It's Not Plagiarism If You Link To It Never Liked The Monroe Doctrine All That Much
by RossWB on Sep 21, 2011 2:31 PM CDT
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Who hates Monroe? We hates Monroe. ULM is 1-2 and getting paid $1.05 million to serve as a body-bag opponent for Iowa this week, but don't tell that to them -- or their fans.
"This is the best shot we’ve had at beating a BCS school at their place since I don’t remember when," writes Vandolay on the site. "Don’t forget our basketball team went up to Iowa a few years ago and won its tournament — even though we weren’t very good at all. Perhaps Iowa is our punching bag and they don’t know it."
As Morehouse points out, the Warhawks are just 1-36 against BCS teams in their history (although that one win was a doozy), so history is not on their side. But they're not a bad team. They hung with TCU for a half last week, and they're sure to give Iowa some odd looks on offense (and defense). As the Football Study Hall article I linked to earlier noted, they're well-suited to spring an upset -- or at the very least make for a heartache-inducing game for Iowa fans.
And, incidentally, the jab from that ULM fan about their hoopyball win still stings. The Lickliter Era was marked by any number of pratfalls, but failing to win the home-court tournament stocked with (supposed) patsies was one of the lowest (and, in hindsight, one hell of an indicator that the years ahead were going to be a hellacious goddamn mess). Fran, by the way, restored some of the honor to the Iowa cagers last year by leading them in a thumping win over the Warhawks. Yet another reason we heart Fran.
Schedulin' for success. We're almost done with the 2011 non-conference slate and if you weren't too impressed with the likes of Pitt, Iowa State, and UL Monroe, well, as Doc reminds us, things are going to get even more dull in the years to come:
2012: Northern Illinois (at Soldier Field), Iowa State, UNI, Central Michigan
2013: Northern Illinois, Missouri State, at Iowa State, Western Michigan
2014: UNI, Ball State, Iowa State, at Pitt
2015: Illinois State, at Iowa State, Pitt, North Texas
2016: North Dakota State, Iowa State, Central Michigan, TBA
2017: North Texas, at Iowa State, TBA, TBA
Hope you like MACrifices and FCS teams. Hopefully Iowa adds a second BCS opponent in 2016 and 2017, but it's by no means guaranteed: 2012 and 2013 both have just one BCS opponent (Iowa State) on the slate. Blah.
The little things. There have been many plays from Iowa's 31-27 comeback win over Pitt on Saturday that have been celebrated -- Marvin McNutt's stunning one-handed grab, the three touchdown pasess Vandenberg threw during the comeback, James Morris' heady play to stuff Ray Graham short of the end zone in the fourth quarter and hold Pitt to a field goal, Micah Hyde's game-clinching interception -- but two of the less-talked about (but still vital) plays happened on kickoff coverage on Iowa's last two kickoffs. The first was Joe Audlehelm's tackle when Iowa was still in the midst of the comeback. The second was Tom Donatell's tackle on Iowa's final kickoff after taking the lead, which pinned Pitt deep in their own territory.
Kickoff coverage has been a virtual dumpster fire for the better part of the last two years and every Iowa fan was likely holding their breath on those kickoffs, terrified that whatever momentum Iowa had built up via the suddenly-potent offense would be squandered by lousy kickoff coverage gifting Pitt great field position. That didn't happen and two of the biggest reasons were Audlehelm and Donatell, a pair of walk-ons in no danger of sniffing the two-deeps anytime soon (although Donatell might if Iowa continues to bleed linebackers). Huzzah for walk-ons -- now let's hope they can keep making plays on kick coverage all season long.
The gods must be crazy angry. It isn't just running backs and linebackers that vengeful Iowa-hating deities like to strike down -- it's women's basketball players, too. F Jade Rogers will miss the entire season after having another knee surgery, while G Megan Considine will also miss the entire season after suffering an Achilles injury. Neither Rogers nor Considine were projected starters (Iowa actually returns all of their starters except all-everything Kachine Alexander), but their injurieswill further sap Iowa's depth. Knock on wood that these angry gods find some other program to bedevil for a while.
