Preseason College Football Mags Out; Hope You Like Jacksonville
by RossWB on Jun 1, 2011 9:17 AM CDT
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So the first wave of preseason college football magazines are hitting the proverbial newsstands (newsstands
being even more archaic than bookstores and for good reason: ever since they stopped selling pirate comics, they've been worthless). As usual, they're likely of very limited predictive value (thanks in part to their absurdly early publication deadlines; I think these were finalized at least three Ohio State scandal cycles ago), but they do give us something to read and vent about in the otherwise empty summer months. So... hooray?
Athlon
Cover Watch: Marcus Coker and MarQueis Gray graced the cover of my copy, but I imagine that's only true for the copies sold on Iowa and Minnesota. Other Big Ten states likely get more region-appropriate characters (although lord knows who's on the cover in Indiana -- Danny Hope and the orthopedic surgeon of choice for the Purdue football team?).
Record/Finish: 8-4 (4-4); 3rd in the Legends division (behind Nebraska and Michigan State)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl (vs. Tennessee)
All-Americans:
Shaun Prater, CB, 2nd team
Riley Reiff, OT, 3rd team
All-Big Ten:
Riley Reiff, OT, 1st team
Shaun Prater, CB, 1st team
Marcus Coker, RB, 2nd team
Marvin McNutt, WR, 2nd team
Markus Zusevics, OL, 2nd team
James Morris, LB, 2nd team
Mike Daniels, DT, 3rd team
Micah Hyde, CB, 3rd team
Recruiting:
Iowa ranked 22nd nationally (Athlon called it "easily their best class since 2005," which seems very wrong if you care about things beyond star rankings, but hey) and 3rd in the Big Ten. Iowa's class included four of the top forty Big Ten prospects: Rodney Coe (7th B1G, 12th nationally at RB), Jordan Walsh (18th B1G, 23rd nationally at OL), Austin Blythe (29th B1G, 35th nationally at OL), and Ray Hamilton (30th B1G, 14th nationally at TE).
Bowl Projections:
Rose -- Ohio State v. Oregon
Capital One -- Nebraska v. Georgia
Outback -- Michigan State v. South Carolina
Insight -- Wisconsin v. Baylor
Gator -- Iowa v. Tennessee
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas -- Penn State v. Missouri
TicketCity -- Michigan v. Houston
Little Caesars -- Illinois v. Toledo
(other) Pinstripe -- Northwestern v. UConn
-- Seems hard to imagine Michigan falling all the way to the TicketCity Bowl, even if the Gator Bowl decided they didn't want them two years in a row.
Odds and Ends:
Athlon pegs Ohio State and Nebraska to win their respective divisions, with Ohio State winning the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game. Minnesota and Indiana ride the pine in their respective divisions. The team summary hits the usual beats: strong offensive line, solid returning talent in McNutt and Coker, big question marks in the front seven, etc. The "views from an opposing coach" bit wonders what effect Rhabdogate will have on the team (increased solidarity vs. splintering into divisions), but thinks Iowa could still make some noise thanks to a favorable schedule.
Sporting News
Cover Watch: Marvin McNutt and Nick Toon; slightly odd choices considering TSN goes on to note that the league seems to be trending back to being a run-oriented conference with the addition of Nebraska and Brady Hoke's takeover at Michigan.
Record/Finish: no record; 4th place in the Legends division (behind Nebraska, Northwestern, and Michigan State)
Projected Bowl: Gator Bowl (v. South Carolina; Smelley Cock's revenge?)
All-Americans:
Riley Reiff, OT, 3rd team
All-Big Ten:
Riley Reiff, OT
Broderick Binns, DL
Recruiting:
2nd in the Big Ten, highlighted by OL Austin Blythe, TE Ray Hamilton, OL Jordan Blythe, DT Darian Cooper, and RB Rodney Coe.
Bowl Projections:
Rose -- Ohio State v. Stanford
Capital One -- Penn State v. Florida
Outback -- Nebraska v. Arkansas
Insight -- Wisconsin v. Oklahoma State
Gator -- Iowa v. South Carolina
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas -- Michigan v. Texas Tech
TicketCity ("Dallas Football Classic") -- Michigan State v. Tulsa
Little Caesars -- Northwestern v. Western Michigan
(other) Las Vegas -- Purdue v. TCU
-- A Penn State-Florida rematch a year after their Outback Bowl tilt? Not sure about that. The bowl positioning among the Legends teams (projected finish: Nebraska, Northwestern, Michigan State, Iowa, Michigan) is strange and suggests a greater amount of teams jumping one another for bids than we typically see in the league. That said, Northwestern finishing as runners-up in the Legends division and still getting exiled to the Pizza Pizza Bowl is such a jNW scenario that I kind of hope it actually happens.
Odds and Ends:
Ferentz earns "Best Coach" honors ("Annually does more with less than anyone in the league"), while Damarlo Belcher earns the "Best Hands" nod, which: ha. Iowa also gets hit with the "Descending" label, thanks to their dramatic roster turnover -- and, oh yeah, the scandal-filled offseason. Broderick Binns getting pegged as All-Big Ten at DL after losing his starting gig last year is either a sign of incredible faith in his abilities or a damning indictment of the state of defensive ends in the Big Ten.
