We have sucked at football for 120 years give or take a few seasons and still sell the joint out and still out tailgate everyone. Welcome to Iowa.
Welcome! Just be glad your wife and yourself did not end up in Eastern Iowa
Hello all,
Wife and I recently accepted jobs here at ISU and moved across the country from SEC land. We are both Tennessee fans (the real UT and real orange, not whatever Texas is trying to get away with). Very excited to try some Big 12 tailgating this fall and looking forward to basketball season as well!
Pretty amazing that his tattoo's out value his home.
Iowa is easily the overall "most heated/hated"...but as a member of the Big 10 (NOT to ever be confused with the Big 12, despite the fact that we currently only have 10 teams and they have...11...14...16...hell, I've lost count) they don't have a great impact on our conference play. The primary focus there is the "Cyhawk" trophy, which awards points to the winners of seven or so head to head matchups in various sports...FB, MBB, WBB, wrestling, gymnastics, softball, and a couple of others. Hawkeyes claim this is a "Hawkeye" state due to their presence and mascot, conveniently forgetting that they took their mascot name from the pre-existing state nickname. There are thousands upon thousands of Hawkeyes...and some of them actually attended the U of I. Enough about them though. **** Iowa.Don't even get me started on 'the red team.'
I love a good rivalry. I'm assuming U of Iowa is 1 of the biggest you all have? If it helps any, the only time I have ever watched Iowa play in person was about 3 years ago in a bowl game when we beat them by 20 or so. I bought the mini pack of tickets for this season so I will be in the stands to watch isu hopefully take care of business in September. If isu does win I expect a beer from someone for being a bad luck charm for Iowa. Hopefully my lifetime live viewership for Hawkeye games will be an 0 and 2 record for them.
Welcome!
Not gonna lie, both UT football and tailgating dwarf ISU. I mean, how can we top being able to boat up? I used to work with a Vol from Columbia, TN and he showed me some pics and vids of tailgating from his boat, very cool.
JTS is fun though and we can always use more casual fans so I hope you can make it to the UTex & Iowa games.
By throwing as much booze and grilled animal flesh into you as humanly possible. We can't have a bad ass boat scene, but this is how we attempt to compensate for being land locked.
Hold the phone Al, you just gave me an idea. Lots of us have boats...fishing boats, ski boats, ****, I got friends at Boji with sailboats. It might be time to organize a WRNL booze cruise (on trailers).By throwing as much booze and grilled animal flesh into you as humanly possible. We can't have a bad ass boat scene, but this is how we attempt to compensate for being land locked.
Hold the phone Al, you just gave me an idea. Lots of us have boats...fishing boats, ski boats, ****, I got friends at Boji with sailboats. It might be time to organize a WRNL booze cruise (on trailers).
Wouldn't bots be safer on the dry land?Build a giant earth dike protecting the S lots, and flood the area between Elwood (I'll never call it University) and the lots. Park bots in it. Profit.
Wouldn't bots be safer on the dry land?
Don't even get me started on 'the red team.'
I love a good rivalry. I'm assuming U of Iowa is 1 of the biggest you all have? If it helps any, the only time I have ever watched Iowa play in person was about 3 years ago in a bowl game when we beat them by 20 or so. I bought the mini pack of tickets for this season so I will be in the stands to watch isu hopefully take care of business in September. If isu does win I expect a beer from someone for being a bad luck charm for Iowa. Hopefully my lifetime live viewership for Hawkeye games will be an 0 and 2 record for them.
I forgot all about them beating Iowa in the play-in game a couple years ago! Tennessee actually made the Sweet 16 that year.Have to admit, I love Rocky Top and therefore the Vols fight song. You guys also beat Iowa in one of the NCAA play in games not too long ago. So I'm a fan. Welcome!
I forgot all about them beating Iowa in the play-in game a couple years ago! Tennessee actually made the Sweet 16 that year.
I'm starting to like the Vols more and more.
We aren't bad people. If Iowa state was good enough for Johnny Majors it's good enough for us. He's from Tenn, played there were he finished second in the heisman race, and coached there for about 20 years. I read somewhere he took ISU to its first ever bowl game when he was a coach here I think?