END AROUNDZ
* In case you were curious, Gary Dolphin's treatment for prostate cancer is going A-OK so far.
* Actual carries for Damon Bullock at RB this week? Sounds that way. (Ferentz also admitted that while the depth chart says Jason White is RB2, Damon Bullock is the actual RB2, which is your weekly reminder that the depth charts are frequently garbage.)
* Maybe Derby should be starting for Iowa -- no, the other one.
* Iowa comes in 2nd on the W.I.N. Magainze's first Tournament Power Index rankings of the year, mainly because top-ranked Penn State is favored to have four NCAA finalists.
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Probably next spring/summer.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I hope next year's NIU game isn't as bowling shoe ugly as that '07 game.
Yeesh.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Indeed.
The ’12 QB should be the same as the ’11 QB, which will hopefully be a good thing.
Could be a lot of new faces on the OL, though.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Silly, Ross, 2011 is it for JVB.
Rudock will be starting in 2012. JVB is just giving him time to learn the system so he can win 4 straight bowl games and re-write the Iowa record books.
by The Mexican't on Sep 22, 2011 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
That's crazy, we can't have a QB start for 4 years.
Can you imagine how crazed the fanbase would get?!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Somewhere,
Bird Cult just shot himself, at the thought of never seeing AJ Derby as a starting QB for Iowa.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Sep 25, 2011 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Zusevics and Gettis for sure
I think Reiff is likely gone, too, but I wouldn’t be all that surprised if he stuck around either.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
It's early
but last time my wife has a former co-worker who is a NIU booster, and we were able to get a block of tickets on the 50 yd line. I’m going to try to do it again for this game. Obviously, I have no information yet, but once I’m able to get some information, I’ll probably have a fanpost to try to coordinate at least meeting there
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 23, 2011 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe I'm completely wrong,
but I think that all the second team reps that Vandenberg had with Keenan Davis, KMM, and now Zach Derby the past two years (one for KMM) are a big factor in their emergence. It seems like that would carry over.
"...take it to Hamsterdam."
I agree.
I was talking to my family about this the last couple Saturdays. It makes sense to me.
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 Sep 21, 2011 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I remember when we could at least give some schools like OSU crap for never leaving the state of Ohio. Or some other schools crap for playing 3 D1AA schools and a MAC team, now we are that school.
Now we need to root for the Big 12 to survive. Imagine if it falls apart and ISU ends up joing Conf USA, MAC or Moutain West. HOw much of pansys would we look like.
Our Johnson is bigger and better than LA's Johnson so suck it.
In all fairness, if the BXII falls apart, the MWC will probably have a BCS bid.
So if they join that league, we’re still good
What a boring non-conf schedule the next few years
Did we give up on scheduling the non-ISU BCS team, or could we not find anyone?
What sucks about the whole "boring" non-conference thing
Is that it would seem like we’re scheduling cupcakes to guarantee going 4-0 in September.
But…somehow we always end up going 3-1. We suck at “cupcaking”
No matter how much we want them to be
ISU is not a cupcake, especially when we play them in Ames and early in the year.
I swear the "robbed a place" was actually not ment as a smart ass remark. I just forgot that he actually robbed a place for a second. ~ justsomehawkeyefan
Yes they are.
Iowa State is bad at football. But for some reason we always play down to their level.
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull." - W.C. Fields
If we remove that 2nd BCS team from the non-conference schedule, that improves our odds of going 4-0 greatly.
I believe the only non-conference games Iowa has lost at home since 2001 are ISU in ’02 and Western Michigan in ’07.
Iowa State will remain a tricky game (especially in Ames), but it would certainly be a far easier schedule. Most of those 3-1 Septembers have involved road non-conference losses.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Realistically, Iowa should win 6 to 7 of every 10 CyHawk games
those are good odds against a (still) BCS school
As far as depth charts being utterly meaningless...
…Donatell WAS actually listed on the two-deeps for the ULM game. And that was out even before Davis had left. I know Hitchens is the true back-up there (both OLB spots), and Donatell won’t be the guy to spell Morris, but it is interesting nonetheless.