Yet again, Ohio State and Nebraska are picked to win their respective divisions, with Ohio State winning the Big Ten Championship Game and heading to the Rose Bowl. The "stock up, stock down" feature is virtually inexplicable. It has Penn State listed as "stock down," despite also projecting them for a 2nd place finish in the Leaders division and a better bowl (Capital One) than they saw in 2010 (Outback), while also listing Wisconsin as "stock netural," despite picking them 3rd in the Leaders division and slotting them in the Insight Bowl (quite a step down from the Rose Bowl, I think we can all agree). And Minnesota is also listed as "stock down" even though they got rid of Tim Brewster, which is as fine an example of addition by subtraction as you're ever likely to find.
Lindy's
Cover Watch: Montee Ball and Denard Robinson; not very region-specific there
Record/Finish: n/a; 41st in the nation (7th in the Big Ten; looks like 4th in the Legends division, behind Nebraska, Michigan State, and Michigan)
Projected Bowl: TicketCity Bowl; Iowa v. SMU (see below)
All-Americans:
Shaun Prater, CB, 2nd team
All-Big Ten:
RIley Reiff, OT, 1st team
Shaun Prater, CB, 1st team
James Morris, LB, 2nd team
Recruiting:
4th in the Big Ten, highlighted by Ray Hamilton (14th best incoming B1G recruit) and Austin Blythe (19th best). They also spotlight Iowa's burgeoning East Coast recruiting success.
Bowl Projections:
Rose -- Nebraska v. Stanford*
Capital One -- Ohio State v. South Carolina
Outback -- Wisconsin v. Georgia
Insight -- Michigan State v. Texas
Gator -- Penn State** v. Florida
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas -- Michigan v. Texas Tech
TicketCity ("Dallas Football Classic") -- Iowa v. SMU
Little Caesars -- Northwestern v. Toledo
(other)
*Nebraska v. Stanford is the only bowl prediction they explicitly make; the others are guesses based on Lindy's projected final conference standings.
**The actual projections have Michigan ahead of Penn State, but I'm guessing the Gator Bowl won't want Michigan two years in a row, especially if Penn State is available in that spot. The SEC and Big 12 selections also involved a little finagling to avoid recent rematches and assumed that two SEC teams (Alabama and LSU, in this case) make it into BCS games.
Odds and Ends: Lindy's summarizes the good (promising OL and offensive backfield) and the bad (multiple defensive holes, slew of offseason scandals) and ultimately says that "If anyone can make the best of a bad situation, it's Kirk Ferentz." One Iowa player (Riley Reiff, #9) made the Top 10 NFL Talent list. One plus for Lindy's is that it features probably the most accurate depth chart of the three magazines, since it takes into account certain goings-on in spring practice (like Brad Rogers not practicing or Micah Hyde working at safety).
Like the other two magazines, Lindy's takes Nebraska and Ohio State to win their respective divisions, although they introduce a wrinkle by having Nebraska win the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game.
Notably absent from this summary is the best preview magazine of the lot, of course -- Phil Steele's gargantuan opus. I'll take a look at that when it's released in a few days.
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1. No one likes Jacksonville. Not even Andrew Jackson
2. Pulling these from the shelves might be the best idea for all publishers. What’s happened to Ohio State with Tressel, T-Peezy and the Tat-5 will completely reshape how they do in the fall. Back to the John Cooper years for you tOSU!
Back to the John Cooper years for you tOSU!
As I recall, those didn’t work out too well for the Hawks either.
And Ross starts the day off with a Watchmen reference. I hope today ends with an artificial squid monster landing on Manhattan.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 1, 2011 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Squid monster? I'm not buying it, you're expecting some Spectre cosplay, aren't you?
She does wear black & yellow, after all.
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Please don't associate her with Iowa.
I don’t know how that woman could land a part in a community theater production of “Our Town” let alone a major motion picture.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 1, 2011 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
You do casting, don't you?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 1, 2011 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions
That's not a very nice thing to say about Carla Gugino.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Which Silk Spectre?
The old school redhead played by Carla Gugino?
Or the always pissed off one played by Malin Ackerman?
Carla Gugino all the way!
by HawkeyeRecon on Jun 1, 2011 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions
Retro Spectre is hot and can act.
The second one is just awful, I don’t care what she looks like.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 1, 2011 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Is Andrew Jackson
older than Tito and LaToya? I don’t recall him doing any solo work after the group split up.
"Make it tasteful, but dongier" - Blackheartnopants
Called for.
I can’t believe she has her own VEVO!
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jun 1, 2011 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Purdue's surgeon of choice is Dr. Donald Shelbourne
And here is a very detailed overview of his practice and relationship with the university.
http://www.jconline.com/article/20110417/NEWS/104170359/Doctor-ACL-Purdue-s-long-standing-bond-an-esteemed-knee-surgeon?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
I highly doubt Nebraska v. Ohio State in the first B1G Championship game
and I even expect Nebraska to finish third in division. The wholesale underestimation of what that program has to go through to retool for this conference switch is pretty shocking.
