Hawkeye Nation

[grapplefann]

Had a good time at the Armbar at thr Armory. It was kind of a quaint old venue in the middle of downtown Albany. Really old school stuff, like Veteren's Memorial Colluseum in Cedar Rapids or the Hippodrome (McElroy) in Waterloo.

I met Hawk fans from Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio. Each of them had a story about living in Iowa at one time or another. Some were there teaching. Some were being treated at University Hospital. Quite a few of them had never wrestled, but caught the bug watching Iowa Public Television, or had stumbled into a meet at Carver-Hawkeye on a lark while they were visiting. I could also feel the respect from other fans there for our program, our state, and for all the good guys on our team. And everyone wanted to know when Spencer Lee would start. All of this reminded me that it is truly a Hawkeye Nation.
Go Hawks!

 

[Jason.D.Brantley]

Nice. After the Cal Baptist dual I got a pic with Dan Gable and there were three high school wrestlers that wanted me to take a pic of them with the Iowa cheerleaders. I didn't recognize the school on their jackets and I asked them where they were from and one of them said Georgia and I said oh nice. Neat little story.

 

[AFHawk86]

We had some high school boys sitting in front of us for the second dual. They didn’t pay attention to the wrestling and were apparently forced to attend by their coach. Guy in front of me took selfies on his phone again and again. We were glad when the coach finally let them leave.

On a positive note, my daughter and son in law attended with me and we had an enjoyable time. The best part of the night was watching the competitive junior colleges compete. Came down to the wire with a 15-16 final score.