Iowa's Twelfth Man

[ATLHawkeye]

Not sure how (or why) I came across this, but it appears our home crowd should be referred to as "The Twelfth Man", rather than Texas A&M's, unless Wikipedia is wrong... and we all know Wikipedia is NEVER wrong!

12th man (football) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A marketing opportunity missed!

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

yeah, but our team goes to 11.

 

[docholihawk]

Not sure how (or why) I came across this, but it appears our home crowd should be referred to as "The Twelfth Man", rather than Texas A&M's, unless Wikipedia is wrong... and we all know Wikipedia is NEVER wrong!

12th man (football) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A marketing opportunity missed!

Cool story, thanks for finding it.

 

[PhoenixHawk]

We just need to copyright the phrase "the original 12th Man!" and paint it in the stadium. After all, Notre Dame stole "Play like a champion today" from Oklahoma, who still have it painted on their stadium. History is on our side!

 

[desihawk]

We just need to copyright the phrase "the original 12th Man!" and paint it in the stadium. After all, Notre Dame stole "Play like a champion today" from Oklahoma, who still have it painted on their stadium. History is on our side!

Good one. We could also go "the 12th person" route. In one fell swoop, we could amerliorate the annual controversy around the pink locker rooms and paint A&M as the sexist pigs that they are.

 

[bigjim]

That was a very interesting story

 

[CWooD4]

I hate everything about A&M.