+ New hotels…not to be underestimated.
+ Playing on new playing fields…again, these fields are quirky and then toss in the unique effects of mother nature in each stadium. The new kid in school inevitably walks into the girls bathroom by mistake.
+ They have no depth to their team-by-team dossiers and that is a major disadvantage. Sure, everyone in the B1G needs to bone up on Nebraska (as well as their OOC schedule) but asking a staff to do that for 12 games is asking A LOT.
+ Style of play. Guess how many OL were selected in the NFL draft last year from the Big 12? Three. The Big Ten had seven. Sure it’s anecdotal but Nebraska has gone from the middleweight to the heavyweight division. If nothing else, they better hire more trainers.
+ Schedule. Just look at it. The only thing going for them is getting Ohio State at home with Pryor, et. al. returning that week. So maybe they benefit from lack of chemistry there. But, at Madison, at Penn State and at Michigan late in the season is going to be tough. Iowa will be a de facto home game for Iowa too (right?).
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
I don't know if Iowa can get enough people into Lincoln to make it a de facto home game.
There will be a ton of Hawkeyes around, but Nebraska isn’t going to be giving up many seats to Hawkeyes, and certainly won’t be out numbered. I do agree, however, that there chances of winning the division are probably a bit exaggerated. I’m not buying Nebraska as champions of the Legends.
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions
I was kidding...I half expect them to find a way to ensure there are NO Hawkeyes fans in there
no team is more purely a home team than Nebraska.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
I'm telling you...hotels is a big deal
Hayden was obsessed over hotel selection. He knew which ones had the right beds, were quiet, served the right kind of room service, had the fewest distractions, were easiest to enforce curfew in, had the right travel access from the airport and to the stadium, etc. He would spare no expense on hotels.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
This is where Chazz comes along with a comment
and punctuates it by adding a colossal picture of a Holiday Inn.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 1, 2011 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Fuck off, McCann't.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 1, 2011 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
STEAK
Too many distractions.
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Jun 1, 2011 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
If Nebraska stays at a Best Western
I figure that’s 2 points for the opposition on a Vegas spread. Easy. A Comfort Inn is a FG and the Travelodge on North Dodge in IC might be a 7 point swing. The carpet at that place needs to be sterilized, and I’m talking about the wall carpet. Don’t get me going on the floor carpet.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
by StoopsMyAss on Jun 1, 2011 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
You've exceeded my expectations.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 2, 2011 2:19 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Wouldn't it be pretty easy for Osborne to call the ADs of 3-4 schools and ask where they stay in each city?
I guess I don’t see this as a huge deal, but maybe I’m just naive on this.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Do you travel for a living?
if you do, you’ll get this. My friend who travels to Vegas all the time and he told me his favorite hotel. I went there, it was shit. Until you know, you don’t know.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
I travel a lot recreationally, but not for a living
You have a good point. Though the few hotel recommendations I’ve gotten are usually fantastic, there was one memorable stinker.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
It's a valid point about new road conditions
I’m a road warrior…..
Oh, sure… We are talking about resilient 18-22 yo kids, but what are the choices? Hawks stay pre game at the Marriott-Coralville. That leaves the Sheraton in IC. Don’t think the alumni leave any room, and Isnt there a breakfast on gameday? What’s left between Kinnick and Cedar Rapids for visiting teams?
I was at the Marriott last August when the Hawks were staying there for preseason workouts. Great amenities for meals, meetings and overall seclusion. They were fairly invisible… Ok, it was 9pm one night and 6 unmarked vans pulled up and 70 college kids in shorts and tshirts got dumped at the curb with box lunches from some fast food joint (not even Poncheros). Other than that, they were very innocuous.
To be fair, ’Braska goes to State College, Mpls, Ann Arbor, Madison and Laramie, Wy. I guess its better than West Lafayette, Bloomington and Urbana but still, you are on the road for the first time…..
Yes, I know Iowa goes to unfamiliar Lincoln this year… So I guess it goes both ways to an extent…. For a tough road schedule, they do get places with semi decent amenities to choose from…..
I’d look at the 2 points from Vegas, but not much more….
If I was a coach of a football team, the Sheraton in downtown Iowa City is one of the last places I'd want to stay.
Waaaay too many potential distractions being on the PedMall like that.
It does raise the interesting question of where visiting teams stay when they play at Iowa. I always assumed somewhere around Cedar Rapids, but I guess I’m not sure.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yes, CR is usually the spot.
I remember staying in a hotel there for a family wedding the weekend of the Michigan game back in the early 90’s. Gary Moeller (or more likely his QB coach) had apparently held a playcalling review session with his guys in the banquet hall the night before because they left a huge tear-away paper easel up with about a dozen pages worth of plays on it. Naturally we tore off a sheet and hung it up in our Big Ten-themed basement next to the Michigan stuff. It was pretty great.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 2, 2011 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions
A better Iowa fan
would have beat a path down to IC to hand-deliver that to Fry and the coaches. That’s almost as good as finding the complete battle plans for the entire Army of Northern Virginia wrapped around a couple of cigars.
