 9:46 PM CST up reply actions
^^^
words of wisdom
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 9:47 PM CST up reply actions
Scary thought of the night
What happens if the ISU fans start to procreate with their New Jersey counterparts at the Pinstripe Bowl?
A guy asked that to me today and I have been trying to drink the image out of my head for two hours now.
http://victorypolka.blogspot.com/
They have already procreated,
did you not get their Christmas card last year?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Dec 9, 2011 10:07 PM CST up reply actions
NIGHTMARE FUEL
"Hi, I'm Bob Executive. Which way to business?"
by IPeeBlackAndGold on Dec 9, 2011 10:14 PM CST up reply actions
I just have this eerie picture
of guys with ridiculous spray tans, gelled hair and gold chains driving tractors with sheep tied to the back down !-35 and every time someone passes them and flips them off they just yell “it’s a cyclone thing”.
Clearly beer is not working, switching to bourbon.
http://victorypolka.blogspot.com/
I am a volunteer for the Special Olympics
We have a goal every year: We leave with the same number of athletes as we have enter. No accidents, no pregnancies. I think ISU and Rutgers should have the same goal.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Dec 9, 2011 10:53 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Do pregnant farm animals count?
I didn't invent the black turtleneck, but I was the first to recognize its potential as a tactical garment.
by KilometersDavis on Dec 9, 2011 10:55 PM CST up reply actions
Green!
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Dec 10, 2011 10:15 AM CST up reply actions
NO
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 10:22 PM CST up reply actions
That guy (Jezmez)
has a profile where it says he is a fan of “Stewart Payne’s Flying Coffin.”
But the golfer who died in the plane crash was Payne Stewart, not Stewart Payne.
Is Jezmez so dumb as to not even get a crass joke right? Because I’ve done that, but I’m just wondering.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Dec 9, 2011 10:24 PM CST up reply actions
Are we sure it's not a character from a Tyler Perry show?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Dec 10, 2011 3:46 PM CST up reply actions
Dear Jezmez:
what will be over? Your posting on BHGP? ISU’s run at cold weather bowls? Pawl Roads’ pride?
Please be concise. Thx.
"GO HAWKS!" - only cure for Hawkeye Envy
by BentNotBroken on Dec 9, 2011 10:41 PM CST up reply actions
enjoy the year Iowa State fans
it will be another decade before you get one like it
must suck knowing you will always be #2 no matter what you do
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Dec 10, 2011 12:37 AM CST up reply actions
So, there's a party at my place right now
and two of the guys that showed up were two of the kids in Little Giants.
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
YEAH BUDDAY!
by With Ferentz Like These... on Dec 10, 2011 1:17 AM CST reply actions
Were they on the DL for the Little Giants?
Do they still have eligibility left?
SIGN THEM!!!
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Dec 10, 2011 11:38 AM CST up reply actions
Was one of them the kid that carried the fridge on his back?
And did pullups on his dad’s bicep? I think we could use him at DT next year.
by One Night Stanzi on Dec 10, 2011 1:05 PM CST up reply actions
Hey guys, just woke up in Turkey!
It’s a bright, cold Saturday morning, looking good, and I’m loading the UNI and Iowa-Iowa State replays on ESPN3 to get things started! How’d everything………………..oh no.
by Third Generation Hawk on Dec 10, 2011 2:40 AM CST reply actions
In other news...
Top Gun 2: Might be a real thing.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57339734-10391698/top-gun-sequel-in-the-works-tom-cruise/
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Dec 10, 2011 2:22 PM CST reply actions
It does seem like the kind of cash-grab
that Hollywood is always looking for.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Dec 10, 2011 6:13 PM CST up reply actions
So, we need a love story, a traumatic event to overcome, some intense competition, cocky attitudes, and an enemy to fight at the end.
Tom Cruise already found the love of his life in the last movie so maybe they will go all Die Hard and give him relational problems or make him divorced with some stuck-up kid a la DH4.
My guess: Tom is now a Top Gun instructor breaking in some new hot-shot kid. Either he or the new guy are trying to overcome some past traumatic experience from “the war.” Perhaps a little like The Guardian. Oh, and they will have to fight either the Chinese or the North Koreans.
The important question here is
Will Kelly McGillis finally return to the big screen? The rest of it my 9 year old could plot out fairly accurately.
by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Dec 10, 2011 9:44 PM CST up reply actions
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