What's ISU's Skeleton in the Closet?

[CyNews]

CW's interview with the NDSU PBP guy before opening day a couple of years ago. Woof.

Please let explain.

 

[CyNews]

Please let explain.

Sorry,I mean please explain.

 

[CyNews]

What's an embarrassing moment in Iowa State history, sports or otherwise, that we try to suppress?

And I'm thinking more in terms of "that's a really bad look for the university" bad, not necessarily bad losses (UAB)

Examples from other places: Pierre Pierce at Iowa, Baylor and Penn States scandals, USC rowing.

What most comes to mind for me is the Veishea riots. Any others?

Did a Hok fan start this thread? Many more examples of Hok disasters.

 

[Ayagi]

Sorry,I mean please explain.

The NDSU PBP guy was a complete **** and a pompous a$$ to boot. It didn't help that his team later won the game.

 

[isucy86]

Not a skeleton. But the worst thing to happen to ISU over the last 40 years was dropping Veishea. It was a fun and special tradition to Iowa State.

Maybe it's time had passed, but as a student in early/mid 80's it was a blast to build a float, cancel classes and party all day for 3-4 straight days in early May.

 

[CyNews]

The NDSU PBP guy was a complete **** and a pompous a$$ to boot. It didn't help that his team later won the game.

Thanks.

 

[enolcyc]

Sam Mack.

Who was the football who took the hit for that?

 

[fcclone]

Who was the football who took the hit for that?

Levin White.

 

[madguy30]

Kenny Pratt arrests.

It was too bad that he had those going on but it was pretty funny that he was doing some sort of scrimmage tour in places like Vinton while they were looking for him.

 

[Remo Gaggi]

Not an Iowa State skeleton, but a nice skeleton nonetheless.

 

[madguy30]

Not something to be ashamed of, but tragic:
The odd string of former player deaths from early 00’s guys.
Jason Berryman
Hiawatha Rutland
Ennis Haywood
Cris Love
Stevie Hicks

Hicks, Haywood, and Rutland make up our top rushers from 2006-2008. Chilling.

Only Hicks played during that time.

 

[drmwevr08]

Not a skeleton. But the worst thing to happen to ISU over the last 40 years was dropping Veishea. It was a fun and special tradition to Iowa State.

Maybe it's time had passed, but as a student in early/mid 80's it was a blast to build a float, cancel classes and party all day for 3-4 straight days in early May.

It was a useless excuse to be a drunk and do stupid **** that eventually caused way too much trouble.

 

[NWICY]

It was a useless excuse to be a drunk and do stupid **** that eventually caused way too much trouble.

It was fun and fine and a good way to bring families to campus until people become too stupid to use any common sense and personal responsibility. Catching a buzz, getting drunk, is one thing destroying stuff is just stupid.

 

[drmwevr08]

It was fun and fine and a good way to bring families to campus until people become too stupid to use any common sense and personal responsibility. Catching a buzz, getting drunk, is one thing destroying stuff is just stupid.

I can agree that it was never intended to be what it became and probably was good initially.

 

[cyfan21]

Hawks: Pierre Pierce, Ferentz racism, rhabdo, Fran's outbursts at refs, not paying contractors, gender discrimination, accusing us of stealing from their locker room, etc.

Their list is longer than ours.

Plus the band gate scandal

 

[madguy30]

Not really. We both had class with this guy. She and he were out at Welch when we met. She wasn't a "call girl". That's funny right there.

Do you recall making a schedule for her?

 

[besserheimerphat]

Skeleton? Iowa State did not have the foresight to patent the computer when it was invented here. We could probably have made the entire state of Texas look like paupers.

Got the patent on a critical piece of the fax machine, though. Along with the largest banana crop in the state.

 

[cycloneML]

New commish shows up and AD, as well as coaches are all wearing black polos.

 

[CySmurf]

Eustashy

 

[CyNews]

Plus the band gate scandal

It is one stinking long list.