No everybody around me knew what was going on. But, the chant was so awesome everyone wanted to keep it going.
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No everybody around me knew what was going on. But, the chant was so awesome everyone wanted to keep it going.
Up by 12 with 2 minutes left in the game the fans should be in celebration mode. They were pumped, they were loud, the defense should have fed off of that energy. Perhaps someone could ask one of the coaches or players if they felt the fans dropped the ball there.
You clearly haven't watched much Iowa football over the last decade. Blown leads, onside kicks, etc....
Experienced fans knew that game was far from over.
I've watched darn near every down for the last 30 years. I just know that a chant is just a chant and has no bearing on the outcome of the game. I also know that this season is very different from years like 2005(Northwestern) where we managed to crap a whole lot of games down our legs.
Hamster, it's not the fans fault that the defense sucked.
If the D had forced a 3-and-Out you'd be saying how it was the coolest thing you ever heard
If the D had forced a 3-and-Out you'd be saying how it was the coolest thing you ever heard
I guess the only reason I don't like it is because teams have gone 70 plus yards and scored big touchdowns when doing the extended version.. Small sample size tho.. Getting a stop while doing it would have been awesome!
Yep, it was the roughing the passer call on that play, an INT would have been negated anyway. And honestly, I think the loud I-O-W-A chant is more intimidating than just making random noises. Unfortunately our defense couldn't stop anyone tonight so it didn't matter. I probably stopped the cheer when they got to like the 30 yard line after 3 plays though
I agree with this in spades! I was saying from the middle of the 2nd quarter this game has onside kick at the end written all over it. Iowa's has a clear history of letting poor teams stick around WAY too often, and plenty of losses to prove that recipe isn't the way to go.
Iowa's missed 2 pointer and missed field goal kept leaving them within striking distance, a place they had no business being. Minnesota had the worst Offense in the Big Ten coming into Kinnick, and our Defense was just flat out embarrassing, and that's being complimentary. No one knew where the damn ball was, like David Copperfield was running the show instead of a mediocre Big Ten QB in Mitch Leidner.
There's a big difference between being a knowledgeable fan and just being a fan. Steve Bartman was just a fan. Don't be a Steve Bartman.
Those damn fans should just stfu because they distract the defense
I agree with OP.
I don't really give a shit if the I O W A chant is loud as hell and has been going on forever, when the Golden ****ing Gophers march down our field like it's their God-given right and make us look like a makeshift team that meets at the local YMCA, I do consider it pretty damn embarrassing.
I don't really give a shit if the I O W A chant is loud as hell and has been going on forever, when the Golden ****ing Gophers march down our field like it's their God-given right and make us look like a makeshift team that meets at the local YMCA, I do consider it pretty damn embarrassing.
The I-o-w-a chant is great, but it is NOT the wall of noise that our crowd delivers on 3rd or 4th down .... We got carried away a little celebrating. That is the only point I'm making. It would have helped the team more to be normal mode in that situation, but it worked out!
Second time this year this has happened (first was Pitt). That I O W A cheer is great in timeouts, but is wrong when the D needs our wall of sound.
The "Wall of Noise" didn't work all game. Minnesota was not affected by the noise and scored no matter what the fans did. The IOWA chant was very cool and kind of spooky. Personally, I never felt the game was in doubt, and the chant just kind of affirmed that feeling. This team isn't going to be easily denied.
@IowaCoachWhite: https://t.co/jVKEoXKAOZ #Kinnick was incredible last night. I-O-W-A Thx #HawkeyeNation https://t.co/87ZLXJOQTJ
Looks to me like the coaches loved it.
Looks to me like the coaches loved it.
Man the YMCA you go to must field some athletes since they look like our 10-0 6th ranked football team. Only thing I think is embarrassing is when fans bitch and moan about a crowd chant after their football team just won their 10th straight game. Same fans whining about crowd chant probably same ones bitching at beginning of the year how our fans suck and aren't filling up Kinnick.
If you have to look this hard to find something to complain about I'd say we're having a pretty good season.
Holy crap I just read this thread and Iowa Hawkeye fans are b!tching about our own fans. Some of you people are effed in the head seriously. We have the greatest fricking season in the history of the program and we should be celebrating! That IOWA chant had absolutley zero, zip nothing to do with what happens on the field. I am baffled...there is no way that some of you are even Hawkeye fans. SMH!
