**2025 Iowa Football Season Thread**

[Lee Beevers]

What year did you graduate from the University of Iowa?

Got him!!!

Tavern Hawks disgust me only slightly less than fat or short people.

 

[6deuce]

Got him!!!

Tavern Hawks disgust me only slightly less than fat or short people.

You love me and think I'm hawt.

 

[ivan_drago]

What year did you graduate from the University of Iowa?

I don’t think the Swiss people asked him.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

You can't possibly know that

 

[Creed]

It was kind of cool getting a Go Hawks on the top of a swiss mountain

Switzerland was pretty meh. Don’t need to go back there.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Switzerland is the most amazing place on Earth

 

[BngHawk]

I loved me some Switzerland.

 

[Creed]

I was in Montreux. Spent time on a glacier, went in lake Geneva, toured a castle, went to Olympic museum. French people suck, their food was overrated and I wasn’t there long enough (6 days) to acclimate to the time change.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Theres your problem.

 

[Kerky]

How many BIG games are at 11 generally each week, 1,2? What are the odds that the Oregon game is at 11? I would think pretty low since they are traveling from the West Coast right?

 

[Hawk&Balls]

How many BIG games are at 11 generally each week, 1,2? What are the odds that the Oregon game is at 11? I would think pretty low since they are traveling from the West Coast right?

Fox and sometimes btn. It's a really shitty week, so that and Indiana/Penn State are about the best two games.

 

[Gushawk]

If Iowa wins the next 2, we’re Big Noon bound for Oregon.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

One game at a time!

 

[Lee Beevers]

One game at a time!

My focus has been on the Nittany Lions of Pennsylvania State all week.

 

[KitKatApples]

My focus has been on the Nittany Lions of Pennsylvania State all week.

You’re a good man

 

[rodg12]

 

[Stomper15]

Ranking the 25 best college football stadiums from the Big House to Death Valley

What makes a college football stadium great? We polled our staff to come up with The Athletic's Top 25 — with a clear No. 1.

www.nytimes.com

Weird, Kinnick didn't make the Athletic's Top 25 stadiums.

But App State, Nebrantska, Army, and Colorado did.

 

[KitKatApples]

Camp Randal is a dump

 

[brantshawks]

Camp Randal is a dump

And filled with homos.

 

[WCFHawkeye]

Iowa took a dump on those homos Saturday.

Edit: 2 Saturdays ago.

 

[KitKatApples]

Just like a tranny

 

[WCFHawkeye]

Just like a tranny

That's where Luke Fickell comes into the story.

 

[Stu Beagle]

Is there a reason Kinnick doesn’t turn the lights off and flicker during night game TD’s you see so many other teams do these days?

 

[6deuce]

Isn't a lot of the lighting Kinnick uses still portable from Musco or is that not the case anymore? If it is I can see that being the reason.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Isn't a lot of the lighting Kinnick uses still portable from Musco or is that not the case anymore? If it is I can see that being the reason.

They're all permanent

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Is there a reason Kinnick doesn’t turn the lights off and flicker during night game TD’s you see so many other teams do these days?

Because it's dumb?

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

Because it's dumb?

Thank you.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

Also, the Band (who plays intro music) and the Dance Team (who dance to interlude music) don’t need a hype video with intro music.

GET OFF MY LAWN!!1!

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Thank you.

It could be because they don't have the lights that do it, but I choose to believe this.

 

[RecreationalGynecologist]

Isn't a lot of the lighting Kinnick uses still portable from Musco or is that not the case anymore? If it is I can see that being the reason.

Do you see Musco lighting trucks outside of Kinnick anymore?

 

[6deuce]

Do you see Musco lighting trucks outside of Kinnick anymore?

I haven't been to a night game for a few years, and I don't really pay attention to that shit.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

I haven't been to a night game for a few years, and I don't really pay attention to that shit.

Fuck off you tavernhawk POS

 

[BngHawk]

!!!!!!!!!!

 

[2HawkFans]

Camp Randal is a dump

Went to the game a couple years back and thought the same thing. For all the hype of the "jump around" and such, the rest of the environment really lacks. Very poor sound system and video playback boards.

