When I was a senior in high school, I too had a brief dalliance with Iowa State. About two months before graduation, I was seriously considering going to Ames, when my grandma called and said, simply, "We don't go there." I never again considered ISU, and that August I was in Iowa City.
I'm not saying Barkley Hill got a call from his grandma, but he had someone in his family nudging him toward Iowa City when he announced yesterday he was withdrawing his verbal commitment to Iowa State and committing to the Hawkeyes for next fall. Hill had appeared to be a rock solid Cyclone; he'd committed to Paul Rhodes before his junior season, and maintained that commitment when Iowa offered him a scholarship soon after that. When word of his Iowa City visit came last weekend, it was because his family wanted him to "see all his options", even those that come equipped with an enraged, position-hating deity. Those options were obviously pretty good, because the flip was complete by the end of the day.
Hill was the offensive star of Cedar Falls High's run to the Iowa Class 4A semifinals (2,491 yards, 20 TD), and is arguably the most productive Class 4A back of all time: His 89 career rushing touchdowns are a Class 4A record, and 6,163 career rushing yards puts him near the top for all-time yardage. Hill finished his senior season as Gatorade State Player of the Year and a Parade All-American. Rivals rates him a 3* recruit and the #2 player in the state; Scout and ESPN have him at 2*. He held offers from Iowa and ISU; Michigan State, Minnesota, and Nebraska took a look, but he committed to ISU before they could get to far. His high school coach praised his vision and work ethic, and that's nice, but we just jettisoned a Gentleman of the Year. AIRBHG eats good, wholesome, hardworking kids for breakfast.
Let's not kid ourselves: This decision is about opportunity to play, and with the running back depth chart again decimated, Hill will have every chance to contribute from the moment he steps on campus until the moment he steps off. We're just going to hope the day he steps off is, like, four years from now.
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I'm impressed with your Grandma's hate
Even if it for ISU. Props.
CanAzn - January 24, 2012
Hope he survives all 4 years for you guys.
I’d just like to see AIRBHG humbled at this point.
CyHawk - January 24, 2012
Paki O Meara teabagged AIRBHG, yo.
CanAzn - January 24, 2012
He teabagged us all.
mikjones24 - January 24, 2012
Stop.
Paki was a loyal walk-on Hawk who worked his ass off and never complained. He just had the misfortune to not be talented enough to play D1
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Also...
if his twitter feed is any indication he does well with the ladies. Very well.
Blackheartnopants - January 24, 2012 via Android app
Go on...
Notclevr - January 24, 2012
He's dating a ... volleyball player? ... I think
Whomever she was, yes ma’am!
Blackheartnopants - January 24, 2012 via Android app
ill put my B1G personal bests up against him
spring chicken
OhioHawk - January 24, 2012
Yes, and looking at his Twitter avatar I have somewhat of an idea why
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
I would take Paki on any special team Iowa fields right now.
The Bacon Explosion - January 24, 2012
I'm willing to be a paycheck he's FAR more athletic than anyone who ever read this blog.
indyhawk - January 24, 2012
You might end up owing tyger some money.
SomeJerkPoster - January 24, 2012
and you as well, correct?
Was it you that also played D1?
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Does D-1 water polo count?
HoyaGoon - January 24, 2012
It impresses me more
Water polo water polo is crazy
chitownhawkeye - January 24, 2012
Hmmmm
not sure why water polo got typed twice. I’m losing my mind.
chitownhawkeye - January 24, 2012
I liked it better when that was typed twice.
Kind of like:
“Water polo? (shakes head) Water polo…is…craaaaazy.”
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
yeah that counts
The world needs more sports that involve a small chance of being drowned. Until the competitive waterboarding circuit gets up and running, water polo is the next best thing.
HawkeyeInExile - January 24, 2012
I ran D1 track and cross country. However, my atheticism is questionable.
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
I ran,
I ran so far away
I just ran
I ran all night and day
I couldn’t get away
Flakbait - January 24, 2012
the way i heard it
i ran and i stepped
i ran and i stepped
then i ran into the agean sea
and drown
OhioHawk - January 24, 2012
Coincidentally
that was the mourning song after Salamis
Lycurgus - January 25, 2012
JUCO, a splash of D3, and semi-pro.
I was an offensive lineman, so I’m not going to out-athletic anyone.
SomeJerkPoster - January 24, 2012
Also, DJK loves BHGP
Or at least the article that said KF blackballed him
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
I was going to say something about
how I thought DJK had read BHGP, and thought HIGH-ly of it.
Did Sash also read it a couple times, or did someone just show him the T-shirt idea?
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
Also.... Mi'kail McCall reads this, no?
tyger1147 - January 25, 2012
You got that strait.
The Final Gun - January 25, 2012
22 year old me wants to take that bet, current me is going to go hide in the corner
HawkeyeInExile - January 24, 2012
Running backs
get 4 years now? When did they increase it?
chitownhawkeye - January 24, 2012
Not really a DannyWoodheadback..
I think he’s more of a BalancedBack
SaturdayMorningKegStanzis - January 24, 2012
I think he's the Iowaback we've been missing since Paki, Wegher, and (especially) A-Rob flew the coop.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
IowaBack indeed
Always need one on the team.
SaturdayMorningKegStanzis - January 24, 2012
Wait...
WEGHER IS OFF THE TEAM?!!
bornofclay - January 24, 2012 via mobile
I hear he's coming back.
Totally. Yep.
mikjones24 - January 24, 2012
What IS he doing anyway?
Serious Q.
CanAzn - January 24, 2012
Changing diapers
Lycurgus - January 24, 2012
And perhaps doing a little community service after his arrest in C-Bluffs for eluding police and public intox
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
I think he's working on his hair, too.
Ill Jukes - January 24, 2012
one of my friends, works for a company that provides a service, he said he was in Akron, IA the other day doing an install, and he said Brandon Wegher is living there with his brother and looks like hes homeless
waterboy31321 - January 24, 2012
So sad...
I saw him play in high school. He was perfect for KoK’s running game. Perfect.
What a waste of talent. Hope he steers out of the skid he seems to be in.
Blackheartnopants - January 24, 2012 via Android app
So he didn't get that house that his dad promised him?
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
I wonder if he's had cumulative concussion damage as well
It was definitely an issue for Adam. So sad.
Notclevr - January 24, 2012
The concussion stuff is indeed scary
But let’s not use it as a crutch for any athlete that screws up.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Yeah, save the crutches for ACL injuries.
Give Eddie a Beer - January 24, 2012
ba-zing!
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Yeah.
Someone should have got him a padded headboard before it was too late.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
He's slowly transforming into Paki O'Meara with that haircut.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
holy shit, yes.
Ill Jukes - January 24, 2012
So now we have -
DannyWoodheadBacks
BalancedBacks
IowaBacks
Brad Rogers had a heart problem, so clearly AIRBGH is getting really fucking serious with that position, so is that the CambusBack? What else am I missing?