Or it’s not. At all. Because 2-deps for Iowa are utterly meaningless.
meh
2-derps?
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Sep 21, 2011 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
2017 Schedule
That’s when the B1G goes to a 9 games schedule. There only needs be one TBA there, not two.
"Bama Hawkeye, you know, the Iowa blogger who actually uses reason and analysis." - Patrick Vint
http://www.offtackleempire.com
True.
And the other TBA will be a I-AA team. Can’t wait for that announcement.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Seems like kind of a mismatch...
How many positions do you think he can play?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I assumed someone would make the joke.
I can’t say that I expected that someone to be you.
by The Mexican't on Sep 21, 2011 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think bringing a gas gun is legal, though.
(Incidentally, I fell down a Google hole and discovered a bunch of Darkwing Duck theme song covers.)
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I loved Darkwing Duck
I’m not ashamed to admit it
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 21, 2011 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Nor am I
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
I think I misspoke in an earlier thread
when I said that Iowa is in big trouble if Zach Derby is starting ahead of Herman and the hat. That was a good Gazette article and proof again that hard work and perseverance can still beat a 4* pedigree. Bravo to Zach and I hope he becomes Iowa’s next great walk-on success story.
I swear the "robbed a place" was actually not ment as a smart ass remark. I just forgot that he actually robbed a place for a second. ~ justsomehawkeyefan
So long as he and James Ferentz stop with their off-season workouts in parking garages.
(Actually, I didn’t worry too much about his being in there. If he can rip the arm off of the entrance to a parking garage, I’m just gonna guess he can block.)
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 Sep 21, 2011 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Speaking from experience...
They’re not as solid as you might think they are.
by redlightheadache on Sep 21, 2011 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree. And I'm a girl with no upper arm strength.
(Granted my ‘experience’ is my friend not being able to get out of the Pappajohn garage and just driving under/through it.)
by Captain n Diet Coker on Sep 21, 2011 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
As long as you play low and with leverage...
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Sep 21, 2011 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I liked that.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Sep 21, 2011 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions
ULM will be more difficult than TT
if for no other reason, they play a very unconventional defense and KOK and KF might be concerned that VDB not make a lot of mistakes early (out of confusion) to put us in a hole, thus we plod along until they either:
- screw up
- tire out
Be prepared for three yards in a cloud of yawns offense with the occasional deep ball and also be prepared for ZERO no huddle.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
Kirk made a point to say THIS 3-3-5
is not the Michigan variety.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
So we aren't playing a flag football team this week?
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.
And at least one trick play.
You know, a reverse.
"It doesn't matter how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose. And even that doesn't make all that much difference."
by Bucketochicken on Sep 21, 2011 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions
You son of a bitch.
/not really, but if I see that reverse get exactly 1.5 yards one more time….
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Sep 21, 2011 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Would love to see McNutt heave it deep to Davis or KMM on a trick play
such as an end-around pass or double-pass, similar to what Pitt ran last week. It’s got to be buried down there somewhere at the bottom of the playbook, since he is a converted QB.
Does anyone recall, has he ever attempted one of these? Seems to me that he has, though I can’t recall when.
Probably want to wait until B1G play to break this one out though – hope we won’t need it against ULM.
Yes. For sure against ISU and against MSU last year
by Captain n Diet Coker on Sep 22, 2011 8:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, we've tried it three times in the last two years.
Against Arky State in 09, against Mich State last year, and against Iowa State this year. It’s been incomplete all three times. The ISU pass would probably have been intercepted if it hadn’t been badly underthrown.
I’m not sure I’ve seen this play work at Iowa since Solomon threw to Hinkel against Minnesota in 2005.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yeah, and DJK would have got the record if McNutt had completed the pass.
I know it’s a rollout type pass, but I think all three would be completions if McNutt had set his feet. He doesn’t look comfortable enough running and throwing at the same time.
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 Sep 22, 2011 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
I mean DJK would have got the record AT HOME, rather than @ Indiana the next week.
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 Sep 22, 2011 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Thought so...0-for-3 huh?
