That was embarrassing and insulting to the players and coaches!
Stop Booing this team!
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I’ll be honest, I used to agree with this and adhere to it. I still do for the most part, but these aren’t student athletes anymore. They are getting paid lots of money to perform. Everything has changed, for good or bad. 
I agree. But it sounded awful. It wasn't scattered booing, it was loud.I’ll be honest, I used to agree with this and adhere to it. I still do for the most part, but these aren’t student athletes anymore. They are getting paid lots of money to perform. Everything has changed, for good or bad.
You do have a good point though. I'm still adjusting to the 'new' college game.
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despite the record and also bitching about them i am actually proud of this year's team.
so average talent wise but they have punched well above their weight easily matching teams that costed order of magnitude more
it's like we raced against ferarris with a well maintained camry
so average talent wise but they have punched well above their weight easily matching teams that costed order of magnitude more
it's like we raced against ferarris with a well maintained camry
I am not sure what the "experts" would have predicted after 11 games. I know "what if..." Have always been a Hawk fan and a KF fan. The NIL I ealize pays players but Iowa doesn't have the "budget" some teams have. Have there been some NIL missteps on Iowa's part. Probably yes. That being said this 77 year old, and I emphasize old, will never boo them or the coaches.
People can do whatever they want. 90% of our guys aren’t getting a big bag. Perks and some things sure. If you want to boo like a child a bunch of 18-22 year olds have at it.I’ll be honest, I used to agree with this and adhere to it. I still do for the most part, but these aren’t student athletes anymore. They are getting paid lots of money to perform. Everything has changed, for good or bad.
Oh cry me a river. These are no longer student athletes. They are paid professionals and the highest paid professional was throwing knuckle balls into the ground. With the amount of money people pay to go to these games they deserve to be entertained. That was pitiful football for 3 quarters and they deserved the boos. Especially the coaches.
Yes. Crazy year in the Big 10. Indiana turned into Penn St. Wisconsin turned into Indiana. Penn St. turned into Nebraska. Michigan St. turned into N'western. N'western turned into Iowa. Multiple coaches fired at mid-season or rumored to be fired. Even the weather was crazy, storm delays, well timed downpours, especially for the Hawks
. Even a coup attempt by Michigan. Besides what the west coast teams say, how can you not love the new Big 10. It's chaos.I’ve definitely given boos to the coaches before, especially certain ones that are no longer coaching here.
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Well it worked, didn't it?...................
I don’t believe the boos were directed at the players…I think it was the coaching staff and Lester in particular.
I was not one of them.
I was not one of them.
Wasn’t directed at the players. People are sick of watching the offense look like a blind drunk toddler when it comes to throwing the football. Crazy considering it’s 2025 and the games are basically enforced and built to make things easier for the offense to move the ball. Also, some of these dudes are making more in one year than fans are over the same time it takes those dudes to graduate while also being told to pay more towards NIL, etc.
All I know is anyone trying to suggest that players don't get booed, or that booing wasn't aimed at them, or that players shouldn't get booed, when they rightfully should, is.........well, I can't think of what you call it right now, but they're wrong.
They're also possibly naive, but I don't want to split too many hairs.........
Booing is the safest and most market-tested form of public humiliation on one's mental health since before the days of the Great Pyramids.
I believe the boos were directed at the play calling not the players. The play calling until the last r or 5 minutes of the game was not good at all. Way too conservative.
Oh, I am not saying players don’t get booed, and people have the right to do so if they so choose.All I know is anyone trying to suggest that players don't get booed, or that booing wasn't aimed at them, or that players shouldn't get booed, when they rightfully should, is.........well, I can't think of what you call it right now, but they're wrong.
They're also possibly naive, but I don't want to split too many hairs.........
Booing is the safest and most market-tested form of public humiliation on one's mental health since before the days of the Great Pyramids.
I just felt that last night the boos weren’t directed at the players, as they occurred after some bad play calls.
It was unfortunate, but consider reality: The QB alone is being paid more than a million dollars to play college football, yet Iowa's offense generated virtually NOTHING for 3.5 quarters against, perhaps, the worst team in the BIG. And then the coaches are making millions, yet the Iowa offense looked miserable until the very end. Fans are supposed to applaud THAT? Not any more.
You don't wanna get booed, look like a college offense. Pass the damn ball. Gain some yards. Score some points. Simple as that.
Especially the coaches. Absolutely.
I wasn't there but I only boo the people who are booing. Sorry if it blends in.
I was booing and calling them names!!
God awful comparison.
The coaches are fair game with the money they make. I think the boos are for the coaches and in those recent situations probably for KF and Lester, KF mostly
What was the coup attempt at Michigan? were people calling for Moore to be fired?Yes. Crazy year in the Big 10. Indiana turned into Penn St. Wisconsin turned into Indiana. Penn St. turned into Nebraska. Michigan St. turned into N'western. N'western turned into Iowa. Multiple coaches fired at mid-season or rumored to be fired. Even the weather was crazy, storm delays, well timed downpours, especially for the Hawks
So 200 people out of 70,000 are not allowed to boo per you. Sounds reasonable.
You pay the price to sit in that stadium on game day you absolutely are allowed to Boo, Cheer, Sit on your hands, make Funny Faces or whatever the hell it is you want to legally do while you are there.
The thought police can cry about it all they want, but thems the facts.
If you feel that way why don’t you at least figure out how to do a name on here?
Instead of booing why not just get up and leave if what you're watching is so unpleasant for you. In fact last night quite a number did leave after the third quarter. Glad they were able to enjoy one of the great Kinnick Stadium comebacks from the comfort of their cold vehicles.
Looks like the point got across then.
Booing doesn't accomplish anything, blackmailing the Board of Regents does though.
Greatest comebacks?!? We were down ten to one of the worst teams in the Big Ten, and scored a touchdown and kicked two field goals. What a roaring comeback!
That product needed to be booed. Sparty was win-less and Hawks needed two no-call PI's to win the newest version of a Kinnick home job.
There’s something to your pointI’ll be honest, I used to agree with this and adhere to it. I still do for the most part, but these aren’t student athletes anymore. They are getting paid lots of money to perform. Everything has changed, for good or bad.
True, and I think most of the booing is directed for KF.I’ll be honest, I used to agree with this and adhere to it. I still do for the most part, but these aren’t student athletes anymore. They are getting paid lots of money to perform. Everything has changed, for good or bad.
Nobody rightfully should be booed. That's an adolescent approach if ever there was one. You're an adult at 18. Act like one. If you don't like the product, don't pay for it or watch it.All I know is anyone trying to suggest that players don't get booed, or that booing wasn't aimed at them, or that players shouldn't get booed, when they rightfully should, is.........well, I can't think of what you call it right now, but they're wrong.
They're also possibly naive, but I don't want to split too many hairs.........
Booing is the safest and most market-tested form of public humiliation on one's mental health since before the days of the Great Pyramids.