Why does it bother ISU fans that some Iowa fans aren't alumni?

[StudHawk22]

Because they have a pathological small penis complex.

They know that our fanbase is much larger than theirs, so they think if they can de-legitimize a certain portion of it, then the numbers of "true" or "real" fans will then become closer, and they can then sleep better at night knowing that they only have a 3 inch dick.

It's basically like arguing that you can't cheer for the Green Bay Packers unless you used to work for the franchise.

 

[Clonewithasigh]

Lol. And while making a point on literacy I had a brain fart and wrote "completed" instead of my intended "completely."

I'm glad you understand Clonewithasign how poor communication skills are ruining relationships. One of the best "memes" I ever saw was "Facebooking is to socializing what masturbation is to sex." On a more serious note, the last extended family "get-together" I attended nearly every teenager/college-aged relative at the youth table had their noses buried in their phones during dinner. Since I learned this common texting acronym a few months ago, I will say I definitely had to "smh."

I don't even know what "smh" means. I guess I am in trouble when the next generation of decision makers take over.

 

[StudHawk22]

It seems counter-intuitive to me that they feel that fans should be alumni of the school, yet so few of their players ever resided in Iowa.

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....I'm pretty sure that all of them have.

Are you trying to suggest that they commute in from other parts of the country and are only in Ames on gamedays?

 

[StudHawk22]

I don't even know what "smh" means. I guess I am in trouble when the next generation of decision makers take over.

It means "shaking my head", doofus.

Now go back to your own board.

 

[Clonewithasigh]

It means "shaking my head", doofus.

Now go back to your own board.

LOL!......I know that one.

 

[EZ2BJZ]

ISU fans can't comprehend because none of them chose this path of fandom, they were born into it. Nobody in their right mind would choose to be miserable, obsolete, and disregarded routinely.

You have to trace it to their family history, somebody made an awful decision a long time ago to attend ISU (probably an Iowa reject) and they, along with their family members of the future have suffered ever since. Works out well for Iowa City though. As a result I never had to endure cowboy boots, plaid everything, oversized belt buckles, and a dirty Monsanto hat being considered fashionable while I was at college. I'd like to feel sorry for the women in Ames that this is what they're stuck with but you will almost never find an attractive woman in Ames. They only times I've ever seen an attractive woman in Ames, Iowa was in town for a football game or it was a visitor. Must be the water.

I would strongly disagree with just about everything you wrote. You go to school (at least I hope one would) to get an education first and foremost regardless of fan affiliation. I have several relatives who are very successful who went to Iowa State. One of whom got an engineering degree from Iowa State and has been working for the government for a few decades now helping to design such advances in military technology (i.e. the Patriot missile in the first Gulf War).

Also, there are many good looking women in Ames. Just not as many as in Iowa City albeit.

 

[tad0339]

I hate starting an ISU thread but have always been curious about this.

As a Hawkeye fan I don't feel any superior or care if the guy cheering next to me went to school here or not. It really seems to annoy Clown fans though. Any insight into this?

I am really a problem for them then. I AM an alumni of ISU but a few hours from U of I towards my Doctorate. 31 years of head coaching experience and it all makes me a great Hawk fan and a proud one.

 

[Clonewithasigh]

I would strongly disagree with just about everything you wrote. You go to school (at least I hope one would) to get an education first and foremost regardless of fan affiliation. I have several relatives who are very successful who went to Iowa State. One of whom got an engineering degree from Iowa State and has been working for the government for a few decades now helping to design such advances in military technology (i.e. the Patriot missile in the first Gulf War).

Also, there are many good looking women in Ames. Just not as many as in Iowa City albeit.

My brother is an Engineer from ISU, and he designed the phone that sits in the Oval Office (among many other secure locations).

 

[HerkyFan]

The most telling statement you made is you claimed "facts with no backing here"......LOL! And frankly, it is not surprising that folks here don't understand the difference between being fans and being an alum.

For me there is no difference between being a fan and being an alum as I am both. I also however don't see why one has to be both for it to count as isu grads claim it is.