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
Sorry, “AIRBHG” – I didn’t mean to tempt the deity. I shall walk very carefully for the remainder of the day.
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
I think you're fine so long as you never played RB at Iowa.
“This is not ’Nam… there are rules.”
RossWB - January 24, 2012
Floridabacks
If Rodney Coe makes it back, I think he’ll be a Truckback.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
Wow. If I’m remembering correctly, the FloridaBack has a negative playing expectancy at Iowa (as in, something bad will occur within 6 months of signing the LOI).
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
Actually, Iowa's last full-timer at RB was also a Floridaback -- Damian Sims.
It hasn’t worked out too well since then, though.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
I'd rather he was a "Truckasaurus"
HoyaGoon - January 24, 2012
We are low on -asauruses after Cougill's departure...
RossWB - January 24, 2012
still waiting
for that Centaur…
The Bacon Explosion - January 24, 2012
I'm not feeling optimistic about that one this year.
We need to fire whichever coach is in charge of centaur recruiting. He’s fucking terrible.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
It's Erb.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
He was told to recruit a real Tyranasaur to tote the rock
Flakbait - January 24, 2012
Is that a photo of Matt Roth?
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
Must be. It's been going all day on my screen
Such a motor.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
We could always add another Aaron White nickname.
“Gingasaurus” White.
The Mexican't - January 24, 2012
Rec for "I don't give a shit" mug shot
What a waste. If Hollywood decided to re-make Dazed and Confused, he’d be a lock.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Jeremy Pivin
hawkinsandmelrose - January 24, 2012
He does way more than
just “hug” it out, bitch.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
So Wegher is the middle photo in a metamorphosis from Paki to Jeremy Piven?
Eyeheartfreedumb - January 24, 2012
Okay. Wow. I should have read down before commenting (as usual)
But the above comment kind of summed up the whole of what I just read.
Weird. I hang out here too much.
Eyeheartfreedumb - January 24, 2012
no beter place of pub intox
in the entire hawkeye state
then the shadow of the bluffs
OhioHawk - January 24, 2012
AND YOU GET A KID AND YOU GET A KID
AND YOU GET A KID.
mikjones24 - January 24, 2012
Pissing away opprotunites
so that he has lots of regret to fuel the drinking in about 15 years.
Flakbait - January 24, 2012
ouch
but true. Hello talent, there’s the toilet.
The Bacon Explosion - January 24, 2012
Have no idea
Pretty sure he comes from money and his dad totally owns a dealership. Thus, he’ll probably fall back on that.
mikjones24 - January 24, 2012
His dad owns Wegher Construction, which is a pretty big construction firm in Sioux City.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
Wegher really IS Mike Dexter
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Astronaut Mike Dexter?
Jon Berg - January 24, 2012
If Daddy lets him
My Dad would not think twice about cutting me off if I was a fuck up. Which in our case would mean that I didn’t get to borrow his truck whenever I wanted……
Flakbait - January 24, 2012
"If you get arrested, I'm not bailing you out"
Was my Dad’s only rule.
Blackheartnopants - January 24, 2012 via Android app
My Dad always said, if you get arrested, when they give you your phone call, be sure to call me so I know. I’ll pick you up the next day.
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
I thought he was being a tough guy
As I got older I realized his hidden message was “don’t get caught.”
Blackheartnopants - January 24, 2012 via Android app
Yes, don’t get caught, and, if you do, you’re a dumb ass and will sit in jail overnight.
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
Where are we getting these assumptions that he's spoiled? I never got that vibe, but maybe I missed something.
He fucked up, and he won’t get another chance at college football ever again. I think the disappointment from that would be enough depresssionfuel for me.
hkobb7 - January 24, 2012
He left the team for personal reasons
that some rumored to be “he didn’t want to live in the dorms.”
And, his behavior after Iowa (at OU, and then with the police while at Iowa Western CC) do kind of lend themselves to the idea that Wegher might have been spoiled and pissed away some good chances.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
Always good to sign the top in state talent
And stick it to ISU just a little bit. Welcome aboard Mr. Hill. I hope you’re stay is long, productive, and AIRBHG free.
On a side note, ESPN says there are 8 4 and 5* recruits “considering” becoming a Hawk at this point. Does anyone have any reasons to believe we pick up any of them?
6 seconds of hell - January 24, 2012
No.
mikjones24 - January 24, 2012
Alex Kozan is probably the best bet right now
OL out of Castle Rock, CO. 4-star guy.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Shit, that's right down the road from me
I’ll go have a word with him. No way that could backfire.
Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride - January 24, 2012
Wear your “running” shorts.
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
I like where this is going.
SomeJerkPoster - January 24, 2012
Ashton Kutcher would like a word with you.
hkobb7 - January 24, 2012
This was my inclination too
Just hoping for a little optimism. Apparently I came to the wrong place
6 seconds of hell - January 24, 2012
We're in the last 3 for Kozan with Auburn and Michigan.
He said via a Rivals interview that KF was there last week and the home visit with him was great. We’ll see – he’d be a great addition to the class.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
When was the last time we picked up a 5 star?
Flakbait - January 24, 2012
My guess is
Dan Doering
6 seconds of hell - January 24, 2012
HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED.
mikjones24 - January 24, 2012
Chris Benoit?
The Nihilist - January 24, 2012
Mike Jones?
bornofclay - January 24, 2012 via mobile
As 6 seconds guessed, it was indeed Dan Doering in the 2005 class.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
I just took a look back at that class
and now I am sad
6 seconds of hell - January 24, 2012
Although it did produce 5 players who at least got a look from the NFL
That seems like a number I could live with from every class
6 seconds of hell - January 24, 2012
Exactly.
If we pulled that class in every year, I think most people could live with the attrition, not living up to hype, etc. If I have to live through coker, McCall, Derby, etc. leaving every year (or Christensen, bain, whoever), I need me some Moeaki, Richardson, Eubanks, Angerer, Stross, Calloway, GREENE!!!, et al. to make up for it.
Granted, Reiff, McNutt, Bernstine, etc. are no slouches, following up Stanzi, DJK, Ballard, Clayborn, Klug, but they need to have those guys year-in, year-out. if this is what the attrition is going to be like.
tyger1147 - January 24, 2012
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....
Stross?
Seriously?
i_love_iowa - January 25, 2012
Terry or Trey?
Because I remember Terry Stross catching a big pass in the Orange Bowl on one leg.
Nickhawk08 - January 25, 2012
And Trey
dropping everything in sight at the Shoe.
WaterlooChazz - January 25, 2012
Or a single pass
whatever.
HoyaGoon - January 25, 2012
It was more than one.
RossWB - January 25, 2012
Wasn't he hurt most of that year?
He may not have been as good as projected, by he was a serviceable WR.
The Mexican't - January 25, 2012
I just wanted to make a joke
that makes Stross look like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.
Really, I don’t think he was bad. (Partially because I’ve seen Herb Grigsby – stonehands, and Dominique Douglas – stonehead).
