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"Most people don't even know where Iowa is, much less the Hawkeye's Big 10 winning streak. Why would they watch them on TV ( I admit I do know where and watch )? I'd love to see Ole Miss vs Iowa ( won't happen ); Pulpwooders vs pig farmers = Hawkeye skulldraggin'. "
Your SEC teams couldn't handle the physical play. Did you watch that knock-down-drag-out slug-fest yesterday at Michigan State? That was hitting. That was defense. By both teams. The SEC knows nothing about defense.
Iowa has one of THE most daunting road schedules in the entire nation this year. We have NO prima donnas. No tebows. We lost our running back, the best in the nation, Shon Greene, to the NFL. We lost his backup, Jewel Hampton, also a great back, to an early season injury. We are playing with two true-freshman running backs. We lost several key players from last year's smothering defense to graduation, including Mitch King.
Shon Greene faced tremendous adversity and never quit or gave up. Even when he was declared academically inelegible and had to attend the local community college and work for a furniture store for a season just to get back into the U of I. All while supporting and taking care of his little sister. He then promptly sets the nation on it's ear with the most outstanding season of ANY back in the nation last year; and isn't even invited to NYC. What a crock of crap.
You need to look back at our 12-game winning streak and consider what an unlikely accomplishment it has been. Almost always the underdog. Almost always having to come from behind. Last year's team knew what it was like to lose the close ones. The 4 losses in the early season last year were by a combined total of 12 points! That's losing four 3-point games.
With last year's last-second upset of #3 Penn State, the Hawkeyes learned they CAN win the close ones and they CAN come from behind. When the chips are down, they NEVER quit, never give up. They have not lost a game since.
How long will that last? Who knows? But it has been a great, exciting run. Will they ever get the hype your SEC teams do? No chance. The media pundits have too much "invested" in their own mouths, meaning they will continue to over-rate the SEC. But that is normal for a media that also invested so much in the likes of the kenyan, isn't it?
This state has been utterly HAMMERED by disasters since the Great Flood last year. (remember that?). Devastating tornadoes. More flash flooding a month ago when we received 13 inches of rain in a matter of hours. But unlike the dependent idiots and whiners in Louisiana, home of LSU, we just pick up the pieces and go on -- without all the media hype.
You put an Iowan's back to the wall and you had better not underestimate them. I think this team is a direct reflection of this state: No prima donnas. No whiners. The wins aren't pretty; they are gutsy. Everybody does their part to carry the log. If one guy goes down, the rest handle the extra weight and pick up the fallen member without whining. They are at their best under pressure when the chips are down. And we could care less what other spoiled-rotten teams, states, media-hype-stars, and people think. We have no pro teams. Our fans are far more loyal and widespread than any SEC team's.
We don't get the blue-chip recruits. We have no bikini beaches and gifts to offer them. We build our own players. Homegrown. Tough men with work ethic and courage.
The name you will want to watch for over the next 4 years is "James Morris". He plays on my son's football team. He committed to Iowa as a sophomore and graduates this year. He comes from a town of 1900 people a mere 10 miles from the U of I and is absolutely phenomenal on both offense and defense.
Say what you want, no team in the Nation has had a tougher schedule over the past 16 games. Only one has a longer winning streak, and the refs had to cheat to help them do it. We'd beat Florida or LSU. Just like last time we played them.
I have two things I would love to see in this "dream season" yet: Beat Ohio State in Columbus, then beat USC in the Rose Bowl. We have a score to settle with them, and they are better than any team in the SEC.
BTW, you have never declared your "loyalty" for any team or state. You are as fair-weather as they get. You only hate Iowa. So what podunk swamp school do you claim? Take a stand. Have some guts.
That "Big Ten win streak" you misstate is a National winning streak, btw. Not just Big Ten. That includes a thrashing of your SEC, too. In the entire 12 game national winning streak, clobbering that SEC team in our Bowl game was the easiest win and widest point margin.
Your SEC teams couldn't handle the physical play. Did you watch that knock-down-drag-out slug-fest yesterday at Michigan State? That was hitting. That was defense. By both teams. The SEC knows nothing about defense.
Iowa has one of THE most daunting road schedules in the entire nation this year. We have NO prima donnas. No tebows. We lost our running back, the best in the nation, Shon Greene, to the NFL. We lost his backup, Jewel Hampton, also a great back, to an early season injury. We are playing with two true-freshman running backs. We lost several key players from last year's smothering defense to graduation, including Mitch King.
Shon Greene faced tremendous adversity and never quit or gave up. Even when he was declared academically inelegible and had to attend the local community college and work for a furniture store for a season just to get back into the U of I. All while supporting and taking care of his little sister. He then promptly sets the nation on it's ear with the most outstanding season of ANY back in the nation last year; and isn't even invited to NYC. What a crock of crap.
You need to look back at our 12-game winning streak and consider what an unlikely accomplishment it has been. Almost always the underdog. Almost always having to come from behind. Last year's team knew what it was like to lose the close ones. The 4 losses in the early season last year were by a combined total of 12 points! That's losing four 3-point games.
With last year's last-second upset of #3 Penn State, the Hawkeyes learned they CAN win the close ones and they CAN come from behind. When the chips are down, they NEVER quit, never give up. They have not lost a game since.
How long will that last? Who knows? But it has been a great, exciting run. Will they ever get the hype your SEC teams do? No chance. The media pundits have too much "invested" in their own mouths, meaning they will continue to over-rate the SEC. But that is normal for a media that also invested so much in the likes of the kenyan, isn't it?
This state has been utterly HAMMERED by disasters since the Great Flood last year. (remember that?). Devastating tornadoes. More flash flooding a month ago when we received 13 inches of rain in a matter of hours. But unlike the dependent idiots and whiners in Louisiana, home of LSU, we just pick up the pieces and go on -- without all the media hype.
You put an Iowan's back to the wall and you had better not underestimate them. I think this team is a direct reflection of this state: No prima donnas. No whiners. The wins aren't pretty; they are gutsy. Everybody does their part to carry the log. If one guy goes down, the rest handle the extra weight and pick up the fallen member without whining. They are at their best under pressure when the chips are down. And we could care less what other spoiled-rotten teams, states, media-hype-stars, and people think. We have no pro teams. Our fans are far more loyal and widespread than any SEC team's.
We don't get the blue-chip recruits. We have no bikini beaches and gifts to offer them. We build our own players. Homegrown. Tough men with work ethic and courage.
The name you will want to watch for over the next 4 years is "James Morris". He plays on my son's football team. He committed to Iowa as a sophomore and graduates this year. He comes from a town of 1900 people a mere 10 miles from the U of I and is absolutely phenomenal on both offense and defense.
Say what you want, no team in the Nation has had a tougher schedule over the past 16 games. Only one has a longer winning streak, and the refs had to cheat to help them do it. We'd beat Florida or LSU. Just like last time we played them.
I have two things I would love to see in this "dream season" yet: Beat Ohio State in Columbus, then beat USC in the Rose Bowl. We have a score to settle with them, and they are better than any team in the SEC.
BTW, you have never declared your "loyalty" for any team or state. You are as fair-weather as they get. You only hate Iowa. So what podunk swamp school do you claim? Take a stand. Have some guts.
That "Big Ten win streak" you misstate is a National winning streak, btw. Not just Big Ten. That includes a thrashing of your SEC, too. In the entire 12 game national winning streak, clobbering that SEC team in our Bowl game was the easiest win and widest point margin.
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