Favorite Hawkeye pre-KF
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Sorry, over my head with that one...
I totally read that as Willie Gault...shows my lack of pre-KF fandom, Gault played at Tennessee. I am an idiot. But I stand by my claim that WILLIE GAULT was awesome in Tecmo Bowl.
SmokeTownHawk
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Zud Schammel-just love his name.
And a Waterloo native!
Fry built those expectations by saying after seeing him on the practice field he was the best player he'd ever seen -- over the top praise from Fry, who wasn't one for hyperbole until players proved in on the field.
Nice to see my friend Robert Smith mentioned. I swear when in Evanston to watch the Hawks play NW one year, Long would simply drop back, throw the ball 40-50 yds, and Smith would run under it -- time and time again...one of those 56-3 games or something like that.
He was Hayden's first big-time Texas recruit, met his future wife in Iowa City, she was from Waterloo and they moved here and he's lived in Waterloo ever since, doing great work in the community. Great guy.
Seth53
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In the "old days" at Iowa, most undergrad students had to go to the Indoor Track Facility to register for classes.
Everything was laid out on rectangle card/picnic tables. All transactions were written on paper.
It was a mob scene. First come, first served. If you dwaddled, you got shut out of mandatory undergrad classes.
So, 1979 (I am thinking mid August), I was queuing up to register, clutching my student ID.
There was this *huge* black dude standing close to me in the rhetoric line.
And I mean BIG. He looked like a FB player for sure, and HAD to be a lineman or LB.
Nope. It was Reggie Roby.
I didn't know who he was then. (People were whispering about him but I hadn't known his name then).
Too bad, if I had known, I would have requeseted an autograph.
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Northside Hawk
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Another tidbit on Station.
Barry Alvarez with his obvious ties to Nebraska was his recruiter. .According to Barry's book Don't Flinch (arguably the best sports autobiography I have ever read) he discovered to inside track to impressing Station was not necessarily getting to know his coaches and family, but rather cutting the rug with his guidance counselor tucked away in the third floor of the high school building. She was actually the most influential person on Larry and it left a positive impression. Station realized that Iowa was serious about academics and the well being of the person and not just a football meat market. Station would go into retail management with several supermarkets in the Omaha area.
Alvarez also recruited Richard Bass from the same same high school. While he didn't have a remarkable Iowa career he did have his moments. He wou,d eventually earn his doctorate and become a school superintendent.
Want evidence that Station was a serious student? Rewind to October 19 1985. While most of the campus, and much of the state was going batshit over the last second win over Michigan, Larry was preparing for midterms at the main library.
Barry Alvarez with his obvious ties to Nebraska was his recruiter. .According to Barry's book Don't Flinch (arguably the best sports autobiography I have ever read) he discovered to inside track to impressing Station was not necessarily getting to know his coaches and family, but rather cutting the rug with his guidance counselor tucked away in the third floor of the high school building. She was actually the most influential person on Larry and it left a positive impression. Station realized that Iowa was serious about academics and the well being of the person and not just a football meat market. Station would go into retail management with several supermarkets in the Omaha area.
Alvarez also recruited Richard Bass from the same same high school. While he didn't have a remarkable Iowa career he did have his moments. He wou,d eventually earn his doctorate and become a school superintendent.
Want evidence that Station was a serious student? Rewind to October 19 1985. While most of the campus, and much of the state was going batshit over the last second win over Michigan, Larry was preparing for midterms at the main library.
Seth53
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hawkdrummer1
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Are you suggesting Station showered, regrouped and went to the library at something like 10 or 11PM the night after the game?
Northside Hawk
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I get it. Sounds a bit far fetched. And Steve Alford wrote in his autobiography that it was literally impossible to try and study after coming down of the participation in an athletic event.
But my neighbor across the hall in my dorm was a student manager for the football team who worked with Alvarez and the linebackers and that was his story. He had scoops for us before the media reported them. From Quinn Early's injury in the last practice before opening game to Brad Quast having a problem that would get him suspended for the 1986 Holiday Bowl to Barry Alvarez leaving for Notre Dame. He had anecdotes from the stories Barry told and other football happenings and I wish I had remembered more of them..
I remember he wasn't a big guy but boy could he eat.. I saw him and another manager put away a 20 inch Paul Revere's Pizza in one sitting. I couldn't believe it.
HawkIowa44
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Banks and Dwight were so exciting to watch.
Chickenlounge
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I have to go with Alex Karras.
Mongo only pawn in game of life.
I actually just read his Wikipedia page, as admittedly I didn't much about his overall football career. It's an interesting read if you have a few minutes to waste.
Mongo only pawn in game of life.
I actually just read his Wikipedia page, as admittedly I didn't much about his overall football career. It's an interesting read if you have a few minutes to waste.
