Minnesota Radio Announcer Calls Iowa Fans 'morons'

[SCHawkeye2]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1982216369384145005

"Lotta fans still sticking around, a little chilly, but they're braving it to watch their team here, and they're excited," he said in the fourth quarter. "You gotta remember that these are just simple farmers, people of the land, the common clay of the new west, you know, morons."

 

[guffus]

Is that a quote from Blazin Saddles? It sounds familar.

Edit: yup, found it

Blazing Saddles 1974 - People Of The Land

Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) has been insulted by an elderly woman and Jim - 'The Waco Kid' (Gene Wilder) tries to console him.

youtu.be

 

[Fryowa]

I have no problem with this. Humor and fan bases taking shots at each other is fun and it’s football.

Also like mentioned, this is from Blazing Saddles and anyone who can quote that movie from memory is ok with me.

 

[Iceman]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1982216369384145005

"Lotta fans still sticking around, a little chilly, but they're braving it to watch their team here, and they're excited," he said in the fourth quarter. "You gotta remember that these are just simple farmers, people of the land, the common clay of the new west, you know, morons."

Consider the source. These people sit in an ice hut and call it fishing!

 

[Hawke]

They built a dome with small doors and we’re the morons?

 

[M1911A1Hawkeye]

Nice.

 

[thedukeofearl]

Is that a quote from Blazin Saddles? It sounds familar.

Edit: yup, found it

Blazing Saddles 1974 - People Of The Land

Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) has been insulted by an elderly woman and Jim - 'The Waco Kid' (Gene Wilder) tries to console him.

youtu.be

Haven't watched Blazing Saddles in a long while

Really fun movie to watch, now I am gonna Have to watch it again

Free on Amazon Prime

 

[dagdaj]

While I love that quote...
It's maybe the single greatest ad-libbed moments in cinematic history.

But also, let's enjoy a touch of irony. That line was delivered by a 1955 Iowa grad.

And while I don't mind a little humor and I don't really care so much that it was "against" us, I'm glad Dolph doesn't go that far. I've certainly heard him take some sideways shots, but never that bold and direct.

It's kinda like Fickell a couole weeks ago. You go that far out on a limb and you don't back it up...you look a little silly. Immature. Bitter.

Especially in light of how much Minnesota fans try to make this a Rivalry. It's a rivalry. It's grandfathered in because of a trophy that didn't get lost like so many little brown jugs and whatnot. This is a rivalry 365 days a year for them. For Iowa fans, we think about Minnesota for a few minutes during the week, and then for 3 hours one day a year.

 

[DrKnipe]

Don’t just stand there, grasping your hands in pain. How bout a round of applause for the Waco Kid?

 

[dagdaj]

Don’t just stand there, grasping your hands in pain. How bout a round of applause for the Waco Kid?

Can we get a harumph for the Governor?

 

[#1DieHardHawk]

Love it!

It's one thing if a broadcaster says something out of anger or frustration, but humorously putting a tongue-in-cheek spin on a classic line from one of the best comedic movies of all time deserves a tip of the hat,

"Excuse me while I whip this out...."

 

[kcherky]

So fun fact, the announcer graduated from West Delaware and grew up a Hawkeye fan.

 

[BigD]

Consider the source. These people sit in an ice hut and call it fishing!

I wonder how many of them go get their chain saws and cut a complete 360 around their ice hut so they can say they have a BOAT house? LMAO!!!!

I loved it when the announcers during the game said it looked like they were playing with only one oar in the water. Even the national media makes fun of them.

 

[NCHawker]

I have no problem with this. Humor and fan bases taking shots at each other is fun and it’s football.

Also like mentioned, this is from Blazing Saddles and anyone who can quote that movie from memory is ok with me.

Yup well put.

…and here I thought I knew the movie by heart

 

[Paul]

He was simply honoring the late Iowa alumnus, Gene Wilder.

I say to him: Thank you, good sir. It is a shame that we can only play you but once a year in football.

The story goes that Wilder improvised that line in the film. Cleavon Little even broke character on that line. The reaction was so genuine that Mel Brooks kept it in the film.

Side note: I remember one time, freshman year, a member of Iowa's basketball team walked into my friend's dorm room shortly after we put Blazing Saddles in the VCR. I was so relieved that he found it funny and didn't think of us as horrible bigots.

 

[Chickenlounge]

I'm more upset that a Minnesotan said it was a little chilly. I damn near wore shorts to that game.

 

[thedukeofearl]

While I love that quote...
It's maybe the single greatest ad-libbed moments in cinematic history.

But also, let's enjoy a touch of irony. That line was delivered by a 1955 Iowa grad.

And while I don't mind a little humor and I don't really care so much that it was "against" us, I'm glad Dolph doesn't go that far. I've certainly heard him take some sideways shots, but never that bold and direct.

It's kinda like Fickell a couole weeks ago. You go that far out on a limb and you don't back it up...you look a little silly. Immature. Bitter.

Especially in light of how much Minnesota fans try to make this a Rivalry. It's a rivalry. It's grandfathered in because of a trophy that didn't get lost like so many little brown jugs and whatnot. This is a rivalry 365 days a year for them. For Iowa fans, we think about Minnesota for a few minutes during the week, and then for 3 hours one day a year.

You taking about Alex