Only at isu is it a badge of honor to say emphatically that isu has no fans only graduates. Then when they post as they do it is a direct reflection on the degree they claim to be so proud of.

Don't stop now isu grads. Keep it up.

 

[HerkyFan]

ISU fans can't comprehend because none of them chose this path of fandom, they were born into it. Nobody in their right mind would choose to be miserable, obsolete, and disregarded routinely.

You have to trace it to their family history, somebody made an awful decision a long time ago to attend ISU (probably an Iowa reject) and they, along with their family members of the future have suffered ever since. Works out well for Iowa City though. As a result I never had to endure cowboy boots, plaid everything, oversized belt buckles, and a dirty Monsanto hat being considered fashionable while I was at college. I'd like to feel sorry for the women in Ames that this is what they're stuck with but you will almost never find an attractive woman in Ames. They only times I've ever seen an attractive woman in Ames, Iowa was in town for a football game or it was a visitor. Must be the water.

Or when you have a tradition of sucking the way isu does, you don't ever get bandwagon fans. Only at isu is that seen as a positive.

Don't laugh they are serious.

 

[HerkyFan]

Because they have a pathological small penis complex.

They know that our fanbase is much larger than theirs, so they think if they can de-legitimize a certain portion of it, then the numbers of "true" or "real" fans will then become closer, and they can then sleep better at night knowing that they only have a 3 inch dick.

It's basically like arguing that you can't cheer for the Green Bay Packers unless you used to work for the franchise.

Bingo. We have a winner. No self respecting isu grad however will ever admit this is the case though.

 

[Hawkeyestate81]

I'm a diehard for life, didn't go to school there. Played JUCO football and recall hearing the Iowa score announced over the PA and cheering loudly in the game or on sideline LOL. Could of cared less about my school athletics, got my degree and it was all Hawks all the time. Clowns can't grasp that. Most Clown fans grew up as Iowa fans than made a poor choice going to that sh$t hole.

 

[iowaguy88]

I would strongly disagree with just about everything you wrote. You go to school (at least I hope one would) to get an education first and foremost regardless of fan affiliation. I have several relatives who are very successful who went to Iowa State. One of whom got an engineering degree from Iowa State and has been working for the government for a few decades now helping to design such advances in military technology (i.e. the Patriot missile in the first Gulf War).

Also, there are many good looking women in Ames. Just not as many as in Iowa City albeit.

Didn't say anything about education - although outside Engineering and Veterinary school why would anyone attend school there if not for the fact of being born into a Cyclone family as I stated...
Being a Cyclone fan is hard, like reliving the Great Depression over and over again. They'll never, ever, have decent football team. Their basketball team had the best run in school history and manged only a Sweet 16 birth; and is only going to free fall after this year (if they don't do so before then).

'Many' good looking women in Ames is a huge stretch. You either need to raise your standards or remove the beer goggles. The guys there with cowboy boots/hats and oversized belt buckles are getting laid by somebody ... there aren't good looking women attracted to that. Let alone 'many'.

 

[CyCity]

As an ISU fan it makes me cringe when Cyclone fans try to talk smack about Iowa fans not being alumni. One of the dumbest forms of smack talk out there

 

[HerkyFan]

Threads like this are why isu grad makes isu look like little bro. I am so glad that everyone in the thread is an isu grad though, it really cements the quality of the degree they received.

Maybe isu grad can explain **** Iowa to us? I have a feeling it isn't meant to be 4 star Iowa but isu grad will let us all know I am sure of it.

More please.

http://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=213975&page=7

 

[Quintana]

Folks that are Hawkeyes and Cyclones understand what it means. It was a special time in their lives that will never be taken from them. They are vested in their school.

that must have been one hell of a lunch at McDonald's...

 

[ft254]

I hate starting an ISU thread but have always been curious about this.

As a Hawkeye fan I don't feel any superior or care if the guy cheering next to me went to school here or not. It really seems to annoy Clown fans though. Any insight into this?

