Yes, this can't be treated as "just another game" by anybody on any level. Too much is at stake, even in September.
Oh yeah, the Cocks-Hawks bowl. Forgot about that one.
They did, but I was at the game and when I looked up at the scoreboard at the beginning of the 4th quarter the game was far from being decided.
My point exactly. There was an inflection point in the program precisely at that 2010 game. Sure, Iowa had the nice year in 2015 where we narrowly beat a down Wisconsin team and went to Indy thanks to dodging all the good crossover teams and not shitting the bed against the Northwesterns and Purdues of the conference, but for the most part, Iowa has not been the same program bince that 2010 fake punt. Wisconsin is our #1 rival for recruiting that second tier Big Ten player who is considering the West and the decisions will be solidified over the next 6 weeks or so. This game is so huge for the future path of the program.
Ron and I were at that game. Ybor City had a plethora of young talent running around wearing "Go Cocks" and "Cocks are hard to beat" and (etc etc). Fun times.
When I went to the stock car race at Darlington a few weeks ago, they had a college tailgate zone set up. I stopped by the portapotties there to let my son take a leak and some chicks told me it is their school year kickoff - they open the football season with a schoolwide tailgate then do a massive tailgate at Darlington that is the rush thing for some sororities and some frats. Holy shit, man, there had to be over a thousand chicks there, the average short size was cut about a half inch above the ass cheek fold and at least 80% of them were hot as all hell.
