Two things...I didn't change my tune after that podcast. I began to change how I criticized, at the end of the summer of 2015...all through the winter (you may recall me calling Kirk gutless after not letting CJB and Rudock speak to media after Gator Bowl, which was a dumb term, but certainly not a change of tune after the Nebraska game) or any of the subsequent podcasts, including all through the summer, that were almost mocking in tone and all are still right there for you to listen to. I have said this before, in a podcast...but will type if here.
I watched Zach Johnson win the British Open..and I witnessed his genuine grace, humility and class...and was convicted of how petulant I had been acting over a game, and me not liking the outcome, and being childish in my criticisms of someone I do respect (in Kirk)...and that I didn't want to act like that any more.
So I haven't.
No calls from Ft Kinnick...my credentials had already been yanked well before the Nebraska game. The only reason ours were reinstated was because the coaching staff fought for non-traditional media access that following fall..not our site specifically, but it umbrella'd under us.
So you'd be wrong about that.
You'd also be wrong about the weekly Jethro's thing..that happened entirely because of Kirk also having an epiphany on how he acted that off season, and hiring a PR firm to help in that area...and the fall of 2015 was when Iowa began reaching out far more to media avails, and that included the Hawkeye Nation show.
I don't own the website. I haven't for nearly 4 years and I haven't been the primary owner for over 7 years....so you just aren't up to speed on a number of things that you talked about in this reply...but thanks for checking in.