What I meant to say was, I would love to see McNutt COMPLETE a deep pass to Davis or KMM on a trick play. You would think a converted QB might be a bit more accurate; then again, I guess if he were more accurate then maybe he’d still be a QB.
Carry on catching passes Mr. McNutt.
Yeah.
Nothing I’ve seen from Marvin throwing the ball at Iowa has convinced me that they made a mistake in moving him from QB to WR. If anything, it was probably the most genius position change they’ve made since Gallery moved from TE to OL.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Dallas Clark LB to TE?
"There are few things graven in stone, except that you have to squat or you're a pussy." -Mark Rippetoe
Also a very good change.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Was DJK always recruited to play WR?
Also, could it be that he’s not a very accurate passer because of lack of reps?
Yes.
And it probably doesn’t help, but he didn’t impress much in the open practices and such when he was still getting actual QB reps.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Ok
I wasn’t paying as much attention as obsessed back then as I am now. Didn’t remember anything about his performance pre-switch.
That pass is bound to work eventually though, right? Right? Like the end around!?!
Please tell me this was some sort of meta-troll
because the thought of you being serious with this one sent me into violent convulsions
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Jesus ,Iowa needs to drop Iowa State. Just don't tell any of their fans that.
And I know it will never happen. But if that is somehow keeping Iowa from scheduling at least one quality opponent, because they don’t want two home-and-aways with BCS schools, then something needs to change. As it is now, especially in the weaker years, it seems like they’ll always be passed over in RPI by schools with the same record but better non-conference wins. Iowa has actually been one of the betters at this (the highest-ranked 1-loss team, or 2-loss team, etc.), and I really don’t want them to have one or two losses and be in the bottom of the Top 25 or out of it completely, respectively, because they’ve had such a weak schedule.
meh
It's also for sale on iTunes.
Mr Glover finally got that record deal he was looking for. And I believe Camp has an official launch date of Nov.15.
by The Mexican't on Sep 21, 2011 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
So giddily excited for Camp.
I might actually buy one of those old music holder things. What are they called? CDs?
I had no idea he released "Bonfire" as an official single!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yes, and for the uber cheap, you can listen to it at IAMDONALD.com
(Before you buy it, obviously.)
by The Mexican't on Sep 21, 2011 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Excellent.
I need my Gambino-appreciating broskis to remind me of these things on the Twitters. (hint, hint)
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
You weren't paying enough attention
Because this happened yesterday
by The Mexican't on Sep 21, 2011 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Actually, that was Monday.
He put it up a day early.
by The Mexican't on Sep 21, 2011 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Ah.
My bad. I was so out of it yesterday the only thing I paid attention to on Twitter was Dan Beebe’s amazing meltdown.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I think this maybe has been discussed before, but:
Western Michigan’s coming back in 2013? FFFFFUUUUUUUU
Can we PLEASE get like a 223-0 beatdown?
Okay, please just beat them.
"Hi, I'm Bob Executive. Which way to business?"
by IPeeBlackAndGold on Sep 21, 2011 3:10 PM CDT reply actions
Yeah, I can't wait for the announcers to repeatedly beat "Iowa 0-2 against Western Michigan" into our heads.
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 Sep 21, 2011 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I hate them
I hate them so much.
No. I just hate that we’ve lost to them.
"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass
by chitownhawkeye on Sep 21, 2011 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Man, Dochterman is not a good writer, and really seems to be trying to stir up some shit.
Or at least make things out of nothing. He does realize that if you make a claim in an article about the mindset of someone, you need to include a quote, or at the very least include many other quotes that would make it entirely probable that this is said person’s mindset.
Grrrrr…..
meh
What are you fucking talking about?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I don't know what the "mindset" issue was that you were ranting about.
If you’re referring to the Derby article, anyway.
by The Mexican't on Sep 21, 2011 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions
He said that Derby remains humble yet confident that he might be Iowa's best TE
There was no indication of that in the article. And yes, I’m making too much of it, but it just bothers me. I obviously don’t know the dynamics of their relationship, but if I was the No.1 and co-No. 2 TE, I might wonder, “Oh, he thinks he’s the best?” But no, they don’t even read that.
i just don’t understand the point of saying Derby is confident that he might be the best option at TE if Derby never said such a thing. Or, that if he did, why you wouldn’t put it in the article?
meh
Everyone but Eastern.