WaterlooChazz - January 25, 2012
Maybe? Probably?
He was overall decent, but he had a really poor game against Ohio State. I was just pointing out that it was more than just one missed catch in that game.
RossWB - January 26, 2012
I honestly didn't remember any drops other than the one in the end zone
which was huge, obviously. But the reaction to some fans after that was disgusting.
HoyaGoon - January 26, 2012
my bad. i just remember him being useful at one time doing some thing
This is why I try not to rely on my “memory” of things.
tyger1147 - January 25, 2012
You remembered right
He had a big catch in the Orange Bowl that kept the clinching drive alive. I think it was a 3rd down, too. It was a nice bounce-back after the numerous drops he had at tOSU (one of them a TD pass).
I also remember him being useful during the horrible IU game in 2007. He caught a late first half TD pass, awesomely spiked the ball – then got his ass chewed by the bench for the ensuing unsportsman-like penalty he received.
Nickhawk08 - January 25, 2012
That class was key in winning an Orange Bowl
H I McDonnough - January 25, 2012
Still waiting for B.J. Travers to make an impact.
Did you hear about his SPARQ rating???
SomeJerkPoster - January 24, 2012
This is a joke, right?
Because it’s hilarious either way.
One_ill_KevinJ - January 24, 2012
Actually, the top in-state talent committed to Michigan
Darboh out of WDM Dowling(?)
HoyaGoon - January 24, 2012
I'm just hoping that we don't lose any of the guys we do have
/looks at Jaleel Johnson’s Twitter
HoyaGoon - January 24, 2012
Johnson would be a huge loss this late in the recruiting game
It’d be especially cruel to lose him to a program like Michigan State. I wonder what they’re telling recruits right now and which coach they’re predicting will be let go from the Iowa staff.
Signing day can’t get here fast enough.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Well there was a whole thing with Jerel Worthy tweeting him yesterday
Captain n Diet Coker - January 24, 2012
Seriously? I missed that.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
No one invovled
Worthy or the Iowa fans, comes out looking good in the exchange. Too many mouth-breathers have access to Twitter.
HoyaGoon - January 24, 2012
"Too many mouth-breathers have access to Twitter"
Truth.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
#FollowAdam_Jacobi
Patrick Vint - January 24, 2012
Shit.
Beat me to it.
DBorwig316 - January 24, 2012 via Android app
Oh yeah, there were a lot
and then Worthy was calling Iowa fans bitter because they lost, and Iowa fans were all “uh, it took you 3 years to beat us, 7 got 6, ruined your perfect season a year ago, etc..” So yeah, nothing really good came out of that.
Captain n Diet Coker - January 24, 2012
It probably amused Jaleel
It would be fun having two ridiculous fanbases and a futre NFLer arguing over you.
Torbee - January 24, 2012
I have two nieces who go to school with him
Neither one will lobby him for me/us/KF/Iowa. And no, I did not suggest anything inappropriate. They’re my nieces not rally girls.
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
His video is actually really impressive
Even if it’s against the pillow fight that is Iowa highschool football.
/sarcasm
bornofclay - January 24, 2012 via mobile
RBs
Great pick up Hawks ! We need one more RB for this class . Tevin Shaw ?
Herky - January 24, 2012
That would be the most likely
Although there is apparently only like 3 scholarships left to give out, but maybe they go over (I think they can go over by 3 so long as the total number of scholarship players is back down to 85 for summer camp or something?).
Captain n Diet Coker - January 24, 2012
yes, that is what oversigning is
you sign more than what you have, but you get kids to transfer/quit before the summer requirements hit.
tyger1147 - January 24, 2012
Correct. And in practical terms, there are no limits such as "3 over 85"
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
well, that was the confusion in the terms for CDC (heh)
They have however many left that would get them either 85 or 25 for this class, whichever comes first. But yeah, the parenthetical clouds that a little. When you’re “cheating” kids out of their college education, there are no rules.
tyger1147 - January 24, 2012
Paul "Rhodes"
Trollin’ the ’clones hard today…
YouCanPutYourEddsInIt - January 24, 2012
"We don't go there." ~Grandma
My freshly dry cleaned blouse is going back for a second visit. Coffee, coffee everywhere. LOL!
Hawkeyegirl - January 24, 2012
Iowa State is a perfectly fine school and a very good place to learn many things well in preparation for a productive life ahead
…football, however, is not among those things.
StoopsMyAss - January 24, 2012
there are many factors, etc, etc.
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
"a very good place to learn many things well in preparation for a productive life ahead"
You’re right: animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, agricultural engineering…
Oh, and how to riot.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
"Oh, and how to riot"
I never acquired that skill in my time in Iowa City. I did, however, learn how to survive a tornado. Important skill, that.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Me too!
Fucking tornado of 2006. I never want to be that close to a tornado ever again.
We lacked an event like VEISHA that was necessary for the proper acquisition of high-level rioting skills.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
I saw a car flipped on its roof on Church St. once, it was blue.
That’s the second closest thing to a riot I’ve ever seen in Iowa City. The closest was after the 2005 Michigan game. Nothing got out of hand, but there was a lot bottled up rage after that game, and a lot of glass bottle smashing heard on my walk home.
Give Eddie a Beer - January 24, 2012
I think I saw that car the next day when we went out gawking at the destruction.
I think I had a rage blackout after the ‘05 Michigan game. I got home, but I have no recollection of doing so. At least I didn’t wake up with blood all over my hands…
(To be fair, it probably would have been the blood of Dave Witovet. AND NO JURY OUTSIDE OF ANN ARBOR WOULD HAVE CONVICTED ME OF WRONGDOING.)
RossWB - January 24, 2012
The car I'm talking about
was flipped over on some random weekday. It was not the result of the tornados. I’m pretty sure it just made someone mad. But I’m sure there were also blue cars flipped over by the tornados of ’06. Blue cars are just not safe.
Give Eddie a Beer - January 24, 2012
A friend owned a blue car
it got trashed by a mob after a party. It just happened to be parked outside the wrong door. He now over insures everything.
Flakbait - January 24, 2012
Ohhh
Yeah, I meant a tornado-flipped car. It was by the Starbucks on the corner, I think.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
Truth
You would’ve been fine for that hypothetical crime. What a disaster of a game for that crew.
A happy rager was after the Wisconsin game in 2004. That was a good one. And I have to think Iowa City would’ve gone bonkers had the 2002 Minnesota game been played in Iowa City.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Yep
The post-game celebrations in 2002 for the Minnesota game would have been extraordinary if the game had been in IC. (But then we never would have gotten to tear down the Metrodome goalposts…)
RossWB - January 24, 2012
True - that's an especially awesome mini-riot
Tearing down the goalposts in an opponent’s stadium – doesn’t get much better.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
and then getting them out of the house
OhioHawk - January 24, 2012
After the Wisco loss in 1998
The Ped Mall came damn close to a riot.
Flakbait - January 24, 2012
It was mostly Wisconsin fans being assholes, right?
