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[Fryowa]

And understand what this man did...

 

[Fryowa]

This chokes me up.

F’s sakes, men.

 

[EstronHawkKing]

I honestly believe if Hayden would have arrived at Iowa 10 years sooner than he did, we would have won a national title under him and probably at least 3-4 more Big 10 titles.

 

[Motigerhawk]

The savior. I miss him already

 

[ssckelley]

And he did exactly what he said he would do!

 

[okeefe4prez]

$45,000 per year? Damn, that is only $9k more than Fryowa makes!

 

[HawkeyeWalker]

Legend. One of a kind Legend.

 

[PlatypusMessiah]

All of that for $40k a year. The University probably made close to a billion off of Fry.

 

[Fryowa]

 

[okeefe4prez]

I honestly believe if Hayden would have arrived at Iowa 10 years sooner than he did, we would have won a national title under him and probably at least 3-4 more Big 10 titles.

Maybe. There was some lag after the first scholarship limits went into effect. When you had Michigan, OSU and Nebraska all stacking 150 guys, it was not going to be a cakewalk competing. I think the limit of 95 started when he came and he was a pioneer at living in that world while OSU and Michigan took some time to react to not having a monopoly on talent. Illinois got good shortly after Iowa as well.

 

[Fryowa]

Man this fuckin sucks. Lots of memories come flooding through.

Used to sit on the couch with my old man and watch the Hawks in the 80s. He’s been gone for 12 years now and I’m in his spot with my own kid.

 

[guffus]

And all it took to get him to come to Iowa in 1978 was $45,000 a year.

Adjusted for inflation, that's $160,000 a year in today's dollars.

 

[Fryowa]

$45,000 per year? Damn, that is only $9k more than Fryowa makes!

Try $15k more than I make.

 

[kameltoez102]

The Iowa football that we know was created and started by this man. While the record may not show it in wins and losses he did more for Iowa football than anyone else and it can be argued that he changed the Big10 forever.

if there was a stronger word than Legend I would use it. Heaven just got one hell of a coach

 

[okeefe4prez]

it can be argued that he changed the Big10 forever.

I'm going legacy Big Ten and Nebraska here, but he made it so Iowa is the one with the target on its back. No reasonable fan expects to displace OSU (and historically Michigan) long term. It just ain't gonna happen. But everyone wants Iowa. Wisconsin wanted to be Iowa and they hired Alvarez. Fitz targets Iowa as the realistic high water mark and they made the conference title game last year. Nebraska fan has suddenly become infatuated with Iowa because Iowa has destroyed them for several years running and it angers them. Did Fry permanently usurp Michigan or OSU? No, but he showed it was possible in spurts and he made a model for the rest of the programs.

 

[Motigerhawk]

Great videos. The respect this man earned was incredible.

I am in awe of this man. He did some great things for the state of Iowa.

 

[Motigerhawk]

The Iowa football that we know was created and started by this man. While the record may not show it in wins and losses he did more for Iowa football than anyone else and it can be argued that he changed the Big10 forever.

if there was a stronger word than Legend I would use it. Heaven just got one hell of a coach

He absolutely changed the B1G. He was at the forefront of the forward pass. The B1G was still 3 yards and a cloud of dust. Then came FRY. Yeah, Purdue was passing, but FRY was successful at it. FRY did things at Iowa that will never happen a gain.

 

[koralakers]

Great stuff there. Two legends and more importantly great people.

 

[okeefe4prez]

FRY did things at Iowa that will never happen a gain.

Like what?

 

[Motigerhawk]

Like what?

Change the culture of an entire state. Take a football program and make it the focus of the entire state. Create a culture of hope and success in a state that was anchored in losing, be it football or farming.

Fry made the state of Iowa relevant.