Ive always wondered why people on this board just love to kiss jon millers butt so much and so hard and for so long!!!
Maybe...Could Be ....Closet Hawk Fans.....
What???? The Iowa guys are homers? Who would have thought that? (Can't say I've ever heard ISU's announcers show bias.:nah You know that when you turn them on, why ***** about it? Unless of course, the reason you listen to them is so you CAN ***** about them.
I love post loss rants that are directed at those having absolutely no impact on the game.
Get over it, Whitver was doing the same thing on the Cyclones call-in show. Stop acting like that type of thing doesn't go both ways.
Sorry charlie, Walters did the following 3 things today...called an ISU player stupid, bitched about the no-call on the DJK touchdown, and spent a considerable amount of time ******** about Wegher's knee being down.
Also, Ben Bruns claimed right before halftime that ISU was "dominating" despite being behind in total yardage, 1st downs, etc...and repeated that in the 3rd quarter when Iowa was up 28-3.
Why do you guys rip Miller? He's a Hawk fan and he's giddy that his team won - what's wrong with that? He is respectful and complementary to the opponents after the game.
Zabel on the other hand needs to hang it up. His blatant back hand complements are really hard to listen to. Even yesterday during soundoff he kept indirectly ripping on UNI still after last week. Hawk fans will defend it but they would understand how bad it is if they could step out of their Hawk fandom just once.
I expect every annoouncer to be a homer to some degree but the Iowa crew is among the worst when it comes to being over the top kool-aid drinkers. Dolph is a bad football announcer and a terrible BB announcer. Every time Iowa makes a play he makes it sound super human.
Why do you guys rip Miller? He's a Hawk fan and he's giddy that his team won - what's wrong with that? He is respectful and complementary to the opponents after the game.
Zabel on the other hand needs to hang it up. His blatant back hand complements are really hard to listen to. Even yesterday during soundoff he kept indirectly ripping on UNI still after last week. Hawk fans will defend it but they would understand how bad it is if they could step out of their Hawk fandom just once.
If you actually believe that Miller is honestly respectful and complimentary to ISU man you must not be paying attention. Anything he does is simply an attempt to appease ISU listeners and keep them tuning in. I have no doubt about his true thoughts concerning ISU. He is a Hawk fan who didn't attend school there, in other words a typical one. Does anybody else know fans like that who do not absolutely loathe ISU? Exactly.
Wake up people. Hawk fans absolutely hate ISU. No problem with that, but don't pretend it isn't there.
He is a Hawk fan who didn't attend school there, in other words a typical one. Does anybody else know fans like that who do not absolutely loathe ISU? Exactly.
If you actually believe that Miller is honestly respectful and complimentary to ISU man you must not be paying attention. Anything he does is simply an attempt to appease ISU listeners and keep them tuning in. I have no doubt about his true thoughts concerning ISU. He is a Hawk fan who didn't attend school there, in other words a typical one. Does anybody else know fans like that who do not absolutely loathe ISU? Exactly.
Wake up people. Hawk fans absolutely hate ISU. No problem with that, but don't pretend it isn't there.
What I've bolded basically means you have a very weak argument. If ISU had success above the norm for their position in the college football/basketball ranks, they would be in the same boat with fans who did not attend the university.
What about people who chose to go elsewhere because of their major? What about kids who haven't had the chance to attend college yet? What you and so many others fail to grasp is that going to a University doesn't make one any more of a fan than ones who didn't.
Believe it or not, non-ISU grads who support Iowa State have money that's worth the same as ISU grads. Maybe if ISU fans would be grateful for their support instead of alienating them, perhaps there would be more of an ISU following. It would make me mad if I were a dentist who went to Iowa, but is an ISU fan if I was told I am not welcome because I didn't attend ISU.
While we're on the subject, might as well give Mr. Jacbson those millions he donated to ISU because he didn't attend the University.
While we're on the subject, might as well give Mr. Jacbson those millions he donated to ISU because he didn't attend the University.
This is correct until there is one more line that gets crossed. That is when the fan who never attended or graduated from Iowa or any college starts disrespecting Iowa State as if they are some kind of expert on degree offerings or campus life. Topics such as Land Grant College are thrown around like we are Nazis or something. I have yet to completely understand where this hate for Land Grant schools comes from. In fact, the very people that these schools were meant to help are the same people that are ridiculing them. I understand some of them just like to pull chains, but quite frankly, the majority of these Iowa State haters are completely serious.[/QUOTE]
And the same can be said of the portion of the ISU fanbase that hates everything Hawkeye.
Luckily for us it seems to be a pretty small portion of each group that acts like that and the majority of us can root on the school we so desire and enjoy some good natured ribbing back and forth.
The fact is, way too many people place a a certain amount of their self-worth on how their teams fare, and that is sad. I'm not a better person when the Hawks or Cyclones win, and and I am not a worse person when they lose.
I root for Iowa as I born and raised in the Iowa City area...and I've always cheered for ISU when they weren't playing Iowa. I now live in Ames and know many coaches and players and the line between "favorite" gets kinda blurry at times, but I am thankful that a state the size of Iowa has 2 athletic departments like IA and ISU because that is just more opportunities for Iowa kids to achieve their dream of playing D-1 sports.
Unfortunately, many fans (on both sides) too often forget that it is about the kids, and not about the fans.
The only things about Iowa State that I don't like are the small segment of fans that are jerks, small minded, radical haters...and I don't like that segment of the Iowa fanbase, or any fanbase