Pollard Makes Barta look ridiculous

[Herkeye1986]

I have never really liked anything to do with Iowa State and that won't change. BUT Jamie Pollard makes Barta look more ridiculous than usual in his response about the alleged band incident. Have grown to have even more disdain towards Barta since the Dolph incident. Just my opinion.

https://www.weareiowa.com/sports/iowa-state-ad-jamie-pollard-weighs-in-on-iowa-band-incident/

 

[PCHawk]

How the heck did "somebody did something" make national news anyway?

 

[DDThompson]

Yeah, I don’t know why you wouldn’t contact the other AD.

I guess a press release is easier and it lets the band directors and members that you “listened” and are “doing something”

 

[GesterHawk]

Well, he either made Gary look foolish or slipped the noose around his own neck. Time will tell.

 

[DJL]

Yeah, I don’t know why you wouldn’t contact the other AD.

I guess a press release is easier and it lets the band directors and members that you “listened” and are “doing something”

Pollard did say on the radio yesterday that Barta contacted him before the press release came out. Apparently their were some social media post about an "incident" and Barta didn't have a lot of details yet. They got a media inquiry and decided to send out the press release to address the situation. Not sure what happened, but obviously there is something. It may be way overblown also. Pollard said on the radio if something bad happened he would be embarrassed and act accordingly, but as of right now he has no details or evidence of anything happening. I guess we will have to wait and see what details come out before calling anyone out on either side. Odd concept, I know.

 

[DDThompson]

Pollard did say on the radio yesterday that Barta contacted him before the press release came out. Apparently their were some social media post about an "incident" and Barta didn't have a lot of details yet. They got a media inquiry and decided to send out the press release to address the situation. Not sure what happened, but obviously there is something. It may be way overblown also. Pollard said on the radio if something bad happened he would be embarrassed and act accordingly, but as of right now he has no details or evidence of anything happening. I guess we will have to wait and see what details come out before calling anyone out on either side. Odd concept, I know.

I stand corrected. Thanks for the info.

I broke my own rule of waiting 48hrs before responding cuz social media is the Frankenstein of gossip.

 

[SteveGarvey1]

My guess is that something happened but it's been greatly exaggerated.

 

[okeefe4prez]

My guess is that something happened but it's been greatly exaggerated.

Nothing is exaggerated in an academic setting. A man literally almost died in Columbia, Missouri after a hunger strike that started due to poop smeared on a bathroom wall.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

ISU band = The Stanford band of the east.

 

[HawkeyeFever]

ISU band = The Stanford band of the east.

 

[InGoodCo]

 

[99topdawg]

I'll translate what Pollard was trying to say: "You've proven that you're better at football or everything else lately, so I'm going to explain to you the only thing we seem to be better at than you, whining and playing the victim."

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

Let he, who is without punt return issues, cast the first stone. From the Book of Wisconsin 9/22/2018

 

[Northside Hawk]

"OH, THE BAND IS OUT ON THE FIELD!"

Among them other anecdotes from that game.

It was the final college game for a quarterback named John Elway, who had just given Stanford the lead with a late touchdown.

The offensive coordinator for Stanford was future long time NFL head coach and coordinator Jim Fassel.

Current Carolina Panthers head coach (for now) Ron Rivera was a defensive lineman for Cal. He would play linebacker in the NFL.

 

[Jonrn]

Nothing is exaggerated in an academic setting. A man literally almost died in Columbia, Missouri after a hunger strike that started due to poop smeared on a bathroom wall.

So true, once a flute player gets called fat on a college campus by a drunk ISU fan, it’s over. That’s the crisis equivalent of a chemical weapon when filtered through the culture of modern university liberal arts programs.

 

[hawkeyes87]

"Pollard makes Barta look ridiculous" is an extreme disservice to Barta.

GB is his own man, and doesn't need help from anyone in this regard., thank you very much!

 

[hawkinn3]

Pollard is an asshole who needs to learn to shut up but I’ll never defend Barta, he’s a disease.

 

[seepig]

Barta is an IDIOT that's why GB would issue a PR. What a fool! I thought I saw him sitting next to Jerry Nadler in congress asking Cory Lewendowski if there was Russian collusion.

 

[BigD]

Pollard is an asshole who needs to learn to shut up but I’ll never defend Barta, he’s a disease.

Don’t be insulting diseases bud!

 

[Chickenlounge]

A houseplant makes Barta look ridiculous.