/shameless Rambler trolling.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
A 13 year old Iowa fan
had to go wherever his mom drove him. And that was to the wedding of his cousin…where no fewer than 10 grown men were crouched around a transistor radio in the back pew during the ceremony. I am not making this up.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 2, 2011 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Hell, I "watched" the 2008 NFL draft on my cell phone
in a pew during a friend’s wedding. Wasn’t a problem until the power went out mid-ceremony and the church was completely dark except for a strange glowing coming from my seat.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
You didn't claim it was light from heaven shining down upon you?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 2, 2011 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I think my friends know me better than to believe that
I did, however, say a bit too loudly when the lights went out “Oh, that can’t be a good sign”. Fortunately, I was sitting in the mid-back and only had friends in the pews around me, friends who shared the same opinion of the bride.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
So you're saying...
they still had some of Bo’s Butcher paper left?
What is it with those Michigan coaches and wall-papering? Is it some sort of weird fetish?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 2, 2011 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Why would they tell him?
If it is as much of a competitive advantage as Stoops says it is you can bet those ADs will want to keep that kind of information to themselves. There are somethings Osborne will have to figure out for himself.
Whatever farm animal of war, Lana. Shut up!
by Carfino'sWay on Jun 1, 2011 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Even if they don't tell him I don't think it's hard to find out.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm not too surprised by the Nebraska v. Ohio State picks, since they're the safest picks you could make (especially three months ago).
Every Big Ten team seems to have some holes or question marks. Sparty might have the fewest holes (on paper) of anyone in the Legends division, but they also have to deal with “Sparty bein’ Sparty” — and the fact that they were absolutely manhandled in their losses last year. They also looked like Iowa 2009 in some of their wins last year, and we saw how well that worked out for Iowa 2010 when the bounces didn’t go our way. But aside from them, Iowa has to rebuild a front seven and break in a new(ish) QB, jNW has no defense (and will go only as far as Persa can carry them), and Michigan has a whole new system. So Nebraska seems like the safest team there since they appear to have a very stout defense and a returning QB who was pretty excellent last year when healthy.
The other division isn’t much better. Wisconsin loses key faces on both lines and elsewhere in the defense (plus Tolzien, which may/may not be much of a loss), Penn State still appears to have no QB or OL, Illinois lost its best offensive and defensive players from 2010, and Ohio State seems to escape one ungodly mess just in time to fall into another one. I have no idea who I’d pick to come out of either division. I do predict a few losses (like 2-3) for whoever does emerge from the heap, though. I think this is the year that snaps the Big Ten’s streak of sending two teams into the BCS, mostly because it doesn’t seem like there are any teams head-and-shoulders above the rest (maaaybe Nebraska if they navigate all the pitfalls you mention and keep Martinez healthy all year). This year the Big Ten might look like the Big East with bigger brand names.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I'd have picked Sparty and Wisky
myself. If these mags are going to state the obvious then why read them. But, you’re right, this could be a whacked out year where everyone is unimpressive and the conference goes backward in the post-season again.
It all sets up as well as you could hope for Iowa. The opportunity is there. But, I tend to defer to veteran QBs if nothing else pops off the page. So MSU might actually fulfill promise this year.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
Yeah, I think Wisco is now the safest pick out of that division, with OSU in so much turmoil.
I might still lean slightly Nebraska over MSU because Nebraksa’s defense looks so stout and I’d rather default to that than Cousins in this case.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
If I were a Nebraska fan I would be shitting bricks
at the thought of what Washington did to them in the bowl game. They basically shoved the ball right down their throat using two off tackle plays like a 7th grader playing Madden. every Big Ten coach is going to ask them to prove they can stop the run, and it might get ugly.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
I really hope this actually happens.
Despite Suh and a few other guys, I’m not sure Nebraska is back (in black…shirts) yet.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 1, 2011 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that game is definitely a potential red flag for them in the Big Ten.
Especially if you’re, say, Wisconsin and you have the hogs to just pound it down their throat.
On the other hand, that was such a weird game since it was (1) their second-straight trip to the Holiday Bowl (San Diego’s great and all, but the Holiday Bowl is still a second-tier game), (2) a rematch with a Washington team they’d destroyed earlier in the year (a perfect recipe for overconfidence and/or lack of motivation), and (3) they’d just had another close, painful loss in the Big 12 Championship Game (see: lack of motivation). So I’m not totally comfortable giving that game a lot of predictive power.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
It's definitely going to be a rough year in the B1G.
I just can’t imagine T-Magic surviving the B1G slate. He’s the Nebbie Denard, with less speed (I’m assuming here, probably racist). The Legends division is wide open, and the schedule is extremely kind to the Hawkeyes, while being unkind to the ‘Huskers. Meh, I’m just a homer, I guess.
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions
Not racist, you're accurate.
His speed isn’t even close to that of Denard’s
"Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field."
by ReadingRambler on Jun 1, 2011 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions
So maybe a better comparison would be the Nebbie Persa.
