As a youth in 1970's small-town central Iowa, I actually pulled for the University of Iowa. They were bad at everything except basketball, and Lute Olson was a good guy. I entered ISU in Fall, 1981 and the winning entry in the Towers Residence Association - Parent's Weekend - Window Painting Contest was "Eat **** and Die Hawk Bastards". Thus began my conversion, which was complete by January, 1982.
I've lived in Iowa City since 1998 and have great friends here, including university professors and medical doctors. They're wonderful people, except for when the hawks are playing, at which point they become big-mouth idiots just like the tavern hoks in my home town. In my opinion, they're one of the ten worst college fan bases in all of sports, blindly supporting a crew of mostly reprehensible coaches and athletics administration personnel. I glory in their losses, especially the painful ones, and hope this thread reaches a minimum of 41 pages to equal the number of years I've hated them.
Keep it going - Hawks Suck!
I've lived in Iowa City since 1998 and have great friends here, including university professors and medical doctors. They're wonderful people, except for when the hawks are playing, at which point they become big-mouth idiots just like the tavern hoks in my home town. In my opinion, they're one of the ten worst college fan bases in all of sports, blindly supporting a crew of mostly reprehensible coaches and athletics administration personnel. I glory in their losses, especially the painful ones, and hope this thread reaches a minimum of 41 pages to equal the number of years I've hated them.
Keep it going - Hawks Suck!