Were you in the "W" section, by any chance? I have been told that certain rogue-elements from our beloved "I" section had broken off and wandered into other sections, in an ill-fated attempt to cause mass pandemonium.....
Pull your shades down. Lock your doors. Do not go outside your home, until you hear back from me. I will let you know when it's safe to go outside.
The "W" section is the worst. More than 1 syllable; hard to enunciate loudly ....
Listen folks. I realize it's hard to accept when others point out your ignorance. The truth needs to be told. Noise argument aside, the fans were in celebration mode way too early. They should know better. Given the history of the program in the last 10 years, you'd think everyone would know better. Minnesota moved at will. Combine that with on side success against Iowa over the years and it should have been clear that a celebration chant was premature. It was like a tragic ending playing out in front of our very eyes while many of the 70,000 were acting fat, dumb and happy.
I think this started at the Pitt game. The IOWA chant was the fastest and longest I'd every heard. And I think the crowd was using it to make noise while Pitt was on offense. At least that's why I was yelling it. Hell, now I'm so ashamed. I feel dirty. See you later, I'm gonna go take another shower.
I didn't find it embarrassing but watching the game on tv the continued celebration while Minnesota marched down the field to put themselves within a touchdown of winning looked out of place at that point in the game. We really needed to keep them out of the end zone on that last drive and we would have had a real nail biter if Minnesota could have executed the onside kick the way their offense had our defense on its heels.
We've had a special season and I can understand people getting caught up in the moment. There just seems a time and a place to celebrate and our fans looked like they didn't have their heads in the game at a crucial point when the action on the field deemed their attention.
We've had a special season and I can understand people getting caught up in the moment. There just seems a time and a place to celebrate and our fans looked like they didn't have their heads in the game at a crucial point when the action on the field deemed their attention.
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Isn't it funny how adamant some people are.....when the results are known? Sure, the I-O-W-A was "wrong" because Minnesota drove. Or, if we all got "loud as hell" and they drove anyways (you know, the obviously likely scenario), would the IOWA chant have been the "right" one?
You have no idea what effect either chant does to the team, Minnesota was damned determined their at the end. Only the defense should have been embarrassed.
You have no idea what effect either chant does to the team, Minnesota was damned determined their at the end. Only the defense should have been embarrassed.
That is bullshit, absolute bullshit. If you were there you would know and realize that each and every fan there in attendance was cognizant of what was going on, one of the reasons they were cheering so loudly still.
If that game was "over' and in "celebration mode" the people would have just left.....that proof has been there throughout every single year.
Exactly. Just posters who need to feel that they completely change the game....if only everybody listened to them. They are using the outcome (long, quick scoring drive) to "prove" that it didn't work, when exactly what you posted was true, their wall of noise didn't work most of the time.
Minnesota was good, and the defense was done.
This really could be it, that on TV it is very different than being there. Also, if that roughing passer call hadn't happened, this thread would be very different.
I've read a ton of comments from other teams' fans saying how cool it was hearing us do the I-O-W-A chant that long and that loud......
Embarrassing indeed.
It certainly did sound cool watching on tv. hawkster03 I think has a point though that the game still seemed in reach for the Gophers and it didn't seem like the right time for it.
Congrats. You have just leveled up to the next level of stupidity.
This is true. We're 4-6 at best without proper crowd cheering.
To think that your cheering or chanting has any impact on the game is very naive.
I will admit to not going to a game yet this year so maybe I missed it, but when did the I-O-W-A cheer become the victory cheer? Is it not still In Heaven There Is No Beer? How is cheering the touchdown cheer after scoring a touchdown prematurely celebrating? That touchdown meant that they'd have to score, execute an onside kick, and score again in order to win. In less than 2 minutes. Regardless of how often it has happened in the past the odds are extremely low. And they couldn't do it.
I get that a significant number of us have been traumatized by past games. But jeez, I'd hate to let that spoil a moment like Saturday night. That extended cheer was amazing. It seems that the players and coaches thought it was amazing. We won. We're 10-0 for the first time in school history. Enjoy it.
I get that a significant number of us have been traumatized by past games. But jeez, I'd hate to let that spoil a moment like Saturday night. That extended cheer was amazing. It seems that the players and coaches thought it was amazing. We won. We're 10-0 for the first time in school history. Enjoy it.
But the shirt I wear or where I sit still does. Right?
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