I thought ISU lost to Nebraska

[hawkeyescott]

I think it is fine. You have to remember that ISU is not an elite team in the national title hunt every year like Iowa.

You got part of that right, ISU isn't an elite team, but come on, ISU fans give Iowa fans crap all the time for rushing the field, but at least they don't do it after a LOSS and celebrate moral victories.

 

[MNHawkeyeFreak]

Honestly I can't believe how some people are getting so riled up for the ISU fans showing appreciation for their players after a very hard fought game. These same people must have forgotten about Iowa's game against NW last year when a large majority of the fans applauded the team even after they lost the game. They weren't celebrating the fact that we lost; rather they were showing their appreciation for what that team had done for the first 9 weeks of the season and how proud of them they were. I swear some people will do anything to find a reason to bash on Iowa State.

And FWIW, I don't remember anyone cheering after the NW loss.

I remember a lot of silence and F bombs.

People always cheer at the end of the game when the band plays the fight song as the team leaves the field. But I don't think it has anything to do with praising the team for a loss.

I don't look for reasons to "bash" ISU fans, but I don't look for reasons to go out of my way to defend them. Especially considering how delusional some of them are.

I was at the NW game last year and you are wrong. The team got a standing ovation as they walked off the field. It wasn't because the band was playing. The stadium was mostly full and the crowd cheered...because the team had done well up to that point in the season and I didn't hear a lot of F bombs where I was. Silence on the way out. Fans lingered in the stadium. Plenty of fans with tears and their eyes and I saw a few football players afterwards with tears too. Good for the Iowa State fans for standing by their team and cheering at them instead of throwing F-bombs.

 

[ThunderHawk]

They didn't try to win the game in regulation even though they had momentum, timeouts, and the wind. They sat on the ball and played for overtime. You deserve to lose win you play not to lose. Silly Clones. Wait a second....

You think they should have tried to pass (their only option given the situation, and Nebraska knew it) deep in their own territory against one of the premier secondaries in the nation with a wind that could have wreaked havoc on passes?

The odds were better taking the tie and going to OT.

 

[ThunderHawk]

FWIW...I heard that the ISU press box erupted in cheers when it had appeared that Indiana had defeated Iowa.

THAT is why they are, and always will be, little brother.

 

[tm3308]

TM, you must have got stuck going to graduate school at Iowa after your love affair in Ames ended. Your various posts sound anything but like those of someone who views the Hawks as "our" team. If you think good fans are those that fill their 50,000 seat stadium only when Iowa or Nebraska dump another 15,000 fans on Ames than yes they are great fans. The idea that Iowa boos more than other rabid fans is ridiculous; there are few places in America that provide the home team more of a home field advantage than Kinnick and Ames is surely not one of them.

Wow, you're wrong on all counts. I'm currently an undergrad at Iowa. I'm a born and raised Hawkeye, who was named for Tork Hook and have known for as long as I can remember that this is where I wanted to be. I've missed all of one football game since 2002, my room is plastered with Black and Gold (including a large number of autographs).

I do root for ISU for 12 weeks of the year (assuming a bowl game). I make plenty of playful insults during the week of the ISU game, but the rest of the year I want them to do well.

I didn't say that the ISU fanbase was better. But there are too many Iowa fans who don't appreciate the effort that these college kids put out. I'm sorry, but booing a player as he comes out of the tunnel on his Senior Day is beyond low. If by finding the fact that ISU's fans appreciated the effort and made sure the team knew they were proud of them refreshing makes me a "fake" Hawk fan, then I guess that's what you'll choose to believe. Doesn't make it true.

Again, I don't see why Iowa fans, who love to say they don't care about ISU, are bashing ISU's fans over this, when it has NOTHING to do with the Hawks.

 

[Rhoadhoused]

Ok if anybody actually thought ISU fans stormed the field, they didn't. It seems as though there might be some confusion. I didn't see anybody and if there was anybody from the stands it was only a handful of people, probably people with field passes or something.

Also Arnaud said after the game, "This team is not interested in moral victories." Pretty clear there what the team's feelings are.

 

[ISUcy08]

Evidently, all of you who think celebrating losses to top 10 teams is a great idea are too young to remember Hayden Fry. In his first year, Iowa lost a close one, something like 21-7, to highly ranked Oklahoma in Norman. After the game, Hayden told his players if he saw one of them accepting praise for playing competitively against the Sooners, he would punch him in the mouth. He went on to say that his program would be judged on winning games and not playing teams close. He saw no honor in losing regardless of the score of the game.

I think I prefer Hayden's approach to storming the field to celebrate a close loss. Although, I guess when your team lets Utah hang 68 on you, you best celebrate losing a close one to a quarterbackless Husker team.

Please. The field wasn't stormed. A few people congratulated the team for playing a great game. And we aren't celebrating. Just proud of the team for playing that way. Especially when you have horrible games like Utah and Oklahoma.

 

[trevorbrowne]

ISU coach Paul Rhoads gave his team a vote of no confidence against Nebraska.

Twice.

In regulation, with 40 seconds, three timeouts and the wind ... Rhoads said: My team isn't good enough to win in this situation. There is a better chance my team will do something bad and lose than they will do something good and win. I'll take a knee.

In overtime, Rhoads said: My team isn't good enough to compete with Nebraska in overtime. Eventually, Nebraska will win. So I have to try a trick play with a 50-to-1 chance of being successful.

Publicly, the players and ISU fans support Rhoads. Deep down, they know the truth. They could have and should have won this game.

 

[tm3308]

ISU coach Paul Rhoads gave his team a vote of no confidence against Nebraska.

Twice.

In regulation, with 40 seconds, three timeouts and the wind ... Rhoads said: My team isn't good enough to win in this situation. There is a better chance my team will do something bad and lose than they will do something good and win. I'll take a knee.

In overtime, Rhoads said: My team isn't good enough to compete with Nebraska in overtime. Eventually, Nebraska will win. So I have to try a trick play with a 50-to-1 chance of being successful.

Publicly, the players and ISU fans support Rhoads. Deep down, they know the truth. They could have and should have won this game.

50-1? Please. Franklin was wide open. That play had a pretty good chance of success considering how badly Nebraska was caught off guard.

 

[RobKong]

Your an idiot.

Irony.