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Fryowa

Fryowa

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...to appreciate that Iowa State went from almost getting into the playoffs with a conference championship to one of the worst blowout embarrassments in their history and a trip to the Pop Tart Bowl. The Pop. Tart. Bowl...

And...nebraska extended it's streak of non-winning seasons against Iowa in Kinnick stadium, earning itself a trip to the coldest, dumbest, least-watched bowl game there is. Their mouth-breathing fans don't even get to go somewhere with a beach nearby. They're going to have to check extra bags with snow pants, parkas, and gloves to go watch their squad that doesn't even qualify as a dumpster fire anymore. To have a fire you need something to burn, and that program is just soggy, extinguished ashes with some old milk and coffee grounds thrown in. And I'm here for it.

Even extremely mediocre Iowa riding on a 4th string practice squad guy for the last few games of the season got a better bowl game than the clowns. And a lot of you dorks want to send Ferentz packing so we can join nebraska and ISU.
 
Fryowa said:
...to appreciate that Iowa State went from almost getting into the playoffs with a conference championship to one of the worst blowout embarrassments in their history and a trip to the Pop Tart Bowl. The Pop. Tart. Bowl...

And...nebraska extended it's streak of non-winning seasons against Iowa in Kinnick stadium, earning itself a trip to the coldest, dumbest, least-watched bowl game there is. Their mouth-breathing fans don't even get to go somewhere with a beach nearby. They're going to have to check extra bags with snow pants, parkas, and gloves to go watch their squad that doesn't even qualify as a dumpster fire anymore. To have a fire you need something to burn, and that program is just soggy, extinguished ashes with some old milk and coffee grounds thrown in. And I'm here for it.

Even extremely mediocre Iowa riding on a 4th string practice squad guy for the last few games of the season got a better bowl game than the clowns. And a lot of you dorks want to send Ferentz packing so we can join nebraska and ISU.
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Yahoo!
 
Fryowa said:
...to appreciate that Iowa State went from almost getting into the playoffs with a conference championship to one of the worst blowout embarrassments in their history and a trip to the Pop Tart Bowl. The Pop. Tart. Bowl...

And...nebraska extended it's streak of non-winning seasons against Iowa in Kinnick stadium, earning itself a trip to the coldest, dumbest, least-watched bowl game there is. Their mouth-breathing fans don't even get to go somewhere with a beach nearby. They're going to have to check extra bags with snow pants, parkas, and gloves to go watch their squad that doesn't even qualify as a dumpster fire anymore. To have a fire you need something to burn, and that program is just soggy, extinguished ashes with some old milk and coffee grounds thrown in. And I'm here for it.

Even extremely mediocre Iowa riding on a 4th string practice squad guy for the last few games of the season got a better bowl game than the clowns. And a lot of you dorks want to send Ferentz packing so we can join nebraska and ISU.
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Since one doesn't feel Pity

And instead feel overjoyed with glee

Does that make me an unworthy person

Just asking for a friend
 
Fryowa said:
...to appreciate that Iowa State went from almost getting into the playoffs with a conference championship to one of the worst blowout embarrassments in their history and a trip to the Pop Tart Bowl. The Pop. Tart. Bowl...

And...nebraska extended it's streak of non-winning seasons against Iowa in Kinnick stadium, earning itself a trip to the coldest, dumbest, least-watched bowl game there is. Their mouth-breathing fans don't even get to go somewhere with a beach nearby. They're going to have to check extra bags with snow pants, parkas, and gloves to go watch their squad that doesn't even qualify as a dumpster fire anymore. To have a fire you need something to burn, and that program is just soggy, extinguished ashes with some old milk and coffee grounds thrown in. And I'm here for it.

Even extremely mediocre Iowa riding on a 4th string practice squad guy for the last few games of the season got a better bowl game than the clowns. And a lot of you dorks want to send Ferentz packing so we can join nebraska and ISU.
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Nebby...you mean the same bowl Iowa accepted to play in 2017?
 