I grew up a Hawkeye fan. I love basketball. I love watching good basketball. Iowa State plays and has played good basketball. I watch every Iowa basketball game. I watch every Iowa State basketball game. That doesn't make me less of an Iowa fan, just a more entertained fan overall. Now, I see comments made by anti Iowa State posters that can only be made if they actually watched ISU games. WTF?

 

[gojojo]

and there is just a tad of irony to this discussion as the most popular ISU poster on this board graduated from Iowa

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Iowa state fans are proud of having the most in state students and only having fans that went to Iowa State.

They are fans of inbreeding so this is no surprise.

 

[Jim4edwards]

I think the sole reason some State fans use that assertion, which I see as an inaccurate one, is directly linked to the # of non-alumni Iowa fans in the region compared to non-alumni ISU fans. There are more non-alumni Iowa fans and it's easy to get defensive when you're outnumbered. That said, I do think ISU is slowly gaining some ground in this regard due to their investments in the program and proximity to Des Moines. That opinion is only based on my anecdotal observations though.

 

[TFXBoomer]

Because there are no ISU fans that didn't actually attend school there. Why would you become a fan of the program if you hadn't been force fed it for 4 years? As such, they are defensive that someone who didn't actually attend another school has the gall to root for that institution in sports. The concept is completely foreign to them.

Couldn't be more spot on. If ISU was the historical flagship program in the state we wouldn't hearing about them crying and moaning about it.

 

[H4wkfan4life]

There are Iowa fans that think you can't be a fan of Iowa if you didn't go to school there.

Tell them to pucker up, because they can kiss my ass.
Since I've never lived in WI, I guess I better quit being a packer fan too

 

[HerkyFan]

Couldn't be more spot on. If ISU was the historical flagship program in the state we wouldn't hearing about them crying and moaning about it.

Yet isu grad still can't grasp the obvious and they continue to cling to their bogus argument.

More please.

 

[myteamcanbeatupyourteam]

It mainly comes up when talking about football attendance. It makes them feel better and also to try and convince you that the majority in attendance are Alumni.

 

[Clonewithasigh]

As an ISU fan it makes me cringe when Cyclone fans try to talk smack about Iowa fans not being alumni. One of the dumbest forms of smack talk out there

Why would Cyclone fans talk smack about Iowa fans not being alumni? Cyclone fans would be in the same boat.

 

[5Fan5]

Why would Cyclone fans talk smack about Iowa fans not being alumni? Cyclone fans would be in the same boat.

Are you saying that YOU have not done this in the past?

 

[Clonewithasigh]

Are you saying that YOU have not done this in the past?

Nope, as I have stated many times that I am not a Cyclone fan.

 

[TFXBoomer]

I went to a CC before coming to Iowa this past fall, does this make me more of a fan now than I was before I enrolled?

 

[EZ2BJZ]

Nope, as I have stated many times that I am not a Cyclone fan.

Is this the whole "I'm an alumni and donate money to Iowa State so that makes me ostensibly part of Cyclone athletics" mantra?

 

[5Fan5]

Nope, as I have stated many times that I am not a Cyclone fan.

Well, actually, you have just recently gone off on the '...not a cyclone fan' tangent so the "many times" is a gross exaggeration. But, more to the point, YOU and other isu posters that frequent this site have gone to great lengths to demean fans of the Iowa programs. Does the term 'tavern Hawk' ring any bells for you?

This semantics game that you now want to play is fun to a point, but it does not alter the past. You have been critical of non-alum Iowa fans and now you should either take ownership of that or admit that you were wrong to do so in the first place.

 

[Clonewithasigh]

Is this the whole "I'm an alumni and donate money to Iowa State so that makes me ostensibly part of Cyclone athletics" mantra?

Plain and simple for you. I am a Cyclone.

 

[5Fan5]

Plain and simple for you. I am a Cyclone.

Which literally means zero. Are you truly a storm of rotating winds? Is that your claim? Or, do you want to try to fool others into believing you represent isu in some type of official capacity?