For some reason, we never schedule that particular directional Michigan.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I assumed that was because Iowa boycotts the U.P., as all rational folks do.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Both.
(Alaska’s big)
"It doesn't matter how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose. And even that doesn't make all that much difference."
by Bucketochicken on Sep 21, 2011 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I can see the UP from my house
(the place I’m at in the summer). & I swear I’m a really nice, intelligent & rational person most of the time.
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Sep 21, 2011 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions
So, I've discovered a Ferentz-ism
“I told my wife shortly into my time at Maine that if I ever came home surprised about anything, just hit me with a bat,’’ Ferentz said.
Hasn’t he already said to hit him with a bat if he ever gets into Twitter (or some tech-y thing like that)?
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 Sep 21, 2011 3:46 PM CDT reply actions
So if she hits him with a bat when he comes home, and he's surprised about that,
Does she get to hit him again?
I can ride my bike with no handlebars...
by hkobb7 on Sep 21, 2011 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
It's a vicious cycle that could go on indefinitely
“Hey, what was that for?”
- WOMP *
“Hey, what was that for?” - WOMP *
“HEY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!”
etc.
I actually think the whole thing is a coded cry for help by Kirk.
by Horace E. Cow on Sep 21, 2011 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Megan Considine...
Sean’s sister.
And they have a brother who played baseball for Iowa.
Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Considine.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
Wow
That’s quite a variety of athletic talent all in one family. Thank you, Considines, indeed.
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Sep 21, 2011 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought..
with the 9 game B10 schedule coming down the pike that we’d lose a non-conf game..
by FlyingDutchman1 on Sep 21, 2011 3:55 PM CDT reply actions
Yes, we will be quitting one of our non-conference games.
"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 Sep 21, 2011 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
It's not so bad
although I’d recommend the 1-AA, MAC, BCS route. This playing 11 BCS teams in a year shit has to stop. ISU can’t succeed like that.
I am sorry but
I would just as soon schedule some BCS powerhouse
and take our chances,,,
win we look great
lose (if its not a ballbuster)
and we still look better than beating
Our Lady of the Streets
Long Live the Pellican Whore - like FOREVER
Boring But...
Since i’ve been around…throwing out the non BCS (‘cept Tulsa & WestM since we FUCKING LOST)…some we’ve beat’n or lost more than once.
Lost – NC State, Miami, Colorodo, Oregon, Tulsa, Arizona, ISU, Nebraska, KSU, ASU, Pitt Western Michgan
Beat – ISU, Arizona, Tulsa, ASU, Syracuse, Pitt
I don’t mind my team loosing, but sometimes…
Ugh those schedules
They want that game at Solider Field for recruiting, but they also don’t want to sacrifice the money from a guaranteed home game, so here we are. And unfortunately unless we dump the ISU series (which is not happening), that’s probably about what we can look forward to going forward. Those home games are a massive cash cow, even if it’s they’re against I-AA goofs, so they’re not giving one of those up for the sake of a scheduling a home and home against someone interesting.
I think the only way to get things changed is the old "speak with your wallet" approach.
If people stop buying tickets and going to those games, that might be incentive to actually schedule more credible opponents.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
If people stop buying tickets and going to those games, that might be incentive to actually schedule more credible opponents.
Are you talking about the NIU at Soldier games, or the cupcakes at home, or both?
Because, if you buy a season ticket to Kinnick, you kind of have to buy those cupcakes. And then, it feels like a waste to not go (or to not give that ticket to a relative that you barely tolerate).
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Sep 21, 2011 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Season tickets do complicate things.