Seth53 said:
Nebby...you mean the same bowl Iowa accepted to play in 2017?
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Yep and it was garbage then too. The difference being that Iowa fans don't walk around telling everyone about their "nattys" back before the internet was a thing and how great they still are.

I never said Iowa goes to prestigious bowl games. We haven't been historically deserving of it the past few decades outside of some good years.

If you can't see the difference in fan bases' expectations and general sentiment I don't know what I can say to you.
 
trj said:
Can we have both? Appreciate everything Kirk has done and want him to still be the HC…and yet be critical…point out the faults, that would make the program 5% better.
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Absolutely. I've been plenty critical of him in my time here and I'm where you're at.

When I weigh things out in my admittedly simple mind, I don't think it would be a net gain to get rid of KF. The risks of us going backwards are much, much greater than they are of us going forwards in terms of results. Wisconsin and nebraska are glaring examples of teams whose winning percentages we'd absolutely trade with our own before they fired Solich/Pelini and Chryst.

The football gods have done us a HUGE favor and made examples out of two teams in our own league that have fired really good coaches to eek out two more wins...and have put their teams in the absolute tank as a result. If we don't learn from that, shame on Iowa. It's right there staring us in the face and will only be worse in the age of OSU, Oregon, and Penn State having 9 figure NIL budgets. The odds aren't gonna get any better, they'll only get worse. I fully expect Iowa football to nosedive after KF and crew are gone because unfortunately donors like to make "splash" hires of used car salesmen like Riley/Frost/Rhule and Fickell instead of keeping continuity and stability like we'd have with Woods and probably Lester. I'm going to ride out the 8-9-occasionally 10 win train as long as I possibly can and after it's over I'll watch happily and faithfully but expecting to lose more than we win.
 
Fryowa said:
...to appreciate that Iowa State went from almost getting into the playoffs to the Pop Tart Bowl. The Pop. Tart. Bowl...
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But really, this is how it should be. UNLV lost their conference championship game and are going to the Art of Sport LA Bowl. Shit conferences get shit bowls.

Meanwhile, the loser of the B1G CCG fell all the way to...a home game in the playoffs. So did the 3rd place team. The 4th place team, though, has to play on the road in the playoffs. The same thing happened with the SEC, but they didn't get a 4th team in.

The CFP should be the top 2 from the B1G and the SEC, and the other 4 should be at larges with no guarantees being given to the ACC or Big 12. Of course, if you're in the top 2 of the B1G or SEC, you're probably already in.
 
Fryowa said:
...to appreciate that Iowa State went from almost getting into the playoffs with a conference championship to one of the worst blowout embarrassments in their history and a trip to the Pop Tart Bowl. The Pop. Tart. Bowl...

And...nebraska extended it's streak of non-winning seasons against Iowa in Kinnick stadium, earning itself a trip to the coldest, dumbest, least-watched bowl game there is. Their mouth-breathing fans don't even get to go somewhere with a beach nearby. They're going to have to check extra bags with snow pants, parkas, and gloves to go watch their squad that doesn't even qualify as a dumpster fire anymore. To have a fire you need something to burn, and that program is just soggy, extinguished ashes with some old milk and coffee grounds thrown in. And I'm here for it.

Even extremely mediocre Iowa riding on a 4th string practice squad guy for the last few games of the season got a better bowl game than the clowns. And a lot of you dorks want to send Ferentz packing so we can join nebraska and ISU.
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I might just add that it is my hope that Scott Frost returns to UCF and makes the national playoffs. Dylan Raiola enters the portal in '25 and wins a natty with Georgia. Ruhle leaves Nebraska for a NFL assistant job. Nebraska is on National TV and is celebrating their sell out streak as the camera pans to a 1/3 filled stadium.
 
loesshillshawk said:
I might just add that it is my hope that Scott Frost returns to UCF and makes the national playoffs. Dylan Raiola enters the portal in '25 and wins a natty with Georgia. Ruhle leaves Nebraska for a NFL assistant job. Nebraska is on National TV and is celebrating their sell out streak as the camera pans to a 1/3 filled stadium.
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I'm a huge UCF fan immediately. Guy's a douche canoe but nothing would make me happier than seeing those cave dwellers watch Frost make a big bowl game while Rhule is trying to figure out if he wants his players to shake hands or lying in bed at night googling "is it a state law that people are allowed to pray on football fields?"
 
