A different approach to Hate Week, Can't we all just get along?
by GopherNation on Nov 19, 2009 10:36 AM CST
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A year ago I embraced Hate Week. I dove head-first into the Hate Bowl and let my the dark side overtake me. I put so much energy into hating Iowa and it lead to one of the worst football games I had to watch (at least the game was fun for some). But this year is different. I am choosing good over evil, the light over the dark and I want to be a uniter, not a divider.
I understand the hate, I LOVE the rivalry and I don't really like the Hawkeyes; but I feel like showing a little Minnesota Nice to our neighbors to the south.
Top 10 5 things I respect about Iowa
- Coaching Staff - consider this envy and jealousy, but I covet their coaching staff. I don't necessarily believe that Kirk Ferentz is the best coach in the world or even the Big Ten, but I envy the continuity and consistency of their staff. Same coordinators year after year means the players know exactly what to expect
- Offensive and Defensive Identity - the Hawkeyes are not the most exciting team to watch in the country. But they know what they do and they do it well. Much of this is due to consistency in coordinators.
- Well Traveling Fan Base - (please don't take this as a shot on Gopher Nation) Iowa is known as a fan base that doesn't travel well, they travel VERY well. Bowls know that and it makes a big difference in getting to good bowl games. I've seen Gopher fans travel well (NCAA Tournament 1997), but not with the same consistency as the Iowa base.
- They Make Noise in the Big Ten (occasionally) - Iowa is not fighting for the Rose Bowl year after year, but every few years they are in the mix. I don't expect the Gophers to be a perennial B10 powerhouse but once ever 3-4 years to have a legit shot at the Rose Bowl is much better than ever 40-50 years.
- Who am I kidding? - I can't even come up with 5. I hate Iowa, their fans, their team and nothing (I mean NOTHING) would please me more this weekend than seeing the Gophers avenge last season's loss and knocking Iowa back down the Big Ten standings. What I said above is all true, but Who Hates Iowa? I Hate Iowa!!
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+1000 for #5
There is nothing that would please me more right now than to complete the domino effect on Herky:
After NW, national title hopes = GONE.
After tOSU, Rose Bowl hopes = NON-EXISTENT.
And, hopefully, after us, BCS bowl hopes = absolutely CRUSHED.
Just that reason would satisfy me more than enough, but taking Floyd back on their Senior Day in front of all their fans would be the revenge-flavored icing on the cake >:))
"If we got to we're going to crawl in this locker room. And on our back is going to be an axe..."
by buddylee853 on Nov 19, 2009 11:39 AM CST via mobile reply actions 0 recs
re:After tOSU, Rose Bowl hopes = NON-EXISTENT.
This is pretty funny coming from a fan of a program who hasn’t had so much of as a wet dream about a Rose Bowl in almost 50 years!
by PantherHawk on Nov 19, 2009 3:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
that’s what would make it sweet, us poor lowly Gophers knocking the mighty Hawkeyes out.
"they're calling insane hogs???"
by CrowTrobot on Nov 19, 2009 4:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
History
Iowa last won the Rose Bowl in 1958. Minnesota last won in 1962. Being from Iowa, you may not understand what this means, so I’ll explain: Minnesota has won a Rose Bowl more recently.
Have a terrific day.
by mnbrewer on Nov 19, 2009 4:23 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Hello there!
“Being from Iowa, you may not understand what this means.”
Really? People from the state that had the #1 average ACT score and #2 average SAT score are calling people from the state with the #2 average ACT score and #1 average SAT score dumb?
Go soak your undeservedly arrogant head in a lake. Yay, hate week!
by Third Generation Hawk on Nov 19, 2009 8:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I would love nothing more than to see Eric Decker run gingerly across the field in his Gopher tracksuit and take that Pig away from the Herkeyes. That guy deserves it.
Heck, so does David Pittman.
And McKinley.
And Brown.
And Small.
And Campbell.
And Triplett.
And Simmons.
And Tow-Arnett (the senior).
And Stommes.
And Thomas.
And go on and on.
by JG2112 on Nov 19, 2009 11:51 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Iowa is good for slutty women
Ten times easier to get laid in Iowa than in Minneapolis. Girls are good-looking and willing.
by Garrick on Nov 19, 2009 2:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
No, because
we, well, we hate you and everything about you including but not limited to your lying, fat-mouthed, doesn’t know when to STFU, incompetant HC! Furthermore, the 1" dick syndrome exhibited by your entire male fanbase—and some of the female fanbase as well—is extemely tiresome. Good luck in the Rose Bowl! You are going this year…….right?!
Hate you,
PH
by PantherHawk on Nov 19, 2009 3:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
No, but you're not either, which is even better, LOL
And if your team gets beat this Saturday I would reccommend you not show your ugly moniker here for at least a year. Capiche, silly panther? :)
"If we got to we're going to crawl in this locker room. And on our back is going to be an axe..."
by buddylee853 on Nov 19, 2009 3:35 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Whats The Difference?
[When] we win, I’ll be banned by you cowards anyway!
by PantherHawk on Nov 19, 2009 4:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just ban him now
I came over to check out the posts and get a few laughs and I have to put up with his drivel here, too. One site is enough.
"I'm not doing any good back here."
by Hawkaloogie on Nov 19, 2009 5:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
you've never been banned here
so quit your whining.
what you say here can, and will, be used against you
by GopherNation on Nov 20, 2009 7:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
As a Hawk fan...
…please ban this guy. I don’t know how he got off his leash, but animal control is on their way. Just get him out of your back yard so we can take him down in a humane way.
Seriously, PantherHawk is a running joke on the Iowa blogs/message boards.
P.S. I can’t wait until next year. Those goalpoasts won’t be confined by the HumpDump anymore, and there are so many lakes to choose from.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Nov 20, 2009 10:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The Hawks Rule !!
I am looking forward to the romping the Hawks are going to put on the Goofers tomorrow…. don’t know if it will be another 55 – zip or not, but I hope so.
GO HAWKS !!!!
Kick some Goofer butt !!
by jsc331 on Nov 20, 2009 11:27 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
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