But there’s little incentive for Iowa to schedule better non-conference opponents if they can sell out season tickets with a non-conference slate that has Tennessee Tech and UL Monroe on it.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The reality of the situation is
if Iowa goes on to a 10, 11 or 12 win season, the fans will totally forget about the extra patsies on the front end and if Iowa goes on to a mediocre or losing season, few fans will forgive them because they played a tough non-conference slate. The only potential win here is if Iowa goes 11-1 or undefeated against a killer schedule but that does not happen too often for the Hawkeyes
I swear the "robbed a place" was actually not ment as a smart ass remark. I just forgot that he actually robbed a place for a second. ~ justsomehawkeyefan
Yeah that's what I'm saying
Iowa recruits the Chicago area hard (and has tons of alumni there), so they want to play the game in Chicago. But to do that they needed to give up either the home and home with a BCS school, or a guarantee home game with an non-BCS team. They dumped the former, which makes sense financially but sucks as a fan.
I'll say a couple positive things about the NIU at Soldier game(s).
First, it was a pretty good time (then again, I had great seats thanks to a distant relative with a connection at NIU).
Second, NIU has been a decent MAC team for most of the last decade or so.
Third, the game itself could look much better if they actually get someone to water the damned field for a week or two before the game.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Sep 21, 2011 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
The Bears forced the Park District to hire a new sod company
Yet another twist in the odd story of the Bears & their turf. Hoping that the fact that there hasn’t been any recent bitching about conditions nor maintenance since means that the field is currently acceptable to both sides. Who knows what’ll happen when winter digs in.
So odd to me that an NFL franchise appears to have so little control over the basic field conditions of their home field. That’s Chicago for ya, I guess.
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Sep 21, 2011 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes
This. I still don’t understand why every northern NFL team goes to a proven system that gets raves all year long. I know it doesn’t make sense for college teams, but a grass/field turf blend, on a heated base with grow lights for weekday use in shortened winter days works elsewhere…. Just sayin’
I thought it was great. I had a fun time.
Also, that’s when we heard Michigan St lost to App. St.
meh
Michigan, not MSU
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by BStylin Hawkye on Sep 22, 2011 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes.
I have a cousin that grew up near Waterloo, and now lives not far from Des Moines. Somehow, she’s a Michigan fan.
She actually told me that Michigan was losing to App St near the end of the game. She was just bummed out enough about it that I don’t think I mentioned it again later that day.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Sep 25, 2011 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh Shit
The Fighting Danny Macs are back on the schedule in 2015 – if he’s still there by then.
He'll have moved on to Texas Tech by then after they fire Tuberville and McCarney wins a conference title
by The Mexican't on Sep 21, 2011 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions
This is very plausible...
I kind of hope the Big 12 now survives long enough to see Dan McCarney on the sidelines of Jack Trice thrashing the Cyclones from the opposite end….haha
Vandolay!!!?
when did he start blogging? i thought he was in the import-export business
Private Joker, he's silly and he's ignorant, but he's got guts and guts is enough. Now you ladies carry on!
Is that wrong?
Should he not have done that?
by salparadise23 on Sep 21, 2011 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions
I am a big fan of Art.
He is the master of his domain.
I swear the "robbed a place" was actually not ment as a smart ass remark. I just forgot that he actually robbed a place for a second. ~ justsomehawkeyefan
wasn't he having some trouble with his importing?
because he was focused on his exporting? Beautiful hands though.
"Sometimes the truth gets in the way of a good story" - KF
by The Bacon Explosion on Sep 21, 2011 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Man hands
I swear the "robbed a place" was actually not ment as a smart ass remark. I just forgot that he actually robbed a place for a second. ~ justsomehawkeyefan
Monroe
Vegas has them as 17-pt dogs. I really hope the game isn’t that close.
Doubt we cover
I also doubt we see any hurry up, no huddle offense. We are going to get our RB’s 20 carries each and play about as vanilla as we can – only way we cover is if we rush for four or five TD’s. Showing nothing new and acting like the offense we had 4th quarter v Pitt never happened. Big 10 conference schedule starts in 2 weeks.
“No huddle, shotgun, hurry up? Move along, nothing to see here.” -KOK/KF
"Sometimes the truth gets in the way of a good story" - KF
by The Bacon Explosion on Sep 21, 2011 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions
McNutt tracker:
Right now, he had 18 receptions for 313 yards and 2 TDs.
