Iowa State Media Days Are Strange, Wonderful
by RossWB on Aug 5, 2011 3:40 PM CDT
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PrintIowa Media Day is going on right now and we'll be sure to breathlessly report any actual news that comes from there (Ed. Note: hahahahaha), but in the meantime Iowa State Media Day was yesterday and, judging by the photographic evidence, it was a doozy. Hats off to you, AP photographer Charlie Neibergall.
Jake McDonough ponders the meaninglessness of human existence, universal entropy, and the inevitable heat death of the universe. Also known as "the 2011 Iowa State football season."
Dazed and confused in Jack Three Times is no way to go through life, Jerome Tiller.
"I'm just so... proud to be your coach?"
"I'm a legit first round draft prospect. And I'm at Iowa State. No, I can't explain it, either. Sorry."
(Ed. Note: The fancy new scoreboard they installed continues to look like it was just Photoshopped into the stadium. Awk-ward.) 
Shontrelle Johnson reacts with predictable terror upon seeing the "ghost" of Jack Trice, a hologram specially commissioned by Jamie Pollard to be the latest enhancement to Iowa State's on-field entrance.
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Jerome Tiller
Is just pointing out all the Hawkeye defenders he sees in his nightmares.
/rim shot
Skol!
This talk of the universe...
You know, if the multiverse exists, somewhere there is an ISU team that matters.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 5, 2011 3:56 PM CDT reply actions
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
wait you were being serious
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Somewhere in the multiverse
Terry Allen is our coach
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 5, 2011 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions
That also means that somewhere in the multiverse...
Bob Stoops is our coach
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Annnnnnnnd....
So is Mike Stoops
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 5, 2011 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
:-/
Somewhere in the universe, Mike Stoops’ head has literally exploded during one of his sideline rants.
Also, my GIS turned up this image, which is some BHGP-quality work, frankly:
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Aug 5, 2011 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why does he look like all blood in his face has rushed out of his head?
Did he get a massive rage boner?
I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
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by Pain in the Sash on Aug 5, 2011 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Mike Stoops faces are second only to Bill Stewart faces in terms of hilarity
"THIS IS EVERY SCOTTISH WORD EVER: LAPHROAIGFRAOGHRAFLAGLLAPHLAIG" - Joe Paterno/BHGP
by The Ghost of John Hannah on Aug 5, 2011 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions
That would be Bizaro Universe
or a very very very cold day in Hell
All my good friends at BHGP helpled pick this most awesome name!
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Aug 5, 2011 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Wierd Scoreboard
Looks like the back end of a ’59 Impala (Jacobson Bldg.) driving under a freeway sign.
FOUR. THREE. COVER. TWO.
I think it looks like one of those erector set sound and light systems
they put up for festival concerts.
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Aug 5, 2011 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes. It looks so... temporary.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
That shit's not funny
Kevin Dubrow’s dead, man. Show some respect.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Just because some guys are using the name
don’t make it legit.
Example 1: Skynyrd without Ronnie
Example 2: Thin Lizzy without Phil
OK, the first post was sarcasm, this one is dead serious.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Is Paul related to Randy?
Has anyone seen evidence of Paul Rhodes before 1982?
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 5, 2011 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Am I the only one that immediately thought about Black Sheep?
I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
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by Pain in the Sash on Aug 5, 2011 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I like Black Sheep
and thank you for reminding me. Rho-ads.
I actually types Paul Rhodes into google and got so many hits I just went ahead and spelled it that way, figuring it was correct.
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 6, 2011 7:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Won't somebody think of the livestock!
It never gets to be easy.
Why the fuck doesn't it ever get to be easy?
by chitownhawkeye on Aug 5, 2011 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Why would we want it?
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
Taking things for the sake of taking things?
It’s what many Spartans do during our annual riots! Be green! Steal shit!
//seriously, ALL the landscaping features and road signs were ripped out and dragged off in an apartment complex’s grounds during a riot in 2008
"THIS IS EVERY SCOTTISH WORD EVER: LAPHROAIGFRAOGHRAFLAGLLAPHLAIG" - Joe Paterno/BHGP
by The Ghost of John Hannah on Aug 5, 2011 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions
OR IN A CYCLONE
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Aug 5, 2011 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Um
cyclones do not occur in the midwest, so that isn’t likely
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 6, 2011 7:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Exaaaaactly.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Aug 7, 2011 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Sorry, some people are unawares.
Didn’t mean to step on your joke.
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 8, 2011 7:59 AM CDT up reply actions
wanna bet they still won't put a net up for extra points?
and that's another Hawkeye first down... EHAWW!!
