Cyclone Joy/Pain by Age

[Cyfan1965]

There should be a support group

 

[intrepid27]

I'm 65 and most of my life my goal (at least for FB) was "Not to suck too bad". We had some good basketball years but sustained success in FB has been non existent in my lifetime. I left Iowa from 82-88 and when I came back, about year 10 of the 15 year losing streak, Hawk fans were totally insufferable. That will fuel my hatred of them for the rest of my life.

For those of you fans under the age of 40 please do not take this period of success for granted. Hopefully it will last for awhile.

 

[CloneFan65]

At 66, Earl Bruce, Dan McCarney, and CMC are the highs with a sprinkle of upsets with Rhoads. Basketball for the most part has always been positive with Orr bringing the 'fun' back into it.
The KEY here however, is 'expectations' and the rudeness of certain people when the kids don't perform up to expectations. That sickens me. My guess is that the older folks are more tolerant.

Yes. As a father of a former D1 athlete I've become sensitive when I see people criticize the athletes when we don't know what is going on behind the scenes. I know they are getting paid now, but they are still kids. There was a teammate of my son who was ripped online for being a traitor because he transferred. What they didn't know was that he wanted to stay, but the coach basically pushed him out.

 

[drmwevr08]

There should be a support group

Let me introduce you to 'Cyclone Fanatic'

 

[drmwevr08]

Yes. As a father of a former D1 athlete I've become sensitive when I see people criticize the athletes when we don't know what is going on behind the scenes. I know they are getting paid now, but they are still kids. There was a teammate of my son who was ripped online for being a traitor because he transferred. What they didn't know was that he wanted to stay, but the coach basically pushed him out.

While they aren't kids, really, the point is still mostly fair. Although, occasionally there is a consequence for bad behavior.

 

[CloneFan65]

While they aren't kids, really, the point is still mostly fair. Although, occasionally there is a consequence for bad behavior.

Certainly there are situations regarding an athlete's behavior where we can hold them accountable and condemn their actions. I'm thinking more of situations where an athlete slumps or underachieves. It's not fair to publicly shame a young adult because they don't live up to our expectations.

 

[clone52]

While I know this isn't quite the point of the discussion, I was having a talk with another Cyclone fan around my age (late 30s) about how much less emotional investment we have than before. I can remember having all kinds of investment in my earlier years to individual games. Part of the change is, I'm sure, maturity and realizing it's really not that important in the grand scheme of things. But part of it is this new NIL landscape, especially in football. It's all so unattainable when you are so far outresourced that it becomes hard to really care.

Watch, drink some beer, have a fun time and after the game you move on.

For me it was around age 37 when I had my first kids. I am just as emotionally invested is the good times but the disappointments don't last too long anymore.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Damn kids these days don't know how easy they have it.

 

[exCYtable]

Every time I glance at the forum threads, I swear this says, "Cyclone Joint Pain By Age." And in that case, "50 is a Biatch."

 

[bozclone]

I was a freshman at Iowa State in 1985. I went back and looked at the season records during my college years and was surprised. I know I drank my share of alcohol, but my memory wasn’t accurate. To my surprise, our football records were closer to .500 than I remembered. Most of the wins were against smaller non conference opponents and bad conference teams like Kansas. Most of the better teams on the schedule blew us out consistently. I have many great memories of basketball with Johnny Orr during that time. While we had some great seasons while I was in school, I was surprised that we had a couple not so good years too. Wrestling was really good winning a National Championship one year and constantly finishing near the top other years. It was also interesting to see some of the teams on the schedules. Drake in wrestling. Drake, Wichita St, Vandy, and Tulane in football. It was a different time with multiple kegs of beer allowed at dorm parties and you could have a pony keg for a room party as long as you signed up. Veishea was truly elite with days off from class. The legal drinking age was 19 my freshman year.