Tavern Clones
- Thread starter MLawrence
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This is exactly what a tavern hawk is. Most of the time it was when I'd go home on the weekend. Whether I was at a party or at a bar some loser would walk up to me and ask how Ames Community College was or how great the Hawkeye football team was, but couldn't name any of the players.
I would love more non-graduate Cyclone fans, but would rather not see "Tavern Clones." They would be annoying also, maybe even more so as "fellow fans."
I don't care where a fan goes to school, however, said fan should be able to name the key starters and head coach. They should also have attended at least 1 game in their lifetime.
I know so many "hawk" fans who couldn't name a key player and have never stepped foot in Iowa City in their life. Those are the types of "fans" that annoy me and should be kicked in the face.
I know so many "hawk" fans who couldn't name a key player and have never stepped foot in Iowa City in their life. Those are the types of "fans" that annoy me and should be kicked in the face.
Guilty as charged, I guess?
Dropped out of Wazzu as a junior to get married...had about 45 credits left to take, never really got around to it. My connection to ISU has probably lasted longer than that of many of the posters here, though...I've been employed by ISU since August of 1984, and have taken about 30 credits worth of classes here as well - for self-improvement and to help me in my work more than for any degree program.
As for our kids: we have one that attended ISU, majored in beer, and eventually joined the military, and a second that graduated from ISU courtesy of Uncle Sam. We also count a UNI Panther, a Grandview Viking (?), and a UW Husky among our offspring, and the oldest grandkid is now a UNI Panther.
Not exactly a tavern Clone, but not an alum either. Do my opinions still count?
Dropped out of Wazzu as a junior to get married...had about 45 credits left to take, never really got around to it. My connection to ISU has probably lasted longer than that of many of the posters here, though...I've been employed by ISU since August of 1984, and have taken about 30 credits worth of classes here as well - for self-improvement and to help me in my work more than for any degree program.
As for our kids: we have one that attended ISU, majored in beer, and eventually joined the military, and a second that graduated from ISU courtesy of Uncle Sam. We also count a UNI Panther, a Grandview Viking (?), and a UW Husky among our offspring, and the oldest grandkid is now a UNI Panther.
Not exactly a tavern Clone, but not an alum either. Do my opinions still count?
Was born when my dad was in vet school and then he opened up a practice by Waterloo. Tough place to grow up a Cyclone fan. The win that ended the 15 game losing streak was my sr year. Graduated Wartburg along with my brother. Other one went to UNI and now the last one will start at ISU in the fall. I think Dad's happy he finally got one.
College of Wooster, but my dad got a bachelor's and MBA and my mom got a master's from Iowa State.
I have no problem with someone liking a school's athletic teams that didn't graduate from there. If anyone did have a problem with it, most DI fanbases would be way different. See exhibit A: the state of Nebraska. The term "tavern Hok" began as a way to describe a certain Hok demographic, but I think the actual definition has been lost in translation. You aren't a tavern fan only for the fact that you didn't attend a certain school, from what Ive always understood. That's fine and dandy with me. What makes you a tavern fan is:
- Obviously your non-affiliation with that school, plus...
- On a random Tuesday with no sporting event scheduled involving your team, you act like arrogant a-holes to complete strangers around you in a drinking establishment because someone else isn't wearing the same colors.
- You use the word "we" to describe the Final Four team from 45 years ago. Or any team for that matter.
- Your vehicle has three or more logo stickers and/or flags pasted to it during the offseason because the world needs to know how big a fan you really are year-round
- You painted your house black and gold (okay, or cardinal and gold)
http://www.widerightnattylite.com/2...ten-best-moments-from-the-hawkeye-house-story
- You bring up the words "Hayden Fry" in a basketball discussion
- Obviously your non-affiliation with that school, plus...
- On a random Tuesday with no sporting event scheduled involving your team, you act like arrogant a-holes to complete strangers around you in a drinking establishment because someone else isn't wearing the same colors.
- You use the word "we" to describe the Final Four team from 45 years ago. Or any team for that matter.
- Your vehicle has three or more logo stickers and/or flags pasted to it during the offseason because the world needs to know how big a fan you really are year-round
- You painted your house black and gold (okay, or cardinal and gold)
http://www.widerightnattylite.com/2...ten-best-moments-from-the-hawkeye-house-story
- You bring up the words "Hayden Fry" in a basketball discussion
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UNI grad in 10 days here. Only chose UNI due to their accounting program but have been a huge ISU fan my entire life. My sister currently attends ISU and my youngest sister will be going there next fall.
Surprisingly, there is a pretty good chunk of students that attend UNI that are Cyclones fans. Cedar Falls has actually become a pretty decent area for ISU grads due to the amount of engineers that work for John Deere here. I've never had a problem seeing a group of ISU fans when watching a game in a bar here either.
Surprisingly, there is a pretty good chunk of students that attend UNI that are Cyclones fans. Cedar Falls has actually become a pretty decent area for ISU grads due to the amount of engineers that work for John Deere here. I've never had a problem seeing a group of ISU fans when watching a game in a bar here either.
I was looking through the "What is your major?" and I saw some posters mention that they didn't go to ISU for their education. For me I went to Loras College, and I guess I'm curious to see who else didn't go to Iowa State. So who else is a Tavern Clone?
You're dead to me MLaw
You think you know a guy
Non-alumni fans CAN be tavern hawks, but not all tavern hawks are non-alumni fans.
Both parents graduated from Iowa State in '87 and have been taking me to games my whole life, but unfortunately with no baseball team I've had to take my schooling elsewhere. Hoping to maybe do a grad program at ISU though not for any actual use, but just for the sole fact that then I won't be a dirty tavern clone anymore
I graduated from Wartburg and St. Ambrose (grad school).
My mother was a letter winner at ISU in multiple sports, which is how I got hooked with ISU athletics . I wanted to play some baseball in college, so Wartburg was an easy choice.
My mother was a letter winner at ISU in multiple sports, which is how I got hooked with ISU athletics . I wanted to play some baseball in college, so Wartburg was an easy choice.
I was looking through the "What is your major?" and I saw some posters mention that they didn't go to ISU for their education. For me I went to Loras College, and I guess I'm curious to see who else didn't go to Iowa State. So who else is a Tavern Clone?
I went to ISU but didn't graduate. I came here to play football (as a walk-on, no scholarship), which is a stupid reason to go to a school. I ended up dropping out, and joined the Army instead. I work as an IT consultant now so I make good money, but I do wish I'd had my head screwed on straight back then. I missed out on a lot of things by not graduating.
