Eye-rolling, overused rival comments
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Just as eye roll worthy are all of the stupid hand gestures (Texas' horns up, Tech's guns up, Baylor's bear claw, TCU's little bunny foo foo). I want the fans clapping and making noise not miming that they are a bear or telling Little Bunny Foo Foo stories. So intimidating.
I like calling Nebraska “Gobi Gred” in forums because that’s what I phonetically heard living there for six years. Not Go big red… more goobiiii GReeeed.
While I like the term Hawkroaches (because it fits the fanbase) I often prefer HaLkroaches - especially after they lose (no W).
For me, it's because when they're at their most obnoxious, they cut off the "go" in "go hawks" and just yell "Hawks" at each other. As it gets yelled more often, the more it sounds like a primal, guttural mating call that sounds more like "Hoks".
I'm sure that's not why other people use it, but that's my interpretation of it.
Interesting collateral damage from the Hoks losing last weekend. The two sports restaurant I go to not one person is wearing holiday apparel.
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I think it's funny to call somebody a toe too, like an anatomical toe. It wouldn't be funny to call someone a tow or a tun or a tds. Toe is funny.
In early days of these fan forums it was "EIU" and toe is way better.
I say don't even capitalize any letters. Just lowercase toe. "Everybody see toe blow that game last night?"
If you ever are on the receiving end of a random, 'go hawk' from a complete stranger usually the W is silent hence 'go hok'.
And the true tavern hawks leave the "s' off the end.
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Take it inbreds still works. When your father is also your uncle, it should always work with the Iowa fans.
"EMAW" is so dumb....but it got me thinking....you said when you "hear" it ...I don't know if I've ever heard it spoken, only have seen it in text, lol