Why bother?
It’s not like ISU scores enough to make it an issue.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Jamie Pollard's amazing insight on the new scoreboard
"It’s like adding a huge flatscreen HD television to your home."
That’s why he makes the big bucks.
Considering where it's located
It’s more like putting a flatscreen in the bathroom
I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
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by Pain in the Sash on Aug 5, 2011 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
"That’s why he makes the big bucks."
$364,175 as of FY10. Worth every penny!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
LAWL
He has to work 10 years to make one of Ferentz’s paychecks.
I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
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by Pain in the Sash on Aug 5, 2011 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, this is the same athletic department
that was forcing unpaid furloughs on coaches.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 5, 2011 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions
It's like adding a huge flat screen to your shitty dorm room
And duct taping it to the wall because you don’t want to get charged for putting holes in the wall for that nice mount.
by DJK's bongwater on Aug 6, 2011 8:19 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Preview as written by a high schooler or SBN's own Mocking the Draft writer?
Ryan Tannehill enjoyed a nice season after taking over as the starter in the middle of the season. Tannehill started off 5-0 while leading the Aggies to a bowl game. He was able to operate the A&M offense while getting the ball into the hands of this playmakers. Tannehill is a decent athlete and made several plays with his feet. Texas A&M likes to roll him out of the pocket. At times, he shows the ability to accurately deliver the football. He does a nice job anticipating his throws and getting the ball out before his target breaks.
Throughout the season it showed that Tannehill was not the original starter and only had limited playing time. The most obvious was his erratic play and poor decisions. For the most part, Tannehill took care of the football but at times he really struggled to avoid the turnover. A lot of the turnovers came because of his tendency to stare down his primary target and struggles going through progressions. He doesn’t boast a strong enough arm to tip off his passes which is why he needs to improve his ability to go across the field. Tannehill doesn’t have a great arm and I would classify it as average. His football doesn’t have a lot of zip and he under throws the long ball. He really struggled to push the ball down the field rarely taking a chance and when he did it was inaccurate.
Tannehill will be a good college quarterback and help Texas A&M win football games. However, he appears to have limited potential as an NFL quarterback. He needs to show a lot of improvement in his ability to go through progressions and read defenses. His arm strength won’t change much so he needs to work on the mental part of the game.
meh
There are a lot of factors that go into being Ryan Tannehill.
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Aug 5, 2011 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
But the most important one for T A&M is
“Must underachieve during high expectations. See Jerrod Johnson”
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by Pain in the Sash on Aug 5, 2011 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Sadly, that's a factor we know all too well.
by Abbas_Cincinnatus on Aug 5, 2011 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I know. I know.
I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
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by Pain in the Sash on Aug 5, 2011 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions
That's where his beard hibernates during the season.
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 5, 2011 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Stuff like this makes me actually kind of like Iowa State.
In a totally patronizing, condescending way, sure, but still.
"Oh, glorious cheeseburger, we bow to thee. The secrets of the Universe are between the buns."
by Bucketochicken on Aug 5, 2011 6:50 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Kinda like "how cute of you to try"
kind of way?
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by Pain in the Sash on Aug 5, 2011 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions
great to see you back here PITS
must be about time for you to get back to school work and all.
He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Aug 5, 2011 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Another 3 weeks yet
Back up here for a good ol’ drinkin weekend though.
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by Pain in the Sash on Aug 5, 2011 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions
/nods
/sips beer
He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Aug 5, 2011 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes.
Like, I love seeing them take their first few awkward steps across the living room, but the real payoff is the inevitable faceplant into the carpet (or the corner of the fireplace).
"Oh, glorious cheeseburger, we bow to thee. The secrets of the Universe are between the buns."
by Bucketochicken on Aug 5, 2011 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Come on.
Can you really blame Cael for loving money and for leaving this place?
"Nein, ich bin Schnappi das kleine Krokodil."
I'd coach at Coe if it mean leaving Iowa State
I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
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by Pain in the Sash on Aug 5, 2011 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions
meant
I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
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by Pain in the Sash on Aug 5, 2011 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't blame him for leaving
I blame him for doing it 3 years after having his coach and mentor forced out to make room for him at Iowa State. If he was so unsure that he wanted to coach at ISU that he could only hang in for 3 years, he should have never insisted on the job in the first place. The ISU athletic department is equally at fault for spreading their legs for the guy.
TUMBLEWEED! BANG! 9-2. I’m making a comeback
"To bottomless perdition, there to dwell, in adamantine chains and penal fire" -Milton
Isn't it funny how the only people who ever talk about Cael forcing Douglas out are Iowa fans?
