Barta tower is coming down

[WeBeHerkin]

The old Tiger Hawk water tower is about no more. Dismantling right now. Old Gar Bar's legacy.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

 

[Hawkangler]

Won't be quite the same with it gone.

 

[DukeSlater]

Won't be quite the same with it gone.

They should auction off the part with the Tiger Hawk on it. I wonder how big that piece is? Or it would look great somewhere between Carver-Hawkeye and Kinnick. Or maybe Hy-Vee could put it up somewhere. Oh, the possibilities . . .

 

[93hawkeye]

Ehhhh, on a game day, you only see about 50,000 tiger hawk logos. One fewer, albeit huge, doesn't really make or break fan enthusiasm or reinforce the brand better.

 

[WeBeHerkin]

Ehhhh, on a game day, you only see about 50,000 tiger hawk logos. One fewer, albeit huge, doesn't really make or break fan enthusiasm or reinforce the brand better.

It was an uproar that thing didn’t have the Tiger Hawk on it. Talk about getting riled up about nothing. Probably was an offseason thing.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

 

[Cidhawkeye]

It was an uproar that thing didn’t have the Tiger Hawk on it. Talk about getting riled up about nothing. Probably was an offseason thing.

It was more that the uninformed claimed it was the hospital that stopped it from having the logo

 

[Nvhwk]

Well people can thank the hospital for it.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

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[IACub]

Dang. We fought so hard to get it up there...

 

[WeBeHerkin]

Dang. We fought so hard to get it up there...

They probably would have sold it to you to put in your yard

 

[WeBeHerkin]

They shoulda installed like a water tower top bar up there for gamedays. Just need some safety railing and a pisser

 

[TrojanHawkeye]

Well people can thank the hospital for it.

Terrible how hospitals get in the way on good things

 

[SA_Hawk]

They should auction off the part with the Tiger Hawk on it. I wonder how big that piece is? Or it would look great somewhere between Carver-Hawkeye and Kinnick. Or maybe Hy-Vee could put it up somewhere. Oh, the possibilities . . .

Yep. Could have auctioned it off for charity or NIL money. Guarantee someone out there would buy it and stick it on the side of a barn or something.

 

[Lionhawk85]

We can’t have nice things…

 

[WeBeHerkin]

Maybe they can do a water tower hologram?

 

[DukeSlater]

Maybe they can do a water tower hologram?

Before they painted it, some U of I engineering students used lasers to project a Tiger Hawk onto the tower. It was a modest success.

 

[Hawkangler]

The old Tiger Hawk water tower is about no more. Dismantling right now. Old Gar Bar's legacy.

You do know the water tower was there 46 years before Barta became AD.

 

[WeBeHerkin]

You do know the water tower was there 46 years before Barta became AD.

But Bar got the Tiger Hawk on it

 

[IACub]

They probably would have sold it to you to put in your yard

I'll save the money and buy the bobblehead: https://store.bobbleheadhall.com/products/iowawatertower

 

[Hawkangler]

But Bar got the Tiger Hawk on it

I think the fans played a big part. Every year the voices got louder. Barta would never have initiated it on his own.

 

[WeBeHerkin]

I think the fans played a big part. Every year the voices got louder. Barta would never have initiated it on his own.

Kinda the ADs job to listen to fans.

 

[doughuddl2_rivals]

Yep. Could have auctioned it off for charity or NIL money. Guarantee someone out there would buy it and stick it on the side of a barn or something.

I'm sure the owner of the demo company has it.

 

[doughuddl2_rivals]

I think the fans played a big part. Every year the voices got louder. Barta would never have initiated it on his own.

Hayden's idea, Barta just followed up on it.