Probably less pure QB talent than Persa, though.
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Martinez is a far better runner.
He’s not Denard-fast, but he’s still very quick.
Persa is an infinitely better passer, though.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I’d have to check the stats (Note: I won’t), but I wouldn’t be surprised if Denard is a better passer too.
"Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field."
by ReadingRambler on Jun 1, 2011 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions
I was thinking the same thing, but wasn't sure enough to write it out.
Since you said it, I’ll just agree.
So Martinez is a poor man’s version of the Michigan QB that Iowa had more success defending last year. Now I kind of hope he survives the year.
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
To be fair, the '10 Iowa defense was also much better than we expect the '11 Iowa defense to be, I think.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Am I the only one that thinks the LBs will be improved and better able to handle spread-type QBs?
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions
No, I'm with you on this as well.
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Jun 1, 2011 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm excited about the potential for the LBs.
What concernes me is that we get a 2005 or 2006-level pass rush and our defense just doesn’t work with an anemic rush like that.
Also, breaking in two new safeties worries me, as much as I (again) like the potential of Hyde, Miller, Bernstine, Law, etc. I still shudder at the safety play we saw in 2007, with EPIC GREENWOOD and Harold fucking Dalton.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Sensible.
Obviously Iowa has to prevent the deep ball to succeed, so let’s hope the safeties can manage.
Since the 2010 season ended I’ve been of the opinion that the Iowa DEs were asked to help in coverage more than usual, thus resulting in significantly less QB pressure. I may just be trying to justify poor play, but it sure seems like AC tried to defend the pass and play more contain than pressure.
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
I’m also cautiously optimistic that Norm can stay healthy this season. I have far too much hope he’ll make up for the lack of experienced players.
If we are lucky the defense will be opportunistic
but expecting this group to be as good at the 2008, 2009 or even last year’s defense is probably asking too much. But last year showed me a talented defense does not equal a great defense. As time has passed I feel the defense did their job last year. Ultimately, we had bad special teams and an offense that could not make the final drive (or two).
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
Agreed
They won’t be as good as 08, 09, or even last year. Talent-wise, it’s nearly impossible unless this unit is full of future NFL guys. Results-wise, the 08 and 09 defenses were about as good as it gets, and 08 would’ve been even better had the offense been better/not so reliant on Greene early that season. The good thing for us, as Ross said, is the B1G is likely going to be a complete free-for-all next year.
I hate putting so much emphasis on a guy that hasn’t played a single down in his career, but they’re going to need guys like Carl Davis to step up in the middle and be an anchor. If he learns to use his body and get good leverage on a consistent basis, the defense – at least against the run – might be in decent shape. Making teams one-dimensional has always been crucial for Norm Parker defenses (2002, for instance; shaky secondary, but the run defense was superb and the pass rush led to tons of mistakes from opponents). If they can manage that, this defense will be serviceable. Add in the usual tendency to improve as the year goes on, and Iowa could be good at the end of the year.
I’m also optimistic about the LBs. There’s a lot of potential on the defense which is cause for optimism, but there’s also a lot of youth, which is a real concern.
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
Yeah, as Ferentz says often, we need some nice stories to happen
and you make a good point. The Ferentz blueprint is slow and steady improvement, which means we lose to Pitt or Iowa State in a game that has us all calling for a new coach or QB and then end up in the Cap One Bowl winning as a 9 point dog.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
Yes.
And as a result of that loss, at least 1/4 of the PSU fanbase (This number is down from 3/4 in 2008 and 1/2 in 2009) will discount Iowa before the game while I scream, “No, you fools! It’s happening again! It’s happening again! Don’t you see that it’s happening again?”
"Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field."
by ReadingRambler on Jun 1, 2011 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions
The Penn State game is my five star steamer lock of the year for Iowa
we’ll lose to Tennessee Tech maybe, but not Penn State. It’s in the stars. It’s written on a rock somewhere. Iowa no longer loses to Penn State.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
Oh, I know.
But if Penn State actually beats Iowa this year, I reserve the right to call you Brian Cook.
"Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field."
by ReadingRambler on Jun 2, 2011 7:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Right. Martinez isn't fast, but he is quick. Andreally explosiveon his first step.
and just overall a good runner with balance and vision and moves
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
correct me if i am wrong
werent we awesome with banks in his first year?
might we not argue that the drewster had his best year as his first?
and the manzi,,,,, we can argue on that one
comimg from nowhere is our strength,,,
tOSU might be like cheech and chong up in smoke
or the guys that are left, still a talent pool stronger than anybody in the B1G
want to prove that the temporary hire, who they have worked with for years
should be the man?
i am looking forward to a ton of fun
and hopefully some hawk surprises
Long Live the Pellican Whore - like FOREVER
Good point on QB's in their first full years as a starter
Vandenberg isn’t exactly a young QB, he’s been around for a while. It’s hard to compare players because everyone is different, but Tate’s first full starting season was as a sophomore, and was probably his best season as a Hawk, and Banks had starting experience in JUCO. Vandenberg has proven a few things in brief opportunities as a starter, and probably has more game experience than Tate before he became fulltime starter. The only thing he hasn’t had the chance to prove is that he can be a good QB for an entire season, let alone with the team/offense being “his”, as it was once Stanzi’s. I’m hoping for a fun, surprising year as well.
