Great article Marc. Thanks.
I am looking forward to the season starting and although I'm not positive we are going to win a lot more games than last year, I do think we are going to be more competitive. The team should be a lot more fun to watch and May, Gatens, Payne, and Cole are a pretty good nucleus to build around. Add in Basabe, McCabe, Marble, Cartwright, and perhaps a walk on who surprises and we really have a fairly decent group of ball players. I do know that they will show up and play hard. Go Hawks!
Thanks for the info Scott. Any news yet on the rest of the guys?
I'm excited! I'm really looking forward to seeing the Hawks this year. We could be a little better than last year and being a little better helps you win a few more games and a few more wins generates a little more confidence and a little more confidence helps you win a few more games...
Great story Mike. I have a new found respect for DJK and what a family to take him in like that. Very nice article. I will definitely check out the full story in your pre-season pub . Thanks Mike
Thanks for the update Doc. I truly and sincerely hope Josh breaks the trend of late of Cedar Rapids kids leaving the state. I and everyone one I know would love to see him play for the Hawks.
Great article Scott. Thanks for all of the summer basketball coverage!
1. The Rose Bowl with Iowa playing. The excitement and history of the Rose Bowl speaks for itself and the really special part would be of course that Iowa is playing in it. Iowa football has been pretty successful lately by almost anyone's standards. Mention Rose Bowl though and our record and showing has been pretty dismal, actually downright awful, especially everything that I can remember. I would absolutely love to be sitting in that stadium and watching Iowa put their foot on some Pac 10 teams throat. The redemption, the catharsis, the shedding of the pain of watching all those Ronnie Harmon fumbles, seeing some no name Washington running back having a career day at our expense, and just the overall really crappy showings Iowa has had in their Rose Bowl appearances. Only one things for sure, I would have a bunch of company, and oh man, would there be a party...
2. The Final Four with Iowa playing. Hey, so I'm dreaming, but it might happen. I mean it's actually happened before. I know it's been awhile, and it might be awhile before it happens again, but who knows. The Final Four has become one of the premier sporting events in the world and I truly enjoy college basketball and watch almost every game that I can of the tournament so it would be a great trip even without the Hawks. The real excitement though is when the Hawks are involved, and if they have made it to the Final Four, there will be some truly excited Hawkeye basketball fans. When was the last time you saw that?
I haven't been to all of the great events that you have Mike but here is my take on a bucket list.
5. A World Cup in Europe. The trip alone would be great and the excitement and atmosphere would be almost without peer. All the different nations, the beer, the different cultures, the beer, you get the theme.
4. A summer or winter Olympics. I'm a big fan of both. Everybody you know is rooting for your favorite team, the USA. It doesn't even matter what sport it is. Tell me one other time that you read about or watched Ice Dancing or Synchronized Swimming? Sports and Patriotism, how does it get any better? If they had Football as a sport and Stanzi was the QB.
3. A World Series with the Cardinals playing. I've never been to a World Series game which would be cool all by itself but it would be so much better with the Cardinals playing. The excitement of seeing it in your favorite teams home park is one of the things that makes the World Series so great.
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