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    here we go again

    I'm on vacation in San Francisco. Great town, and a lot of sports around here. Great local paper with very talented writers and a LOT of content. That being said, after the "earth shattering upset of Iowa over PSU" last night. It got a little paragraph on in the middle of page 10 in the San Francisco Chronicle. Hawk fans would have you believe the whole world is bowing to them and a Ferentz statue but nobody west of Omaha or east of Dubuque cares.

    After working for a sports show and dealing with Hawk fan arrogance the past 5 years, I just can't take it any more. I realize as a UNI fan, people outside of Iowa, really don't care. It's the way it is. If we won the national title, it would be sweet for me, my fellow fans, and the program. Thats all that really should matter. Not having the world fall at your feet. Sorry, just tired of the "you're an idiot if you don't worship us" attitude.
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    Re: here we go again

    Originally posted by jnutt View Post
    I'm on vacation in San Francisco. Great town, and a lot of sports around here. Great local paper with very talented writers and a LOT of content. That being said, after the "earth shattering upset of Iowa over PSU" last night. It got a little paragraph on in the middle of page 10 in the San Francisco Chronicle. Hawk fans would have you believe the whole world is bowing to them and a Ferentz statue but nobody west of Omaha or east of Dubuque cares.
    SF is a great town to visit and leave. The day it slides into the ocean and gives me beachfront property will be a day. As for the Chronicle, I wouldn't wipe my dog's a$$ with that rag.

    SF population considers everything from Tahoe to NYC flyover country.

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      Re: here we go again

      this is panthernation.com dude.

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        Re: here we go again

        Originally posted by jnutt View Post
        I'm on vacation in San Francisco. Great town, and a lot of sports around here. Great local paper with very talented writers and a LOT of content. That being said, after the "earth shattering upset of Iowa over PSU" last night. It got a little paragraph on in the middle of page 10 in the San Francisco Chronicle. Hawk fans would have you believe the whole world is bowing to them and a Ferentz statue but nobody west of Omaha or east of Dubuque cares.
        Well, that certainly proves it. Moreso than the front page of ESPN.com. Everyone knows that newspapers are at an all-time high in popularity and are the wave of the future. I saw an NBC Sports update on TV yesterday afternoon (NBC is a national network, you might know -- it's seen all over the country). They covered three college football stories from Saturday -- Tim Tebow getting hurt, Iowa beating Penn State, and Notre Dame. Just saying.


        Originally posted by jnutt View Post
        If we won the national title, it would be sweet for me, my fellow fans, and the program. Thats all that really should matter. Not having the world fall at your feet.
        It's nice that you feel that way. I have a feeling, though, that many people around here will be terribly upset about the lack of news coverage when this happens.
        UNI isn't exactly splitting atoms in terms of academics. -run&blade

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          Well one newspaper in an area of the country that isn't exactly a college football hotbed, where the local team got badly embarrassed on Saturday, and where their pro team had a big game on Sunday certainly is indicative of the nation.

          The Cal/Oregon game barely made the paper here, and that was also without question a big national story the night before.

          Nutt, you should be a much more savvy media consumer than this.

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            Come on, news. All college football fans around the country turn to the SF Chronicle when they want the scoop. That and the NY Times and the New England Journal of Medicine. I doubt the latter even mentioned Iowa/Penn State at all.
            UNI isn't exactly splitting atoms in terms of academics. -run&blade

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              The Sunday WCF Courier sports section lead with the Panthers blowout against MSU. Iowa and ISU received equal coverage at the bottom of the page.
              Originally posted by TH1974
              This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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                Re: here we go again

                Originally posted by Kyle View Post
                The Sunday WCF Courier sports section lead with the Panthers blowout against MSU. Iowa and ISU received equal coverage at the bottom of the page.
                I noticed that as well.
                TH1974: This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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