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Jun 2, 2011 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions
The biggest key...
will be for us fans not to pitch a fit when he throws a bad ball, a pick, or fumbles after a sack. Vandy will make some mistakes, but he is the QB. We should probably give him a little longer leash than we gave Jake Christensen. We don’t need to start shouting “Derby” before the middle of the Big Ten season.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 2, 2011 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I think JC6 got plenty of leash
too much, in fact. But I do think Vandenberg deserves some leeway. But it is also incumbent for Ferentz to play his fucking reserves as soon as he gets the chance in games so that they can be evaluated and get valuable experience.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I want to agree with that.
But, I also feel like, especially early in the year, Vandy can still use that experience from late in cake-walk games. The guy has only played about 2 games worth so far.
Yes, I’d like them to not overwork Coker, and try to keep the lines and receivers healthy. At linebacker and much of the secondary, the guys can use the experience.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 2, 2011 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Absolutely not
The value of any experience Vandy may gain then is dwarfed by the risk of injury to him and the value that experience the backups could get. If there is anything Stanzi’s injury 2 years ago, it is that the 2nd (or 3rd) string QB is getting very few reps in practice. Thus, any you can get them in real-game situations are all that much more valuable.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Nebby also has to adjust to a new offense
And am I the only one that sees “T-Magic” as the B12 version of Denard Robinson?
HE RAN WILD… over teams with shitty defense, and then he got hurt in conference (a conference of shitty defenses I might add).
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jun 1, 2011 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Dammit Mexican't!
Why you gotta read my mind like that!?
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jun 1, 2011 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm not all racist jokes and baby talk.
Sometimes I have time to develop football thoughts.
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's just weird when I write almost the same thing as someone else (every time it happens I vow to read ahead next time, but never actually do)
I don’t even call Nebraska “Nebby/Nebbie” but did for some reason. Things that make you go “hmmmmm.”
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jun 1, 2011 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Creepy.
I promise to use my powers for good.
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
You might have to find a new website if you do that.
"Pockets full of weed, chewing tobacco, wrapping papers and dental dams"
--HFMR Running the Beermile (tfj @ HawkeyeRecon)
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jun 1, 2011 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Style of play?
+ Style of play. Guess how many OL were selected in the NFL draft last year from the Big 12? Three. The Big Ten had seven. Sure it’s anecdotal but Nebraska has gone from the middleweight to the heavyweight division. If nothing else, they better hire more trainers.
In what was arguably their worst decade in 40 years (2000-2009), Nebraska was still 4-1 against Big Ten teams, and the differentiating factor was speed, which NU arguably has more of now. Nebraska didn’t need to run the ball down the throats of those Big Ten teams, because of their superior speed, and they won’t need to this season.
Choosing to ignore Nebraska’s superior level of speed is simply selling them incredibly short, offensively.
The Red Invasion is coming, people.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Of course, “power vs. speed” is all that matters in football, other football fundamentals (Of which there are definitely not funny) and intangibles like “Being mediocre since 2001” , “Having a raving maniac head coach”, and “The Big Ten is better than your lousy mishmash conference” don’t matter.
"Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field."
by ReadingRambler on Jun 1, 2011 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Are you attempting to claim that Penn State is "completely irrelevant"?
Seems odd for someone using a decade of football history to establish a reference point for the talent on their favorite team.
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
It's Rambler.
Just be happy he’s talking about a team dressed in blue in a recent decade, and not a team dressed in blue from farther back:
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 1, 2011 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions
No
I was attempting to use a decade of “mediocre” football history as an exception to several other favorable time periods, to establish a reference point for the talent of my favorite team.
And the claim was directed at Iowa, not Penn State, to stay consistent with the overused cliche routine. I guess I missed…
Wait a minute, this guy likes Nebraska and Minnesota?
Why hasn’t he been banned yet? I mean, come on, that’s like walking around Reagan’s grave dressed as a Soviet Democrat.
"Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field."
by ReadingRambler on Jun 1, 2011 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions
His avatar already tells us to "Nevermind" his opinions
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Your avatar makes me vomit on sight.
If you hang around here I might have my bikini bod by July after all.
"Pockets full of weed, chewing tobacco, wrapping papers and dental dams"
--HFMR Running the Beermile (tfj @ HawkeyeRecon)
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jun 1, 2011 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
The only preseason magazine I like is Phil Steele's. He is obsessed with college football!
He’s constantly adjusting/tinkering with his stats and methodology. The only “difficult” thing about reading his magazine is the super small print (so much info!) and figuring out his acronyms.
Yeah, Phil's is the best by far, but it wasn't out yet when I picked these up.
These aren’t great for predictions (though it’s fun to laugh at some of them at the end of the year), but they’re still useful as quick guides to teams and players.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Cock replay?
