Time for a Real Discussion About Caitlin Clark
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You can congratulate her and say nice things and nobody will text Tom and ask him to prove it but Hawk fans seriously think everyone sits around watching Iowa women’s basketball lol
I would not say everybody.
I have seen and talked to a lot that do.
I have also seen a lot that dont.
She's a pretty polarizing figure. Both in Iowa and elsewhere.
I love the reactions of threatened Hok fans that say you are a sexist, or dont support women, etc if you dont care for her or even if you dont cheer for her. Then they start personally attacking you and attacking your family for daring to say something against her.
Then when you ask these same people if they cheer for Crooks, or if they hope she breaks all of CCs records, you get nothing but crickets. They cant admit they are in love with her because she is a Hok, not because she is a woman or anything else. But sure love to attack anyone that doesnt love her.
On a smaller/less relevant scale there's a few situations like this that have backfired at ISU and I'm sure there's plenty of other examples in regards to players coming back for their Covid years etc.
I think they will keep the Clark bump for a about 3 years, not sold out but well attended.
ISU's best attendance yrs were in that late 90s early 2000s. We still sell a bunch of tkts but most yrs it doesn't translate into butts in the seats. This yr with the interest in the freshman ISU attendance has steadily gained all season. Especially on the weekend double headers. Easy to stay for 2 games once you make the drive.
At best the Iowa AD can hope to turn this interest into long term season tkt holders even if they don't attend. It is still money in the till.
Was out for a late lunch and caught the end of the Iowa game. Iowa was up 98-85 game clock would have expired, Iowa jacks up the 3 to make the final 101-85. Bush league and classless no surprise there.
I think Marcus Fizer did that vs Okey State in the Big 8 tournament one year. But I think he threw it up just messing around and didn't think it would go in, if I remember right
This was shot no doubt about it. Hell Mary Kate had the ball at the end of our game yesterday I think we got the ball back with 20 or so to go EVERYONE in Hilton there would be no shot.
I brought this up once with Shirley and I think Skoglund as well who got a lot of academic scholarships, and what I was told was they still count against the athletic scholarship count to avoid schools from just making up academic scholarships to give to athletes to then walk on to teams. I can't verify that is accurate, just what someone told me. I have to admit it does make sense.
Right before bowl season something came up around this. Not sure of the result. I think KSt was down to their backup QB as a result of injuries and opt outs. He was a transfer from Missouri and walked on, paying his own way last year. They had to apply for a waiver for him to play. Not sure if they got it or not.