"Nein, ich bin Schnappi das kleine Krokodil."
by ReadingRambler on Aug 7, 2011 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
and of course, Bobby Douglas.
"The year was marked by ominous signs: fires blazed in the sky, there was a violent earthquake; and a cow talked - there was a rumour that a cow had talked the previous year, but nobody believed it: this year they did. Nor was this all: it rained lumps of meat." -Livy describing the year that Iowa State won their football national championship.
Then how comes he's all chummy with Cael?
I decided to ask jtothep about this via email, since he’s been around longer:
I looked it up once this past winter, in response to similar noise from Ly, and could only find a few quotes from Douglas. All were very favorable to Sanderson. Not enough to undeniably refute the assertions, but geez. Two other notes: Douglas presented Sanderson his HOF trophy this summer and in the tourney Sanderson won yesterday in Romania, Douglas was listed as one of Sanderson’s coaches (along with Cunningham).
"Nein, ich bin Schnappi das kleine Krokodil."
by ReadingRambler on Aug 8, 2011 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
My understanding is that the relationship has been significantly damaged. Bobby’s wife has been quoted as saying that they were very hurt by Sanderson’s actions. In Douglas’ forthcoming book, he discusses the situation and it doesn’t reflect all that favorably on Cael.
I’ll let this go, because I don’t know Bobby Douglas or Cael Sanderson and if they are best buds again or not. Just saying that this wasn’t received well by Douglas when it happened and Cael could have handled things much better.
"The year was marked by ominous signs: fires blazed in the sky, there was a violent earthquake; and a cow talked - there was a rumour that a cow had talked the previous year, but nobody believed it: this year they did. Nor was this all: it rained lumps of meat." -Livy describing the year that Iowa State won their football national championship.
Who would you expect to do so?
ISU fans wouldn’t like to talk about it, because this means probably the two best collegiate wrestlers of all time (both Cyclones) have become assistants with ISU (Cael became head coach) and then jumped ship.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 7, 2011 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Gable was never an assistant as ISU. Iowa State dragged their collective feet in giving him any kind of offer and Kurdelmeier made his move and the rest is history. The way the Cael stuff went down almost seemed to be a concerted effort not to repeat the Gable situation.
"The year was marked by ominous signs: fires blazed in the sky, there was a violent earthquake; and a cow talked - there was a rumour that a cow had talked the previous year, but nobody believed it: this year they did. Nor was this all: it rained lumps of meat." -Livy describing the year that Iowa State won their football national championship.
Yep. You're right.
Gable was an assistant under Kurdelmeier. I got confused.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 8, 2011 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Really?
You think that would stop them from being angry with him, and thus talking about it? I don’t.
"Nein, ich bin Schnappi das kleine Krokodil."
by ReadingRambler on Aug 8, 2011 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
It could be that it seems like Iowa fans are the only ones that talk about it because you are on an Iowa board.
Do you spend a lot of time on the ISU sites? Maybe they talk about it there. I don’t know, driving through the outskirts of Ames was difficult enough for me, I can’t imagine going to one of their sites and setting up camp.
by Carfino'sWay on Aug 8, 2011 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions
If it is Clone Chronicles, nobody is there anyway.
And I don’t wish, even on Rambler, a trip to CycloneFanatic.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 8, 2011 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
There are a lot of factors that
Make Osemele 335 lbs.
by GaryDolphinSafeTuna on Aug 5, 2011 10:26 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Maaaaaaaan...
You shoulda seen the pyro on that thing when they closed with "Won’t get fooled again " l was soooo baked! I had a long convo with an iguana, only it wasn’t an iguana. It was Wayne Morgan. And he tried to sell me. TV dish.
Can I borrow $5?
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Aug 5, 2011 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I hope the media asked about their article in SI
because I would love to hear them defend their uniforms
and that's another Hawkeye first down... EHAWW!!
I love that their #1 ugliest uniform is Oregon's
and yet, sometime soon they will write a wank piece about Oregon’s awesome new unis.
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 8, 2011 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm confused.
Couldn’t one writer there write a piece slamming Oregon’s unis (like this one), while another writer holds an opposite opinion and writes a piece praising them? I don’t see why their opinions would have to conform just because they both write under the CNNSI banner.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Maybe they could have Dr Z and Peter King do a "point-counterpoint"
piece, kind of like the old days of SI.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 8, 2011 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Couldn't one author write a 50 part piece alternately praising and criticizing 50 different uniform combinations that could potentially be worn by the Ducks?
Why can’t we get some good in-depth journalism/fashion critique like that? Huh?
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