Hero's Game Poll

Heros Game?

  • I like it, nice job.

    Votes: 33 32.4%

  • Like Sir Charles, I think it's turrible.

    Votes: 34 33.3%

  • Meh, at least they didnt royally screw it up.

    Votes: 35 34.3%
  • Total voters
    102
I like the idea of honoring heroes before the game and starting the charity. Not crazy about the name The Heroes Game. Feels forced on us by the schools and Hy-Vee.
 
Official Soundtrack - Enrique Iglesias "Hero"
Official Sponsor - Runza.... and Quilted Northern
Honorary Coin Flip Attendees - Pierre Pierce, Sedrick Everson and Eric Crouch
 
I think the whole thing is ludicrous. I'd love it if this sort of thing were allowed to evolve organically, rather than being designed from the top down by a corporate sponsor. After all, real rivalries are generated by players, coaches, and fans, not by conferences or sponsors. No focus group would ever think of anything as ridiculous as Floyd of Rosedale, which is one of the things that makes it so cool. I guess it's too much to ask to go back to the days in which these sorts of things were allowed to develop on their own momentum.
 
The fact that only a third of the responses so far think this was "turrible" means that while it's not a blowout success, overall the response is positive. I think it will grow on people after the debut game.
 
olivecourt said:
I think the whole thing is ludicrous. I'd love it if this sort of thing were allowed to evolve organically, rather than being designed from the top down by a corporate sponsor. After all, real rivalries are generated by players, coaches, and fans, not by conferences or sponsors. No focus group would ever think of anything as ridiculous as Floyd of Rosedale, which is one of the things that makes it so cool. I guess it's too much to ask to go back to the days in which these sorts of things were allowed to develop on their own momentum.
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What's ludicrous is to think we would invite Nebraska into our conference and just stand around for 20 years and wait for an "organic" rivalry to develop while declining all the $$$ and exposure for the league and the two schools that would come from giving the most likely "organic" rivalry a little kickstart.
 
That is it, I'm pressing the reset button on this rivalry. I REALLY like the concept. I think the GAME should be called The Heroes Game. But the trophy should be something entirely different. What makes college football better than pro is history and character. There is no history, so the game needed some unique character. This bland, PC PR move is not what this rivalry needed.

So keep the game name and all what was announced today, but for heavens sake leave a little fun left to be had with the rivalry. Get a 'Corn Belt' or something.
 
tweeterhawk said:
The fact that only a third of the responses so far think this was "turrible" means that while it's not a blowout success, overall the response is positive. I think it will grow on people after the debut game.
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That's my take also. I think everyone realized in today's crybaby society there were going to be a chunk of people that didn't like it no matter what they did. That being the case as long as they didn't completely screw it up it should be viewed as a success.
 
The Land Grant Trophy sounded good at the start, too.

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DuffMan said:
Ohhh and that's the other thing, I personally don't give a rats *** what anyone outside of the states and fan-bases of the two schools think because frankly it's irrelevant. This is about us not them. They to line up like sheople and watch the game because it's the only thing on. Meanwhile they will drive ratings and increase ad revenue all of which will help draw attention to our schools and help raise money for the charities involved.

It's not like the name of the game or trophy game will have any impact on how the nation perceives the game. "Farmageddon" is a pretty cool name but it's not like people were standing in line to watch those two terrible programs play a football game.
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Acctually, I was implying that people in Iowa and Nebraska will not care about the people being honored. There is a reason why the "feel good" story is one minute at the end of the news, and sports in 10 minutes in the middle.

They will march the sandbagger out to the 50, he'll get polite applause from the people who showed up early, there will probably be a big check with the CEO of Hy-Vee...and then people will forget about it 10 seconds into the senior day video montage.
 
MultipleDundieAwardWinner said:
Acctually, I was implying that people in Iowa and Nebraska will not care about the people being honored. There is a reason why the "feel good" story is one minute at the end of the news, and sports in 10 minutes in the middle.

They will march the sandbagger out to the 50, he'll get polite applause from the people who showed up early, there will probably be a big check with the CEO of Hy-Vee...and then people will forget about it 10 seconds into the senior day video montage.
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Then it's clear you don't understand much about the people of Iowa and Nebraska.
 
DuffMan said:
What's ludicrous is to think we would invite Nebraska into our conference and just stand around for 20 years and wait for an "organic" rivalry to develop while declining all the $$$ and exposure for the league and the two schools that would come from giving the most likely "organic" rivalry a little kickstart.
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College football is about tradition. You can't build traditions in an EZ-Bake oven. They take time to grow.

This is a cash grab-- I get it, that's fine. But the idea that it's anything a fan should give any value to is just silly. I want to beat Nebraska because they've been a historically great team and because my relatives are obnoxious Husker fans. Whether or not we win the Heroes trophy means about as much to me as whether or not Gatens Real Estate wins the Prime Time League.

In contrast, Floyd of Rosedale actually means something and adds something to a game that is already pretty compelling. The Big Ten acts like all of these new "traditions" are in the same category as Floyd, Paul Bunyan's Axe, and the Little Brown Jug, but they aren't even in the same universe.
 
olivecourt said:
College football is about tradition. You can't build traditions in an EZ-Bake oven. They take time to grow.

This is a cash grab-- I get it, that's fine. But the idea that it's anything a fan should give any value to is just silly. I want to beat Nebraska because they've been a historically great team and because my relatives are obnoxious Husker fans. Whether or not we win the Heroes trophy means about as much to me as whether or not Gatens Real Estate wins the Prime Time League.

In contrast, Floyd of Rosedale actually means something and adds something to a game that is already pretty compelling. The Big Ten acts like all of these new "traditions" are in the same category as Floyd, Paul Bunyan's Axe, and the Little Brown Jug, but they aren't even in the same universe.
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And I could care less about the Floyd trophy, or the big cow thing that we get when we play wisky.
 
IMO not a fan at all, but it could be much worse. Like others stated I'm just glad there's no corn involved.
 
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