What other message boards are saying (Iowa Edition)

#52
#52
feathersax said:
"In Heaven there is no beer; that's why we drink it here. And when we're no longer here, our friends will be drinking all the beer!" An Iowa pep song taught to me by an Iowa fan & former teaching cohort. Gotta love it. :cool:
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Years ago I was hitchhiking out of Nebraska and no one would stop for me. Finally, out of desperate madness, I held out a sign that said, Nebraska Sux! I got a few dropped-jaw looks of horror, then finally 2 good-hearted Iowa boys stopped for me and we drove on to Chicago playing their Merle Haggard tape. Thank you!
 
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jeff1vol said:
They think THEIR defense is bad??????? Dayum... I'd hate to see one of their GOOD defenses. Must be nice!
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I suspect this is partly the result of an issue we see here sometimes: people thinking the D is bad because the offense constantly goes 3-and-out, thereby forcing the D to constantly be on the field.

According to ESPN, they have the #5 best defense in the country according to defensive efficiency ratings, but the #124 rated offense. Their D and their offense are almost mirror images of each other. Stands to reason that their offense makes the defense look worse than it is in reality.
 
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NO SIR EEE said:
-Hey Tennessee players, we think you should opt out and prepare for your bright NFL futures. Thanks in advance.

-Tennessee’s defense is a lot better than ours, gonna be a long day in Orlando.

-I’m watching from the house, I will NOT attend this **** show. Tennessee will beat us so bad.

-We’re about live up to the internet dubbing us Punt University.

-This one will be fun for about 5 minutes.

-Tennessee will crush us.

-Hey, if we win this game, it would validate the season. We won’t though.

-Tennessee message boards seem to think that they win this one pretty easily. They’re correct.

-Whoopee! The last time we played Tennessee the speed difference really showed up. At least we could have gotten a school from California so we can get used to them for next year. Does the Braille Institute of Los Angeles have a football team so our offense has a chance. Rather had an Acc team myself.

-I can’t believe we’re selling bowl game shirts. I’m not buying one that will rep 4 losses.

-We’ll hang around for a few, but the speed difference will show up and it’s gonna get ugly.

-Oh boy, I’m excited for this one. Not!

-Tennessee will beat us by 30 and then coach will defend it by talking about effort.

-Do we have a chance? Sure. Will we win? Hell no.

-At least I’ll get to go to Disney.

-We’ll be wanting to smoke a pack of cigs and drink an entire bottle of whiskey at half.
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Thanks for supplying evidence that in FACT, “Every program has them”. Not really all that comforting, but beats being the only program with the negatrons with typing skills.
 
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#55
joevol33 said:
I thought we were negative, that's a bunch of negahawks!

In a serious note, their fan wave to the children's hospital is the coolest thing in sports. Football related you're not beating the Vol walk, or running through the T, but their wave goes beyond sports. I've seen videos of those kids waiting in the windows for it, pretty awesome.
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McDad said:
Would be a classy touch if our AD and Iowa's could coordinate a wave to the children's hospital from Florida...get the whole stands involved as well.
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Great idea. Just an additional thought... would be neat if they could coordinate the fans waving at half-time and also have the band(s) form into a "waving hand" as they're marching on the field. This would likely require coordinating with the TV affiliate to make sure it gets shown during half-time.
 
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orangebloodgmc said:
Years ago I was hitchhiking out of Nebraska and no one would stop for me. Finally, out of desperate madness, I held out a sign that said, Nebraska Sux! I got a few dropped-jaw looks of horror, then finally 2 good-hearted Iowa boys stopped for me and we drove on to Chicago playing their Merle Haggard tape. Thank you!
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Great story! Hating Cornhuskers must be a way of life on I-70.
 
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orangebloodgmc said:
Years ago I was hitchhiking out of Nebraska and no one would stop for me. Finally, out of desperate madness, I held out a sign that said, Nebraska Sux! I got a few dropped-jaw looks of horror, then finally 2 good-hearted Iowa boys stopped for me and we drove on to Chicago playing their Merle Haggard tape. Thank you!
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!!
 
#59
#59
My son went to Iowa. We lived there for a while.

The wave is cool. I have even been in the hospital up to that floor where they gather. It's a better view of the field from there than it is in some of the seats in Neyland! Kinnick is a very nice stadium. It's just small.
 
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I'd be curious what the Iowa boards were saying before the MI game? They must have thought they were going get completely destroyed.
 
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IBlvNTmWrk said:
Great idea. Just an additional thought... would be neat if they could coordinate the fans waving at half-time and also have the band(s) form into a "waving hand" as they're marching on the field. This would likely require coordinating with the TV affiliate to make sure it gets shown during half-time.
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If our fan base can stop a coach from being hired after he is 🤣, and start a checker Neyland tradition, surely someone can reach out AD with a tweet!
 
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I understand why Tennessee fans are optimistic about this game when looking at Iowa's offense, but I think this game will be alot closer than either fambases imagine.

Tennessee has allowed an average of 27.5 points to conference opponents this year while on the other hand failing to score more than 20 points in 5 games. If Iowa's defense is as good as advertised (which is a valid discussion to have), it's very possible they keep us under this 20 point threshold.

Also, its likely that Iowa's suffocating defense forces us to quick 3 outs, wearing down our defense. As we have witnessed, this is the winning formula against Huepel's offense. So could see this going down to the wire in a 20-17 type game.
 
#68
#68
Frozevol said:
And include Children’s hospital in Knoxville
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IBlvNTmWrk said:
Great idea. Just an additional thought... would be neat if they could coordinate the fans waving at half-time and also have the band(s) form into a "waving hand" as they're marching on the field. This would likely require coordinating with the TV affiliate to make sure it gets shown during half-time.
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Now we're talking!

Lets not let this die. The universities need to get behind this type of effort!
 
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McDad said:
Now we're talking!

Lets not let this die. The universities need to get behind this type of effort!
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Well I don't want to be accused of plagiarism, especially from a university. I just googled it and Iowa did this a few years ago (very cool... starts around the 1:30 mark). Though I think it might look better if they had multiple, smaller hands waving instead of just one big one, to correlate with all the fans waving.
 
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DiderotsGhost said:
I suspect this is partly the result of an issue we see here sometimes: people thinking the D is bad because the offense constantly goes 3-and-out, thereby forcing the D to constantly be on the field.

According to ESPN, they have the #5 best defense in the country according to defensive efficiency ratings, but the #124 rated offense. Their D and their offense are almost mirror images of each other. Stands to reason that their offense makes the defense look worse than it is in reality.
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I think you meant reverse images of each other.

Or, I think you need to get a new mirror that doesn't have "Property of The Evil Dead Prop Dept." stamped on the back.
 
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