What's Their Excuse??

**isugcs** · 09-17-2007, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by travman23

Here's something from one of the DMJuice Hawkeye bloggers. I called him out after he talked a bunch of smack last week then barely said a word today about the game and moved right on to talking about Wisconsin.

The reason they're on TV is because the teams they play are from large population centers. And for some crazy reason ratings drive programming. I guess that's just too hard to understand for hawkfan.

**TxCycloneFan** · 09-17-2007, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by cmoore_23

"you guys got lucky.. we would win 3/10 times..."

FIFY

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**ahaselhu** · 09-17-2007, 03:37 PM

Just heard a new excuse on Jon Miller's show:

"ISU always has a non-conference game after the Iowa-ISU game, and we always have a Big Ten game that were looking forward to".

**ISUFan22** · 09-17-2007, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by ahaselhu

Just heard a new excuse on Jon Miller's show:

"ISU always has a non-conference game after the Iowa-ISU game, and we always have a Big Ten game that were looking forward to".

Excuse was from...?

**bellzisu** · 09-17-2007, 03:45 PM

Some arrogant Hawkeye fan said it on Jon's show a few minutes ago. Hawks are over looking the Cyclones.

**neo** · 09-17-2007, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by bellzisu

Some arrogant Hawkeye fan said it on Jon's show a few minutes ago. Hawks are over looking the Cyclones.

How can these jacka**es take themselves seriously?

**ISUFan22** · 09-17-2007, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by bellzisu

Some arrogant Hawkeye fan said it on Jon's show a few minutes ago. Hawks are over looking the Cyclones.

Ok. Just wanted to have that cleared up. I didn't think Jon was that dumb.

**ahaselhu** · 09-17-2007, 03:59 PM

Sorry, should have mentioned it was a call in. Didn't mean to attribute that to Mr. Miller.

**Rogue52** · 09-19-2007, 11:21 PM

The newest excuse that I have heard from more than one person this week:

"Since Iowa's 99 January Bowl games in 4 years, they have been able to recruit from areas all over the country. This has messed up the chemistry of the team. Iowa needs to get back to recuriting Iowa boys only."

**AirWalke** · 09-19-2007, 11:24 PM

Not so much an excuse than a sudden realization. The Hawks really have gone downhill ever since their few great seasons, and oddly enough, they seem to do better with home-grown players.

**SplitIdentity** · 09-19-2007, 11:27 PM

Let's make a bet.

How many more of these threads can we expect to see?

I am willing to bet I've seen more anti-Hawkeye threads than pro-Cyclone threads over the course of the past 2 weeks.

I understand last week, and I understand the couple days after the game. But now, it's closer to the Toledo game than the Iowa game, and every other thread is "Squawk fans say this" or "What's their excuse now?"

**Drive4cy** · 09-19-2007, 11:29 PM

I'd love to put the Iowa saga behind us, too. Although I'll say the last 4-6 days have been a nice ride. We've got a huge road game in two days and there's been very little talk about it.

**SplitIdentity** · 09-19-2007, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by Drive4cy

I'd love to put the Iowa saga behind us, too. Although I'll say the last 4-6 days have been a nice ride. We've got a huge road game in two days and there's been very little talk about it.

Exactly. I mean, the Iowa win was a huge pick up for the ISU fan base. But, there comes a time to move on.

Yes, Iowa fans are making excuses. We will be for a while. As long as your definition for an excuse is trying to explain an inexplicable loss, then it'll probably last until next year.

**Rogue52** · 09-19-2007, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by SouthernHawk

Let's make a bet.

How many more of these threads can we expect to see?

I am willing to bet I've seen more anti-Hawkeye threads than pro-Cyclone threads over the course of the past 2 weeks.

I understand last week, and I understand the couple days after the game. But now, it's closer to the Toledo game than the Iowa game, and every other thread is "Squawk fans say this" or "What's their excuse now?"

I never understood people who do things that pertain to things they don't like.

For instance, put anti-George Bush bumper stickers on their car. Or, say, post as often as you do on the message board of a team you don't even cheer for.

**SplitIdentity** · 09-19-2007, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by Rogue52

I never understood people who do things that pertain to things they don't like.

For instance, put anti-George Bush bumper stickers on their car. Or, say, post as often as you do on the message board of a team you don't even cheer for.

Or, talk obsessively about an opponent that you claim doesn't get under your skin as much as they say.