What Wave?
- Thread starter clonedude
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The year after their very first one, there were actually iowa fans who wanted everyone in JTS to turn and wave toward Iowa City. Like WTF. It's your tradition, you keep it in IC. And try not to break your arms patting yourselves on the back for it.
The Wave is awesome, can't imagine how great it is for the kids and families on the other side but it's only been around for 5 years. I don't think its crazy that someone hadn't heard of it. It's a stretch to call it a tradition yet.
I think it also points out that college football coaches aren't really in tune with whats going on in the rest of the college football world. Most bury their heads in their work. They don't have time to be a fan.
I think it also points out that college football coaches aren't really in tune with whats going on in the rest of the college football world. Most bury their heads in their work. They don't have time to be a fan.
We went through this last time the game was in Ames. Why are our own fans rehashing this argument?
The kids can’t see it so doing it at away games makes it more about the Hawkeye fans than the sick kids.
That's all it's ever been about after the first one.
Prepare to be underwhelmed. I’m glad they do it for the same reasons everyone else does, but it was shockingly underwhelming to me
It's not weird at all. College football diehards, midwest states/fans, and media are well aware of the wave. I bet if I asked 50 of my closest friends and family 'what is the Iowa wave?' 90% would have no clue what I'm talking about.
Us doing the Wave would be like them doing the Win, just doesn’t make sense.
Not to mention Iowa thinks they invented the gator chomp, Florida State arm thingy, and the color black.
Not to mention Iowa thinks they invented the gator chomp, Florida State arm thingy, and the color black.
No.
If you want to do an ISU thing, hoist a bush light in memory of the ISU fan that donated all that beer money to the hospital.
I can get behind that.
What I can't get behind is:
- nepotism at every turn in the athletic department
- Rhabdo Gate
- Brian Ferentz making racist comments and still being one of the highest paid state employees. There are head coaches at the HS level all across the country that could do a better job than that clown of a football coach.
Well said. If people want to make a real difference, volunteer at the hospital. I was in the hospital last week (Mayo Clinic), and they allowed my wife to being our puppy on the recovery floor. The lead nurse on the floor saw the puppy and asked if my wife could have the puppy visit a person who was having a tough time. She of course said yes. Turns out this poor man was in his 80’s, had just arrived to the Mayo Clinic 3 days before the Maui fires. This person’s home was only a block away from being destroyed. But everything around him is gone. There’s not much to return to. On top of that, he was having one set back after another with his heart surgery. This man said seeing and playing with the puppy was the happiest he’s been in 3 weeks
People, it truly is the little things that brighten people’s days. Waving is all good, but it’s something the kids expect now. There are plenty of options available to make a real difference for the kids in the hospital
I wonder if anyone important might be sitting in the east stands anywhere, who might want to be there until the end of the first quarter because, well, just because.
