My vote goes to CJ Beathard. He took a beating in that 2015 season and he never quit.
OT: whose the toughest Hawkeye FB player of all time?
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Tom Rusk.
He was a bad dude.
#33 Bob Sanders, and it's not even close....
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AGREE....Tom Rusk. Almost won a Tough Man Contest. Lost in the finals at nationals. The crowd thought that he should have won if i remember correctly. Can anyone verify that?
Andre Tippett, 3rd degree blackbelt and one of our all time best, then off to a NFL Hall of Fame Career.
Tom Rusk was definitely a bad ass though too!
Tom Rusk was definitely a bad ass though too!
I remember a Bob Sanders chasing down WR Jason Avant on a bad foot. Would have been 24-10. Instead Mich kicks a FG and it’s 20-10.
Rusk was judge, jury and enforcement of all team rules his last two years.
Nobody questioned his authority.
Shonn Greene rushed for over 100 yards every game despite nagging injuries.
Also shout out too Karl Klug
Also shout out too Karl Klug
Bingo. Kinnick played the entire 1938 season with a broken ankle...probably what we now call a stress fracture. Still honorable mention All Big Ten
One word - Mongo
Mongo only pawn in game of life
KF once said that Sanders and Roth were the only two players they would hold out of scrimmages because of fear they would hurt others.
I think it was Roth that ripped off Gallery's face mask in practice
Sanders has to be the winner by far. Kirk said that when he showed up at Iowa it was like having your big brother show up at an alley fight when you were getting picked on. KF said by the middle of his freshman year they didn't have him practice anymore because he kept injuring players. I remember an all American tight end from Ohio State say he hadn't ever been hit that hard. He caught a pass over the middle and sanders hit him so hard in the thy that he had to leave the game for ten minutes.The weird thing about Bob is he wouldn't have been called for targeting because he hit very low. I remember the first game he played for the hawks was against Kansas St and I believe he broke the kick returners leg on the opening kick off.
My second pick would be Andre Tippett followed by the Tama Tornado
My second pick would be Andre Tippett followed by the Tama Tornado
My buddy recalled this story about Rusk.
Tom Rusk was with some players at a place called Woodfields. He was celebrating his birthday and was hammered. The DJ announced “It’s last call.” Rusk stood up and screamed “The **** it is!!!”. A fight ensued between some players and the bouncers and a female cop was punched in the face. My dad showed me the article in the Des Moines Register and said “things are turning around at Iowa.”
Sooo...a female cop got punched in the face? I love a badass, but that's some low stuff there.
I don’t think it was him who did it, and likely a fist flying from her breaking up a fight, not intended for her. Just a part of the story from the Register in probably 1979.
Trouble was that Sander's often hurt himself in the process.
He sounds like a guy that wouldn't last a season on Kirk's team.
Many good nominees from Tom Rusk onward. Those are guys you could depend on walking down a dark alley after the bars close.
Some of them may have actually wanted to walk down dark alleys behind bars. That is Marshal Yanda territory.
Some of them may have actually wanted to walk down dark alleys behind bars. That is Marshal Yanda territory.
