I'm ok with the media not being fans of the teams they cover. In fact I prefer it. It gives them no reason not to ask tough questions about decisions in staff, play calling, clock management, etc. This has been missing from local media at times. Unbiased media should promote more accountability.
ok... think about this...
let's say a Michigan man comes to Iowa and covers the Iowa Hawkeyes...
or... even a Nebraska guy... like the ones we see in IC.
when they ask the coaches and players questions... are they doing it to encourage support... or are they doing it to encourage resentment?
criticism is perfectly fine and healthy.
but what is at the heart of the criticism?
why are these guys asking the questions they ask?
now... I got a couple more thoughts on this.
when you turn this around on them, the journalist... how do they respond?
for example... in my experience... they will fight like hell to justify why they think somebody else is better than Iowa...
but at the same time.... they never fight like hell in support of Iowa.
think about that.
perhaps you don't have experience communicating with these guys.. therefore have no idea what its like... thats ok
but also think about this... from a fan perspective:
you're standing in your home...
you look out the window and you see your dog standing in the middle of the road.... and here comes a semi barreling down the road toward your dog at about 50 miles an hour.
do you think to yourself... my dumb dog is gonna get run over... ?
and then when he doesn't get run over...
you are left being wrong...and with thee feeling of anxiety...
neither of which is good.
Iowa is the dog
the semi is Wisconsin
think about this.
it is better to look out that window.... and see your dog...
and have confidence in your dog that he's smart enough to jump out of the way of the moving semi.
and then when it happens... you were right... and you can say... yah, that's a good dog.... that's my dog.
these people that predict 6-6... they are the dummies with dumb dogs.
it would be better for them if their dog gets run over.