Get them out of the way now, and discuss later....

So as sports fans we all have those things that we cannot stand, or that absolutely drive us nuts, or on the other hand absolutely love.....here are a few of mine....and please, please chime in on the comments...do not be afraid....

1) DRIVES me nuts when athletes on the teams that I cheer for talk smack about the other team during the week leading up to the game. The good news is Iowa has not had the chance to do this much lately.

Seriously, don't most fans want their players to shut the hell up and just play.  Hey Oregon fans, how many of you are exicted about your boy telling the media that they are going to put 40 points up on Stanford.

Now don't get me wrong, I love if the opposite happens and Iowa is the underdog(which they most of the time are), and the other team talks shit.  Motivate, Motivate, Motivate....as in most sports cases...lots and lots of hypocrisy....

2) I hate penalties on excessive celebrating in the end zone...Are you flipping kidding me...Celebrate, Celebrate, Celebrate...Someone wants to go and do something apeshit crazy that hurts them...so be it...I miss seing College Athletes getting excited after scoring a basket, catching the late TD pass etc.  LET THEM HAVE FUN!!!!!

3) I like replay in Football, but we do it wrong...Why can't we just have one more official that is under the hood all the time...Seriously...the red flag gets thrown, the guy watches, and he has 30 seconds to decide.  This of course would replace the 100 yard dash to the hood, getting the headphones from the hood guy, and then waiting WAY TOO LONG for the replay....Call me CRAZY, but I have never been to a football watching party and it take more than 30 seconds for the FANS to know what the hell happened.

4) The DH in AL is AWESOME and the Pitcher hitting in NL is just as AWESOME...

5) Speaking of Baseball....outlawing collisions at the plate...ladies and gentleman another example of the Wussification of America.  Thats why they have pads....While we are at, but the cage in front of the pitching mound to protect the pitchers, give all of the fans helmets, and make the balls out of NERF....

6) Tickets for all sporting Events should be sold at face value.  How do we do it, control it?  Hell, I have no idea, but I think it would be nice...

7) Ball Parks, Bowl Games, Tournaments etc. should not have Cheesy Ass Names that are there because of the company willing to give the most money...Put the company's name all over the programs, the T-shirts, caps, etc. but not the event/stadium..ie. These were fine at one time...

8) There are too many damn bowl games.  Not every team in DI football has to play in a bowl game...Just blew the dust off of an old Iowa Football Program from the 85-86 Season....These were the bowls....go back and refresh on #7 before reading..

Independence Bowl
California Bowl
Cherry Bowl
Holiday Bowl
Florida Citrus Bowl
Aloha Bowl
Sun Bowl
Freedom Bowl
Liberty Bowl
Gator Bowl
Peach Bowl
All-American Bowl
Bluebonnet Bowl
Cotton Bowl
Fiesta Bowl
Sugar Bowl
Rose Bowl
Orange Bowl

9) Be a Proud Homer, and if you do not have a team to be a Homer about, find one soon, and then GO ALL IN!!!!!

10) Have sports heroes.  Sure we have been let down by some pompous ass primadonnas as of late, but never stop hoping that the next one will be one we can be proud of.
****and NO I AM NOT SAYING THAT ONLY ATHLETES CAN BE HEROES!!!!!

11) Idiot of the DAY, the lady that thought it was a GREAT idea to dress up as a Boston Marathon Runner who survived the bombing...scars and everything...if you have not seen it, google it..REally? Really?

GO HAWKS!!!!!!