FC: Fox College Football - Best Traditions…
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I have an issue with the Iowa wave at 2. Taking 2 minutes to wave at kids in the hospital doesn’t rectify your actions throughout the rest of the game.
Well, it is Jenny Taft from Fox. They only do Friday nights. On Saturday, she's in bed by 8. No wonder Fox doesn't want to televise a whiteout.
I thought the game thread on this board would make the list of top traditions
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Iowa doesn't discover an offense sometime soon whenever the Hawks wave, the kids will respond with the middle finger.
I'm partial to the War Eagle at Auburn--but my nephew is a senior there, so....
"Something's wrong with Jenny".
Aside from being a good book or movie title.....there is something wrong with Jenny.
She no longer wants to exhibit her best "qualititties".
Aside from being a good book or movie title.....there is something wrong with Jenny.
She no longer wants to exhibit her best "qualititties".
On sheer emotion, Army/Navy alma mater sing is #1. Those kids put so much on the line beyond the football field that you can just feel everything in their effort to win that game. The whole 'singing second' desire. The tears of joy on one end and that of disappointment on the other always makes it a little dusty in this house when that game ends.
Iowa's wave is perhaps the most cloying "tradition" in all of sports. Virtue signaling at its finest from a world-class fanbase of turd floaters.
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I’m partial to Texas A&M Reveille tradition but then I’m biased having had four rough collies in my life.
Yes, the Iowa wave! One of college football’s, if not the entirety of the United States’ most enduring generational traditions of 7 years now.
Which means they’ve done it about 3x as many times as we’ve had Whiteouts. Why shouldn’t it belong on the list?
Because it’s contrived and ineffectual.
Kids in the hospital seem to like it, and that’s the important thing.
Trashing or downplaying it reminds me of the idiots from other school that trash THON…sometimes, it’s ok to put rivalries aside for real world stuff.
THON actually does something. Besides, trashing iowa is always the right answer.
Just fyi, we've had whiteouts in one form or another for 20 years now.
But waving at the kids is better than booing injured players on the opposing side.
The first 2 are completely overrated. Enter Sandman is good as an entrance but thats it. Most of those are nice or interesting parts but the White Out is the entire game. And yea I'm biased.
That was my "issue" with all those listed. Nice parts or beginning but it's not the entire game.
Dont' agree since we've been doing a Whiteout since 2004, but I will agree it's better than their typical boorish behavior of booing injured players.
I understand what you're saying, and it truly is a wonderful show of support for the kids and families. However I'm guessing some people are reacting to the relatively short period of time it has been around, as opposed to the number of times it has been done. (And some just don't like Iowa because their fans are... well, head-scratching at times).
It's fine that it is included, but to a lifelong college football fan like me, longevity of traditions and their meaning to that school would call for a re-order of this ranking. That doesn't diminish it, just re-ranks it. Jenny's opinion wrt ranking them is fine. Yours and mine are just as worthy. I happen to really like *hi* State's dotting the "I", despite how I feel about the Buckeyes.
Someone who has had a child or a young loved one go through a serious health struggle would probably have a more intense feeling as to where this Iowa tradition would rank. Understandable.
Amount of times does not matter, considering it’s a game idea versus a yearly idea. All the more reason that the tradition of doing it once a year is more unique.
I had never heard of the michigan “tradition”. It must be borne out of their team being overrated over the years. “On the bright side…”
They have the tradition of being the quietest home stadium
I am gonna invite Jenny Taft to a meat smoking in the N22 parking area. I bet she will “vault” me to the top of the list!
Iowa does the wave at every home game, so 7-8x per season. We have one Whiteout per season.
tra·di·tion
/trəˈdiSHən/
noun
the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.
/trəˈdiSHən/
noun
the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.
It isn’t trashing the kids (at least not for me). It’s about the national media acting like Iowa is a big group of softies with big hearts after their teams coaches and fans ridicule players for faking injuries and yell vile stuff at them. The wrestling crowd at Carver Hawkeye arena has been accused of yelling racist things at opposing wrestlers. The wave hardly justifies any of their other actions. They are bottom of the barrel fans.
Right. I knew what he meant, and I referred to that in a later reply. I felt some folks were replying to him based on the longevity of a tradition over the years. Many of the other traditions cited are every home game ones as well.
Otoh, we have variations of the whiteout (helmet stripe, student white out), so we can add those in as well to that tradition, imo.
