Voice of the Hawkeyes Board

+1 for chucklehead

Skyhawk52, you're grabbing at straws here but, pretty funny anyway.

Do you know what the term program means?

Nebraska has the fourth most wins all-time thru 2011.

Obviously comprehension is lacking here. Whaley didn't say the best team in the country. He said program. Program. That is very different than saying this team is the best team in the country currently. Nebraska has won more games than any other program in modern CFB history, i.e., since 1960. Thus, yes, they are the best program in the modern era.

Rather than resorting to immature name calling support your team, please. We respect Iowa, and you all should too. We do wish for your team to play well and to see your program build upon past success. That is what Whaley meant. He was not trying to disrespect the team or program.

Happy Thanksgiving to all Hawkeye fans!

Hmmm.... wonder if this thread will get taken over just like kinnick stadium Friday?

Was wondering when Big Red fans would come visit our humble board.

Welcome, and more pics please.

Incognito?

If that's what Whaley meant, as you assert, he needs to retake rhetoric class because the statement doesn't have any language indication an interpretation to the contrary.

Notwithstanding the original posts youthful banter, I have no doubt Sky is one of the most loyal Hawkeye supporters.

Back @ ya Truthhurts. Well, Whaley is a lot of emotion, like a lot of these kids, but he's not much of an in-your-face guy ...just very intent. He got humbled pretty good after the UCLA game and had to learn to earn his playing time, again. He's done well since that game.

None of us would be here if we weren't all pretty loyal and avid fans. I certainly take no umbrage with the friendly banter.

Well, thanks Truth.
It's still a PREPOSTEROUS statement.
The Cornholers' program is best in the country?
Well, if 'the country' is Lincoln, NE county line, then well I guess you could maybe say that.

LOL

Why pick "since 1960" as the "modern era" to be scrutinized? Most people consider 1945+ to be the modern era. As far as all-time greatest programs - Michigan, ND and Alabama come to mind before the Huskers. To be sure, Iowa has a long ways to go to reach Nebraska's level of program history, but please keep the chest-thumping to a minimum.

Ummm...true integration did not begin until 1973, when Bear Bryant decided to bring black players into Alabama, and thus the SEC.

Also, northern schools benefitted greatly in the years from 1945 to 1973 because tremendous black athletes in the South came north to play, because southern schools would not take them. I remember Duffy Daugherty's great MSU teams of the 1950's and 1960's featuring some truly outstanding black players from the South - Bubba Smith, George Webster, and Gene Washington come to mind immediately. Those players nowadays tend to stay in Texas or other southern states to play.

The fact that Alabama and Texas were able to build and maintain such great "programs" while facing that natural disadvantage is even more impressive.