From the stands Iowa 2025 edition.
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On a plus side…I gave my tickets to my step son and his girlfriend (a divided relationship!). My stepson is the Iowa fan. I heard from my friends who I sit with and they said he was absolutely delightful throughout the game.
Fortunately (maybe unfortunately?) they were very well behaved around me. Not as many as there usually is either.
Hok fans are actually complaining about the calls. Saying Rocco went into a slide and was short of the first on iSU’s last drive. Can’t make it up.
Yeah I feel like most of the tavern hawks stayed home today. Every hawk I saw looked like they were either there in a family/friends divided situation or the type that actually has a connection to the University.
Funny thing is even if they called it a slide he was past the sticks at that point
The earlier kick this year seemed to keep them in check. Last time they were in town they were mostly insufferable
He clearly was past the sticks when he started, but he needs to fall forward next time to remove any doubt.
I remember Brock slid early like this a couple times, then he started diving head first and I think he still does that today
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Felt like a much smaller contingent in the stadium than in the past. Most of the Hawks I know were pretty convinced it was going to be a blowout in our favor so they didn't bother to make the trip. All of them around us were pretty tame the whole game.
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They weren't too bad in section 4. Way too many in the paved lots though. Shame on people selling those passes.
All the Iowa fans around us for the whole day were just fine. A nice change from days of old.
An Iowa fan said to me “we are a lot better than you” after they scored their touchdown.
For a team whose QB sucks and never led in the game, pretty bold statement.
For a team whose QB sucks and never led in the game, pretty bold statement.
Quite frankly, there were not a ton of Iowa fans at the game yesterday - which was refreshing. No bad interactions, but when they introduced the Women's BB Team accomplishments for the year, a Hawkette in front of me said: "You cannot talk WBB without Caitlyn Clark!" I just laughed inside. They really think she invented the game. / sarcasm.
On the way home I listened to some sound off, after the Iowa State callin show. What a cluster. They were trying to claim a moral victory because the game ended with a close enough score. When a fan claimed that they had ruined another quarterback, they had no idea what he was talking about.
It sounded like a McNut love fest. They kept talking about Michigan state.
He was nearly 2 full yards past when starting the slide. It's honestly insane they even reviewed it. It wasn't remotely close. Absolutely the officials were hoping to find SOMETHING ambiguous to cling to in order to screw Iowa State. You would have to be an extremely dumb and gullible suckeye fan to spin that narrative as evidence of a bad call against Iowa.
And Hansen also had a clear 1st down earlier in the 3rd quarter that they marked 2 yards shorter. Both replay angles showed he didn't step out. Yet, crickets...
what did make it close is his knee appeared to touch down just short of the first down but the ball was in front of the sticks. When he made the cut, before the slide.
