Group of annoying hawkfans near us, group of four: 60 something grandfather, 30 something father and mother with 8 year old grandson. Classy hawkfan father booed continuously for 3 minutes when ISU took the field before the game. Booing not a big deal, but to carry it on for an extra two and a half minutes was a bit excessive while teaching your son proper manners and good sportsmanship. Right before kickoff overheard them say, "It's not as big as it seems on tv" referring to being at Kinnick in person. If I was quicker I should have turned as asked what year he graduated from UI, already knowing the answer...
At halftime hawkfan father talked to his wife, "Wonder if I need my ticket stub to get back in, I guess there are no smoking areas in the stadium."
After the flag for roughing the punter, hawkfan father screams "this isn't acting class!!" "We got drama class going on here today at Kinnick stadium!" "These must be Big 12 refs!", hawkfan wife then says "Is that legal to have Big12 refs at Kinnick?!"
Mid way through the 3rd quarter hawkfan father starts to crack, "this is the worse hawk team I've ever seen!" "How are we losing to the clowns!" "I can't believe we suck so bad! We're not going to win a game this year!" "If we're losing the clowns we shouldn't be aloud to play in the Big10."
After Iowa runs the ball for the 10 time in a row sucking the life out of the crowd, hawkfan father yells, "See! See! They're daring us to pass, their safeties are up in the box." At that point I asked my hawkfan friend I was attending the game with, loud enough so hawkfan father can hear, "Hey! Hey, do you have Kirk's phone number?? I think this guy's got a few pointers he'd like to give to Kirk." I got no response, he was too belligerence to hear others over his own booing and critical comments.
I wish Ben Bruns was up there so he could point out a few sterotypical hawkfan characteristics, he is truly the best.
The game was awesome yesterday. Got to see my Cyclones win, witness first hand the state turn a little more cardinal and gold under the influence of Paul Rhoads. Hawkfan comments where icing on the cake, especially when I could see my hawkfan friends shaking their heads, being confronted by the stereotypes firsthand forced to concede they are true.
Go Cyclones!