UMD is taking a page out of our playbook (gold rush against the golden flashes) and organizing a “blackout” for the Oct 1 game. They even created a hashtag for it: #blackoutiowa. I guess that means Hawkeye fans should wear gold.
Maryland blackout
- Thread starter jhawk23
- Start date
Agree. Pockets of gold would really stand out nicely in a sea of black.
Nice they could honor us that way.
So basically the whole stadium is going to be black and gold. I don’t think the marketing folks gamed this one out.
Maybe they thought if they went red, the red and gold would feel too comfortable with Iowa winning at ISU easily.
Won't have any impact on the game, but good for them.
This is up there with the Iowa folks handing out red pom poms to Wisconsin fans about 10 years back.
No doubt Iowa invented having everyone wear the same color of shirt.
How dare they.
How dare they.
I think we did invent having everyone wear the same color when that color happens to be the opposing team’s color.
I think Iowa should always match the uniform to the crowd color. Too bad green isn't in the mix. I saw Boise go all blue and I'll be damned if they didn't just disappear into that blue field 🤪.
Taking a page from the Iowa marketing department. Remember the red pompoms for Wisconsin?
There are a good number of hawk fans in the DC area and given the way this season is going, the availability of tickets, and the ease of getting to this stadium, I think we’re going to have a good contingent there. I will be there. I just kind of wish it were at noon on Saturday.
I got the email today. They were trying to sell black shirts through the athletic department. I sent a reply thanking them for making us feel at home! #fightforIowa
Tempting, but my white jersey has just been too successful so far. Hard to bench it for the gold one.
There must have been some changes in the marketing department after the red pom-poms for Wisconsin. They seem to be doing a better job now days. And even seem to be going a little easier on the corporate whore bits too. We don't want Kinnick to look like Jack Trice Stadium's decorated by NASCAR motif.
Just watched extended highlights from Illinois game, little Tua is incredible. Very athletic team, going to be a tough game.
So incredible they beat Illinois by 3 putting up 20 whole points!!
Have to say the Black Out in Kinnick for a night game a few years back looked pretty cool. Had a Raider Nation kind of feel to it. That said, I much prefer the stripe out look for night games in Kinnick.
If you would have watched the actual game, you'd be less impressed.
Good!! Little Tuas numbers are great though, they look fast as shit.
I hope my concerns are not valid.
I actually think their stadium would look pretty cool if they would fill it with mostly black shirts with red, yellow and white speckled in there (and a bunch of Iowa gold, also, of course). They don't tend to fill their stadium though (very rarely do they get 50,000 in there, and attendance at a Friday night game will likely be closer to 40,000), so I don't think this "blackout" is going to be particularly intimidating.
It always amazed me how dumbfounded people were about that.
But to be honest, people complain about the pettiest sh**, so I guess that's on me.
Latest posts
-
-
-
P5 Schools and NCAA Working Toward the Revenue Sharing Model- Latest: Eliot Clough
-