At tis point Iowa does not need alot of national exposure. The high quality dedicated high school players who may be very used to winning watch TV.

Paul, what you’ve just said … is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul…

Glad to see this. Would love to know if Kirk finally had an epiphany, or whether he was dragged kicking and screaming by Barta. My money is on the latter.

I hate the Black Friday game! I work retail and it’s a required day to work, no exceptions except illness or death. You know how hard it is to take a “sick day” and get a doctor’s excuse? Let me tell you it’s not easy. Next year I’m faking my own death then calling in on Monday and telling them it was a false alarm, I’m much better now.

The reality is that Kirk doesn’t know or care about all that great national publicity. If he did, surely he wouldn’t have put on two of the most awful, ugly, ultraconservative, boring, listless football games ever played these last two Black Fridays. Iowa did nothing to leverage this opportunity. It was the same old nothing from the poor little Hawkeyes. The PR experts say there’s no such thing as “bad” publicity. I guess that’s one thing Kirk believes in as much as punting from your own 31.

Oh, and perhaps the governor needs to step in and make Black Friday an official holiday in Iowa so folks don’t have to fake their own deaths in order to attend the game. Then again, those who watched the last two games probably thought they were suffering a slow, agonizing death themselves.

I don’t care for the Friday game either. Our game watches are more thinly attended, and the only thing the “exposure” has done thus far is to expose us as a team that is years away from beating Nebraska. It may be the only national game we play where out of state recruits actually see us play, and the last two games have been no great advertisement, have they? Put it on the BTN on Saturdays. It will do less damage to our recruiting.

Cal;
That is a classic line…I hope I’m correct, but I believe you have brought thoughts of “Animal House” to my mind. If not, please lay it on!

Iowa-Nebraska on Black Friday is not about watching two excellent football teams striving to win. It is merely about the “Ka-CHING” factor for the respective athletic programs.

BTW… Wal-Mart & other box stores are working to make the massive retail factor of Black Friday irrelevant by opening on Thanksgiving evening.

The commentary on here is about as shallow as spilled milk in a High School Cafeteria. And it has about the same substance. Iowa Football has not lived up to its reputation the last two years. So, according to the posters so far, we should go hide until we come back. BULL-TWINKY!!!!! The last two years OUR team has played poorly behind the same Quarterback. A Quarterback who started out playing poorly on the road, then degenerated into playing poorly everywhere. That situation will not recur. Our next QB will be an improvement. We will be more competitive and we will begin beating Nebraska again. The idea that we should avoid the national TV stage because we are a bad football team is scary. When did the fans give up on this team? Oh that’s right, it is only the fair weather fans that post here. COME ON Iowa Fans, let these sniveling losers know that the Hawkeye Express is a winner and a couple bad games/seasons do not justify throwing in the towel. We will be back, and back with a better product than we had last year. With a decent QB we should be at least 7 points a game better than we were last season. With that improvement last year, I think we would have seen a 9-3 season. That is what we should expect from Iowa. That is what I expect when I renew my seasons ticket this month. We want to play the best. Do you see Tom Brands squad avoiding PSU, Minnesota, or Oklahoma State on the Mat? Heck no. You become the best by beating the best. The bigger the stage, the bigger the rewards.

LET’S GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!

If you can’t get off work, you may want to look into getting a better job. Just a thought.

Tom, close but it is from Billy Madison. Great Line.

Also, wischalk makes an excellent point. If you want to put your tail between your legs and hide because of two bad seasons, your not thinking correctly. This an an ABC National broadcast where only two teams in the nation are playing at that time. Barta was pissed about last year because we didn’t sell out the game and KF put a terrible product on the field. KF needs to learn to play to win instead of playing not to loose. “Hello! You play to win the game. You play to win the game!”- Herm Edwards. Hopefully KF will take note next time we score 7 points with NEB’s 4 turnovers