According to Ross’s post from June 23rd, McNutt needed “86 receptions and 1071 yards to top the records set by DJK just last season.”
Also, Tim Dwight has the career TD catch record at 21, and McNutt is at 18 right now.
So, McNutt appears to be on pace for the career receiving yardage and TD records, but he may not get the reception record unless we go full-fun-n-gun or unless the other WRs/TEs stop catching so much (which would probably suck).
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
Just to piggyback, Dwight isn't alone with the TD record.
Danan Hughes had 21 career TDs as well.
McNutt should have no trouble getting the TD record, and if the passing game can prove as effective as it was last week then he may very well get the yardage record too. High Porch Picnic had a solid piece about Soup’s effect on the Iowa WR corps and it discusses the record breaking potential of McNutt. It’s worth checking out.
by The Mexican't on Sep 21, 2011 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Thank you for catching the Hughes omission.
I was reading that damn Iowa football factbook on the Iowa website, and I didn’t zoom in enough to notice it.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Sep 21, 2011 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Clearly you were at the stadium for the Tenn Tech game
Hughes was in the booth. Anybody who watched that game at home knows Dwight doesn’t hold that record alone.
by PackerHawk on Sep 22, 2011 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Too true.
I believe Danan’s on the call again this weekend, so we’ll probably be reminded of that fact (especially if Marvin catches a TD).
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
wait
just a sec. Danan Hughes has 21 TD catches like Timmy D!
I don’t remember them saying that during the TT broadcast. Did they say it all the time or something?
/sarcasmfont
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by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Sep 22, 2011 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions
To be fair, I don't think it was Hughes's fault that he kept being mentioned.
He played along, but I thought it was his partner that started it.
by The Mexican't on Sep 22, 2011 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
I agree
But if anybody other than him is in that booth, we hear about the record just not as much. Not his fault for showing up and doing his job. I think he handled himself very well too, kept redirecting the conversation to McNutt and the game, IIRC.
Agreed
It was obvious it was going to get mentioned, especially since it was the first game, and it was the other guy who seemed insistent on making the joke constantly with Hughes playing along good-naturedly.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
I was going to be at Kinnick for that game,
but never made it due to a car accident. I did make the ISU-UNI game in Ames later that evening, thanks to a rental car.
I have the Iowa-TennTech game DVR’d, but I haven’t watched it yet.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Sep 25, 2011 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I was commenting on Saturday how much
the Iowa WR corps is reminiscent of the Michigan crew of 5-6 years ago. Martin-Manley looks a bit like Manningham and Davis is much in the mold of Adrian Arrington (besides being CR natives)
I swear the "robbed a place" was actually not ment as a smart ass remark. I just forgot that he actually robbed a place for a second. ~ justsomehawkeyefan
Not just CR natives
both played at Wash. For good CRWash football teams (emphasis added because that thought still boggles my mind)
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Oh, he'll break them all. Just you watch.
/KFconspiracytheory’d
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Sep 22, 2011 12:59 AM CDT up reply actions
I think DJK should get permanent mention as the co-record holder in the yardage category
After all, he did have to spend a year with JC6 “throwing” him the ball.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Should he also get acknowledgement for being the only WR that year not to tear a muscle off the bone or get busted for legal wrongdoing?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Screw it. Bring on an SEC tea
It's so sad how a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs.
by FiveSecondRuleChef on Sep 22, 2011 6:34 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Team (damn this phone and my fat fingers)
WTF? Let’s roll the dice and try and pick one of those guys off early in the year.
It's so sad how a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of wild dogs.
by FiveSecondRuleChef on Sep 22, 2011 6:36 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Is the SEC tea
better than the Arizona tea? or Liptons? or Nestea? I will have to try the SEC tea.
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TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Sep 22, 2011 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
You can't beat Nestea!
It’s the YES Tea!
"He lowballed us and said: 'Take it or leave it. If you don't take our offer, you are rolling the dice.' I said: 'Consider them rolled.' " - Jim "Huge Brass Balls" Delaney
by ClaybornSmash on Sep 23, 2011 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions
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