Football Win Means Little if Hawks Don't Back it Up- With Academics

The Cy-Hawk Trophy stays in Iowa City.

Rejoice Hawkeyes!

But the most important competition is yet to come: Academics.

Right now ISU has a win in volleyball, and of course the Hawks have the big football victory.

But a dominant performance on the football field means so very little if we don’t back it up in the books.

I don’t yet know how this “academics” thing is going to work. All I know right now is that “academics” is listed on the Cy-Hawk series website, and that it is scheduled for November 13th in Iowa City. (In fact, three events, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country plus “academics” are scheduled for November 13th, making it the biggest single day in the series.)

This could be an interesting year for the Cy-Hawk series. There are still 11 competitions to be played, including wrestling, men’s and women’s basketball, swimming and gymnastics.

I think academics should be worth more than 2 points. Like six or seven points. I know this is an athletic series, but what represents a university better than academics? The Hawkeyes could sweep the rest of the athletic competitions and loose the academics events, and forget about it. Cyclones get the bragging rights.

Right now the series sits at 3-2 Hawkeyes. The football game counts as a tie breaker, being worth 3 points; all other competition being worth 2.

But this academic event is worth more than points in a series. It’s worth bragging rights as the smarter school, something I would trade the Cy-Hawk Trophy for in a heartbeat.