Does this season mean anything to you anymore?

[HawkeyeWalker]

Any "fan" that says they aren't going to watch an Iowa game just because we are out of the title race....isn't a very big fan.

 

[Maddog81]

Chosen ... my condolences for your loss, and that family's loss. It took my breath away to read your post since it hit so close to home.

Guys, kiss your wife and hug your kids. Tell them you love them. As Coach Fry says, thank the good Lord each morning you are on this side of the grass.

Football is a game, a diversion, played out by guys not long out of high school. Don't let it be your idol. Saturday is a new game, next season will be a brand new opportunity.

 

[greghammel]

After losing a tough basketball game in Rapid City, SD a teammate and I were sitting on the bench watching the other team celebrate... our teammates were already walking away and seemingly over it.

He looked at me and said... "I don't get it... why does it hurt so much to lose?" I just replied... "I wish I enjoyed winning as much as I hate losing". We both laughed at ourselves at this point realizing it was true. We knew winning a game wasn't the greatest thing, so why should losing be the worst?
Maybe I can't paint this moment well in words... but that moment added to who I am.

He was from Hysperia, MI. and to this day, well over a decade later... and living our life states apart... we are still great friends and I can't remember many of the other guys on that team. It didn't hurt them to lose... not someone I trust!

 

[PDXHawkeye]

The AZ loss took about 4 days, because it was stupid mistakes that cost the game. Wisconsin took about a week because my wife is from there, we are going there for Xmas, and stupid mistakes cost.the.game. NW about 2 days because stupid mistakes cost the game. This game, about 15mins because I really don't care what bowl game they go to now.

 

[greghammel]

Sitting here eating Halloween Candy leftovers and wondering why it is so much easier to open little bags of Sour Patch Kids then little bags of Swedish Fish when they are made by the same company and the bags appear to be made of similar material?
I know it is the dang Canadians messing with us.

Additional thought: Since they are made in Canada... shouldn't they be called Canadian Fish?

 

[tweeterhawk]

I figured the basketball program would need to improve tremendously to look forward to its start and the end of the football season. I'm now more interested in what Fran and his young squad can accomplish than what happens at Minny or, apparently, Tampa.

I'm embarrassed by how delusional many of us were heading into this season:

- Clear-cut favorite to contend for the Big 10 title.
- Strong contender for the NC game.
- Best defense in the country.
- Top defensive lineman in the country.
- Ricky Stanzi, Heisman candidate.
- How to find enough playing time for stable of three-plus young, talented running backs.
- One of the best coaching staffs in the country.
- "We are who we are, now come and get us" was good enough to win virtually every game.

Ouch.

 

[greghammel]

I figured the basketball program would need to improve tremendously to look forward to its start and the end of the football season. I'm now more interested in what Fran and his young squad can accomplish than what happens at Minny or, apparently, Tampa.

I'm embarrassed by how delusional many of us were heading into this season:

- Clear-cut favorite to contend for the Big 10 title.
- Strong contender for the NC game.
- Best defense in the country.
- Top defensive lineman in the country.
- Ricky Stanzi, Heisman candidate.
- How to find enough playing time for stable of three-plus young, talented running backs.
- One of the best coaching staffs in the country.
- "We are who we are, now come and get us" was good enough to win virtually every game.

Ouch.

Ouch! No need to throw that bone back at the dogs! We were not that far from that this year. It wasn't too far fetched.

 

[Bluzmn]

It's wrestling season and, of course, it matters!

 

[hawkfan8691]

You'd be severely depressed over a game you may not even watch? Sounds pretty fair weather to me. Don't want to support the team when it's struggling, but want to reserve the right to get upset and complain. To be honest, I hope you don't watch the game. Or any future game for that matter. We don't need fans like you

I may not even watch the game next week. There's really nothing left to play for. If they blow Minnesota out, which it seems they should, woop-de-doo. If they get beat, I will become severely depressed.

 

[metahawk]

Remedy to Cure All Ills this season: Seeing Iowa kick the snot out of an SEC team in the Outback Bowl.

 

[herkeye]

IF the hawks get invited to the Outback Bowl. Penn State, Illinois, Northwestern, and Michigan are all sitting at the same record respectively. Not to mention, JoPa might be looking at his final game(?). I really hope Iowa gets the invite over all of them, but it seems to me our fan base isn't too willing to settle for the Outback Bowl given the pre-season hype. One word for this season. CHOKE. So, now I got that off my chest, here's to a curb stomping of the Goofers. Cheers! Go Hawks!

 

[iHawk]

I lost a person I cared about last night in a one-car accident. He was 47 years old, with two beautiful daughters and a wonderful son.

It was an unbelievable tragedy.

Iowa football is a hobby. It is a game. It is a diversion. It is not life and death. People on this board take it WAY too seriously.

No Iowa team has ever won 3 bowl games in a row. It has never happened. That is something to play for.

You bet it still means something to me. Life is too short and uncertain not to enjoy EVERY season, every game.