Another Look At Iowa Basketball Throwback Jerseys

by RossWB on Jan 20, 2012 1:04 PM CST in Iowa Hawkeyes Basketball

Black Heart Gold Fashion Week continues...

No short shorts for these guys.

Of course, as commenter Mr. Grizz pointed out yesterday, while these are very sharp uniforms they, um, actually aren't what Iowa wore in 86-87. See?

Those have sexy v-necks, but no script Iowa. Were they just so excited to bring back the script Iowa jerseys AND celebrate the 86-87 team that they didn't think anyone would care if they fudged the details a little? Who knows.

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I like both sets

The script Iowa and the one’s Dr. Tom ushered in were both good unis. Was 85-86 (Ravelling’s last year) the last time they wore script Iowa?

The Iowa jersey under [REDACTED] was a joke. That looked like some cheap knock-off from Wal-Mart.

Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.

by Nickhawk08 on Jan 20, 2012 1:08 PM CST reply actions

I liked the Alford-era unis better than

some of the ones from the last 3 or so years.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_uhQyR-uNRoI/SZIqXJRELoI/AAAAAAAAABI/JD-he9RdM6Q/IowaBasketball.png

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Jan 20, 2012 2:04 PM CST up reply actions

Agreed

The Alford one’s looked cheap, but these? I’m at a loss. It wasn’t an upgrade when we changed to those. Hideous.

Novel idea – let’s pick one look and stick with it. The football team gets it (for the most part – the banana peels, obviously, take the cake as greatest Iowa uni ever). The wrestlers definitely get it. Basketball? They’re in the fashion wilderness.

/Fashion Week’d again

Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.

by Nickhawk08 on Jan 20, 2012 2:50 PM CST up reply actions

"(for the most part – the banana peels, obviously, take the cake as greatest Iowa uni ever)"

You are dead to me.

"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 Jan 20, 2012 3:52 PM CST up reply actions

I need sarcasm font

Honestly, I didn’t mean it.

Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.

by Nickhawk08 on Jan 20, 2012 3:53 PM CST up reply actions

No backpedaling. Own it. Loud and Proud.

by nhradar on Jan 20, 2012 3:54 PM CST up reply actions

Yep.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Jan 20, 2012 4:05 PM CST up reply actions

That's good.

But tere are enough people who LEGITIMATELY THINK THAT that I (sadly) can no longer assume sarcasm in comments like that…

"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 Jan 20, 2012 3:56 PM CST up reply actions

Seriously, it was sarcasm

Those uniforms are a blight on Iowa football and Hayden’s otherwise sparkling resume.

Biggest problems, as I see it, on Hayden’s resume:
1. 0-fer the Rose Bowl
2. Banana Peel jerseys. The Steelers look says winners. The banana peel look says…something. I’m honestly not sure what it says.

Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.

by Nickhawk08 on Jan 20, 2012 4:00 PM CST up reply actions

It says "we are okay looking like clowns."

"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 Jan 20, 2012 4:07 PM CST up reply actions

(cough) Chazz (/cough)

"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 Jan 20, 2012 4:01 PM CST up reply actions

I have my predilections.

Only God can judge me.

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Jan 20, 2012 4:05 PM CST up reply actions

That is a beautiful catch.

"Gophers are filthy digging rats"
-one of HFMR's many amazing tags

"It's Northwestern," he explained. "A smart school."
-TMart on jNW reading signals

by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jan 20, 2012 9:04 PM CST up reply actions

Sed Shaw

Rockin the peels like a star!

#TeamPeel

Das Stochern gewinnt.

by Blackheartnopants on Jan 20, 2012 5:11 PM CST via Android app up reply actions

Hellz Yeah!

We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.

by WaterlooChazz on Jan 20, 2012 5:15 PM CST up reply actions

They look just like train tracks when the line is in a stance

Hayden said so.

by nhradar on Jan 20, 2012 3:53 PM CST up reply actions

Hayden was a great, great man.

And I hope he used that check from Apex to take the missus on a nice vacation or build a romper room or get a Corvette or something.

But signing off on those uniforms… no. Just no.

"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 Jan 20, 2012 3:57 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Oh, and I really like the shorts

/Fashion Week’d

Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.

by Nickhawk08 on Jan 20, 2012 1:09 PM CST reply actions

Make it work, Hawkeyes!

"I’m not going to comment on anything beyond where I’ve been so far." - Gary Barta

by SomeJerkPoster on Jan 20, 2012 1:16 PM CST up reply actions

front row, far right. Michael _____?

I know the rest of the guys. Can’t remember his last name. Anyone?