Not that “Wisconsin fans being assholes” is a major surprise – they take peculiar glee in being assholes – but didn’t Wisconsin fans go bananas after that game? I’ve heard the Ped Mall was completely trashed.
That was probably their first win in Iowa City in a quarter-century.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Didn't Ron Dayne set the NCAA record for career rushing yards in that game?
Or was that up in Madison the next year?
RossWB - January 24, 2012
It was in Madison in '99
Sad face…
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Ah.
I knew it was against Iowa…
RossWB - January 24, 2012
He went for like 240 or 250 in the game too
He ran over everything in sight.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
That's how it started
but Iowa fans were in no mood for their shit. ICPD deployed EVERYBODY and got it under control but it was not a good night downtown.
Flakbait - January 24, 2012
I'm interested in hearing more about that night.
I remember being at the game with my parents and Wisconsin just dump-trucking us. Thankfully I wasn’t in college yet and left Iowa City after the game. I can only imagine the fights in downtown. Wisconsinites going ape, breaking stuff, starting shit, etc., and the Iowa hoardes not putting up with it.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
fights (mostly shoving/posturing) started at the game
Wisco fans entered the student section en masse and it got very heated.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
I remember that as well
My dad’s seats are in the north end zone so the old student section was only a couple sections away. You could see it getting heated over there late in the game when Wisconsin was in curb-stomp mode.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Ummm, try first win over IOWA, anywhere, under Fry.
I can remember when Camp Randall was Kinnick North….
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
They beat us at Camp Randall in 1997 when Scott Mullen started at QB
That was their first win in the series since 1976. The 1998 game was their first win in Iowa City since 1974.
There was a time in my life when I had no idea what it was like for Iowa to lose to either Wisconsin or Iowa State.
Nickhawk08 - January 25, 2012
Ok. I stand corrected.
I remember that time. It was called “birth to 19”….
I also remember this line “The only reason you’re going to the Rose Bowl is because you didn’t play Iowa this year” That went over real well in the Madison suburbs in 90-whatever it was that they went to their first one.
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
I lived in Burge my freshmen year
that was a riot. So much so my next of school was at another college.
silkhawk - January 24, 2012 via Android app
Me too
I ended up taking two years off before going back, and I lived off-campus for the rest of my time there. Coincidence?
Brock Sampson - January 24, 2012
I was going to mention something about Burge being a riot every weekend night
Thursday Night: Fire Alarm
Friday Night: Fire Alarm
Saturday Night: Fire Alarm
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Burge was a complete fucking mad house
before the drinking age changed to 21. A couple fire alarms are nothing.
Flakbait - January 24, 2012
I turned 19
2 months before they changed the drinking age to 21. I was a popular man.
silkhawk - January 24, 2012
I can only imagine living in Burge
I lived over in Rienow and we had the occasional fire alarm at 3 am on a Friday night in the middle of winter. Those were never fun.
Is Burge where they had kids stay for orientation? I remember staying at a dorm over there for orientation, but I can’t remember if it was Burge. Either way, the dude I shared a room with was arrested that night and gave ICPD a fake ID. Good start to his Iowa career.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
It sounds like you may have been my brother's orientation roommate
If so, very small world. Did you start at UI in 2000?
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
No, my freshman year was 2002
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Gotcha
It might be a pretty common story then in Iowa City. God I love that town.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Yep
There were a few guys from my orientation that were arrested during orientation (and I did start at UI in 2000, so your brother may have been one).
Captain n Diet Coker - January 24, 2012
Were you one of the girls
that fell prey to the seasoned veteran males at Brother’s and their smooth talking? Also a pretty common orientation story, I think.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Not during orientation
Once school started…yes.
Captain n Diet Coker - January 24, 2012
Ooh, maybe we are the ones with the small world
OK, that was too creepy even for Caring Is Creepy. I’ll show myself out.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Hey, I also started in 2000.
I did not get arrested during orientation, though.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
There were a few that got arrested during my orientation
Must be common. I miss Iowa City so much.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
The lesson, as always – pick your going out companions with purpose. I ran on more than a handful of occasions, and was never the slowest
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
There was a high school kid in one of the Hamsterdam posts asking about colleges
I think it was the Tebow post. He needs to get over here and read this before he makes his choice.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Was it iamalex?
Sounded like his priorities were running more towards academics…
HawkeyeGirleye - January 24, 2012
With each passing year,
I subscribe more to the Bill Simmons theory on college selection:
Follow the warm weather and hot ladies.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
We can't all go to Swarthmore.
SomeJerkPoster - January 24, 2012
I think that theory is mostly solid
But Iowa City has more than its fair share of hotties, as do several other “cold weather” colleges.
And there’s not much better than the first nice day in the spring when skirts re-appear. That is a sight to behold.
Nickhawk08 - January 25, 2012
My dorm neighbors in Burge got arrested for building pipe-bombs.
sniffMemories…
RossWB - January 24, 2012
My neighbors
built pipes.
silkhawk - January 24, 2012 via Android app
I lived in temp housing my entire first semester
I got my room because the guy previously there got kicked out for having 4 POUNDS of marijuana in his closet. I think some things remain the same every decade.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
In 90 or 91
some guy about killed himself building a pipe bomb in Burge. He ended up setting his room on fire and jumping out a third story window to escape. Broke both legs, damn near died. I remember watching the ambulance cart him off.
Flakbait - January 24, 2012
Wait, what?
I was in the dorms for 2 yrs (Daum (because i’m am idiot) & Currier) starting fall ’89 & I have no memory of this. Had plenty of friends over in Mayflower, too. Weird.
HawkeyeGirleye - January 24, 2012
I was in Currier
ground floor north both years. Worked in the cafeteria the second year.
The incident didn’t get much press. I don’t think the U really wanted it to.
Flakbait - January 25, 2012
God, my memory is terrible
Um, pretty sure I was south (was that the ‘girl’ side? Seems like all the boys were on the other side of the floor) & maybe 2nd fl? Sheesh, it was only 20 years ago, right?
I quite enjoyed the Currier cafeteria- hated wandering over to Burge on the weekends. Ya did good work, Flak!
As far as the incident? Just surprised the rumor mill wasn’t a little stronger for something big like that.
HawkeyeGirleye - January 25, 2012
Shit, yeah. I remember that.
I was on campus finally after some time at Kirkwood. I was that lame upperclassman who wanted to get the dorm experience (and to put off paying rent), though I was over in Rienow.
Eyeheartfreedumb - January 24, 2012
That sounds about right.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
And not just Burge
I lived in Mayflower and that was a nightly occurence. I slept (read: I was totally passed out) through a few of those after I had gotten to used to them. Good thing they were never a real fire alarm.
Captain n Diet Coker - January 24, 2012
You never need to buy a strobe light!
Give Eddie a Beer - January 24, 2012
Remember that time the third floor in Darnall flooded freshmen year?
Anyone? Anyone?
/so lonely
HoyaGoon - January 24, 2012
Oooh, I survived a tornado!
