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These Iowa fans are so mad at refs they’re flipping off the world and throwing bottles

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Iowa is having themselves a day against Northwestern. Oh, no — it’s not a good day. Late in the third quarter and down in a close game the Hawkeyes found themselves on the wrong side of the whistle, not once, but three times.

Referees missed a hold and a facemask on Northwestern, then called a facemask on Iowa and everyone lost it. Now Iowa is down two scores and if these fans were mad before, well, they’re going to explode.

So much anger. So many middle fingers. So many surrender cobras. The PA announcer is trying to get fans to calm down, but it’s just not working.

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