I had to laugh, they make the students come in after the game starts single file. They usher them to their seats. It was in the second quarter and students were still filing in. I'd be pissed if I missed an entire quarter of the game with that system.

 

[WCFHawkeye]

Because it's dumb?

Seeing it for the first time live, at Rutgers, I liked.

 

[IowaWigman]

Instead of lights that might be able to flicker, can we focus on the god awful audio/video presentation? Speakers are awful - maybe try putting one or a few dozen around all sides of the stadium. The scoreboards are terrible - there are panels that need replacing and they barely show any stats.

 

[6deuce]

Fuck off you tavernhawk POS

I'll take that from you, but the deaf faggot and self proclaimed pussy slayer can fuck right off.

 

[Lee Beevers]

Isn't a lot of the lighting Kinnick uses still portable from Musco or is that not the case anymore? If it is I can see that being the reason.

You stupid fuck!!!!

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Instead of lights that might be able to flicker, can we focus on the god awful audio/video presentation? Speakers are awful - maybe try putting one or a few dozen around all sides of the stadium. The scoreboards are terrible - there are panels that need replacing and they barely show any stats.

Everyone has a phone. Why do they need to show stats on the scoreboard

 

[Lee Beevers]

Fuck off you tavernhawk POS

He disgusts me so thoroughly. I considered texting him but instead deleted him from my phone after blocking him.

 

[douglasbader]

And filled with homos.

Take me down to @AZmessDAWG City,
where the dicks are big and there ain't no titties,
PLEASE (please) oh won't you please let me suck your boooooonnnnnnneeeee??
Yeahhh Yeahhh!!!!

 

[Kamala]

Everyone has a phone. Why do they need to show stats on the scoreboard

Because it’s a lot less distracting to glance at the scoreboard than it is to take out your phone, wait for the wifi to load, and navigate to espn.com, at the same time you are trying to enjoy a live football game

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Take me down to @AZmessDAWG City,
where the dicks are big and there ain't no titties,
PLEASE (please) oh won't you please let me suck your boooooonnnnnnneeeee??
Yeahhh Yeahhh!!!!

 

[gohawkeyes811]

Because it’s a lot less distracting to glance at the scoreboard than it is to take out your phone, wait for the wifi to load, and navigate to espn.com, at the same time you are trying to enjoy a live football game

I took his comment as a joke but perhaps I was wrong.

 

[eclone]

Is there a reason Kinnick doesn’t turn the lights off and flicker during night game TD’s you see so many other teams do these days?

Even Des Moines Roosevelt does it at Mediacom Stadium for their one TD they score a game. (but admittedly cool for a high school stadium atmosphere)

 

[Hawk&Balls]

I took his comment as a joke but perhaps I was wrong.

Maybe some of both. They could probably show more, but I don't know what their software allows. But everyone also has a cell phone, so if there's something particular you want to see, faster and easier to find it yourself.

 

[WCFHawkeye]

I can't connect to stadium WiFi, wrong side, and my cell service is spotty. Will be fine one moment, then no service for 15 minutes.

 

[WCFHawkeye]

Figured out how to change username on YouTube to hide my handle, so what the flickering lights thing looked like (these really didn't flicker for this shot, but at other times they used that effect).

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtube.com

 

[douglasbader]

Is there a reason Kinnick doesn’t turn the lights off and flicker during night game TD’s you see so many other teams do these days?

Isn't a lot of the lighting Kinnick uses still portable from Musco or is that not the case anymore? If it is I can see that being the reason.

It's the type of lights and when they were installed. All of them are Musco Lighting, but the lights at Kinnick are likely still their Light Structure Green 1500 watt metal halide bulb. Those are, for lack of a better term, old school lights that need time to ramp up to full lumen and if you shut them off it takes all that time to ramp up again to full light.

The places you see with the lights flickering are all newer Musco LED installations done in the last few years or retrofitted with the LED lights and software required to put on that sort of light show. LED lights can be turned on and off instantly and don't lose any lumens. They are also way more energy efficient.

 

[douglasbader]

Even Des Moines Roosevelt does it at Mediacom Stadium for their one TD they score a game. (but admittedly cool for a high school stadium atmosphere)

They can do it because they have a brand new Musco LED installation.