Well, another new season is just days away. What will the Hawks look like in 2015? It’s anybody’s guess at this point. But of course, like any college football season, it kicks off with new faces in new places….and maybe even some old faces moved to new places. Any successful season requires known quantities to perform like we expect, and unknown quantities to step up and play at or near the level of those who have departed.
It’s these various quantities that will be the lynchpin of Iowa’s success or failure this upcoming season. So let’s take a look at who may have the biggest impact on how our season unfolds.
The Rules of BOAF are quite simple really.
1) There is a list of names. Most of the time, the names go in logical order based on some spelling or pronunciation connection. Welsh/Walsh. Jordan/Jordan. And so on.
2) But then there are names marked by an (*) which seem to have no spelling or pronunciation connection to the name above.
3) They do have a connection, it's just a matter of figuring out what that connection is.
4) Although there can be many legitimate and valid connections between the (*) names and the ones above them, there is only one right answer, and that's whatever Doodle thought of when compiling the list. So part of the "fun" is getting inside Doodle's head.
(disclaimer: Ol' Doodle is not legally responsible for any psychological trauma or long-term emotional damage caused by attempts to get inside Doodle's head.)
5) All (*) names must be correctly solved before kickoff on Saturday for the Hawks to maintain maximum BOAF karma.
6) Clues will be given for remaining unsolved (*) names beginning at Noon on Friday.
Sean Welsh
Jordan Walsh
Jordan Canzeri
Jordan Lomax
Michael Jordan
Jackie Holzer (*) - namesake of city park in Jordan, MN
John Burt (*) – co-founder of Lodi, CA…hometown of Holz Rubber Company
John Hurt
Robert Young (*) – stunt coordinator on the film “The Hurt Locker”
Albert Young
Mike Bennett (*) – Territory Sales Manager, John Middleton Company, makers of Prince Albert Tobacco
Tony Bennett
Martellus Bennett
John Bennett
Mark Beckner (*) – Police Chief in Boulder, CO who investigated death of 6-year old JonBenet Ramsey
Glenn Beck
Beck Hansen
Bobby Hansen
Nicole Storey (*) – Contestant on “Cupcake Wars” TV show in episode that featured the band Hanson as guest judges
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Richie
Nicole Eggert
Tara Strong (*) – Voice of duckling character Eggy in “Penguins of Madagascar” TV series
Tara Reid
Valerie Porr (*) - Founder of Treatment And Research Advancements (or TARA) a method of therapy for borderline personality disorder
Annie Stephens (*)
Annie Lennox
Christina Yu (*) - Associate at Clarion Capital Partners, equity firm with ownership stake in Lenox China
Yu Darvish
Ryan Pugh (*) – 4th place finisher 2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship
Ryan Donahue
Ryan Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Barney Frank
Anne Frank
Frank Warren
Warren Burger
Michael Burger
Ben Roethlisberger
And who better to follow all of those burgers and franks than…….
FAT OPRAH!
GO HAWKS!
It’s these various quantities that will be the lynchpin of Iowa’s success or failure this upcoming season. So let’s take a look at who may have the biggest impact on how our season unfolds.
The Rules of BOAF are quite simple really.
1) There is a list of names. Most of the time, the names go in logical order based on some spelling or pronunciation connection. Welsh/Walsh. Jordan/Jordan. And so on.
2) But then there are names marked by an (*) which seem to have no spelling or pronunciation connection to the name above.
3) They do have a connection, it's just a matter of figuring out what that connection is.
4) Although there can be many legitimate and valid connections between the (*) names and the ones above them, there is only one right answer, and that's whatever Doodle thought of when compiling the list. So part of the "fun" is getting inside Doodle's head.
(disclaimer: Ol' Doodle is not legally responsible for any psychological trauma or long-term emotional damage caused by attempts to get inside Doodle's head.)
5) All (*) names must be correctly solved before kickoff on Saturday for the Hawks to maintain maximum BOAF karma.
6) Clues will be given for remaining unsolved (*) names beginning at Noon on Friday.
Sean Welsh
Jordan Walsh
Jordan Canzeri
Jordan Lomax
Michael Jordan
Jackie Holzer (*) - namesake of city park in Jordan, MN
John Burt (*) – co-founder of Lodi, CA…hometown of Holz Rubber Company
John Hurt
Robert Young (*) – stunt coordinator on the film “The Hurt Locker”
Albert Young
Mike Bennett (*) – Territory Sales Manager, John Middleton Company, makers of Prince Albert Tobacco
Tony Bennett
Martellus Bennett
John Bennett
Mark Beckner (*) – Police Chief in Boulder, CO who investigated death of 6-year old JonBenet Ramsey
Glenn Beck
Beck Hansen
Bobby Hansen
Nicole Storey (*) – Contestant on “Cupcake Wars” TV show in episode that featured the band Hanson as guest judges
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Richie
Nicole Eggert
Tara Strong (*) – Voice of duckling character Eggy in “Penguins of Madagascar” TV series
Tara Reid
Valerie Porr (*) - Founder of Treatment And Research Advancements (or TARA) a method of therapy for borderline personality disorder
Annie Stephens (*)
Annie Lennox
Christina Yu (*) - Associate at Clarion Capital Partners, equity firm with ownership stake in Lenox China
Yu Darvish
Ryan Pugh (*) – 4th place finisher 2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship
Ryan Donahue
Ryan Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Barney Frank
Anne Frank
Frank Warren
Warren Burger
Michael Burger
Ben Roethlisberger
And who better to follow all of those burgers and franks than…….
FAT OPRAH!
GO HAWKS!
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