AIRBHG at it again: Greg Garmon to transfer
Just talked to Garmon. He’s gone.
December 12th, 2012 at 6:57 PM ^
December 12th, 2012 at 9:29 PM ^
December 12th, 2012 at 7:01 PM ^
How long until AIRBHG is used as a recruiting tool against Iowa?
December 12th, 2012 at 7:02 PM ^
December 12th, 2012 at 11:57 PM ^
Thing is, I actually believe that.
December 13th, 2012 at 1:22 AM ^
Rittenberg referenced it in ESPN's article about the transfer. It was actually smart of him to leave before AIRBHG gets him, too.
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/73921/reports-iowa-rb-greg-…
December 13th, 2012 at 12:48 PM ^
December 12th, 2012 at 7:02 PM ^
at this point it's just laughable
December 12th, 2012 at 7:31 PM ^
It's past that. To where I don't know.
December 12th, 2012 at 7:05 PM ^
good for that young man....got out with all his ligaments in tact (for the most part). AIRBHG is Ruthless...will they ever have a good running back again?
December 12th, 2012 at 7:07 PM ^
You can't just leave and expect everything to be better...
December 12th, 2012 at 7:08 PM ^
at Iowa with rbs???
December 12th, 2012 at 7:15 PM ^
Hm, I do not know. It does seem kind of weird that many Iowa RBs get injured, arrested, or transfer. It is almost like there is a god that is angry that hates Iowa running backs.
December 12th, 2012 at 8:02 PM ^
Zomg no religion!!1!
December 12th, 2012 at 8:12 PM ^
Yes, there is no place on this board for religion and such things, please keep that to yourself.
To answer your question - I don't know if it has a name, but I'm sure it's a fucking democrat.
December 12th, 2012 at 8:37 PM ^
I find it much more likely that AIRBHG would belong to a ruthlessly-efficient but malignantly-inclined political party than a well-meaning but frustratingly ineffective one.
December 12th, 2012 at 8:41 PM ^
I like your style, EGD.
December 12th, 2012 at 9:37 PM ^
To Bolivia!!
/s obviously
December 12th, 2012 at 11:53 PM ^
...that there really ought to be an elegant acronym of some kind. GTIATHIRB?
December 12th, 2012 at 7:09 PM ^
Garmon was a guy I really liked coming out of high school. Too bad it didn't work out for him.
December 12th, 2012 at 7:15 PM ^
I always read it as AIRBAG.
December 12th, 2012 at 7:25 PM ^
...and now I do...thanks
December 12th, 2012 at 8:35 PM ^
December 12th, 2012 at 7:24 PM ^
December 12th, 2012 at 7:27 PM ^
Certainly can't blame Garmon for this call. He clearly knows the score, and is trying to get out of Iowa before permanent damage is done.
December 12th, 2012 at 7:35 PM ^
December 13th, 2012 at 8:37 AM ^
This should have gone into the posbang thread, because it would've had a serious chance at winning.
December 12th, 2012 at 7:36 PM ^
Garmon wanted playing time and was stuck way down the depth charts.
December 12th, 2012 at 7:41 PM ^
December 12th, 2012 at 9:44 PM ^
I believe the correct phasing you're looking for is "Garmon wanted playing time in an offense that is not equivalent to what he leaves in the toilet bowl each morning, and was stuck in such an offense that was equivalent to what he leaves in the toilet bowl each monrning."
December 12th, 2012 at 8:15 PM ^
Iowa has a depth chart at running back?
December 12th, 2012 at 9:22 PM ^
To try and protect his players, Ferentz just writes random names down on it--and then unfortunate things keep happening to people in Iowa City with names like "John Doe" and "Joe Smith."
December 13th, 2012 at 10:49 AM ^
Looks a little something like this...
December 12th, 2012 at 7:37 PM ^
"Running backs leave Iowa and they either succeed or they fall off the face of the earth. However, the only thing that remains common is that Iowa can’t keep them to save their lives." - RantSports article
It seems pretty clear, based on a decade of data collection that, once touched by the Hawkeye, you take your chances wherever you go if you're an RB. Garmon is surely embarking on a perilous life quest. Garmon should perhaps see himself as lucky that AIRBHG only planted in his mind the idea to transfer and seek fortunes elsewhere...for the time being anyway.
That being said, he is pretty talented and looked good in limited action but ended up behind Weisman and Bullock, so I wonder if it is a playing time issue or a foreseen lack thereof.
December 12th, 2012 at 7:40 PM ^
"You guys tell me, but I don't think Garmon really fit the zone scheme". Really? I don't think beggers can be choosers at this point.
December 12th, 2012 at 7:48 PM ^
Iowa needs to pull a Constanza and start doing the opposite of what they normally do with RBs. Only then will they build decent depth.
December 12th, 2012 at 8:18 PM ^
But they don't need to - their running game never actually gets worse. They just plug in their latest walk-on from off the street and next thing you know, he's picking up 3rd and 6 on the ground.
December 12th, 2012 at 8:29 PM ^
Iowa was 106th in rushing offense this year.
December 12th, 2012 at 8:49 PM ^
You have to account for the GERG factor here.
Iowa, in spite of all the injuries, transfers and GERG Davis, gained more rush yards from its tailbacks than we did. Mark Weisman, a walk-on, averaged five yards a carry!
December 12th, 2012 at 9:07 PM ^
OK, but that's not a fair comparison because a lot of our rushing went through Denard. Sure, when you take away a team's best rusher, a lot of teams will be better than them.
December 12th, 2012 at 9:26 PM ^
Fair enough, but he was at 3.5 for the non-Minnesota Big Ten. Didn't exactly set the conference on fire.
December 12th, 2012 at 10:11 PM ^
Are you suggesting they should try to get hurt?
December 12th, 2012 at 7:51 PM ^
This is the same man who scoffed at AIRBHG in March, right? The poor fool. AIRBHG will always have his revenge in the end.
December 12th, 2012 at 7:52 PM ^
I be like dang.
December 12th, 2012 at 7:59 PM ^
December 12th, 2012 at 9:28 PM ^
He'd probably just transfer out to Wiscy for his final year anyway. But, on the other hand, who doesn't ?
December 12th, 2012 at 8:03 PM ^
December 12th, 2012 at 8:07 PM ^
We lost our starting running back in the first quarter against Iowa.
Thus I, for one, do not wish to mock the great AIRBGH, lest we feel his wrath again.
December 12th, 2012 at 8:17 PM ^
Seriously. We need to go 5-wide all game long against Iowa next year, just to be safe.