Individuals, maybe. You recruit a bunch of mid-major players to a major-conference team and you end up with...a mid-major team in a major conference.
Am I? Very, very few people who live outside of Iowa grow up as Iowa fans. You don't seem to know why the students I mentioned attend Iowa.
yes, yes you are. Students who are sports fans tend to root for their school, no matter where they grew up. If you're at a school for four years you get enthusiastic for the teams and feel the excitement of the fan base while on campus every day.
There's a big difference between growing up as an Iowa fan and becoming one once you're a student. I guess because I grew up in the Chicago burbs I must have been a Depaul fan, or maybe Loyola or Northwestern. By your logic that would preclude me from being a die hard Hawk fan. Please.
If the players understand where the program was headed/has been, they should have known it was coming.
Alright, so that covers the Napervillains who are totes Iowa superfans and don't care at all about the Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs, White Sox, or Notre Dame. Now do the third of students who are from China.yes, yes you are. Students who are sports fans tend to root for their school, no matter where they grew up. If you're at a school for four years you get enthusiastic for the teams and feel the excitement of the fan base while on campus every day.
I've moved around, KC, Chicago & now San Diego. I always root for the home teams now. Well with the exception of the Bears. I grew up a Viking fan and just could not bring myself to cheer for Da Bears....
So unless you grew up in Nebraska and by some chance end up going to Iowa for college, you're rooting for the Hawkeyes!
I was at Iowa in the mid 1980’s. There was nothing dramatically different as far as student demographics back then. Half of the student population was from Chicagoland and Carver was always sold out for men’s basketball.
We could spend the next how many ever months until next basketball season shaming the students as a sort of reverse psychology way to get them to show up to basketball games, and they'll actually just double down and even fewer will show up to games going forward, because that's how these kids roll these days.
Most people are fans of the school they attend.
The Chinese love basketball. Football, not so much as they don't understand the game. But basketball has tremendous following in China.
I'm a little skeptical of this, considering student attendance at MBB has been bad and it's even been faltering in football in recent years. Just my own observation though, I guess.
There are approximately 2,000 international students total at the University of Iowa. 7-800 of them from China.
Haven’t football student tickets been sold out for several consecutive seasons?
They will get their chance, but if they came to Iowa just to only to play for Fran, they were sold a bad bill of goods. They should have been smart enough as college students, the kool aid that Fran was giving them was never going to win any championships while he was the head coach. If they leave after the new coach interviews each of them, then so be it.
I graduated from Iowa, thanks.You never went to college, did you? That's my observation..
Yeah, well, ya know what, they f***ing should.......
All was OK before Fran started accepting recruits from Moline. Iowa was in the NCAA tourney before they showed up & got himself fired. Sorry, had to poke the bear and rub that in your pie hole one last time! 😁
Are you also under the impression UofI students don't go to the women's basketball games? Do tell.....
they clearly only do that to look at eye candyAre you also under the impression UofI students don't go to the women's basketball games? Do tell.....
No clue but I won’t believe anything until the U of I releases a statement. Too much rumor, misinformation, and bullshit out there.
This, most students become a fan of their school while attending the school, not before.
That Curtis guy on Twitter is a dumbass. He’s been wrong at nearly every turn. Unless yiure him, that is…..