And Stephen Garcia could be the QB again. Since they’ll probably have to taze him pre game and / or he’ll be on horse tranquilizers anyway, I like our odds.
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
Since I Live In JAX
Should I buy my tickets now?
I may love the Steelers, but I live and die by my Hawkeyes.
I would say no.
Since these same magazines had Iowa going to the Rose Bowl or Capital One Bowl last year, I think.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I earnestly believed Iowa was going to the Rose Bowl last year.
Sigh
"Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field."
by ReadingRambler on Jun 1, 2011 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions
I was calling friends and letting them know they could stay at our place in 2009.
I was much more wary in 2010.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions
i also live in jax …really jax beach. we call jax -shitholesville
no you should not buy your tickets for shitholesville because its a shithole.
on the other hand you should be able to get great seats since nobody but turd fans ever goes to that shithole stadium by the dump
id rather drive to tampa or the other shithole, orlando than get stuck in this hellhole to watch my hawks play.
getting stuck in the gaTURD bowl is pretty much saying you suck and you got stuck here. congrats.
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you don't work for the Jacksonville Board of Tourism.
(But, no, I have never heard good things about Jacksonville or the Gator Bowl and I would not be particularly excited about Iowa playing there.)
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Is there anything of note in Jacksonville?
Isn’t it basically like the Fort Dodge of Florida? I mean, nothing against Fort Dodge, I guess, but I wouldn’t really want to go to a bowl game there, either.
"Enjoy the diarrhea."
by Bucketochicken on Jun 1, 2011 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
The Fort Dodge of Florida seems like an awesomely terrible moniker for a city.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Poor Mascaria, Algeria
They teamed up to officially be sister cities with Elkader, Iowa. They have a strange little plaque on a very tiny park (about 1/8 of a block large)
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
And now I found a picture. GIS has frickin everything.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Elkader.
Named for Algerian leader Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza’iri (Elkader being an Americanization of the “al-Qadir” part). He led the Algerian opposition to French colonization. Apparently the founders of Elkader were all about it. And now there’s an excellent Algerian restaurant called Schera’s right on the river. Or at least I think it’s excellent; it’s the only Algerian restaurant I’ve ever been to. They serve excellent beer, that’s for sure.
by Third Generation Hawk on Jun 1, 2011 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Anybody know
if RAGBRAI went through there around 2000? For some reason that plaque looks familiar, and that’s the first thought that popped into my mind.
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Jun 1, 2011 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Possibly.
It goes through Elkader most years it ends in Guttenberg. Last two times for that were 2005 and 1996
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I think they have:
a zoo, an arboretum, and a few museums. And maybe an outlet mall? And a few state parks?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attractions_and_events_in_Jacksonville,_Florida
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 1, 2011 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm gonna go ahead and just assume
that there’s definitely an outlet mall.
"Enjoy the diarrhea."
by Bucketochicken on Jun 1, 2011 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
Frommers lists only 6 attractions
and 3 have zero stars. Ouch
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I have only stayed in Jacksonville once.
I had a cockroach the size of a crown jewel broach crawl across my forehead while sleeping. Will never stay there again, not even if they had a Four Seasons.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
I was going to suggest staying near Daytona Beach,
because from what I remember, that was OK. But they are about 90 miles apart, so maybe not so realistic.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 1, 2011 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
To think...
that once upon a time, these mags were all we had to look at the upcoming season. Oh, and I’m not buying Nebraska, not yet anyway. Depending on the extent of the wreckage in Columbus, this could be the most wide-open conference race in memory.
Don Nordmann, we hardly knew ye
I think it's safe to say that this is the most wide open the B1G has been in a decade.
There’s no clear favorite now that OSU is in trouble. I can’t buy into the Sparty love after their absolute shellings at the hands of Iowa and Alabama. With Helu gone, I’ve no idea how Nebraska will score, Wisconsin & Penn State have questionable QBs and we all know the questions tied to Iowa. It’s going to be fun.
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
With Helu gone, I’ve no idea how Nebraska will score
Sexy Rexy Burkhead to the rescue!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Who the hell does that guy think he is? Tyler Sash?
He is not, BTW. Tyler is much better looking.
Whatever farm animal of war, Lana. Shut up!
by Carfino'sWay on Jun 1, 2011 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Winner
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions
You know how every group has an asshole?
Well, he’s our asshole.
that would be correct! and i thought the LSU fanbase was scary… the HEE HAWism among you would make any other crap fan base look less crapier…like iowa state for instance. like their gaTURD bowl experience wasnt just a jed clampett dream
and dont forget to wear a bulletproof vest along with your black and gold…
This feels like a Big 10 title season for the Hawks
Dumpster fire in Columbus, a new rebuilding project in Ann Arbor. Bright spotlight in Madison, Lincoln and East Lansing.