(Back row: Jeff Moe, Kent Hill, Ed Horton, Les Jepsen, Mark Jewell, Roy Marble, Bart Casey, Michael Morgan. Front row: Bill Jones, B.J. Armstrong, Gerry Wright, Brad Lohaus, Kevin Gamble, Al Lorenzen, XXX.)

by The Naked Bootleg on Jan 20, 2012 1:15 PM CST reply actions

Reaves?

by hawkeye0485 on Jan 20, 2012 1:20 PM CST up reply actions

Yes

It’s Michael Reaves.

The High Porch Picnic

by mikjones24 on Jan 20, 2012 1:36 PM CST up reply actions

yes.

thank you.

by The Naked Bootleg on Jan 20, 2012 1:46 PM CST up reply actions

Moe looks funny with no t-shirt.

He’s shooting 3s with the t-shirt on in my memory banks.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Jan 20, 2012 1:25 PM CST up reply actions

most important part of his uni

was the cut off socks. He maintained he could run faster with his socks cut off.

"40 MINUTES OF MEH!" - djwoody

by The Bacon Explosion on Jan 20, 2012 2:07 PM CST up reply actions

Ummmm....

I believe you mean Clarence “Call Me Bill” Jones.

"You're going to go out there with a dick full of confidence. Then, you're going to go out there and shoot that confidence all over the stadium." -Blue Mountain State

by Hawkaloogie on Jan 20, 2012 3:57 PM CST up reply actions

Good God, man!

You’re killing me with anticipation for We Must Break You.

Good luck vs. brutus tonight.

jtothetweet
They don't even bind feet in China anymore, mostly.

by jtothep on Jan 20, 2012 1:35 PM CST reply actions

WMBY

Single handedly makes ne interested in following the live threads.

Please don't tell me how you hate BSU or their turf...I know all too well and keep my toliet water blue for a reason.

by BoiseHawk on Jan 20, 2012 2:34 PM CST via Android app up reply actions

1986.

Heady times to be a Hawkeye fan.

by telepathetic on Jan 20, 2012 2:20 PM CST reply actions

Hawks were good in so many sports in the mid-80s, it's ridiculous

I can think of wrestling, football, both basketball programs, and field hockey all being great programs at the time. Am I missing any?

Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.

by Nickhawk08 on Jan 20, 2012 2:54 PM CST up reply actions

Men's gymnastics maybe? I think they may have been pretty good around that time

by brock_tune on Jan 20, 2012 3:00 PM CST up reply actions

I think you're right

1986 was especially good – 10-win season for football, men’s basketball at the start of a 30-win season and an Elite Eight appearance, the women’s team about to dominate the conference, wrestling winning Big Ten’s and Nationals, ditto for Field Hockey, and men’s gymnastics winning the Big Ten. Not a bad haul.

Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.

by Nickhawk08 on Jan 20, 2012 3:50 PM CST up reply actions

Haircuts from the era would be a nice touch

Das Stochern gewinnt.

by Blackheartnopants on Jan 20, 2012 2:33 PM CST via Android app reply actions

"Who wears short shorts?"

If I knew how to upload pictures or could access YouTube at work, this thread could be taken to whole ’nuther level.

"I mean, are they going to poop their pants or are they going to get tough?" ~Tom Brands

by Hawkeyegirl on Jan 20, 2012 2:53 PM CST reply actions

I remember those weird stripe shorts

that went over the crotch and butt, definitely 80s. Probably the ugliest BB unis we’ve ever had.

by IAinCA on Jan 20, 2012 3:06 PM CST reply actions

Roy Marble could sky

His head is nearly even with the bottom of the back board. Too bad that team dabbled a bit too much with the nose candy.

“Oh okay. Yeah, I hurt myself. I hurt my nose.” – Kenny Powers

Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.

by Nickhawk08 on Jan 20, 2012 3:58 PM CST up reply actions

The only thing that could make these Unis any better

Is if an 19-year old Ronnie Lester donned it on February 4th.

"Woody Orne with the one-handed grab!"

by One_ill_KevinJ on Jan 20, 2012 3:16 PM CST reply actions

I think a 19yo Roy Marble will be just fine.

"West Texas seems to be full of fake boobs providing a comfortable shade for well-developed pot bellies" - Lycurgus (06/24/2011)

by BStylin Hawkye on Jan 20, 2012 3:42 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Oh my god. Youngsters. Ronnie Lester was, well, Ronnie Lester. One of the great, terribly unfortunate episodes of Iowa hoopyball was his bad knee his senior year.

by txhawkeye on Jan 20, 2012 4:02 PM CST up reply actions