cowpersgland said:
In their footbal preview they feel the need to take shots at Nebraska?? because they are such a storied program themselves, right? 1 year of national relevance certainly means that you're on par with the Florida's and USC's of the world, doesn't it.. we'll to hawkeye fans anyway...
http://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2010/5/24/1483920/better-know-an-iowa-football
ISU seems to ahve put them in their place on this one. Finally, something Husker and cyclone fans can agree on; hawkeye fans are d-bags
http://widerightandnattylight.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/know-your-enemy-part-2-university-of-iowa/
You realize that:
1. That article is written by an idiot, who is writing half of it for the sole purpose of getting a reaction out of it (much like yours)?
2. You are over-exaggerating to make a point? Since 2002 they have finished the season ranked in the top 10 four times (50%), and once in the top 20 as well. They aren't Florida, or USC, but then again not a lot of Iowa fans I know are actually claiming that they are one of the top five elite programs in the country?
Ummmmm yeah... after reading your post Landlord, coming from a Husker fan living in Des Moines, it becomes apparant either:
1. You simply do not know any hawkeye fans; or
2. You seem to have found a lost colony of humble hawkeyes who still remember the '00 and '01 beatdowns they recieved ( this lost colony would not be accepted by most hawkeyes, as the hawkeye base does truly seem to believe they are; and have always been consistantly and forever a top five storied program, with a legacy that so greatly trumps the Huskers that not only is it not a competition, but to even breath the Hawkeyes and the Huskers in the same sentence is sheer blasphemy and does, in fact, send them into a drooling, foaming at the mouth, rabid rage.)
After my extensive travels in the state of Iowa, and tenure of enduring 7 consecutive football seasons along side them, I believe option number 1 to be the only possible way your statement about "they hawkeye fans you know" can be true.