Pussies.
I was in Iowa 1989-2003. Gang Lu, Major Flood, Chris Street Death, Lost Rose Bowl.
You kids today . . .
//lawn, etc.
Torbee - January 24, 2012
And now you live in the Quad Cities
and daily take your life into your own hands dodging SUV’s haphazardly driven by yuppy soccer moms.
Lycurgus - January 24, 2012
Cougars are bad drivers . . .
Must be the lack of opposable thumbs
Torbee - January 24, 2012
There was a major flood the summer I left (2008) and we did lose the '02 Orange Bowl while I was there.
Nothing happened that compared to the Gang Lu shootings or Chris Street’s death, though. (And I’m perfectly OK with that.)
RossWB - January 24, 2012
And we saw the basketball program go into complete free-fall on and off the court
and Pierre Pierce.Doesn’t compare to CMS or Gang Lu, of course.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Sorry, must have deleted part of that
We had the [REDACTED]/Lickliter era with the PP scandals.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Easy Place burning
The Dome burning
Important admin members leaving for Michigan or Stanford
The weird midnight groper that was the genesis for SafeWalk
Domonique Douglas, Kahlil Hill, and many early works by AIRBHG
PIERRE PIERCE
The sky is always falling, unfortunately. It’s the rule of the world. Thank a deity we don’t have many more of the Gang Lu or Chris Street stuff, as you mention
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Shit, I forgot about Easy Place!
I got a Ben Harper poster there.
Wasn’t the Dome burning the same year as 9/11 too? All sorts of shit went down that year (that stuff, plus me personally).
And, oh, Pierre Pierce. And douchebag Alford. I’ve got stories of the basketball team coming in to the restaurant I worked at and having to serve them. And Nate Kaeding impersonating Pierre Pierce is one of them.
Captain n Diet Coker - January 24, 2012
Um, you, personally, went down that year? Is that really what you meant to say?
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
The Dome burned in 2001. George Harrison passed away that fall too
The basketball team hit their high water mark under Alford at No. 2 Missouri, then promptly shit the bed the rest of the year.
Do share stories on basketball around that time. They’re always fun.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
Oh, this is a TWSS
Blackheartnopants - January 24, 2012 via Android app
Fuck Mary Sue Coleman
The defiler of Dr. Tom
and in heaven there is no bear
and FUCK MICHIGAN too
while we are at it
want to know how i really feel?
Go HAWKS
OhioHawk - January 24, 2012
Heaven is full of bears.
SomeJerkPoster - January 24, 2012
thats why we grease them here
OhioHawk - January 24, 2012
Oh shit.
Seems odd that God would allow godless killing machines in his house.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
You get to ride them in heaven
Lycurgus - January 25, 2012
Also, I think the Vikings had the afterlife right
fight all day and fuck all night
Lycurgus - January 25, 2012
What if you prefer to
rock and roll all nite, and party everyday?
Flakbait - January 25, 2012
Then you should return to the 70's as quickly as possible
Lycurgus - January 25, 2012
nope.. just part of every day
SaturdayMorningKegStanzis - January 25, 2012
I was there 89-99
so, all that same stuff. You forgot a nasty ass ice storm and the end of the Fry era.
Flakbait - January 24, 2012
What do you mean, nasty
it was fun sliding down the hill by Chem-Bot and nearly ending up in the river
chitownhawkeye - January 24, 2012
Sooooo...you were on the 14 year plan, eh?
Hawkeyegirl - January 24, 2012
A lot of people go to college for seven years.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
A lot of people wear tights as leggings,
but that doesn’t make it right. Ladies! Tights AREN’T leggings!
Hawkeyegirl - January 24, 2012
There are some pretty horrific tights debacles down here in Lubbock
There is a very narrow set of body shape parameters that allow for tights to be appropriately worn in public, 250 and 5’ 3" does not fall within that range.
Lycurgus - January 25, 2012
Well, then.
I guess I’ll have to quit wearing mine.
Boo hoo.
WaterlooChazz - January 25, 2012
Good lord
Lycurgus - January 25, 2012
and jess setttles
still had two years of eligibility left
OhioHawk - January 24, 2012
I had class in Van Allen that morning.
Surreal.
Losing the Rose Bowl ain’t so bad. And the one you’re talking about was a fun one to watch. Better than never going…
EastLosRandy - January 25, 2012
Holy shit. That was either the greatest drinking night or the worst, depending on your personal experience with the tornado.
My apartment was 2 blocks away from Chi Omega, so we heard the fucker, but holy shit, we escaped with zero damage. I consider myself lucky as hell.
EnergizerHawk - January 24, 2012
I learned how to riot at the last wet VEISHA (bystander)
And met President Jishke, while a aquaintance via an ISU (highschool) friend (we were all hammered) was being arrested for public intox after rolling one of those giant trash barrels down (what seemed like) the longest hill on campus while screaming at the top of his lungs.
All of this happened on our way to see Kevin Nealon and (/blecsh) The Nadas (if you know who I mean… we left). We stayed drunk, and were better off for it.
Eyeheartfreedumb - January 24, 2012
Jischke. Former President of ISU. See also OMHR.
Eyeheartfreedumb - January 24, 2012
The Nadas stink
That’s all.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
They play a lot of shows.
At Iowa festivals/fairs.
I’d bet they could navigate the Surf Ballroom while blindfolded.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
Nada Surf, however, is kind of decent
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
They're pretty Popular.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
The Nadas were in Iowa City a lot during my time there
Everyone always seemed to want to go to one of their shows. I think I went to one and left not that far into it.
Captain n Diet Coker - January 25, 2012
You made the right decision, Captain n Diet.
Nickhawk08 - January 26, 2012
Didn't Riverfest used to be really VEISHA-esque?
And then it was tamed waaay down and only now making it back to decent even status?
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
Beats me.
I never thought Iowa City needed a VEISHA-type event because almost every weekend ended up being a big party downtown.
RossWB - January 25, 2012
That was my senior year of HS.
My parents live quite close to Mercy Hospital—about 3 blocks away from Iowa Ave—the worst part of the destruction. Of course I was standing outside when it came through, marveling at how quiet it was. Then a transformer blew right outside our house. It was NOT quiet anymore.
One Night Stanzi - January 24, 2012
Yeah, I was living pretty near Mercy then too.
We were in an apartment on the corner of Governor and Iowa (or maybe the next street over from Iowa; my memory is hazy now). It decimated an entire block of houses across the street from us and did a number on the sorority up the hill from us.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
"...and did a number on the sorority up the hill from us."
;)
bornofclay - January 24, 2012 via mobile
HEY-O
RossWB - January 24, 2012
Grow up!
The number was three.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
Wowzers.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
/Wichita State'd
Eyeheartfreedumb - January 24, 2012
The one on Washington St, right?
