PSU ‘21 and I’ve been to many many home games since freshman year 2006
And then the unpleasantness happened.As a few others have said, Greenwood’s pick against Wisconsin. I thought the place was coming down.
Why is it I can't seem to remember this game? I remember my Michigan friends being at the game and we agreed before the game to tailgate after the game regardless of who won. They of course being the arrogant sore loser Michigan fans that they where left immediately after the game. It might be that I'll just never forget the 2002 team that destroyed Michigan in the Big House the year before. Actually that 2002 team has a ton of my greatest Hawkeye game memories. I'm not sure if that Michigan or Minnesota game in 2002 is my most memorable game being at.‘03 Michigan when we came back to beat them 30-27 was probably the best/loudest I’ve seen the crowd from start to finish. Nobody sat down the entire game in our section.
This. I had to scream at my buddy next to me to talk. Ears hurt afterPenn State 2021, three straight false starts. I was also at the 2004 Wisconsin game. The new north end zone now makes everything louder.
05 Michigan was there too..I would probably go with ‘04 Wisconsin too.
That will always be one of my favorite Iowa football memories…defacto BIG title game in Kinnick vs a rival.
There was a year versus Northwestern too somewhere in like 2014-2017 where the officials messed up BIG time and there was garbage raining on the field….that may be the angriest crowd I have ever been in.
I feel like there was another one like that last year or the year before as well.
Quietest is by far the Michigan game where the home winning streak snapped. Place was like a funeral walking out. ‘05 maybe?
I was at that one too.. one of the worst officiated and most frustrating games I've ever been to. Agree.. have never seen Kinnick that angryThere was a year versus Northwestern too somewhere in like 2014-2017 where the officials messed up BIG time and there was garbage raining on the field….that may be the angriest crowd I have ever been in.
CJ Jones return vs USC at the Orange Bowl was the most excited ive ever been at a live sporting event. The rest of the game, not so muchI'm seeing some non Kinnick games. The Holloway catch in the Capital One Bowl was the best sports moment I've ever seen live. Bowl games were fun when teams cared...
One year too early for me. I was still in high school.CJ Jones return vs USC at the Orange Bowl was the most excited ive ever been at a live sporting event. The rest of the game, not so much
CJ Jones return vs USC at the Orange Bowl was the most excited ive ever been at a live sporting event. The rest of the game, not so much
Horseshoe was a blast last year. OSU fans were surprisingly cool to party with. But it's easy to be nice when they absolutely drubbed us.I’ve been to Camp Randall, Michigan Stadium and the Horseshoe at TOSU.
I think I need to visit y’all’s House.
At night for a big game Kinnick is incredibly loud. Visiting players hate it because the fans are RIGHT behind them.I’ve been to Camp Randall, Michigan Stadium and the Horseshoe at TOSU.
I think I need to visit y’all’s House.
I was 12, at my first bowl game, I hadn't yet been naturally hardened to disappointment as an Iowa fan. Pure joy at kick off, to worried yet hopeful, to anger, to sadness.
I was there in the 80’s when they had the 5th Quarter and the Bud Song. Our next door neighbor ran the W Club and we got awesome seats. Good tailgating too.Horseshoe was a blast last year. OSU fans were surprisingly cool to party with. But it's easy to be nice when they absolutely drubbed us.
"jump around" at camp Randall is one of the most overrated things I've ever seen in person. We sat like 10 rows up. The stadium doesn't shake. At all. We did win the rock fight though and went on to have an undefeated regular season that year. And Montee Ball and I bought shots for each other at a Madison bar that night.
Might have been '81 vs. Michigan State when it was announced at halftime that Ohio State had beaten Michigan and all the Hawks were going to the Rose for the first time since '59. Phil Blacher rushed for 246 yards, a record at the time. He lived next to one of my friends in Bon Aire trailer court and he came over after the game and we drank into the wee hours...
I was going to say the Wisconsin game as well. I think the South end zone locker room was under construction at the time because I remember giving Matt Roth a high five as the Hawks exited at the NE corner. I may still have the towel they gave away because it was the first Heartland Trophy gameFor me it was the 2004 de facto BIG championship game against Wisconsin. It finished in the cold dark night, and the place was going nuts. It was the 3rd consecutive 10 win season in Kirk's revival of the Hawks. Matt Roth went wild that night and must have sacked Wisconsin's shitty QB ten times. I recall Tate hitting Clinton Solomon after doing a spectular Houdini like escape in the pocket for a long TD. Place was unhinged.
I wasn't at the Iowa-Michigan legendary '86 game and also missed the epic OSU beatdown in 2017. Both of those were crazy from what I was told.
"The Horse"I was there in the 80’s when they had the 5th Quarter and the Bud Song. Our next door neighbor ran the W Club and we got awesome seats. Good tailgating too.
They had Alan Ameche over for the neighborhood Christmas party and I thought my hubby was gonna faint.
I have been to World Series games, NBA Finals game at Oracle in Oakland when the Warriors beat the LeBron Cavs. Nothing, and I mean nothing comes close to the 2021 Penn St. game. That was the loudest sporting event I have ever been to. I can’t even imagine how loud Kinnick would be if they matched the South end zone structure with the North end zone.
Maybe my favorite game due to the previous 20 years.Might have been '81 vs. Michigan State when it was announced at halftime that Ohio State had beaten Michigan and all the Hawks were going to the Rose for the first time since '59. Phil Blacher rushed for 246 yards, a record at the time. He lived next to one of my friends in Bon Aire trailer court and he came over after the game and we drank into the wee hours...
My ears hurt so accurate
I think this guy, or maybe someone else, posted that the flyover before the game was not even this loud.
The most somber walk out of Kinnick ever.And then the unpleasantness happened.
I still remember screaming "watch the fake"
Schembechler pulled that same crap at Purdue I think on 3 straight plays in about 1984. Cost Purdue a time out.PSU for sure. I'll throw in the game versus Michigan where Jim Harbaugh was the QB going into the north end zone, and Iowa received a penalty for the fans being too loud. Probably the dumbest f*****g rule the NCAA ever implemented.
The 2003 Michigan game will always be a top 5 game for me.Why is it I can't seem to remember this game? I remember my Michigan friends being at the game and we agreed before the game to tailgate after the game regardless of who won. They of course being the arrogant sore loser Michigan fans that they where left immediately after the game. It might be that I'll just never forget the 2002 team that destroyed Michigan in the Big House the year before. Actually that 2002 team has a ton of my greatest Hawkeye game memories. I'm not sure if that Michigan or Minnesota game in 2002 is my most memorable game being at.
That was my answer as wellPenn State 2021, three straight false starts. I was also at the 2004 Wisconsin game. The new north end zone now makes everything louder.
Chris hassle’s impersonation of dolph and Ed calling the end of that game was hilarious. I’ve tried in vain to find it on the interwebs.That Murray kick was the loudest I've ever heard Kinnick. I know it wasn't Kinnick but the CJ Jones opening kickoff in the Orange Bowl was defeaning. I'll add one that's not related to the thread but the victory over UNI in 2009 is the weirdest Kinnick experience I've ever had. The stadium was so quiet after the game you wouldn't have known Iowa had won if you didn't know any better.
TBH, the only time I've ever heard Kinnick was his Heisman speech.