Official Iowa Game Thread

[MartintheMopMan 7,765]

our Basketball traditions come from a winning time and thus thoughts of winning. Football needs a new identity all together. Never had anything to fall back on. Need to form traditions now.

This'll be it for me because I don't want to take this thread way off the rails.

 

But, with traditions there are pretty much two main ways to form them right? You can have some really good experiences and want to hold onto them and recreate them or you can just do something and keep doing it. Our basketball traditions are from the first category and we think it makes them more special, maybe it does. Ohio State has some from both categories, things like the Senior Tackle are just cool ideas a coach thought up.

 

That applies outside of sports too. If you go to Christmas in Naples one year and have a great time, you might decide to make Christmas in Naples a family tradition. But, you might also decide to make Christmas at your Aunt Joy's farm a tradition because you chose to do it one year and then chose to keep doing it even if it isn't all that great.

 

Anyway, you end up with two schools of thought and neither are wrong. Some people are traditionalists and would like to see the development of traditions to help form some kind of identity. And some people are modernists who prefer to have a team be able to react to changes in the times. I'm just a traditionalist about this stuff and would love to see some visible football traditions.

 

And I said neither was wrong, but people who say we should put names on the back of our basketball jerseys are absolutely wrong.

[Naturalhoosier 15,353]

Maybe the traditions are being built. Multiple helmets, a big rock, fireworks. Sounds like traditions in their infancy to me.

[Parakeet Jones 3,733]

My favorite IU football tradition is comiserating during games with the rest of you hooligans right here.

[MartintheMopMan 7,765]

Maybe the traditions are being built. Multiple helmets, a big rock, fireworks. Sounds like traditions in their infancy to me.

Fair. Good way to think about it.

Wait, if these helmets become traditions and I favor changing the traditions to a new tradition that would be based on a classic style that never became a tradition. Am I a traditional modernist or a modern traditionalist?

[Naturalhoosier 15,353]

I hope that fans show up!  We're playing the #10 team in the nation!  It's not a sexy matchup (ie Michigan, OSU, Nebraska, etc), but still, #10!  C'mon fans!!!!!!!  Make it loud in Memorial Stadium!!!!!!!

[lucel15 3,052]

Woke up with a happy face for 1:30 out here in AZ wish I could be home to watch this upset.

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[ALASKA HOOSIER 11,169]

I think we should be called the Hooligan Hoosiers

[JaybobHoosier 11,821]

WOHOOOOOO. I get to stay home and watch the game!!!!!!! LET'S GO HOOSIERS!

[Naturalhoosier 15,353]

20 minutes to GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME TIME!!!!

[Bobman1 2,909]

Let's Dig In

[JaybobHoosier 11,821]

Come on Hoosiers, let's take down the undefeated Hawkeyes!

[mamasa 14,818]

Psyched! Get to watch first half, then head over to IU hockey game! Just spent 4 hrs in the car to watch a 7 minute marching band performance, so a day of IU is much needed!

[Naturalhoosier 15,353]

I might start a few minutes late, this NW/PSU game has been a goodie...so I want to finish.

[JaybobHoosier 11,821]

I might start a few minutes late, this NW/PSU game has been a goodie...so I want to finish.

Slacker!!! LETS GO HOOSIERS!

[LIHoosier 24,991]

Mike Patrick's back. Nick's must've made a killing last night.

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

Tee it up!

[ALASKA HOOSIER 11,169]

Hoo hoo Hoosiers

[JaybobHoosier 11,821]

Here we go. Got my candy stripes on!

[MartintheMopMan 7,765]

Tackle Oakes!

[MartintheMopMan 7,765]

Here we go. Got my candy stripes on!

I don't wear my candy stripes for football because I'm afraid it will make them unlucky.