True story, I totally finished doing a number on my girlfriend (now wife) right before that tornado hit. Fortunately the tornado moved down Iowa and not Washington cause our naked remains would of been everywhere.
theflagshopisoutofstock - January 24, 2012
Yeah, that was the one.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
That would be my house :(
Also a former UI President’s house, so some historical significance, too. Oh, the memories…
HawkeyeGirleye - January 24, 2012
What a beautiful story.
Who shared that one at your wedding reception?
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
I was living in the Blackhawk apartments on Court St
directly across the street from the old brick church that collapsed (St. Patrick’s). Shit went down. But it was the best night I’ve ever had in Iowa City. Such camaraderie and open container allowance may never again be seen in Iowa City.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
That night was wild
Open containers were everywhere, and the cops didn’t care. I think the Hy-Vee south on Gilbert had power and their liquor store was completely cleared out.
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
I think everyone, cops included, was just overjoyed that downtown Iowa City wasn't obliterated by that tornado.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
I was overjoyed to learn in the next few days
that my enjoyment of that night was not sullied by later news of several people dying or being seriously injured.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Was it the Union that lost part of the roof?
I think that was the only bar to be affected, no?
Nickhawk08 - January 24, 2012
The Union or Martini's, I think.
The Ped Mall area was remarkably unscathed.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
Sounds like the New York City Blackout of 2003
that I was randomly a part of the summer before my senior year
Captain n Diet Coker - January 24, 2012
Enron Shenaniganz
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Canadians actually
HoyaGoon - January 24, 2012
The documentary lied to me?
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
But South Park didn't
chitownhawkeye - January 24, 2012
"How To Riot" was a pretty good class
Seemed a little heavy on the Powerpoints though.
CanAzn - January 24, 2012
And waaaaay too heavy on that Kaiser Chiefs song.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
It was heavy on the Powerpoints
Until we kicked that Prof’s ass and burned his classroom down.
The Bacon Explosion - January 24, 2012
And tipped over his Prius.
RossWB - January 24, 2012
And how to keep sheep quiet
The Bird Cult - January 24, 2012
i saw an article on yahoo yesterday naming the most useless college degrees
the 3 things you listed are all in the article
White Lightning - January 24, 2012
I read that too.
Although, I think there is a difference between “animal science” and veterinary medicine.
http://education.yahoo.net/articles/most_useless_degrees.htm
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
Love his name.
It’s a pretty damn Gnarls name.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
He should enroll under "Bill Harkley"
You can’t be too careful as an Iowa somethingback.
Brock Sampson - January 24, 2012
I think we decided earlier that position is plain “IowaBack”
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
The Clone fans should've seen this one coming
The music to his highlight tape is the music from “Black and Yellow” after all.
Captain n Diet Coker - January 24, 2012
pretty sure the kid was just waiting for Iowa to call
I hear the clone fans over there aren’t happy
IAinCA - January 24, 2012
I also flirted briefly with ISU when looking at schools
I also made the right decision to blow them off.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
I remember driving over to Iowa City for a visit
My dad (an ISU alum) wanted to take the interstate exit that heads up to Ames for a little detour there. I sad “no thanks.”
(We did make a brief detour in Grinnell, which quickly made me decide that I could never, ever go to school there.)
RossWB - January 24, 2012
I had one high school friend that originally enrolled at ISU
They had his intended major (Meteorology). He spent one weekend in Iowa City with us about a month in and started his transfer process the Monday he got back.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
How the hell
Grinnell college ended up in Grinnell is a complete mystery.
I will say the Pagliai’s is better in Grinnell than the one in Iowa City though.
The Bacon Explosion - January 24, 2012
"I will say the Pagliai’s is better in Grinnell than the one in Iowa City though."
Better herb?
RossWB - January 24, 2012
significantly
The Bacon Explosion - January 24, 2012
Well, it was named after the town
Then Warren Buffett and Joseph Rosenfield managed the endowment including providing over 10% of the start up funds for a semiconductor company called Intel started by an alum. Now they have a top 50 endowment and they can do pretty much whatever they want financially.
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
I learned something today. I did not know Intel was co-founded by someone from Iowa.
rupertj - January 25, 2012
I'm not sure he's from Iowa, just that he went to Grinnell.
There is a distinction there.
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
wikipedia told me born in Burlington, raised in Grinnell
rupertj - January 26, 2012
I knew I was going to Iowa
But when you take the ACT’s you can send your scores to 3 schools so I sent mine to both Iowa and Iowa State….and Notre Dame for some reason.
When I got my results it said my score was only in the middle half of scores sent to ND, but was in the top 10% of all scores sent to Iowa State. Almost made me kind of sad for them.
Hayden Fry's Moustache Ride - January 24, 2012
"middle half"?
taliesin - January 24, 2012
It's why he wasn't in the top 10% at ND, I guess
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
as in, 25% above, 25% below...
tyger1147 - January 25, 2012
Alright, now I've gotta know:
was the score 30 or above?
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
Are we gonna measure dicks?
rockyh and Lukateake are the John Holmes and Ron Jeremy of this game.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
I think 30 or above would be top 10% at any school except maybe a few Ivies.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
A 27 at Penn is the middle 50% of the class.
clay-born to party - January 24, 2012
a 30 is 75th percentile according to this link
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
My internet savvy score is low.
link.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Other interesting links
Top scoring schools
The Ivies
Iowa is 23/28
ISU is 22/28
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
I got a 33, how's that.
BTW, I hate seeing Grinnell. My stupid-ass* ex went there and graduated before she could drink~. I hate Grinnell.
*she’s obviously not stupid.
~legally, anyway
tyger1147 - January 25, 2012
You're not stupid either. You know 33 is damn good.
therealCatnuts - January 25, 2012
My ACT score = potato
Lycurgus - January 25, 2012
Do not believe
You’ve got far too much in that brain of yours to be equal to a potato. On the flip side, I llloooovvvveee potatoes.
HawkeyeGirleye - January 25, 2012
Eh, my score couldn't see 30 if it was using Hubble.
Lycurgus - January 26, 2012
The test is just culturally biased against you
Not a single question about Roman history or taxonomy. That’s racist!
therealCatnuts - January 26, 2012
Eh, I think my score hit me about right
marginally competent, but nothing that would shame a rather clever wombat.
Lycurgus - January 26, 2012
I am absolutely impressed
if the potato is one of those ones that has taco meat, nacho cheese, and green pepper and tomato on it.
WaterlooChazz - January 25, 2012
This comment has made me laugh more than
anything I have read in a long time.
Lycurgus - January 26, 2012
So you claim
I’ve heard your score was really only firetruck
HoyaGoon - January 26, 2012
So true
and the worst part is that middling intellect does not run in the family.
Lycurgus - January 26, 2012
Mine's bigger
//tucks metaphorical cock back in pants
YouCanPutYourEddsInIt - January 25, 2012
Mine too
But really, anything north of
830 is nothing to be ashamed of.PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
This thread is making me depressed
Lycurgus - January 25, 2012
Hey, I didn't have the endurance to finish my PhD
It’s not the quantification of your intelligence that matters, it’s your determination to channel what you have into academic achievement.
