When do you know its hawkeye football time!

[HawkeyeFever]

When I come up out of the tunnel and see the field for the first time of the year. Pure adrenaline.

 

[atxhawk]

Or in my case, since I live in Tampa, FL - when you start watching hurricane reports.

Dude, we are already watching those here. Stupid Ernesto decided to not with Texas.

 

[AHawk1]

When the cheerleaders start practicing.

Oregon Ducks Cheerleaders | AthlonSports.com

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Or in my case, since I live in Tampa, FL - when you start watching hurricane reports.

I live in orlando, so i hear ya. But it's when they are speculating on the fifth or sixth storm that I start to think, "Hmmm...getting close".

The official start is when the BTN Iowa Preview premieres.

 

[Sparky]

I start getting wedding invitations in the mail from some delusional idiot who thinks I'm going to skip an Iowa game so I can go.

 

[ColoradoHAWKEYE]

I start getting wedding invitations in the mail from some delusional idiot who thinks I'm going to skip an Iowa game so I can go.

Lol. Just got one in mail today, and thought what fools (in so many ways).

 

[BigD]

That's November for me.


The night before the first game is when it hits me. I'm like a little kid on Christmas Eve.

Isn't that the truth. The leaves are off the trees in Iowa when ours start to turn color, lol. The summers here are miserable. Don't know which I distain more the heat or SEC fans.

 

[MisterLucky]

When I tune into the Coach Ferentz call-in show to listen to him take compliments and advice from Tommy.

 

[metahawk]

Week of the first game it hits me. Like, holy crap there is an actual game Saturday - awesome feeing.