Kirk was on for about eight minutes and gave Kirk answers we have heard a hundred times before.
Ferentz to appear on Russillo and Kanell Thursday
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Agree. I think the Iowa fans view is we don't have a problem if you don't think Iowa is #5 - everybody is entitled to their opinion. But you aren't entitled to your own facts and the length some idiots will go to ding Iowa but support an SEC or other team is amazing.
Example - Finnebaum - Iowa lost to Tennessee LAST YEAR so Iowa can't be good this year; Stanford is good this year; just ignore the Stanford loss to NW THIS YEAR because they were tired as it was an 11:00 a.m. game.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Yep. I've said it before, but I don't understand how you can even program a computer to have several 3 and 4 loss teams rated ahead of a 9-0 Iowa team.
Good interview. My take in one word........harmless.
I think both, especially Russillo, were a little guarded in their questions and responses, but by the end they were pretty much like...."huh, that wasn't so bad."
I think both, especially Russillo, were a little guarded in their questions and responses, but by the end they were pretty much like...."huh, that wasn't so bad."
I want Iowa to keep winning just so these blow hards have to keep talking about them.
Last year (or was it 2 years ago?) when Ole Miss and Miss St rose up and were nationally relevant for a couple weeks the national narrative was holy cow look how good these teams are! Now Iowa, who has had more success more recently that both schools combined, rises back up after a couple down years and the national narrative is completely different.
Last year (or was it 2 years ago?) when Ole Miss and Miss St rose up and were nationally relevant for a couple weeks the national narrative was holy cow look how good these teams are! Now Iowa, who has had more success more recently that both schools combined, rises back up after a couple down years and the national narrative is completely different.
I've checked with some college mathematics professors and none of them were able to find that logic and media can exist in the same formula.
I'll admit, this took me a second to figure out
You sir, have never played scrabble
I don't like it how he continually says "I don't know how good we are...."
he has said it in several post game, on field TV interviews and he said it again in this interview
I wish he would follow up "I don't know how good we are." with "but I know we're better than the 9 teams we've played thus far." or something sexy like that
I get what you're saying, but that would be out of character. He always talks about how good the opponent is prior to the game being played. I'd be surprised if he ever said anything remotely disparaging about a past opponent.
He can do it during the outdoor wrestling meet announced by jim ross. KING THATS KIRK'S MUSIC WHAT IS HE DOING HERE?! WHAT IS HE DOING HERE?! MY GAWD HE HIT BRANDS WITH A CHAIR! I CANT BELIEVE IT. YOU SOB! YOU SOB! KING, KIRK HIT BRANDS WITH A CHAIR!
He usually follows the I-don't-know-how-good-we-are comment with a but-I-know-this-team-has-guts-and-works-hard-every-day-in-practice comment. I've always interpreted this as a message to the team. That being, don't get satisfied, keep working hard, and you can the high profile team you play at the end of the season.
Harmless to KF. no, this was a win. But, humbling to Russillo/ESPN, he wasn't even passive aggressive. Kanell did okay and actually asked the "hardest" questions.
KF, when he on his game, can handle any interview that could be filled with pot-holes, as well as anyone I've listened to in my 46 years with a Fortune 15 company. Again, and IMHO, to your point, Russillo was not "guarded", rather he knew his place and could not "win", "put down", or "advance his anti-IA agenda", or whatever you want to call it, with Ferentz. Russillo knew he did not have the cerebral horsepower to be perceived by the ESPN mind-numbed robots as the smartest person in the room.
If this interview was really a televised political-based debate, KF won.....again, IMHO.
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Stephen Patrick? Is that you?
If I am wrong and you are right , I will be there first to admit. But I find it extremely hard to believe that Boyle is the second best quarterback on Iowa's roster and I find it even harder to believe that an actual staff member of Kirk Ferentz would say that.
Have you ever seen the kid throw?
It is probably a message to the team more than anything else. If he comes out pounding the table that Iowa is one of the top teams in the nation and the players buy in too much that could be a problem. It keeps the chip on their shoulders. He's telling them 'You're not highly recruited, not big enough, not fast enough, not good enough to just show up and win'
I think they used a picture of KF from about 20 years ago on the screen. ha
Also, was there a baby crying in the background? lol
Also, was there a baby crying in the background? lol
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yes, it was an old pic.
and, no, that was a grown man crying in the background. it was an SEC fan! LOL
