Funny Bone Last Night

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Originally Posted by chuckd4735

I should also add he was asking what the **** a Hawkeye was, and asked how their mascot could be an organ of a hawk. After that he said he was pretty sure a cyclone could just about kick the **** out of any other mascot in the state.

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Probably the same idiot hawk fan that called me a racist for informing him that the hawkeyes are named after a character in The Last of the Mohicans. Apparently the fact that I called the university policy of not playing teams with native-American mascots ironic given their own mascot makes me a hate-monger.

I agree with whomever mentioned that their are cool hawk fans, I wish they spoke up more to dilute the toxic-waste coming from the lunatic fringe.

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Originally Posted by sunset

Probably the same idiot hawk fan that called me a racist for informing him that the hawkeyes are named after a character in The Last of the Mohicans. Apparently the fact that I called the university policy of not playing teams with native-American mascots ironic given their own mascot makes me a hate-monger.

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The name "Hawk-eye" is a homage to Chief Black Hawk.

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Originally Posted by Broodwich

The name "Hawk-eye" is a homage to Chief Black Hawk.

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The story I've always heard is that the school adopted the state nickname. The state chose the nickname via a write-in type contest, the Hawkeye proposal came from a person (a judge originally from Ohio if I remember correctly) that was a big fan of the book. For what it's worth, that's what I was told during my time on the UI campus.

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Originally Posted by rebecacy

I was at Sheels in WDM friday looking at ISU stuff and some guy walks up and yells "go hawks" i turned and asked him what year he graduated and he says he didn't........I tell him I earned my doctorate at ISU in 1981 and he says "you can't be a doctor from ISU" -- I laughed and walked away.

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LMAO what an idiot

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Originally Posted by GeronimusClone

Went to DQ with my buddy last week. He was wearing an ISU shirt, waiting to order and this old guy walks up to him. "I'm an Iowa fan."
"I don't care."
I've never walked up to a guy wearing an Iowa shirt, "I'm an ISU fan."

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This happens to me a lot - if it's the weekend I'm wearing ISU gear and random hawk fan seeks me out to give me crap. I don't get this at all... It even happened once as we were leaving church.:no:

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Originally Posted by cygrads

This happens to me a lot - if it's the weekend I'm wearing ISU gear and random hawk fan seeks me out to give me crap. I don't get this at all... It even happened once as we were leaving church.:no:

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Wait, you wear ISU clothing to church?

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Originally Posted by cygrads

This happens to me a lot - if it's the weekend I'm wearing ISU gear and random hawk fan seeks me out to give me crap. I don't get this at all... It even happened once as we were leaving church.:no:

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I want to go to church where wearing ISU gear is acceptable.
I also would love a Cyclone-themed church. All sermons delivered by CPR.

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Originally Posted by chuckd4735

Wait, you wear ISU clothing to church?

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Yep, our church has a Saturday night service that is very casual.

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Originally Posted by cygrads

Yep, our church has a Saturday night service that is very casual.

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I was gonna say...

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Originally Posted by cygrads

Yep, our church has a Saturday night service that is very casual.

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Yyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh…just because you CAN, do you still do it? I’m just sayin'.

I mean…I can technically still sport a mullet and God won't strike me down for it. Does that mean I do it???

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Originally Posted by GeronimusClone

I want to go to church where wearing ISU gear is acceptable.
I also would love a Cyclone-themed church. All sermons delivered by CPR.

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This is what I consider Jack Trice.

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Originally Posted by Frak

Please. Do you think that those couple people donate to ISU out of pity? No, they donate because they believe in a program and want to help...whether it be academic or athletic. And actually, the ISU CAMPUS would look pretty similar without Dick Jacobson. Unless you are one of the hawk fans who think that the ISU campus consists of the area around JTS and Hilton.

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I would assume the orignal poster was referring to the Gerdin Building and other donations that were made by non ISU athletic supporters. That is the way I read the post.

This whole argument is more evidence that both sides of the fanbase are obsessed with degrading the other. The State would be a much better place if we just ignored each other the 363.25 days of the year that we don't play in football or men’s basketball.

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Originally Posted by khess83

I would assume the orignal poster was referring to the Gerdin Building and other donations that were made by non ISU athletic supporters. That is the way I read the post.

This whole argument is more evidence that both sides of the fanbase are obsessed with degrading the other. The State would be a much better place if we just ignored each other the 363.25 days of the year that we don't play in football or men’s basketball or wrestling.

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Fixed it.:wink:

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Originally Posted by Al_4_State

Every Iowan I know that's attended U of I is a very respectful Hawk fan. If all Hawk fans I met were like those guys, I'd probably root for them when they weren't playing ISU.

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That's a good point. It's the other (larger) group that makes it difficult.

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Originally Posted by Al_4_State

I was gonna say...

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I wore an ISU polo to church the Sunday morning after we got back from Jamaica. I'd work our other dress clothes every day, so I needed something clean. It fit the bill pretty well (and it's not real uncommon around our church).