Attendance at the Maryland game was announced at a generous 30,000. Jeez, you could have fired a cannon into the stands and not hit anybody. Pretty sad.
Maryland crowd (or lack thereof)
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I'm not sure what the BIG was thinking inviting them and Rutgers to the conference. Two shitty fan bases
I was there. I’d say there was half that number actually there.
See FXL and Commings. Not sure it was quite that low however. Saw many games during that tough time.
Echo Echo Echo…. There wasn’t 3000 there lol but seriously I highly doubt they had 20K there
I took a picture after the coin toss, and it was pathetic. On the bright side, everyone around us was cheering for Iowa, so it felt more like a lower tier bowl game than a road game.
There was a pretty significant turnout of Iowa fans considering...
There was a pretty significant turnout of Iowa fans considering...
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I was there as well. Pretty good Iowa contingent, they got louder than Maryland fans as game progressed. Gotta say I really liked Terp fans, had friendly conversations with several of them.
I still don't get the Rutgers addition. Yeah, I know....that NY TV market. There were plenty of B1G alum there already... you telling me the B1G had no presence?
I remember that type of games in the 60's and 70's in Kinnick. Would buy knot hole tickets and slip up to the 50-yard line 40 rows up to watch ND pound Iowa.
Iowa not really a sexy opponent to sell either if we are being honest. Mid November, bad Maryland team, Iowa as your opponent. Kind of adds up.
It was great to hear "Let's Go Hawks" on TV pretty clearly
I had fun when I went to a Rutgers game, and the stands were pretty full. They had fun tailgating and a good crowd.
I'm sure the seniors understood.
I was at Maryland in '14 when they were a brand new in the B1G and a decent team and that crowd was pathetic, also. To think they've got Iowa's population probably packed within a 25-mile radius of their stadium and they can't draw worth a shit. I guess that's pro sports country and that's that (Similar to Rutgers, UCLA, Northwestern...).
Lot's of tv sets in and around New Jersey and Maryland. The Big 10 knows that if they can get really good viewership when the original teams play out east and yet another 100,000 viewers then the ratings will be find for that time slot.
Mich, OSU, and PSU fans will watch in big numbers when they play at Rutgers and Maryland. I didnt see the ratings on Iowa's game there Saturday but I am sure there were a lot of hawk fans watching, even from the west coast.
All 100 of them. What an embarrassment to the Big 10, no one ever cared to show up for a Big 10 football game. Flipping over to the OSU vs Indy game, then back to the Hawk/Terp funeral was embarrassing.
Hawks won. Don't care if there were cardboard cutouts. Shaggy performed ok with no turnovers.
My son lives in Connecticut and flew into DC early that morning, took in some sights, attended the game, went out and had dinner, flew home and was in the bed by 11:00. He thought it was a great game and a great day. Said over half the fans there were Iowa fans. Props to those Hawk fans for representing.
You could hear a cheerleader fart clearly too. What an awful matchup and game. Waste of time.
I enjoyed the game. Good seats. Hawks played well. Terps fans were friendly. I had a beer during the second half.
Just you wait when a couple thousand of those drunken locusts show up in Kinnick on Friday.
I would go to Iowa City too if I lived in that shitty state.
I’d probably take up residency in Des Moines on my way home & say “screw off” to that crappy state.
