For those who will skip attending one or both of the last two games because of the record or the last loss, consider the kids in the hospital. Some fighting for life and some for sure that will never make it out of there again. Times get tough and we think our team losing really means anything in the grand scheme of things. Means nothing. I will be there at least to wave since that has started and the kids get excited for it.
Food for thought.
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okeefe4prez
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Excellent post and I agree with your sentiments. Anyone who cancels season tickets or misses games due to the performance of the team or coaching staff does not care about sick kids.
Very well said.
hawk2th
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I was considering letting go of my Illinois tix, but this, plus it being senior day (which I for some unknown reason am a sucker for attending to give a hand to the guys who "stuck it out", so to speak), has caused me to reconsider, and I will go, and keep my season tix for next year too.
Lots of people who "care a lot about sick kids" have never seen an Iowa FB game
Guessing you are being sarcastic. So your team loses a couple and you give up. Kids look out in stadium looking for people waving to them and sees more empty seats. The kids aren't giving up and they look forward to it for what it is.
Believe military appreciation day also.
Sure, but ones who normally go and suddenly won't due to losses are the ones in question
hawk2th
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Great. I hope that we get another cool flyover
MelroseHawkins
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OK4Prez is the BEST troller!
Many others:
If you want a new FB head coach, you hate Iowa.
If we had better fans, Brian would be a competent OC.
If we replace Kirk, Iowa will be terrible.
If we don't give outrageous contract extensions, other teams will pluck away Iowa's coaches.
HawkGold
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I have a bit different perspective. First what is maddening is that KF is a good coach. He gets the Hawks right there in terms of being good enough to content but leaves stuff on the table. One throw Stanley made was unbelievable in risk, velocity, and talent. Then you watch time and time again where he isn't used well. I imagine after the phenomonal he got chewed on. That throw was an NFL throw. It was also quick release.
It's hard to not get down on being on the brink to see a loss in the end.
About the hospital and admittedly I haven't been there in a game day but I took my daughter there the day after surgery in a wheel chair and she could get to the window as some booster types were blocking the way for the chair. I helped her walk slowly and the crowd would quit talking to each other long enough to let her thru. She was very excited as she knows about my Hawk mania.
Not feeling well she said to just leave.
When we ve been at Stead for 2 surgeries the place has been very empty as a hospital. I know there are some long term kids there and it likely means something to them but I suspect a lot of it is PR hype. Many kids on weekends need isolation which doesn't happen there.
Her surgeon is great. We much prefer Chicago or St Louis Childrens for atmosphere and support though.
The wave isn't a bad thing at all. It's a great idea. Not sure about real impact.
Maybe some of you have different perspective.
okeefe4prez
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Is that show House still on? This would be a great plot.
Nurse - "Dr. ever bince Saturday, little Timmy seems to have lost his will to live."
House - "Timmy, what's on your mind?"
Timmy - "Several people in row 74 of Section D decided they didn't want to watch two powerhouse 6-4 teams battle it out on a 26 degree day and when I saw the empty seats, it just robbed me of my life force."
Then we can spend the next 32 minutes of the show on Barta staging a fake game so we can fill the stands. Timmy is cured and we roll the credits.
I cancelled my season tickets after 45 years for several reasons, getting old, usually miss first two games traveling to see grand kids, then dont like the late real cold Nov games, but I could put up with some of those aforementioned reasons if the hawk offense just was coached to have a pulse. I never thought I would see a 2015 and there have been some really good home games since 2015 but wow just mostly some bland, conservative offense, home and on the road.
The Wave is great.
But I do care about sick kids, hungry people, etc and I take action in other ways.
Yes I agree with you about senior day. I always have enjoyed applauding all the players most of whom have also got their degree.
Northside Hawk
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My ninth grader's classmate and basketball teammate was there about three years ago for a surgical procedure. We brought several boys down with us on Friday night and watched the B1G tournament games in the lounge.
I remember seeing the parents of the seriously, and probably in some cases, terminally ill children. That exhausted, resigned look in their eyes. These parents had jobs like me, had families like me, had problems like me. And then they get dealt this crappy hand. I'm sure some of them, privately, were 'praying
for all of it to just be over and done, so they could get on with their lives with as much normalcy as possible.
Those images have haunted me ever since and I sometimes catch myself trying to fathom being in their shoes.
okeefe4prez
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Yeah, bruh, I know that look. I used to live on East 73rd in Manhattan a few doors away from the Ronald McDonald House. Ugh. At least at the Iowa hospital there is non life threatening stuff going on, but the RM House in Manhattan was all super sick kids getting cutting edge treatment at Cornell Hospital down on York Ave.
Anyone looking to stop donating to the Football Program should look into reallocating funds to that outstanding charity.
HawkGold
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My daughter has serious health issues but not terminal. The surgeries are with a certain amount of risk. She was dealt a crappy hand in life especially in her prior life before us as parents. That alone is exhausting. Never ending insurance issues, tired, watching her shake uncontrollably and the doctors had no clue at the time and so on. Fighting with the school is a frontier I never would have thought about before. I couldnt imagine the terminal cases.
When the adults wouldn't move over to see Kinnick I didn't get angry but I felt bad for her. She's a trooper and just moved on. She s also a human needle cushion. At first she was brave about endless sticks but now she cries and it's real.
One of the room she has been prepped for surgery in has KF and Mary s name next to the door.
Ronald McDonald House leaves a lot to be desired compared to others and parking for it is brutal for families.
That said U I has some outstanding med professionals for the market size.
They do move on though.
I am sure some of the players just have to
Supposed to be flyover by 4 of the A10s. Should be good.
