Questions from a new Hawkeye

[IOWuh]

Welcome to Iowa! Enrolling at Iowa was truly one of the best decisions of my life. It's a great school, the people are fantastic, and the campus is beautiful (especially in the fall). If I could repeat any time of my life, it would have been my four years in undergrad.

As for KF, you'll soon find Iowa fans are fairly rabid and have gotten used to recent success. As a result, a 7-5 year doesn't fly too well. KF is a developer of men and NFL talent but his game day decision making leaves a lot of us scratching our heads.

 

[HawkeyeMcNutt]

We don't get 5 star recruits because we are lil' ol' Iowa and we do more with less.

Which will make winning a national title someday that much better!

 

[STILLBUSTER]

RUBES!

 

[Hawkeye11en1]

A few things. Is it too late to retake the ACT to try to get into Northwestern or Michigan if you want to stay in the Big Ten? Have you considered majoring in Communications? There is a guy on here named VintageHawkeye who did that and you have the makings of a young VintageHawkeye. I like the cut of your jib, kid. I'll be watching you (but not in a creepy way).

Anyway, Hawk fans will try to compare us to Wisconsin, but that is not correct. Wisconsin has a lot of recent Rose Bowl appearances. I think the Iowa program is somewhere more around the Michigan State/Purdue/Northwestern tier of the B10, just above Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota.

Riiiiiiiight.....

 

[HawkeyeMHA]

this again

 

[Ozhawk]

Hey, I will be enrolling at U of I in January for undergrad. Having just started paying close attention to Hawkeye sports last month when I decided to go to U of I, I was just wondering how long the strong opposition to Kirk Ferentz has been present among this fan base.

Having grown up in Big Ten Country and as a die-hard (soon to be "former" because I will soon be a Hawkeye) Michigan fan, KF has always been highly regarded as a coach around these parts. I remember U of M even wanted to interview him this past year when they fired Rich Rod and he seems to get a lot of praise around the nation as well.

I guess my questions are, When did all of the hate start? Also as a new Hawkeye, what can I expect from this program? A lot of heartbreak? Will there be consistent success? And will we ever rope in a 5 star recruit or will it always be an unheralded, overachieving class?

Finally, from the outside, I've always seen this program most comparable to Wisconsin, would that be correct?

trolololo as in troll
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[DTF]

>Claim to be new
>Know a bunch of obscure facts nobody would look up upon arrival

I don't think so Tim...

 

[JailBreak81]

 

[Bigtenchamp]

Something smells fishy

 

[DDStretch]

Iowa then played Ohio State for the right to go to the Rose Bowl in 09 and while they were short handed we had a chance to win (I'm sure you know all this) but at the end of regulation we got the ball in OSU territory or just outside of it and decided that instead of trying to win the game we were going to kneel.

Try own 32-yard line (two 1st downs shy of Ohio State territory) with 52 seconds to go and a freshman quarterback who had already thrown 2 picks, and should have had a third if not for a fantastic play by Tony Moeaki combined with a collision by two Ohio State defenders.

 

[OUTofTOWNHAWK]

Whar new guy?

 

[iahawks912]

The OP is a troll. Or a really bad fan.

I moved now I love this team.

Right?? Thats not a real fan so il vote troll.