Remember when

Eda said:
That must've been before social media and smarty phones.

Jkjk... One of my fave vids (love when the music changes to 'Tallica and the players start hoping).
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That stadium looks fantastic. One of the best ideas they've ever had.
 
A glass of dirty water is like champagne to a man dying of thirst, which is what those early Hayden years were like at Kinnick.....we won some games! Hell we went nuts for the Commings win over ISU in 77. Fans get fat, sassy and hard to satisfy....I guess.
 
JHHawk said:
A glass of dirty water is like champagne to a man dying of thirst, which is what those early Hayden years were like at Kinnick.....we won some games! Hell we went nuts for the Commings win over ISU in 77. Fans get fat, sassy and hard to satisfy....I guess.
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Old. Fans get old, cranky, and boring like a lot of Iowa fans at the stadium these days.
 
I agree winning helps. I have been going to games since 1967. I haven't had a more exciting game experience than the PSU night game. When you can be down close to the tunnel and the guys come out like in the video. That's as good as it gets. I also think Kinnick is intimidating to other teams. The fans are so close
And yes I am old and crankey. But I tried to take the field that night but my wife stopped me
 
I was at that game too. Completely frozen but it was pretty magical. Kept it close, kept it close, then we did it. Still remember the black if night surrounding the stadium. Pretty neat
 
I'll never forget the rush I would feel when Back in Black was playing and the players rushed the field. I like the black and gold sections in Kinnick but that 2009 game with Michigan, a night game, the crowd with the blackout, to borrow a phrase from pro wrestler Road Warrior Hawk, Ooohhh what a rush! That had to be intimidating for Michigan coming in.
 
MNHawkeyeFreak said:
The students used to be in the NW corner when I was a student....so why would the SW corner be that different?
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I don't know when you were a student, but before they moved to their current location, the students were on the west sideline from the 35 to the endzone (or so). They weren't in the corner. Those were great seats for the students. It put them close to the field (without the gap of the endzone) so the noise was unbelievably loud for the opposing team.

Now those seats go to people who pay a donation, show up late, leave early and sit on their hands the entire game. Meanwhile, the students are in the SW corner, farther away from the playing field than they have ever been.
 
Myth: The tailgating "crackdown" has ruined the game day experience (for whom? for how many? really?)
Myth: The renovation of the stadium has been detrimental to the game day experience (evidence?)
Myth: The poor music selection has ruined the game day experience. (Oh, come on)
Myth: Playing mid-major teams early in the year has ruined the Kinnick experience. (maybe for those games...)
Myth: The move of the student section to the south end of the stadium has neutralized the students' excitement. (nope)
Myth: The crowd is getting old and sitting on their hands (come on up to my section where we are and you will reconsider your thinking)

Fact: The students arrive late, leave early, buy fewer tickets, and are only "into" the game about half the time.
Fact: Go to a couple of away games and you may well see the same thing.

At times, the students can be a real force (I sit in the South Endzone and have for years, so I can watch the students and hear them loud and clear). But, that generation is changing the stadium atmosphere, and not just in Iowa City.
 
INTIMIDATORHawk said:
I don't know when you were a student, but before they moved to their current location, the students were on the west sideline from the 35 to the endzone (or so). They weren't in the corner. Those were great seats for the students. It put them close to the field (without the gap of the endzone) so the noise was unbelievably loud for the opposing team.

Now those seats go to people who pay a donation, show up late, leave early and sit on their hands the entire game. Meanwhile, the students are in the SW corner, farther away from the playing field than they have ever been.
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I was a student in the mid 80's:Fry era. Seats were the west side , in the nw corner and wrapped around to the north endzone, so maybe we are talking about the same thing. I remember being almost behind the goalposts in the 1985 iowa Michigan game and seeing the kick come through at the end. Students used to get into a friendly shouting match of "Tastes great!" and "Less filling" which would quickly turn into some other phrases that can't be posted on a serious website.
 
MNHawkeyeFreak said:
I was a student in the mid 80's:Fry era. Seats were the west side , in the nw corner and wrapped around to the north endzone, so maybe we are talking about the same thing. I remember being almost behind the goalposts in the 1985 iowa Michigan game and seeing the kick come through at the end. Students used to get into a friendly shouting match of "Tastes great!" and "Less filling" which would quickly turn into some other phrases that can't be posted on a serious website.
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Student section my first year in IC (2004) was from the NW corner all the way out to the 35 or so on the Iowa sideline.
 
that was the era when I remember the crowd being really loud too. loved watching Hayden with those reflecting shades on!! :cool:
 
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