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AllInForISU

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Find it interesting that the dip$hits that keep talking this point are not smart enough to realized anybody can be a fan of the school they attended but in order to get the people who never attended said school to become a fan the team has to be successful. I hope ISU starts to get these band wagon fans because that means we're more successful than the skycarp from EIU.

IQ points match shoe size for the idiots that keep making this supposed bashing of band wagon fans that never attended the school they root for... Blah blah blah.

If you could tell me where I ever said you couldn’t be a fan of a school you didn’t attend, quote it. I’d love to see where.
 
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Michigan State, Michigan, Purdue, Oregon, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maryland, UCLA and Ohio State are all better jobs. No given order above but I'd put Iowa in at 11th, with USC, PSU, Northwestern, Rutgers, Nebraska, Minnesota and Washington behind them.
I would say the only schools Iowa is definitely a better job than are NW, Nebraska, Minnesota, and PSU. Probably on par with Rutgers, Washington, and USC. And well behind the other 10.
 
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If you're an Iowa State fan you are not a band wagon. The reality is that Iowa State hasn't exactly been relevant and just lately has become more nationally talked about. Being good in the two main sports helps that. And for me it's not really about just sports. There are tons of Hawkeye fans out there who make the University of Iowa as a whole, Iowa City, etc, as "their school" "their college town". I'm sorry, but it's not. You root for that school's team but I don't believe you have that affiliation. And then to talk **** about another university, not just athletics, is ridiculous in my eyes.
Whatever all this is about….. as an ISU fan, I want nothing but bad and a loss every time for the Sukeyes and their “make believe fans”.
The media hype for everything hackeye is unbearable! Just look no further than the last 2 years of the cc circus we all were subject to. Now, after barely half a season and a few losses they are rethinking their cult status to the WBB team ! Bandwagon wannabes !!
 

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Whatever all this is about….. as an ISU fan, I want nothing but bad and a loss every time for the Sukeyes and their “make believe fans”.
The media hype for everything hackeye is unbearable! Just look no further than the last 2 years of the cc circus we all were subject to. Now, after barely half a season and a few losses they are rethinking their cult status to the WBB team ! Bandwagon wannabes !!
Yeah a year ago their fans were essentially claiming to be the inventors of WBB and now no one cares.
 
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O would say the only schools Iowa is definitely a Bette job than are NW, Nebraska, Minnesota, and PSU. Probably on par with Rutgers, Washington, and USC. And well behind the other 10.
I would say Iowa is a better job than Rutgers. Sure, they've had a couple nice players and gotten some decent recruits but it hasn't amounted to anything and their HC is in his 9th year. Their history is also not good. I would agree with on par with USC and Washington though.
 
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I've seen this take hundreds of times, and it's stupid every time. I've been a Cyclone fan since 1980, but didn't attend ISU. Have I been a fake fan for 45 *ucking years?

My generation of Iowans migrated towards Iowa because they became successful while ISU was a dumpster fire. The butthurtedness is getting really old.
Yes, you've been a fake fan for 45 *ucking years. Now go and enroll at ISU and share a dormroom with 2 others in Friley...get yourself a student season ticket and "officially" cheer for the Cyclones already...I mean, you're not getting any younger... ;-)
 

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I would say its between 8 and 10 or so in terms of jobs in that league. Schools ahead of it, both Michigan schools, Illinois, Oregon, UCLA, Wisconsin, Ohio St. Purdue, after that its a matter of where you want to be. Hard to say schools like Washington, USC, NW, Minn., Nebraska, and Penn St. are better, Maryland has done nothing for years nor has Rutgers. Look at the history with Mad Fran, in 14 years, he has made the NCAA tournament 7 times, so every other year. Has been ranked in 8 of those years and finished ranked in 4 of them. His problems is never getting past the first weekend and only winning one conference tournament during that time. The guy is not a horrible coach, they score points, but, he is like a Dak in football, looks good at times, but in the end, never gets you where you want to go, and if he gets there, he pees down his leg.
This Cowboys fan finds the Dak comparison (uncomfortably) spot on.
 

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The new Glenn "Stick" Vidnovic. Okay, before you guy's time on earth but "The Stick" was a player for Iowa much long time gone when I was a HS kid in NE Iowa. BTW, good Iowa team and everybody in Iowa could probably have named the starting lineup.

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He spent the next 50 years in a tavern on the Iowa river.
 

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According to Wikipedia, he's from Aplington and played his college ball at UNI. Was an assistant at Creighton for a long time.

West Virginia is good landing spot for any coach. Iowa is a dumpster fire right now; a step down. Not even a lateral move.
I personally don’t know anything about Devries’ preferences. But the fact he grew up in Aplington during the 80s and early 90s almost makes him a Hawk fan by default. They had about 4 players from that tiny town that played for Iowa and then went on to have solid NFL careers.
 

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If you could tell me where I ever said you couldn’t be a fan of a school you didn’t attend, quote it. I’d love to see where.
This wasn’t a post about your comment at all. I was agreeing with the guy who’s like me sick of the comments people say about how most fans of EIU never attended to school like that is a burn. I’ve actually agreed with what you’ve stated.
 
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The new Glenn "Stick" Vidnovic. Okay, before you guy's time on earth but "The Stick" was a player for Iowa much long time gone when I was a HS kid in NE Iowa. BTW, good Iowa team and everybody in Iowa could probably have named the starting lineup.

s-l1600.webp
Damn he is Ronnie Virgil skinny.
 

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Haslametrics only has Iowa winning one more game. We need them to step up and do better. There are 2 other games they are within one point so could pull out a W (Penn St, Rutgers). Against Oregon and Nebby, Iowa are 4 point dogs, all others are 6+.

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Damn he is Ronnie Virgil skinny.

It was a hell of an entertaining team to. No rivalry then, we didn't even play each other. I remember the Dana House den being full watching them in the NCAA's lose to Jacksonville 104-103. Had to look it up but I forgot they played consolation rounds at the regionals back then. They beat Notre Dame 121-106 in the consultation round. It was the no defense era of wild ABA style college hoops.

Can you even image two ranked teams playing each other now and one scores 120-something? :oops:

And that was with no shot clock or three-point scores.
 
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It was a hell of an entertaining team to. No rivalry then, we didn't even play each other. I remember the Dana House den being full watching them in the NCAA's lose to Jacksonville 104-103. Had to look it up but I forgot they played consolation rounds at the regionals back then. They beat Notre Dame 121-106 in the consultation round. It was the no defense era of wild ABA style college hoops.

Can you even image two ranked teams playing each other now and one scores 120-something? :oops:

And that was with no shot clock or three-point scores.

Fran reading this post:

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It was a hell of an entertaining team to. No rivalry then, we didn't even play each other. I remember the Dana House den being full watching them in the NCAA's lose to Jacksonville 104-103. Had to look it up but I forgot they played consolation rounds at the regionals back then. They beat Notre Dame 121-106 in the consultation round. It was the no defense era of wild ABA style college hoops.

Can you even image two ranked teams playing each other now and one scores 120-something? :oops:

And that was with no shot clock or three-point scores.
Artis Gilmore was one of the first dominant 7 footers from that era. He was fun to watch and made an unknown school a popular basketball program for a time.
 
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No way they can sustain these low attendance games especially without the women's team to distract fans. They have the money to fire him.

Hire Connor McCaffrey, he now has coaching experience at Butler lol.
The University does. The. Athletic Department doesn’t.