You are nothing more than anyone else posting here. No better at all. Get over yourself.

 

[Clonewithasigh]

Well, actually, you have just recently gone off on the '...not a cyclone fan' tangent so the "many times" is a gross exaggeration. But, more to the point, YOU and other isu posters that frequent this site have gone to great lengths to demean fans of the Iowa programs. Does the term 'tavern Hawk' ring any bells for you?

This semantics game that you now want to play is fun to a point, but it does not alter the past. You have been critical of non-alum Iowa fans and now you should either take ownership of that or admit that you were wrong to do so in the first place.

Never once called anyone a "tavern hawk" over here. I don't demean anyone over here, but I do respond in kind when folks make ridiculous claims about my Cyclones. You bet I call out non alum hawk fans for the comments they make about ISU. The interesting part is I know several Iowa alums and not one of them make the ridiculous inflamatory comments that some folks over here make. So I call them on it and true to form, they resent the label.

 

[5Fan5]

Never once called anyone a "tavern hawk" over here. I don't demean anyone over here, but I do respond in kind when folks make ridiculous claims about my Cyclones. You bet I call out non alum hawk fans for the comments they make about ISU. The interesting part is I know several Iowa alums and not one of them make the ridiculous inflamatory comments that some folks over here make. So I call them on it and true to form, they resent the label.

With all due respect (that would be none), you are a liar.

You and I go back quite a ways on these forums and you, indeed, have called out non-alum fans in just about every way imaginable. Typical of many of the isu faithful here on HR, you are generally in your greatest glory when the Hawks have faltered at some athletic endeavor. I predict it will happen again.

 

[tedboy78]

I never understood this either. I went to college for 4 years and couldn't tell you one thing about any of their athletic teams, or if they even still have all the same sports as when I graduated. I grew up close to the U of I campus and attended football and basketball games growing up, and watched road games on TV. More people can tell you I'm an Iowa fan than can tell you where I went to college.

I do not apologize.

I grew up near IC and my dad was a truck driver who was gone a lot, so we rarely did things together. That said, when there were knothole tickets available my dad would always take my brothers and I to Iowa games. Because of my close proximity to IC and the fact that I wanted to be a teacher I went to UNI. My sports love has always been for the Hawks. To think someone has to be alumni (which I'm sure is rare) reeks of arrogance and stupidity. So what, no children can be Iowa fans?

 

[Clonewithasigh]

With all due respect (that would be none), you are a liar.

You and I go back quite a ways on these forums and you, indeed, have called out non-alum fans in just about every way imaginable. Typical of many of the isu faithful here on HR, you are generally in your greatest glory when the Hawks have faltered at some athletic endeavor. I predict it will happen again.

You are full of it..... Plain and simple..... You call me a liar, then prove it.

 

[EZ2BJZ]

Plain and simple for you. I am a Cyclone.

Okay. It's never my intention to offend anyone (even on an anonymous message board) so I will just assume you have your reasons for being anal about whatever distinction you are trying to establish and leave it at that.

 

[5Fan5]

You are full of it..... Plain and simple..... You call me a liar, then prove it.

I have already proven it on many occasions throughout your history here on HR. Do you deny my pointing out comments from you concerning 'recruiting pipelines' direct from Texas to Ames (and you then feigning ignorance by claiming it to be taken out of context)?

You are a fool to now come here with this 'holier, but fairer, than all pretense. Anyone that has experienced your tirades from before can conclude for their own self what type of character you are.

Once a clonewithagroan, always a clonewithagroan.

 

[JStandefer]

I think Andy summed up Iowa and ISU fans by saying when he sees a unfortunate kid in a Cyclone jersey, he thinks, "Oh! His parents must be ISU grads".http://whotv.com/2016/01/17/whats-b...eceiving-expected-joy-from-basketball-season/

 

[HerkyFan]

Nope, as I have stated many times that I am not a Cyclone fan.

He is even better, he is isu grad.