Would you press a button to guarantee ISU would never win a national championship, but also all Hawkeye fans would be rendered mute?

[Die4Cy]

Thought experiment.

 

[CRcyclone6]

No

 

[BCClone]

Man, that’s tough. The most annoying fan base shut up forever?

 

[Mr Janny]

 

[BCClone]

So we don’t ever win a championship, but we guarantee that the Hawkeyes become the worst program in every sport basically. If the fans can’t speak, their sporting environments would be even more dead, people would not become fans of Iowa since they know they would become a mute and can’t speak, meaning theirs fans would basically become zero. Any decent coach or player would never go there so they would basically end up closing up shop………..

 

[Cyched]

No. Their ******** if ISU did win a NC would be hilarious

 

[PSYclone22]

Fandom is more fun when there's a rivalry, this button has no positive side

 

[BCClone]

Fandom is more fun when there's a rivalry, this button has no positive side

be rivals with Kansas in BB and Okie state in football. You think Wisconsin, MN, Nebraska don’t have rivals?

 

[ISUKyro]

Nope. But living down in Texas I don't have to deal with it as much as y'all.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Hey, my wife is a Hawkeye fan, so maybe?

 

[BCClone]

I think this one would be good to show the results.

 

[Clonehomer]

Mute or moot? Cause that would affect my answer.

 

[PSYclone22]

be rivals with Kansas in BB and Okie state in football. You think Wisconsin, MN, Nebraska don’t have rivals?

And not have anyone in the state to talk trash with about football?

It is far better to make fun of Iowa football as their rival than it would be to make fun of them if they were just a sad excuse of an offense that simply happened to be in the same state as us.

 

[BCClone]

Mute or moot? Cause that would affect my answer.

Mute would make them moot. They would cease to exist after a few years.

 

[BCClone]

And not have anyone in the state to talk trash with about football?

It is far better to make fun of Iowa football as their rival than it would be to make fun of them if they were just a sad excuse of an offense that simply happened to be in the same state as us.

We have Nebraska fans on the western side, MN fans in the north. I can’t speak about the other sides but it’s far from everyone in the state being Cyclone/Hawkeye fans. It would probably make UNI D1. So you in essence would start the elevation of UNI and get rid of Hawkeyes.

 

[Clonehomer]

Mute would make them moot. They would cease to exist after a few years.

Disagree. Mute would still give them a chance to celebrate success, albeit in a quieter way. Moot would indicate that they would not see success at all, and the fandom would fall into a state of complete apathy.

 

[Die4Cy]

Personally, knowing ISU could make it to a championship game knowing they would lose every time is enough to negate the many benefits that this hypothetical would provide. But it is a close call.

 

[BCClone]

Disagree. Mute would still give them a chance to celebrate success, albeit in a quieter way. Moot would indicate that they would not see success at all, and the fandom would fall into a state of complete apathy.

You don’t think their teams would totally collapse if they had fans who couldn’t speak? Imagine their coaches trying to sign to a player on a recruiting visit, because they would be fans. All a coach would have to say is, if you go to Iowa you won’t be able to talk while you are there. It would collapse the whole AD.

 

[Jer]

be rivals with Kansas in BB and Okie state in football. You think Wisconsin, MN, Nebraska don’t have rivals?

I can't for the life of me figure out why people always throw out OSU as a rival in football. There is nothing natural about that being a rivalry. Sure, there have been a few heated or big games over the past 15 years, but I'd never call them a rival. I can tell you we certainly aren't a rival in their eyes, just a nuisance.

 

[BCClone]

I can't for the life of me figure out why people always throw out OSU as a rival in football. There is nothing natural about that being a rivalry. Sure, there have been a few heated or big games over the past 15 years, but I'd never call them a rival. I can tell you we certainly aren't a rival in their eyes, just a nuisance.

Pick a team then. I don’t care, but a rival would happen over time. Gundy and OSU players were asked who their rival would be when OU announced they were leaving and they said ISU. So it looks like they want to now make us one.