Fryowa said:
Absolutely. I've been plenty critical of him in my time here and I'm where you're at.

When I weigh things out in my admittedly simple mind, I don't think it would be a net gain to get rid of KF. The risks of us going backwards are much, much greater than they are of us going forwards in terms of results. Wisconsin and nebraska are glaring examples of teams whose winning percentages we'd absolutely trade with our own before they fired Solich/Pelini and Chryst.

The football gods have done us a HUGE favor and made examples out of two teams in our own league that have fired really good coaches to eek out two more wins...and have put their teams in the absolute tank as a result. If we don't learn from that, shame on Iowa. It's right there staring us in the face and will only be worse in the age of OSU, Oregon, and Penn State having 9 figure NIL budgets. The odds aren't gonna get any better, they'll only get worse. I fully expect Iowa football to nosedive after KF and crew are gone because unfortunately donors like to make "splash" hires of used car salesmen like Riley/Frost/Rhule and Fickell instead of keeping continuity and stability like we'd have with Woods and probably Lester. I'm going to ride out the 8-9-occasionally 10 win train as long as I possibly can and after it's over I'll watch happily and faithfully but expecting to lose more than we win.
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I'll pray for KF letting Lester pick his QB and run his offense over replacing KF any day of the week.
 
Hey, don't diss the Pinstripe too much, it is Rob Howe's favorite bowl experience, he reminds us of that fact every so often.
 
Fryowa said:
...to appreciate that Iowa State went from almost getting into the playoffs with a conference championship to one of the worst blowout embarrassments in their history and a trip to the Pop Tart Bowl. The Pop. Tart. Bowl...

And...nebraska extended it's streak of non-winning seasons against Iowa in Kinnick stadium, earning itself a trip to the coldest, dumbest, least-watched bowl game there is. Their mouth-breathing fans don't even get to go somewhere with a beach nearby. They're going to have to check extra bags with snow pants, parkas, and gloves to go watch their squad that doesn't even qualify as a dumpster fire anymore. To have a fire you need something to burn, and that program is just soggy, extinguished ashes with some old milk and coffee grounds thrown in. And I'm here for it.

Even extremely mediocre Iowa riding on a 4th string practice squad guy for the last few games of the season got a better bowl game than the clowns. And a lot of you dorks want to send Ferentz packing so we can join nebraska and ISU.
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Fry,

The modern game of college football has still passed KF by. No doubt he's done some wonderful things for Iowa, but everyone's time to step aside comes at some point. KF's reached that point.

That Iowa was down to a 4th string walk on QB is on the head coach. The QB room before injuries was below average at best.

That's all I have to say as a fan.
 
I can only imagine how thrilled the Miami players are to be Pop Tarts bowling. Seems to be something less than a consolation prize.
 
Speaking of consolation prizes. I think if they are going to let Snoop host a bowl, they should have opened it up to all teams not just MAC and Mountain West. 2024 Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice I'm sure Snoop has been generous about sharing all his previous bowls.

An appropriate theme song.
 
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hawkinstl said:
Fry,

The modern game of college football has still passed KF by. No doubt he's done some wonderful things for Iowa, but everyone's time to step aside comes at some point. KF's reached that point.

That Iowa was down to a 4th string walk on QB is on the head coach. The QB room before injuries was below average at best.

That's all I have to say as a fan.
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Bullshit.

That's the same thing nebraska said about their 9 win coaches and the same thing Wisconsin said about Chryst. And look where it got them. You don't have the first clue what's waiting for Iowa when KF is gone.

You want to trade places with nebraska or Wisconsin? Be my guest amigo.
 
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