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
Whatever makes me feel better
Lycurgus - January 25, 2012
& that is most definitely what I lack
My type A highly motivated younger sister has been known to say that the one thing she doesn’t think she could handle for a child is a ‘Jennifer’ (that would be me).
Then again, I’m pretty freaking happy with my life- so there!
HawkeyeGirleye - January 25, 2012
You guys just like to patronize me
because you know that I was once hospitalized for having eaten too much food in a day.
Lycurgus - January 26, 2012
Brazilian restaurants are dangerous
therealCatnuts - January 26, 2012
Mongolian BBQ buffet and a large pizza
Lycurgus - January 26, 2012
Was there any THC involved in this?
Or were you trying to eat away the low ACT score?
PackerHawk - January 26, 2012
I was already in college when it happened
I used to view all-you-can-eat buffets as a personal challenge. I have mostly been broken of that habit now though.
Lycurgus - January 26, 2012
I have never done any illicit drugs.
I did drink a few times, but not much and not really any more.
Lycurgus - January 26, 2012
There are a few I haven't done
But now I’m all about the clean living. 13 months of coffee as my only drug (well, occasionally a sudafed for long drives). Although when my coworkers who smoke come back inside sometimes I get a craving.
PackerHawk - January 26, 2012
Eh
It wasn’t really much of a decision. Those things just don’t agree with my system. I really can’t even stand to take pain killers.
Lycurgus - January 26, 2012
Keep up the good work.
WaterlooChazz - January 26, 2012
Aww
I like that about you.
SomeJerkPoster - January 26, 2012
Sorry dude.
Discussion of ACT scores always makes me curious.
I’m usually pretty proud to say I got a 28 (that somehow got adjusted to a 29?)
And do the Ivy League schools take the ACT, or do they prefer the SAT?
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
You can use the ACT score, because there is a conversion but most take the SAT.
My sister just got accepted into jNW on a full ride and I haz a sad. Well more bitter/sweet.
clay-born to party - January 24, 2012
They adjust?
If we’re gonna whip em out, I’m a 34
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
33 here.
clay-born to party - January 24, 2012
Oh shit, I thought we were talking pant size.
clay-born to party - January 24, 2012
And that's why you're a millionaire.
I don’t know enough about Clayborn-to-party to make a comment about him.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
I am an underachieving college swimmer.
clay-born to party - January 24, 2012
Well, I'll think of you as
Michael Phelps who is just willing to have more fun.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
You probably wouldn't like me in real life, with regards to having fun.
I swim in California so…
clay-born to party - January 24, 2012
As long as you're not puffing bong hits into my face,
I could probably go along, get along.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
Test scores don't matter for shit when it comes to making money
I have several clients that would never even have considered taking an SAT/ACT and are now owning very profitable businesses.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
Yeah, I know.
Although, if you can discipline yourself enough to learn enough in school to get a good ACT score, you will probably be able to do the same in college and in a career.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
Pssh, ACT score comparisons are for amateurs.
GRE score-flashin’ is where it’s at.
SomeJerkPoster - January 24, 2012
GMAT 770/800
Even better there!
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
#TeamCatnuts
SomeJerkPoster - January 24, 2012
What do you do? I want to make money.
tyger1147 - January 25, 2012
B2B Sales
That’s where the easy money is. (Mine is commercial insurance sales, BTW). Better money is starting your own company, but that’s also harder. Both are stressful as a mofo, so you’d also better have Delaney-level confidence (I do. It’s also one of my annoying traits at times)
If you’re interested in sales, every company LOVES former D1 athletes. It’s a signpost about work ethic and sacrifice, and also a decent way in the door, the hardest part of every sales job worth a damn. The other way is nice boobs and a pretty face, but I’m guessing neither of us has that going for us.
therealCatnuts - January 25, 2012
I'm good at sales.
Really good. When I’ve done it, I learn the product inside and out and have a personality that just creams “honest!” to people. Something I learned from waiting tables: girls can get by with a pretty face and a little flirting. I can get by with great knowledge and a connection. Or something like that. Just never had a want for it. Now I sort of do. Get me a product I actually like that, and I’m sold. hardeeharhar
tyger1147 - January 25, 2012
Contact me when you're back from China if you're seriously interested
therealCatnuts - January 25, 2012
There are enough lawyers around here
that eventually we’ll start whipping out LSAT comparisions
HoyaGoon - January 25, 2012
I won't do that. I didn't study or try for that so I don't want to compare.
Embarrassing.
tyger1147 - January 25, 2012
GRE 750/770 6.0 here
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
I knew we had some intelligent and interesting commenters here
but damn there’s some fine scores being discussed.
therealCatnuts - January 25, 2012
700/780 5
Me write pretty one day, PackerHawk.
SomeJerkPoster - January 26, 2012
To be fair
That score was only on my last test. I took it 4 times over 3 years as I applied for different programs, etc. I had a 5 and two 5.5s before that. I think the 5 was graded by a history buff because I made an argument that Truman deserves more credit than Roosevelt since he actually decided to drop the bombs. It was stupid but well written and argued. I regretted it as soon as I left the testing center though.
PackerHawk - January 26, 2012
i had two hs buddies with 5 800's on their SAT's
one went to brown on a full ride and was a lawyer in four years
the other went to Yale on tennis scholarship
both were helacious bridge players
OhioHawk - January 24, 2012
I would like to live in Providence for a while
Lycurgus - January 25, 2012
No you wouldn't
HoyaGoon - January 25, 2012
I live in Lubbock, currently
Anything would be better
Lycurgus - January 25, 2012
This is what's called
damning with faint praise
HoyaGoon - January 25, 2012
faint praise is better
than just damning
Lycurgus - January 25, 2012
What are "5 800's"? I must be out of the loop.
One of my friends from elementary got a 36 on his ACT. Went to Princeton. Helped develop Wordnet 2.0. He knew a girl from Acadeca: as a freshman in high school, she got a 1600 on her SAT. To see if it was a fluke (according to him), she took it again as a sophomore. Got a 1600 again.
tyger1147 - January 25, 2012
I feel so inadequate now.
It felt pretty good just reaching the 30 plateau.
isHawkeye - January 25, 2012
Don't feel bad
I got a 27. Which was pretty good for a stoner about two years after HS graduation who hadn’t read anything more challenging than the TV guide.
Flakbait - January 25, 2012
27 represent.
not showing off.. not falling behind
SaturdayMorningKegStanzis - January 25, 2012
I had a 25
in 8th grade. Sorry, I had to. Had a 1050 on the SAT in 7th grade. That wasn’t as impressive though.
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
Now we're talking!
I’ve found my people.
HawkeyeGirleye - January 25, 2012
I remember when I got a 27 or 28, one or the other, people I knew at the time were surprised, because it was higher than they expected. Fucking so-called friends.
txhawkeye - January 26, 2012
I am the family underachiever
They were happy with the score but, as any standardized testing always would, it led to more ‘if only you’d just apply yourself more’.