Ninja Kirk loves this scenario.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Jun 1, 2011 11:42 AM CDT reply actions
I'd agree if we weren't breaking in a new QB after having our most successful one of the last 30 years graduate
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm more concerned with 3/4 of the secondary being pretty new,
I think Vandy will be OK-to-good most of the time.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 1, 2011 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
I think this is the consensus for most Iowa fans
Vandy will be solid but not spectacular, and we won’t be able to rely on a shutdown defense to compensate for offensive miscues next year
"I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score." - Dan Gable
by ClaybornSmash on Jun 1, 2011 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions
I understand that my opinion does not rely on logic
Last year, my logical opinion had the Hawks as a Big 10 title contender and BCS game candidate.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Jun 1, 2011 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
We WERE a title contender
until we weren’t
/sadface
"Pockets full of weed, chewing tobacco, wrapping papers and dental dams"
--HFMR Running the Beermile (tfj @ HawkeyeRecon)
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jun 1, 2011 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions
And that time was?
Roughly when the team boarded the plane headed for Tucson?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 1, 2011 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Only if title means national.
Iowa was still a B1G title contender until that stupid game in Evanston.
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
True.
My reading and writing skills are for shit today.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 1, 2011 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought we agreed never to talk about that game.
Or that weekend.
THE FIRST RULE OF BHGP WEEKEND AT MCCANNT’S IS NEVER TALK ABOUT BHGP WEEKEND AT MCCANNT’S.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I was pretty drunk.
Any established rules from that weekend were washed away by Jeremiah Weed.
by The Mexican't on Jun 1, 2011 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Ah, sweet Mr. Weed...
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Do you know how much duct tape it took
to keep my family restrained in the upstairs closets all weekend?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Jun 2, 2011 2:25 AM CDT up reply actions
If they're all the same size as you?
No more than a roll and a half.
by The Mexican't on Jun 2, 2011 7:20 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Other than Ly's RossWB stories this is my favorite comment of the day.
Whatever farm animal of war, Lana. Shut up!
meh, he's got a couple games to get adjusted
if stanzi was bad, would that make it easier for mandenberg to break in
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
If tIowa follows it's normal development curve
we should be hitting our stride just about when the season gets nasty. We can play less than optimally during the month of September and still come away with wins over TT, ISU, Pitt and ULM. If the team can just show improvement from week to week, we could be the best team in the conference come November. The real issue in my mind is getting through Penn State and jNW undefeated. If the Hawkeyes are sitting 6-0 or 6-1 on October 16th then this could be another season where Kirk wins the COY and Iowa goes to the BCS.
Last year was one of the few years where Iowa did not play better in November than they did in September; if we progress like last year it will be another 2007 all over again.
"Make it tasteful, but dongier" - Blackheartnopants
So, we'll be undefeated headed to Lincoln
and we’ll only be ranked, like 12th or 14th in the nation?
"Pockets full of weed, chewing tobacco, wrapping papers and dental dams"
--HFMR Running the Beermile (tfj @ HawkeyeRecon)
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jun 1, 2011 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
A lot would have to go right for that to happen
but it’s not crazy-talk, either.
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
I'd take a trip to Jacksonville this year.
In fact, I’d be pretty happy about it.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Jun 1, 2011 1:38 PM CDT reply actions
This made me smile, even more than HFMR's post
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Iowa fans on Jacksonvile:
Minnesota hasn’t been to a bowl other than the Insight Bowl since 2005 (and that was the Music City Bowl).
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Three trips to the Insight Bowl, 3 trips to the Music City Bowl, 2 trips to the Sun Bowl, and a trip to the now defunct Micron PC Bowl
Anywhere other than Detroit would be tolerable at this point.
Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Jun 1, 2011 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
In all honesty, wouldn't you be happy with a trip to Detroit?
Whatever farm animal of war, Lana. Shut up!
by Carfino'sWay on Jun 1, 2011 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
This is exactly what I was going to post,
until WSR made a comment about wanting to go anywhere but Detroit. I think he’s full of crap.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 1, 2011 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Someone should notify these rags
That Nebby is not bringing the rest of the shot B12 North with them to their new division.
by GaryDolphinSafeTuna on Jun 1, 2011 4:11 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Swear fail
Shit not shot. Stupid iPhone.
by GaryDolphinSafeTuna on Jun 1, 2011 4:12 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Well, in fairness, the B12 North is pretty much "shot" now, as well.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 1, 2011 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I think the Big 12 North is more of a Shart....
…. they start out the season like a gaseous explosion but they end up shitting their pants – Shart.
"Make it tasteful, but dongier" - Blackheartnopants
Ooh, do MSU next.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 1, 2011 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Is MSU like the toilet wine from a prison?
Seems OK at first, and then you realize it will give you hepatitis?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 1, 2011 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know if it's low expectations or what
but it seems like you’ve knocked a few out of the park lately.
"Pockets full of weed, chewing tobacco, wrapping papers and dental dams"
--HFMR Running the Beermile (tfj @ HawkeyeRecon)
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jun 4, 2011 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions
You smell pretty good for a fat chick
Backhanded compliments are fun!
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 4, 2011 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions
It might be a function of the amount of time I've spent here lately.
I have the summer off, so I can just hang around BHGP all day, and make various comments.
This coming week, I’ll be gone in the daytime again. Then, my comments will probably only be during the evenings.
And yes, low expectations are a big key.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 5, 2011 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions
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