Who wants to play in Carver next week?

[BCPanther]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

IF it is being used to benefit the players returning next year, then there is real value. I don't mean not playing the seniors, but everything should focus on the future.

However, if all it is designed to do is extend some ridiculous 20 win streak, then it is pointless. Because we had many many many other opportunities to do that during the regular season, against much better competition.

I just don't understand that logic. More basketball is better than less basketball, no?

[Barnstormer]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

i just don't understand that logic. More basketball is better than less basketball, no?

Need MOAR basketball!

[dan_beeding]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

Yeah, I've been posing pretty much nonstop in this thread.

Actually what I was saying by including you is that every one of your posts are a waste of bandwidth. Sorry for the confusion, but I was not lumping you in the posturing group. Don't forget.... "Iowa is irrelevant."

[dan_beeding]

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9yr, in what way is Iowa relevant? Selling out a game makes your fanbase optimistic. Having an optimistic fanbase makes you relevant on neither the national, nor regional (nor conference for that matter) stage. Relevancy is talking heads discussing your program on a regular basis. Relevancy is making the NCAA tourney more than once every 7 years. Relevancy is having a team that other teams fear. The only people who fear Fran's teams are the poor guys who have to clean up all the scuffs from him stomping around when he doesn't get the calls he wants. Sorry fella, when it comes to Iowa football or basketball, nobody outside of Iowa City thinks of them as a relevant program.

[Kyle]

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Dan, I don't think you understand. Iowa is the king of selling out NIT games. This is the very definition of relevancy. Heck, last night Sportscenter bumped the story about Lebron dunking on JT just to announce the Hawkeye sell out.

[dan_beeding]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

IOWA can play Halo on PS3.

[Newsbreaker]

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Of course the measurements that prop up your real favorite team are the ones that you and the other will use.

But the "hole" that you claim has been there for much longer than just this year. The only reason you hawks are crying about it, hell even acknowledge it, is because it has affected your favorite team.

franny made the schedule purposefully. franny also got severely outcoached at crunchtime in many of the losses that your hawks suffered.

So maybe he should have spent more time on coaching that throwing fits, and figuring out ways to not play UNI and Drake anymore?

I haven't gotten any further than this, and from scanning the next few posts, I see this is turning into the usual silliness with the usual parties making the usual posts, so I'm going to respond simply.

You're going to have to explain to me how national discussions about Maryland and Virigina as well as the MWC are evidence of Iowa fans being upset about something. Virtually every Iowa fans feels the same way I do - they scheduled for a reason and with a potential cost, and they're paying that price now. They were a marginal team at the edge of the bubble who have no reasonable argument for inclusion.

[TH1974]

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IOWA can play Halo on PS3.

BOOM!!i!! DEVASTATING!!!!!!!!!!!!

[williebat]

Go trees go. Do the valley proud. Do what we should have done and beat these friggin chicken hawks.

[1988]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

boom!!i!! Devastating!!!!!!!!!!!!

derp!!!!!!!!

[95UNIGRAD]

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Indiana State's late season death-spiral is now complete. I know they got two wins against us, but there's no way in hell we would have laid down and got whupped by 16 at Carver tonight - how did they get an NIT spot over us again? This "signature win" idea has just got to go.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

You are nuts if you don't think there are a substantial number of casual fans that have shifted from uni to Iowa.

[1988]

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You are nuts if you don't think there are a substantial number of casual fans that have shifted from uni to Iowa.

I don't think those fans exist, seriously. Our fan base is a ton smaller than your team but if somebody is a true UNI fan they will be a UNI first and maybe iowa second, more than likely Iowa State second. I'm talking a true UNI fan. Not one like you that used to be a big UNI fan but made friends with a group of people that like iowa and followed them to fit in. So I think you are nuts.

Thank you,

Dr Phil

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

I don't think those fans exist, seriously. Our fan base is a ton smaller than your team but if somebody is a true UNI fan they will be a UNI first and maybe iowa second, more than likely Iowa State second. I'm talking a true UNI fan. Not one like you that used to be a big UNI fan but made friends with a group of people that like iowa and followed them to fit in. So I think you are nuts.

Thank you,

Dr Phil

I'm a fourth generation iowa grad. I also lived in the cedar valley for 25+ years and I know it's a huge iowa town. Think what you want.

[1988]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

I'm a fourth generation iowa grad. I also lived in the cedar valley for 25+ years and I know it's a huge iowa town. Think what you want.

I am sorry that four generations of your family couldn't get into THE University of Northern Iowa. You also have a gift of making really stupid rebutals. I KNOW the Cedar Valley is an iowa area but you and all the other followers need to realize there are a crap load of people that don't like your team.