Recent content by GVGiant44

  1. G

    Iowa has a tough path

    "We would always rather have Molly available but if she is not we will have to play anyhow and with three starters to replace next year it is good to gain experience for someone who will be back next year." When Molly went down, I knew immediately her season was done. Maybe it wasn't a torn...
  2. G

    No More Tickets

    First of all, greetings from New Port Richey, just north of you. The ticket sales for the Thanksgiving weekend event in Estero, FL at Hertz Arena have been crazy - the Hawkeye fans sold out their sections for every evening game set the first day. That tournament I guess has NEVER had...
  3. G

    Officiating

    Agree 1000%. And I just HATE to ask this question. But I can see she isn't getting any younger. It makes me wonder how many more years we will have Bluder? I have even pondered about whether she now goes when Caitlin Clark goes. Whenever it is, she will prove to be almost as irreplaceable...
  4. G

    I'm calling, it GREATEST WIN in Iowa Sports History

    Good word. The person I'm going to miss - and I think we are going to find this person REALLY tough to replace - is McKenna Warnock. Night in and night out, she had to bring more blue-collar hard work to the team than even Kate Martin. She had to guard the other team's "4", which meant size...
  5. G

    Have to admit...

    Have no idea what happened there. Let me try to repost: "You may not have caught it, but there was a clip following the Ohio State game in Columbus, where we had just beaten #2. There was a long line of girls, all waiting for Caitlin's autograph. ALL of them were wearing Buckeye red. Some of...
  6. G

    Have to admit...

    You may not have caught it, but there was a clip following the Ohio State game in Columbus, where we had just beaten #2. There was a long line of girls, all waiting for Caitlin's autograph. ALL of them were wearing Buckeye red. Some of the parents standing with them were smiling, some were...
  7. G

    Who Did THIS Scheduling?

    I know that nobody consults the women's schedules when finalizing the men's schedules, and vice versa, but I don't think I have ever seen this. On Thursday, the Iowa men will play (the current) #1, and the Iowa women will play (the current) #2 - with the games tipping off 30 minutes apart, both...
  8. G

    Iowa currently sitting at 6 Q1 wins with another on tap Saturday

    Weird maybe. But when you have what could very well be a 6-way tie for 3rd by the end of Sunday means that, even if you lose to lesser teams - and right now, Michigan State and Wisconsin are lesser teams record-wise, you want to beat those teams you are tied with or who are above you. And so...
  9. G

    Story: Tony Perkins Heats Up in Hawkeye Win

    Credit that to two things. First of all, he seemed to know where to go to get some space and get a decent shot up. Only one or two of his shots were "3's" - and the day would not have gone nearly as well had he tried to crank up a bunch of those. But a good shooter should easily be able to...
  10. G

    Hawks cant handle illinois fans in carver

    I've been on a couple of other message boards (Yahoo for one), especially in response to the author for the Indianapolis Star who I think had the best article on this Orange Krush thing. Not one Illini fan was backing down. So neither did I. The general consensus post was, "WHEN (not if) we...
  11. G

    Anytime Iowa can get serious production from it's guards, that is a great thing

    Regarding Rebraca, I was down on him more than anyone else in our NCAA tournament loss last year - I won't get into specifics why, but I felt fully justified - and remain convinced if he would've added just 9 points to the 9 rebounds he got in that game, who knows how far we would've gotten in...
  12. G

    Official way to early: Orange Ticket Frauds come to Carver Game thread

    Thoughts about today's game: +Rebounds are important. Even granting that Illinois may be one of the best in the country at that, this game is a laugher if we just get some of those. And you can bet that will be a huge point of emphasis at practice leading up to the Purdue game...
  13. G

    Hawks cant handle illinois fans in carver

    I was thinking about something like that. We will accrue and line up 200 lawn chairs on the bluff on the Mississippi River (on the Illinois side of course), and they can watch from there.
  14. G

    Judging from Chad Leistikow's column today, he must have got a pair for Christmas.

    OK, I lived (WAY) out of state when this must have happened. But I have NEVER heard this. What's the story here? Ron was always true class.
  15. G

    Disassembly Hall 2.0

    It is catchy. And it makes you laugh because it is right on - in both a funny and very unfunny way.
Top