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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 07:22 PM
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Hey, Condem! What did you think of this?
In the case of the Cy-Hawk trophy between Iowa State and Iowa, the corn terrorists have won
http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/128278328.html

The Cy-Hawk Trophy was redesigned this year after complaints that the old one -- a simple bronze statue of a football and a player -- was a bit dated.

...

It was unveiled Friday at the state fair. And everyone pretty much hated it, likening it to a garage sale leftover or something from the Precious Moments catalog. Newspaper chats, Twitter and Facebook lit up with critics, and even former Iowa coach Hayden Fry and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad weighed in against the new design.

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"Nobody liked it. I think the best comment I heard was, `That's going to the losers, right'?" said Liz Ulin, a 23-year-old senior studying health science.


Liz Ulin FTW! LOL
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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 07:32 PM
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1. What Hayden Fry said:
Since its unveiling Friday at the Iowa State Fair, the Cy- Hawk trophy, awarded to the winner of the annual football game between Iowa and Iowa State, has been widely panned and compared to a garage sale leftover or a fireplace mantle centerpiece. "I think they can do better," Gov. Terry Branstad said with a chuckle Monday. Critics seem to find the trophy of a farm family around a bushel of corn and a corn stalk a little bit, well, corny. "The farmer, family and corn is all wonderful, but I don't really get the relationship to a football game," former Iowa coach Hayden Fry​ said.

http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_18736290
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 08:36 PM
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3. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That's all they have to fight over out there!!
CLASSIC!!!

:rofl:

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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 08:44 PM
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4. I don't believe it!
Iowa State has won 7 of the last 13 games with Iowa.

Could it mean that the Big 12 10 is actually better than the Big 10 12?
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 09:07 PM
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6. So you are an Iowa (State) fan now. What happened to Boise State, Texas Tech,
San Diego State, BYU, ...

:D



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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 09:14 PM
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7. I never was a fan of Texas Tech. n/m
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 09:27 PM
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9. Ok, Brigham!
:D

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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 08:03 PM
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2. Jesus, trotsky.
There are not enough words in Webster's to describe that calamity. Though, I plan on putting in a bid to see if I can get that thing to hang above my ki mode. Cos' it really is a fine piece of art. Fuck Iowa State!
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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 09:05 PM
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5. I think it would go better in your back yard. >>


WTF is a ki mode?
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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 09:25 PM
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8. happyiowan and I bet that you would ask that, El.
It means beautiful statue in Sri Lankan.
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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 09:51 PM
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12. So you are a satanist too?
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a la izquierda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 05:24 AM
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13. Yew, I still hate that statue.
I'd pass it walking home from the bars late at night, and it gave me the creeps. Demon Horsey. That's how we hypnotize the opposition before they play us at home. Works almost every time.
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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 08:31 AM
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15. I've got to get you some new photos, El.
Collected a ton more artwork this summer.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 09:28 PM
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10. It's something you should have used before you got stuck changing you underwear and favourite team!
:P

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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 09:34 PM
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11. 9 days.
Fucking unbelievable.
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 08:28 AM
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14. That ridiculous trophy has been sacked
Edited on Wed Aug-24-11 08:29 AM by Bluzmann57
Due to public outcry, and good taste by Iowans, that gawdawful trophy has been sacked before it even starts. www.qctimes.com among others for info.
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