Missouri State

[Cap'n Cat]

Alright, alright. No squabbling. Both states are cool states with lots of wonderful attributes.



Hicks and hillbillies everywhere. Just go into any Casey's in Grundy County and you'll find them here, too.

[FMPanther]

Alright, alright. No squabbling. Both states are cool states with lots of wonderful attributes.



Hicks and hillbillies everywhere. Just go into any Casey's in Grundy County and you'll find them here, too.

Actually, try Lamont on the way to Strawberry Point....well, there are numerous places up north.....

...but, honestly, during Bear Week, none of those places come close to Missouri on the hick-spectrum.

[Cap'n Cat]

Actually, try Lamont on the way to Strawberry Point....well, there are numerous places up north.....

...but, honestly, during Bear Week, none of those places come close to Missouri on the hick-spectrum.

Hell, Dubuque to Shenandoah, Sioux City to Burlington!!!!!

[Purple Reign]

Focus

I don't care what you call 'em as long as we don't
Hick-up next Sat.

PR

[unigriff]

oh PR...you made me giggle...pretty good for having a flu on a monday too!

[JayJ79]

Now that the World Series is over, Eric Sanders won't have the distraction of watching his Red Sox, and can focus more on the game.

(and I'm kidding around. I'm sure Eric was quite capable of maintaining adequate focus on football and still being able to watch baseball in the evenings)

[MSUBear42]

This means little when we are discussing Springfield MO. Honestly, you can't even begin to comprehend how rural and hick Missouri is when compared to Iowa....and I'm from SE Iowa.

The shoe fits.

Yes you can. I lived in Cedar Rapids for 8 years and Springfield for 13 now. Listen, we're all in the Valley. We're all in the midwest, home of farms and yada yada.

Anyways, Ignore Da bears, he's not like most of our fans.

[JayJ79]

Welcome, MSU42

Such trash talk about the rural population (whether it be of MSU, UNI, Iowa State, or anyone else) is quite silly.
I know talking smack is part of game day/week, but in this particular regard it's really a pot/kettle type thing.

And in any case, I personally don't take the farm references as much of an insult. I have quite a few farmers in my family. They're hard working folk, and I have much more respect for them than I do for say, lawyers or bankers or other "big city" folk.

[CincyPanther88]

I see Bear Week is in full force.

[UNISAX4006]

Hell, Dubuque to Shenandoah, Sioux City to Burlington!!!!!

Wow. I'm amazed to see my current town and my hometown listed in the same sentence.

Anyway, in regards to the who is more hickish debate:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe I've ever seen any "START THE TRACTOR!" signs held by UNI fans. Being a former PMB/Basketball Band Member, I've seen on more than one occasion a Bears fan holding this very sign up during games...

[FMPanther]

Springfield isn't close to hick. Springfield is more metro than every other town in Iowa other than Des Moines. It's a little larger than Cedar Rapids and has more things to do. I love Iowa, but I lived in Springfield for 3 years and it's not hick. Now, get 30 minutes outside of Springfield and...oh yeah...hick! But how's that different from other Midwestern states?

A lot different. Iowa is just as rural....but not as hick. There is a difference.

I have spent a lot of time in Missouri, Arkansas and Indiana, and I can honestly say that Missouri is as bad as Arkansas in many places.

Of course the larger areas will have more to do....

I have spoken to many people who were from out of state and lived in Iowa who mention that Iowans are up on current events, involved, etc. compared to most areas of the country.

It is anecdotal, but hey, just sayin'

[joecooll6]

According to Stephen Colbert bears are the number one threat to America.

[UNISAX4006]

Yes...he's trying to allude to OUR "hickish nature". But he's from Ohio...so what would he know. For the record, "The Sign Man" from Missouri State is one of the most fervent MSU supporters you're going to meet and he loves all Valley schools when they aren't playing the Bears. Our conference needs more people like him and I wish we had more guys like him in the UNI fan base. Marty is a great guy. If you can't handle, "Start the tractor"...you're a little too touchy on our agricultural background here in Iowa.

I didn't say I couldn't handle the "start the tractor" sign. I just think it is odd as a rallying cry.

I agree that we need more fans like Marty in the UNI fan base. One of my biggest gripes, especially during pre-McDermott/Jacobson basketball was that the pep band was often the loudest part of the crowd at any given non Iowa/ISU game.

For the record, I am from an agricultural background and spent many hours in the cabs of various types of farm machinery and many hours chasing various 4-legged creatures. I am in no way touchy or sensitive towards the issue and think we should have no shame in promoting it (but I do think the time has come to stop subsidizing it).

Besides, I was just poking things with a stick

[UNI MadCat]

I agree on the importance of this game (and a win clinches another Gateway Conference Championship), but I don't believe in sitting guys a great deal before the playoffs. Momentum and rhythm are delicate things. You play your starters until the game is in hand, and then you sit them.

Agreed but when have we ever had this luxury anyway?

I think the players/coaches understand that winning this game Saturday affords them that luxury. And then, looking ahead (b/c I'm a fan and can do that!!) the starters know that if they put in a solid first half against ISU & SUU, they can call it a day and give way to the backups that have busted their butts and could use some PT. And the experience Grace and the others can gain on playing essentially a full game (two 2nd halfs) will be invaluable for A) if someone is injured in the playoffs or B) next year.

Should be an interesting stretch drive. Just like every game this year... if the boys play their game they will win this game. If they don't, as YSU showed us, they can be beaten by anyone. I've heard so many perspectives about the game this past weekend. I agree with the one that says that it showed just how good we are when the 'Guins play a great 3 quarters and we play 1 great quarter and 3 stinkers and look who wins?

Little things happen each week to wake this team up, luckily, not in the form of losses, and its typically hell to pay for the next opponent (see, lapses in the 4th quarter against SIU and the whooping we put on WIU). I see no reason to expect a letdown in Springfield this weekend.

[Newsbreaker]

Springfield isn't close to hick. Springfield is more metro than every other town in Iowa other than Des Moines. It's a little larger than Cedar Rapids and has more things to do. I love Iowa, but I lived in Springfield for 3 years and it's not hick. Now, get 30 minutes outside of Springfield and...oh yeah...hick! But how's that different from other Midwestern states?

"The funny thing about that little white speck on the top of chicken [poop], it's chicken [poop] too."