HawkeyeGirleye - January 26, 2012
I was the opposite
Standardized testing always led to a look at the report card. But if you can coast to As and Bs why strive for a 4.0?
PackerHawk - January 26, 2012
Oh, never mind. I see we have the same issue.
D’oh!
PackerHawk - January 26, 2012
28 here
Although I read really slowly and only finished the math test. I got a 35 on that one. Higher math score than my brother who got a 34 overall. I never really liked the amount of time given. I always felt I should have scored a lot higher, but because I read more slowly I never got a chance to finish.
StewMonkey13 - January 26, 2012
I've always been a very fast reader with strong comprehension.
Perhaps unfairly, it absolutely helped me it standardized testing. I wonder if you could have used your reading speed issues to get more time to complete the test. I know a few people who were able to do that.
HawkeyeGirleye - January 26, 2012
I think I'm the outlier.
There’s a strong correlation between reading speed and reading comprehension. My comprehension is quite good, just not my speed. So for almost everyone who reads as slow as I do the extra time wouldn’t necessary mean higher scores, but for me, it almost certainly would have. I only got about 2/3 of the way through the English/Reading/Science tests and got about a 26 on each of them. I think if I’d been able to finish them I could have scored well over a 30 overall.
StewMonkey13 - January 26, 2012
How this?
My average score was 31. My English section was 19. (I blame that on being deaf and not knowing how to speak until I was 6)
Wish I had gone to Iowa instead if ISU. Stupid Materials Engineering. Had I known I was going to end up with a degree in Chemistry instead, I would have done Iowa in a heart beat.
RH's Bookie - January 25, 2012 via mobile
I had a similar problem.
36s on the math and science, but only a 33 overall.
CyHawk - January 26, 2012
And now you're a writer!
“only” a 33 overall? That is a damn fine score.
therealCatnuts - January 26, 2012
Nah, I'm a metallurgist
Hack Blogger is just something I do for fun
CyHawk - January 27, 2012
Yeah
but few schools outside the Midwest will accept the ACTs. At the time, I remember that all the schools out East (and Stanford) that I applied to wouldn’t accept my ACT scores
HoyaGoon - January 25, 2012
Yeah, that’s changed. My oldest now in sophomore in college – schools aren’t as fixated on SAT or nothing anymore.
txhawkeye - January 25, 2012
That was becoming true as far back as 96
at least at the Ivies. I hadn’t intended to take the SAT I at all, but it was a prerequisite for a scholarship. Back then it was ACT or SAT, or ACT + SAT subject tests. (I applied to 4 ivies and UChicago).
nhradar - January 25, 2012
Yes, this.
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
Then it was a quick change
because I graduated H.S. in 1995 and I remember schools like Georgetown, Harvard and Duke not accepting ACT scores (or at least preferring SATs).
HoyaGoon - January 25, 2012
I only applied to Princeton outside of the midwest
And the class of 96 was preferred SAT but you could still get in with the right resume and GPA.
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
We'll take any in state recruit because
I’m mother Fucking Kirk Ferentz Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
2LastNameWideReceiver - January 24, 2012
All joking aside his yards after contact impress me.
2LastNameWideReceiver - January 24, 2012
With the inexperience on our line next year
that’s almost a pre-requisite
HoyaGoon - January 24, 2012
Seriously, next year's o-line is heartburn inducing
So many unknowns. Same with d-line.
Captain n Diet Coker - January 24, 2012
Seriously, next year
’s o-lineis heartburn inducingtxhawkeye - January 24, 2012
Truth
Captain n Diet Coker - January 24, 2012
Oh no! Not a prolific Iowa high school running back that wears number 3!
clay-born to party - January 24, 2012
whats the over/under on how long he stays?
…I start it at 2 years
odiE- - January 24, 2012
Heard he got Derby's sister pregnant already, and that's why Derby left...
YouCanPutYourEddsInIt - January 24, 2012
I'm already sad about his
ligament tear/concussions/academic indiscretion/unspecified violation of team rules/unintended pregnancy/call to join the clergy/disfiguring chemistry lab accident/bird flu/peanut allergy/overbearing mother/being eaten by wolves/etc., etc.
codenameduchess - January 24, 2012
You forgot
meat festival injury/kidnapping/secret service recruitment/Leman-Stanzi presidential campaign employment/early graduation and transfer to Wisconsin/is paid by New Jersey mob to quit/witness protection relocation.
Give Eddie a Beer - January 24, 2012
Thank you.
I also forgot point shaving/taking his talents to Canada/terrorist attack on Cedar Falls/kidney failure
codenameduchess - January 24, 2012
I'm still waiting for one of them to be crushed
by a bale of hay at Solon Beef Days
chitownhawkeye - January 24, 2012
We better keep Canzeri far, far away from Solon this summer...
RossWB - January 24, 2012
can we start locking players in cages?
or is that unethical?
odiE- - January 24, 2012
One Division 1 Coach
feels that they prefer electrical closets.
WaterlooChazz - January 24, 2012
/Leach'd
God, I still wish he landed in the B1G.
hkobb7 - January 24, 2012
Kept Klug (IIRC) in one back in 09 (IIRC).
According to one of the other players.
(My memory is shit on this one.)
Eyeheartfreedumb - January 24, 2012
You can not keep GULK in a cage for long.
therealCatnuts - January 24, 2012
it’s the fucking Solon Beef Days
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
I gotta burn through 8 RB's to make my nut...
And you mess with my nut and KOK here is gonna eat your dick. It’s the fucking Solon Beef Days. Pow!
codenameduchess - January 24, 2012
I don't know what the FUCK you just said, little kid
but you’re special man. You reached out, and you touched a brother’s heart.
And you get a rec for that.
Eyeheartfreedumb - January 24, 2012
Never in my wildest dreams
Did I imagine a Step Brothers reference would get me a rec. Best horrible movie ever.
codenameduchess - January 24, 2012
Oh, I thought it was fantastic. My taste in movies is not the best.
txhawkeye - January 24, 2012
Reading Cyclone Fanatic comments. Apparently Ferentz has only made us a
better team on the field due to Ferentz being “the laughing stock of college football as it pertains to discipline”. LOLWUT
clay-born to party - January 24, 2012
You lost me at:
mikjones24 - January 24, 2012
Yeah, WTF dude?
Why would you ever go there in a non-trolling capacity?
CyHawk - January 25, 2012
More Caring is Creepy
From HR – Iowa just offered Robert Caldwell, a JUCO DE that was teammates with the other JUCO we were recruiting in December. Apparently Iowa’s in the lead. He’d be a good get and would help immediately to plug the hole that is DE on next year’s team.
Nickhawk08 - January 25, 2012
Keep the hole pluggers coming,
that’s what I always say.
Give Eddie a Beer - January 25, 2012
Twss
Blackheartnopants - January 25, 2012 via Android app
Hell, TWIS
PackerHawk - January 25, 2012
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