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Miller Time Bowling with Pat Angerer
We begin our look at Iowa positions today with a story on Iowa linebacker Pat Angerer. This will be eight days of features on Iowa players.
Former Bettendorf High School football standout and current Iowa Hawkeye Pat Angerer enjoys bowling with three of his former Bulldog teammates Sunday, August. 2, 2009., at Miller Time Bowling in Davenport. (Louis Brems/Freelance)
We begin our look at Iowa positions today with a story on Iowa linebacker Pat Angerer. This will be eight days of features on Iowa players accompanied with a detailed look at the position they play — who’s in, who’s depth and what will it take for that position to contribute to a big bowl-type season.
Here’s the schedule (this is subject to change)
Sunday – LB Pat Angerer (me)
Monday – Kicker Trent Mossbrucker (Scott)
Tuesday – DT Karl Klug (me)
Wednesday – DB Amari Spievey (Scott)
Thursday – QB Ricky Stanzi (me)
Friday – OT Bryan Bulaga (me)
Saturday – WR Trey Stross (Scott)
Sunday – RB Jeff Brinson (me)
I spent a couple hours on a Sunday in Bettendorf, Pat Angerer’s hometown. Here’s a sample of what will be in the newspaper and online (under the sports and Iowa Hawkeyes headings) later tonight.
BETTENDORF — A pair of black sweat socks went flying out the window at a busy intersection in Bettendorf.
This is the true story of four friends . . . who bowl together . . . and have their bowling observed by a reporter . . . to find out what happens when the bowling stops being polite . . . and starts getting real.
Three blocks from Miller Time Bowling, it’s too real for Tom Langford. His socks ended up in the ditch.
“Take one of my socks,” Pat Angerer said. “Put it on your lead foot. It’s better than nothing.”
Four high school friends proceed to bowl away a lazy summer Sunday. Why bowling?
“It keeps us out of trouble,” Angerer said.
These are four young men staring adulthood in the face. Langford, 23, is helping out coaching the Minnesota State linebackers after missing out on a bid for a sixth year of eligibility. John Davis, 22, is in the Army and working toward special forces. Greg Reckman, 22, is a criminal justice major at Iowa State.
You know Angerer, 22. He’s the Iowa Hawkeyes’ all-Big Ten middle linebacker. At Miller Time Bowling, he’s somewhat recognizable in a Bettendorf T-shirt.
In the lane to the left, a kids’ birthday party sings and bowls. To the right, some very good bowlers spin strikes. The Angerer crew makes noise. There’s the “psych outs,” some slapping and a few downright heckles.
“Greg, you’re scaring the kids,” Angerer says just above the din of the pins.
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OK, here’s what didn’t make the paper.
These psych outs can get pretty salty. Tom is balding and John used that. Greg’s gray T-shirt showed sweat spots where you wouldn’t expect them. It was like he sweated everywhere but the arm pits.
John and Greg were partners. John said he needed to get Greg to the “proper level of drunkeness.” It took two pitchers of beer and a triple shot of tequila that smelled like regret.
“I said, ‘I want a triple shot of your worst tequila,’ ” John said. Remember, he asked this in a bowling alley. It smelled like regret.
Pat rolled a personal best 181 in the first game, which didn’t count.
John and Greg won the first game, so Pat and Tom owed them dinner at Appleby’s. Pat and Tom pulled out the second game, which meant the movie would be on John and Greg. But no, after Appleby’s they went back to the bowling alley.
I learned that Pat Angerer is a pretty decent bowler, has a wonderful support system (family and friends) and is a geniunely quiet and humble guy who isn’t crazy about the spotlight and just wants to do his job. His sophomore year he went to the abyss of career anonymity. He rebounded in a big way last season, but he’s not about to forget the lessons he learned in 2007.
Iowa Hawkeye middle linebacker Pat Angerer shows off his most recent and favorite tattoo of the American flag with the words Pledge of Allegiance above it Sunday, August 2, 2009. (Louis Brems/Freelance)
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That was a great read, Marc. I bought the Sunday paper specifically for this story, and admit I was looking forwars to it since you mentioned you'd be spending some time with the Angerer family.
I would have never guessed his Dad is the way you described him (physically). And I can only imagine how proud they must be. I know it was always my dream to see my son grow up to be an Iowa Hawkeye. Oh well. No regrets. I was quietly proud of my son when he got a Tiger Hawk tatoo, after I encouraged him to NOT get anything at all, at least he got the something he knew I couldn't say looked stupid. (And he waited until he left for college.)
Anyway, I'm glad Pat found his way. Without his strong support staff, he could have just coasted through the rest of his career thinking "hey, at least I got a full ride."
Good for Pat, and great for the Hawks. I hope he has another great year.
Thanks, Paul. It was a lot of fun. Great family.
I think we're all proud of our sons in our own ways.
Pat Angerer is living the life, this summer. Why not? He is one of the stars on Iowa's team, already putting in an All Big Ten performance, last season, helping Iowa in the Jan 1 Outback Bowl, smashing the Crap out of another SEC team.
Good for Pat…………another IOWA kid does well. Iowa's high school Football coaches and administrators should be darned proud. The number of IOWA high school FB players who have had success at the Division 1 and NFL levels is above, on a per population basis, almost any other state in the U.S.
WAR IOWA HAWKEYE FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now that we're in an age where character counts nearly as much as 40 and bench press, look for more Iowa D-I recruits. Just look at the last two years in the state.
By the way, Marc……great story on the Angerers. They are a great family and I've met Pat's Dad…….a great guy.
Why though is Scott D doing a story on Mossbrucker, who likely will Red-shirt this year?
Because Mossbrucker is sticking it out after, basically, having the job ripped away from him last year. Says something about his character, I think. Scott wrote about Daniel Murray last week.
Marc,
Great point about Mossbrucker. That had to take some serious soul searching. Iowa has more character on this team than recent years it seems. Much like it was 5 years ago.
Any recent “hearsay” on how Jewel is moving about. You mentioned a week ago he was not moving well.
Also any news on kids that may be surprising or moving up the ladder. Kids that were after thoughts that are doing some things to get themselves noticed?!?!
Chad
Great article. These have to be the fun assignments. I think it speaks a lot to Angerer's character that he was able to break away from the downtown-IC/bar atmosphere and dedicate himself to football. Those are the types of players that stand up as leaders and show the younger men the path.
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