Cy Hawk Rivalry
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better than Chuck Long. His NFL career proves my point. Chuck was great too, but not Seneca great.
not sure what's funny about this @iahawks . I'm being respectful, both had great careers but Seneca was the greatest QB this state has ever seen. I think Purdy has a chance to pass all of them.
So a QB that threw more INTS than TDS is the best QB this state has ever seen? We are also over looking Kurt Warner.
I did forget about Kurt Warner. You have to consider what SW had around him. What he did for the program was unbelievable. If not the best QB ever in the state, I think it's fair to say he was the most exciting at least.
I’m not really sure Brad Banks is in the top 5. He benefited a huge amount from having the best offensive line the state has ever seen. To me:
1. Long
2. Wallace
3. A great big bunch of guys I can’t really separate.
You don't complain about how crappy a band played in the grandstand of the state fair for 12 months after the fact...but I sure as hell am upset about how crappy the Cyclones played in last year's game almost 12 months later. So, the game certainly stirs up more passion than anything other event in the state IMO.
I'm more upset about the game two years ago. If we do one of several things we win the game, but I'm most upset about our tackling on the play where Iowa tied the game at the end.
The entire student body of Purdue University once played QB at an Iowa College/University? They must have been really good to put them your top 5. Was that around....say....1976?
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Purdue's quarterback in 1976. He's probably not in the top 5 for me.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/mark-vitali-1.html
This was probably the best game ever played between the two teams. So many back and forth's in the second half.
That game or the 2012 3OT game when Steele Jantz played the best game of his career would be the two that stick out to me from recent memory.
I still take the 2016 game over that one since in 2016 both teams were pretty good. Can't really say that about the Jantz game.
I'd agree with that neither team was as good as the 2016 teams were, but the excitement of that game was great I thought.
You call yourselves fans? Get the years right!
2011 was the 3 OT game. I missed the 2nd half but looked really fun. Both teams were OK that year iirc so not much lost.
2012 was two bad teams trying to lose...kind of a sign of where things really were under CPR.
2016 was a mess for ISU, Iowa was ready for sure.
2017 was really fun. Give me more of that for September football (except ISU winning)!
Last year wasn't bad but just not much going for offense. One play here and there made the difference, and imo ISU's staff didn't allow for it on ISU's side.