Iowa State vs Iowa football: Campus police have grade school Twitter war
By Brian Spaen
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University of Iowa and Iowa State University campus police had their own fun on Twitter, talking trash to each other before the big game on Saturday. The results were cringeworthy.
Iowa starts off the exchange with a knock-knock joke. I assume that’s all anybody in Iowa City knows how to start a joke off with.
@UIowa_Police Dare we ask "who's there?"
— Iowa State University Police Department (@ISUPD) September 9, 2014
No, Iowa State probably shouldn’t have. But they did, and that led to this incredible knee slapper.
At first, the ISU police had nothing to retaliate with. Just like the first two games of the season, Iowa State just slumped down and took the loss.
@ISUPD *drops the mic, walks offstage*
— University of Iowa Police Department (@UIowa_Police) September 9, 2014
But alas, it wasn’t for long. About an hour after admitting defeat, the Iowa State police went full Hawkeye Fan and brought up the numbers. You could almost see a Steve Urkel clone blast out of a chemistry lab room at Gerdin Hall with the stats in his nerd book.
No need for a knock-knock joke here, @UIowa_Police. The numbers speak for themselves. @ISUPD wins! #BeatIowa pic.twitter.com/c6VWlNrEkE
— Iowa State University Police Department (@ISUPD) September 9, 2014
Iowa police then brought out some numbers of their own, but Iowa State retaliated with what they should have said to them in the first tweet.
@UIowa_Police Some of us have work to do... #roasted #BeatIowa
— Iowa State University Police Department (@ISUPD) September 9, 2014
The U of I tried to keep nudging at them like that annoying guy who doesn’t realize that he doesn’t have a chance with the cute blonde next to him in class but still tries his damndest to get a number.
@ISUPD Care to make it interesting?
— University of Iowa Police Department (@UIowa_Police) September 9, 2014
Quantity ≠ quality, @ISUPD but if you're up for it, maybe a little Twitter competition could be fun #HawkeyeState #uipd #beatstate
— University of Iowa Police Department (@UIowa_Police) September 9, 2014
So there you go. I just wasted five minutes of your day. You’re welcome! Now let’s hope the game isn’t as futile as this on Saturday.